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Tisme

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Yesterday, by happenstance, I stumbled (tautology) upon Channel 9 replaying a show "The Verdict".

Talk about QANDA Lite!

It's hosted by hard hitting Karl Stefonovic and the best way I could describe it is typical commercial station drivel, bereft of talent, more so than even the talking heads and rubbish Ten come up with for the effeminate chattering classes.

When a program stacks a panel with people who make Mark Latham look like someone with something to say there's gotta be something wrong.

The ABC must be very happy to see this train wreck waiting to happen.

Channel 9 should stick with its half wit, strine soaked manchild offerings, e.g. The Footy Show and leave the adult stuff to Tony Jones... The Verdict would have to be a temporal step too far watchers of Nine (Seven, Ten, Fox) current affairs anyway.
 
Tisme said:
Yesterday, by happenstance, I stumbled (tautology) upon Channel 9 replaying a show "The Verdict".

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Not being a commie TV watcher I didn't even know about it until I read a writeup on... the ABC !

Stefanovic was the reason I stopped watching Nine's breakfast show, he's a half-wit, a nobody compared to the guy he replaced, Steve Leibman.

Insight on SBS is the only rival to Q&A in that format.

If Kerry Packer was still alive he could probably make a decent showing of an alternative, after all he gave us a great show in Sunday with Jim Waley. (wonder what happened to Jim ?).
 
If Kerry Packer was still alive he could probably make a decent showing of an alternative, after all he gave us a great show in Sunday with Jim Waley. (wonder what happened to Jim ?).
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Once upon a time... When Kerry Packer was boss of Channel 9 he did make some decisions based on quality television. It was also an effort to contribute to quality national discussion. That Sunday morning show was one of those and very well done.

The unfortunate fact is that intelligent, thoughtful TV does not pull the highest ratings. It just isn't going to appeal to a broad enough audience no matter how insightful it is. So in the striving for ratings commercial stations will not produce these programs. (unless the boss wants to..)

Same thing happens with quality drama. I remember when Channel 9 had the rights to The Sopranos years ago. Great program but it didn't rate sufficiently well and was butchered in timing.

All in all I won't watch commercial TV (apart from the footy). It is mostly rubbish programs punctuated with reams of rubbish ads. If there ever is anything worthwhile I'll try to find it elsewhere sans advertisements
 
SirRumpole said:
Or record it and skip through the ads.
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Yeah or you could enjoy the adverts between watching The Block where you can marvel at how unqualified, unlicenced amateurs carry out construction works in a compressed time frame, then sell the suspect works at auction ... I find myself trapped into watching this on occasion and prey I can find a plausible excuse to go home.....

..........I actually start talking conspiracy theories to the other Tisme inside my head "I wonder how many tradies actually do the work off camera.....I remember that host, he was the tradie on sites who talked more than he swung his hammer ........ you can't tell me that those contestants haven't got another stream of money to pay for crap they are building into the job ...... where's the plans for council...", inquiring minds need to know
 

Believing that stuff is like believing the Top Gear presenters actually work on the cars they drive on their "challenges".

 
Tisme said:
Yesterday, by happenstance, I stumbled (tautology) upon Channel 9 replaying a show "The Verdict"..
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Snap. That happened to me as well, forgot to change the channel.

Not a good career move for Karl. He's no Tony Jones. The lady panellist sitting next to Latham, her resentment of ML was visceral. She attacked him at every turn.

More like Stan Zemanek's Beauty and the Beast with a smattering of blokes on the panel. Won't be in a rush to watch it again.
 
I feel vindicated

 

Stefanovic is a drunken idiot BUT he's mates with James Packer, it's not what you know....

Richard Wilkins , the aging party boy isn't any better, the Today show is just pathetic.
 
It's one if the finalists for worst show ever.
The perfect storm of ignorant bores Karl Stefanovic Mark Latham and whoever else is dumb enough to appear on it
Ch 9 is now run by the new generation of incompetent nitwits and that's why it's almost bankrupt
 
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