On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 9:06 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 4:48 PM Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Mark Jeffries >> >> *>*Not directly related to Remarkable Television, another division of >> the French format factory Banijay that produces "Pointless," the BBC1 quiz >> show that has been in mortal combat for over a decade with its 5 p.m. >> weekday quiz competition on ITV "The Chase." And for some reason Channel 4 >> has tried to get into the fray lately at 5 p.m. with the second season of >> its game show "Moneybags." Remember, friends, C4 is supposed to be the >> home of alternative commercial TV programming in the UK. >> >> >> >> If OnTVTonight.com is accurate – which in this case, it isn’t – Channel 4 >> has found a new host for “Countdown”: Keith Olbermann. >> >> >> https://www.ontvtonight.com/uk/guide/listings/programme?cid=69035570&pid=21737663&tm=2022-09-05+06%3A10%3A00 >> >> >> > > Someone's weird database driven website doesn't work. > > Countdown is Channel 4's longest running show - it was the first show > on-air when the channel launched in 1982. Its new presenter - at least new > in July - is Colin Murray, who is very much not Keith Olberman. That said, > I bet Murray knows who Olberman is, as he's a big US sports fan, and > longtime presenter of Fighting Talk on BBC Radio which is based on those > daft ESPN shows where people score points based on sports stuff. > > I'm not sure why Channel Four are running a quiz at that time - as you > say, quizzes are well catered for at 5pm. But I suspect Moneybags is just > filling in space between seasons of Come Dine With Me (if you don't know > what it is, I wouldn't bother looking it up). > > It seems to me that daytime TV these days is mostly for people who still > haven't come around to streaming, or just want something on in the > background while they do other things. I guess you can look up > occasionally and answer a quiz question if that's your bag. > It seems to me that’s what all broadcast and cable networks have been reduced to: background noise. Procedural shows or formulaic reality shows that are easy and cheap to produce. Something innocuous to have on in a doctor’s waiting room. > Now if some US network took on "Only Connect", then I'd be interested! > > > Adam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGCsX78Y%3DJUqkQHQTCsx-f4ETkU6KwyP3dXJkNbksbXPwA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGCsX78Y%3DJUqkQHQTCsx-f4ETkU6KwyP3dXJkNbksbXPwA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4A1YkAYwzp8fHZjSEMVarvdnJFu0DXtac46Tqm6xv9TJQ%40mail.gmail.com.
