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Quote: Renegade Carpark @ August 27 2009, 3:23 PM BST

Well why should you bother with Dexter, the Wire, Chuck, Battlestar Galactica, etc. when you can watch Big Brother, Coronation Street, Holby City or Who Do You Think You Are?

It boggles the mind that women will make a concious decision not to let their children watch anything violent on television but will sit down with them every night to watch EastEnders - a show which regularly features violence, rape, incest, adultery and piss poor writing.

But I'm a bloke, so my opinion doesn't count when it comes to British television.

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We don't watch soaps in our house. Or medical or (most) crime dramas. I don't really like sci-fi (watched the first series of Heroes, lost interest in the 2nd). I was going to watch The Wire but it was on too late. I don't like Desperate Housewives, Sex and the City, Ugly Betty, etc.

I sporadically watch Big Brother, because I'm interested in people and feel it's important to know what's going on.

Apart from comedy, I enjoy some British dramas, such as The Street (which isn't aimed at women), very few reality shows and a few 'educational' programmes, like Coast and most history-based shows.

My gripe is that a lot of TV shows are deriverative (how many similar cooking shows do we need?), have very little content (but repeat the same things over and over) and generally aimed at thick people.

Quote: Bad dog @ August 27 2009, 3:38 PM BST

And there we have it, the modern audience don't know any different: they'd happily watch shit all day.

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No, I said I didn't want to watch the old Doctor Whos.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ August 27 2009, 3:38 PM BST

I sporadically watch Big Brother, because I feel it's important to know what's going on.

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Other than that, it seems we have rather similar TV tastes. Worrying?

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ August 27 2009, 3:38 PM BST

My gripe is that a lot of TV shows are deriverative (how many similar cooking shows do we need?), have very little content (but repeat the same things over and over) and generally aimed at thick people.

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Unfortunately, that's what most female viewers want (I'm not including you in this observation Dolly) - undemanding, superfluous, celebrity filled fluff that can be easily forgotten and doesn't tax the brain.

Before you freak out, please remember that my last girlfriend bought Heat magazine and when we watched the news, she was more concerned with the female newsreader's jacket then the thousands of dying people she saw on screen. So my view may have been skewed by this woman alone.

Anyways, I don't know why chicks are so enraged by this argument, you've won. You've got the television all to yourself. Enjoy.

BTW If you want to find out what's going on in the world, may I suggest News at Ten instead of Big Brother.

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ August 27 2009, 3:47 PM BST

BTW If you want to find out what's going on in the world, may I suggest News at Ten instead of Big Brother.

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Channel4 News is much better. Though Radio4 is better still. I don't like the subjective and emotive reporting on TV news generally.

I think you're confusing thick women with all women. You know, like thick men who only programmes with Danny Dyer in them and watch Babestation.

Quote: Aaron @ August 27 2009, 3:42 PM BST

Other than that, it seems we have rather similar TV tastes. Worrying?

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You're just after my new cat.

Quote: Aaron @ August 27 2009, 3:42 PM BST

No, I said I didn't want to watch the old Doctor Whos.

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But there's no comparison, Dr Who is excellent and BB isn't. zooo would watch them.

Anyway, these days the BBC doesn't make that much family stuff that it isn't already repeating on BBC Three, so it's difficult to say. Again, the times have changed. You just wish they'd look in the archives, grab an old programme and say "let's give this a go" instead of the usual line-up. Luckily, you can get so much good stuff on DVD now... but perhaps that contributes to it.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ August 27 2009, 3:51 PM BST

I think you're confusing thick women with all women.

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Quote: Renegade Carpark @ August 27 2009, 3:47 PM BST

So my view may have been skewed by this woman alone.

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Thank God you're vaguely aware of this. Now let it seep into your brain and stop you saying such silly things.

Quote: Bad dog @ August 27 2009, 3:51 PM BST

But there's no comparison, Dr Who is excellent and BB isn't. zooo would watch them.

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That won't make any difference to him.

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ August 27 2009, 3:47 PM BST

Anyways, I don't know why chicks are so enraged by this argument, you've won. You've got the television all to yourself. Enjoy.

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*sticks remote control up Renegade's arse*

Not while CBBC is on air.

Quote: youngian @ August 27 2009, 2:56 PM BST

Enjoyed Stewart Lee's take on Channel 4 showing its great moments for its 25th anniversary; it's like a syphilitic old man showing you the long dead debutantes he used to date when he was younger.

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Stewart Lee really is a pretentious tosser isn't he.

Quote: zooo @ August 27 2009, 4:05 PM BST

*sticks remote control up Renegade's arse*

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There's nothing but shit on tonight.

Quote: Bad dog @ August 27 2009, 3:51 PM BST

But there's no comparison, Dr Who is excellent and BB isn't. zooo would watch them.

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Old Doctor Whos are unwatchably tedious. I'd rather sit through the modern television faeces that is Big Brother.