Is Canadian TV crap? Yes/No
Jan 18th 2007, 5:04 pm
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Jan 18th 2007, 6:01 pm
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Re: Is Canadian TV crap? Yes/No
A UK proxy would sure work too! They are so unreliable though and disappear with annoying regularity.
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Jan 19th 2007, 4:09 am
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Re: Is Canadian TV crap? Yes/No
In other words: is the choice of programs shown in Canadian TV crap? (we are not talking about the quality of canadian made programmes here)
My vote: Yes
Why: too many adverts, very few films, dummies/mononeuron barbies (Cindy?) reporting the news on CTV, hour long features to discuss 30 second events on CBC, documentaries only on PBS if you are lucky or Discovery when they are not showing 'Monster Cars'... do not even get me started on Much Music, next time I am in Toronto I may enact that fantasy where I egg pellett the big window behind the presenters or show a big board along the lines 'PLAY SOME MUSIC FOR ONCE other than 50 Cent et. al.'.
Having said that, I am becoming a fan of the varied CBC radio, and Halifax has a good radio station variety. Also, I am reading a lot more books!
Luckily we got Torchwood (in a nice Cardiff accent) via recordable DVD at Christmas... for now I will live on Holmes on Homes and The Weather Network when I am not catching up on books or planning my garden.
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My vote: Yes
Why: too many adverts, very few films, dummies/mononeuron barbies (Cindy?) reporting the news on CTV, hour long features to discuss 30 second events on CBC, documentaries only on PBS if you are lucky or Discovery when they are not showing 'Monster Cars'... do not even get me started on Much Music, next time I am in Toronto I may enact that fantasy where I egg pellett the big window behind the presenters or show a big board along the lines 'PLAY SOME MUSIC FOR ONCE other than 50 Cent et. al.'.
Having said that, I am becoming a fan of the varied CBC radio, and Halifax has a good radio station variety. Also, I am reading a lot more books!
Luckily we got Torchwood (in a nice Cardiff accent) via recordable DVD at Christmas... for now I will live on Holmes on Homes and The Weather Network when I am not catching up on books or planning my garden.
Cheers
Jan 19th 2007, 3:36 pm
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Re: Is Canadian TV crap? Yes/No
Eastenders is on BBC Canada actually so if ever you're feeling homesick you could always watch an episode of that and be glad you're here
Jan 19th 2007, 4:37 pm
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Re: Is Canadian TV crap? Yes/No
I think this fascination with TV is daft. Crap will be crap, regardless of how big the picture is or how good the resolution is (with nodding reference to dbd's comment about porn).
We have only ever gone for the most basic cable package and, quite frankly, I have no idea what about 90% of the channels we can get are.
I quite happily settled down last night to watch death and destruction daily (the BBC news), followed by Steve Paikin sucking up to some pillocks, followed by George Streptocchiopolos sucking up to the non-dead but probably should be remnants of Queen. I finished off by doing what any Canadian should be doing on a Wednesday night. I watched GBH on ice (which probably does improve with more pixels).
We have only ever gone for the most basic cable package and, quite frankly, I have no idea what about 90% of the channels we can get are.
I quite happily settled down last night to watch death and destruction daily (the BBC news), followed by Steve Paikin sucking up to some pillocks, followed by George Streptocchiopolos sucking up to the non-dead but probably should be remnants of Queen. I finished off by doing what any Canadian should be doing on a Wednesday night. I watched GBH on ice (which probably does improve with more pixels).
