You have been watching…

Now I’m aware of a few things before this post, and the first is that I am (especially when criticising telly) a cynical misanthrope, and in my defence I’m quite cheery in real-life and when I don’t like something, I just don’t watch it.  I’m also aware of how many people have compared me to Charlie Brooker, a comparison I’m only too happy to have made.  Mr Brooker is one of my favourite satirists of the current world, being as he is simultaneously able to criticise accurately and with insight into motives, and not shy to say ‘fuck’ on air.

Anyway, I’ve been watching the BBC4/Channel4 hybrid that is “You have been watching” and I’m moderately annoyed, if not surprised to see that Charlie Brooker’s sarcastic style of TV has been stolen by some nob at Channel 4 who has then superimposed a better suited to face of the channel quiz format onto the normal straightforwardness of his critique.  Injecting 3 minor celebs more used to appearing on cable to this and you have a show.  Albeit a shit one.

I muchly enjoyed the critique, and some of the banter was good, but the guests were mostly comedians who don’t get enough exposure, and one token shitforbrains.

Basically put, Channel 4, don’t take a good presenter/writer and make them do shit.  And Richard Herring, you comment “This is the slowest quick fire round I’ve ever been in…” was only made possible by the sheer amount of quizzes you appear on whilst trying to build popularity for yourself between fringe festivals, so shut the fuck up yeah?

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