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Depends on who is admitting defeat here?
OK lets use your it was so much better in the days of Swap Shop approach....
Over the years when it morphed into Saturday Superstore, Going Live etc. It was roughly the same show but tweaked in certain areas. The days of Live and Kicking was still showing particular strength in the format notably as there was lack of competition by ITV but as the 90s went on, there was strains showing in the format and that by the end 90s, the kids watching it were going elsewhere, namely over to SMTV were you could see that was more fun to be had.
Consequently whilst the mirth of SMTV was being played out, I remember one morning that Live and Kicking were showing a child playing in a brass band. Now for entertainment value to the masses, you can see why people were opting to SMTV at the time and as time went back, the ratings dropped enough for the format to be dropped completely as surprisingly times had changed. The format of the 1970s was no longer viable in the late 90s, early 00s.
I agree with that (I'm sick of saying I agree, but I do).
Times have really changed, and they keep changing, so much so that as soon as you leave school, you haven't got a clue of what the kids are on about.
I'm not a big fan of hedz myself, but if kids like it, then that's what it's there to do. At the end of the day, the BBC is now the only major commissioner of British children's programmes. Let's not try and end it.
Compared to the 70's-90's format, the celebs that appear have changed, but I don't think children would want Gordon Brown on Saturday Morning TV. SM:tv showed that it was more about the presenting talent and the writing of the show than any of the guests, even though they talked to the guests, they were mainly there as they loved the show themselves, and wanted to appear in the sketches.
I believe that the problem TMi have is that they don't have the budget to afford big names to come onto the programme, thats why they only have a guest/group of guests on any one show, where as the old days had a plethora of guests from varying degrees of showbiz.
I for one would just like to see TMi given a chance with a decent budget.
(And TMi stands for Too Much Information, originally an abbreviation in text messages.)
russnet posted:
tvarksouthwest posted:
Your "times have changed" argument is becoming increasingly tiresome even if true russ. Sometimes better to admit defeat, eh?
Depends on who is admitting defeat here?
OK lets use your it was so much better in the days of Swap Shop approach....
Over the years when it morphed into Saturday Superstore, Going Live etc. It was roughly the same show but tweaked in certain areas. The days of Live and Kicking was still showing particular strength in the format notably as there was lack of competition by ITV but as the 90s went on, there was strains showing in the format and that by the end 90s, the kids watching it were going elsewhere, namely over to SMTV were you could see that was more fun to be had.
Consequently whilst the mirth of SMTV was being played out, I remember one morning that Live and Kicking were showing a child playing in a brass band. Now for entertainment value to the masses, you can see why people were opting to SMTV at the time and as time went back, the ratings dropped enough for the format to be dropped completely as surprisingly times had changed. The format of the 1970s was no longer viable in the late 90s, early 00s.
I agree with that (I'm sick of saying I agree, but I do).
Times have really changed, and they keep changing, so much so that as soon as you leave school, you haven't got a clue of what the kids are on about.
I'm not a big fan of hedz myself, but if kids like it, then that's what it's there to do. At the end of the day, the BBC is now the only major commissioner of British children's programmes. Let's not try and end it.
Compared to the 70's-90's format, the celebs that appear have changed, but I don't think children would want Gordon Brown on Saturday Morning TV. SM:tv showed that it was more about the presenting talent and the writing of the show than any of the guests, even though they talked to the guests, they were mainly there as they loved the show themselves, and wanted to appear in the sketches.
I believe that the problem TMi have is that they don't have the budget to afford big names to come onto the programme, thats why they only have a guest/group of guests on any one show, where as the old days had a plethora of guests from varying degrees of showbiz.
I for one would just like to see TMi given a chance with a decent budget.
(And TMi stands for Too Much Information, originally an abbreviation in text messages.)
