X Factor

[newt]

There is a news flash that Simon Cowels X factor may not be on UK television in 2011 :shock: . Two points, how can something like this become a major news item (much greater worry than the financial situation) and surely this is something to rejoice about not cry over :twisted: . It must be me I got all my priorities wrong.

 

[matt]

The mere act of starting a thread is almost tantamount to endorsing the newsworthiness of the item in the first place.

 

[jlawrence]

Now if we can get rid of that dancing crap and there might be something worth watching on a Saturday night.

 

[matt]

Now if we can get rid of that dancing crap and there might be something worth watching on a Saturday night.

Every night the standard schedule is mostly torture.
I got me one of those fancy DVD players and a PVR - now I'm in control of my schedule every night!

 

[woodbloke]

There is a news flash that Simon Cowels X factor may not be on UK television in 2011 :shock: . Two points, how can something like this become a major news item (much greater worry than the financial situation) and surely this is something to rejoice about not cry over :twisted: . It must be me I got all my priorities wrong.

No Pete, priorities are spot on :wink: ...X Factor, Jungle crap and everything similar ought to go down the earth spike! - Rob

 

[BMac]

You will either commend me for my bravery or ridicule me for my foolishness when I tell you that I ended up watching The X Factor live. I know, I know, any street cred I might have had is out the window now but it wasn't the Entertainment Factor so much as the Attraction of Repulsion Factor (you know, the compulsion we have to look at the squashed dog on the road). I started quite innocently by laughing at the audition clips on YouTube and, within weeks, was booking the television to see the show live. Worse than that, I then started telling my wife what happened each week despite knowing she hates The X Factor but I just loved the awfulness of it all.

Thankfully the show ended and my marriage didn't (I think it was close though).

I'll be OK, the MotoGP season starts in a couple of months. (Notice how I injected some high-octane sport to salvage some credibility?)

Brendan

 

[StevieB]

but it wasn't the Entertainment Factor so much as the Attraction of Repulsion Factor

Which is exactly the reason all these shows get such a huge audience. How interresting would Big Brother be with 12 well adjusted regular people in it? Not very. Stick in 12 wierdos who might either explode, hump each other to death or entertain us with their lack of even basic knowledge/manners/behaviour and you get everything that is bad about tabloid TV in one programme.

Making the viewer feel superior to the lab rats makes the viewer feel special and draws them back for more.

Steve

 

[mailee]

And they try to call this entertainment! I am glad I have the Discovery channel so I can watch all the repeats. :roll:

 

[Benchwayze]

What's the X factor please?

And who is Simon Cowell? I've heard of Austin Healey and Morris Cowley... But.... :lol:

Of course I agree with the consensus here, but the sad fact is, even if you never watch 'live' telly, you still have to pay for the TV licence, just to view a DVD or a VHS. Actually I don't, because there's someone over 75 in my house!

Seriously, we might be disgusted by this crud, but Cowell is laughing all the way to several banks.

John