Do you Agree?
Friends
I’m convinced people confuse nostalgia with genuinely witty and funny sitcoms. Friends is the perfect example of this. Nobody loves Friends. Nobody sits and laughs hysterically when Friends is on a never-ending loop on E4. It was the chicken nugget of sitcoms, mass produced, Easy to Consume and cheap to make. So, you may love the theme tune but let’s be honest with ourselves that’s about the best bit of the programme. It was lukewarm, it never evolved and you can only tell what episode is from what year based on whether Jennifer Anniston was in her pre-Brad Pitt era or not.
The Sopranos
To be fair, 2007 was not the best year for Television here in the UK. We had The X Factor Camp high-budget Karaoke on a Saturday night and we had Soap Operas for a mid-week pallet cleanser. So, the final season of The Sopranos probably added some spice to the schedules. However, this show is unoriginal: what show on HBO isn’t about Gangsters? It was a bit like Friends in the sense that it went on far too long. As Livia Soprano would say ‘you don’t call, you don’t ring’ and you certainly shouldn’t waste your time watching this.
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
The minute this Penis eating C-List celeb jamboree began is when reality television officially exploded, so it has that to answer for. This is just not an appealing show, who really wants to see the likes of Nigel Farage and Stacey Solomon eat live bugs and drink camel sick. Let’s not forget they also get paid a fortune to go to Australia for four weeks, it’s just a bit unjust if you ask me. Does anyone actually finish the whole series or does everyone just give up after the eliminations begin.
Normal People
This show in short is just about privileged people, doing privileged things, in privileged places. It lacks any real substance or back bone. The characters are one dimensional, self-absorbed and the sex scenes are not genuine, they are over-romanticised and cringe. If I were to call it anything it would be EastEnders for a handful of moaning millennials. Finally, a side note for the casting directors could you find someone who doesn’t look 35 to play a 19-year-old, many thanks.
The Voice UK
Bless this show, honestly. It has done its best but it is time for it to go. Even during it’s hey day when they could bag the likes of Kylie Minogue as a Coach, it was still quite simply dull. It never quite had the same level of impact on the music industry as it’s rival, The X Factor and never epitomised Saturday night viewing like Strictly. One final note, just because something stars Tom Jones and Meghan Trainor it doesn’t make it good.