10 things TV has done to annoy me

Why does TV go out of its way to annoy me? Watching has become a chore with my favourite shows ruined by the network’s insistence on making it as difficult for me as they can.

Don’t get me wrong, I realise that I’m not going to like every programme they show. And it isn’t just about having to put up with the likes of Kerry Katona or Katie Price or any other non entity being given undeserved air time. I realise that different people like different things and I’m certainly not going to fall into the trap of watching shows I hate just so I can complain about them. The things that annoy me don’t have anything to do with individual programmes. They are to do with the general attitude of the TV channels.

More and more, the stations seem happy to ignore what the viewer wants. Unless they think they’ve offended someone and their license might be in jeopardy. When that happens then it’s overcompensation a go-go.

The more channels we get, the worse the service gets, and all because they seem to have stopped thinking about the viewer. So here it is:

10 Things TV Has Done to Annoy Me

1. Shrinking credits so I can’t see who played,”man in hat #3”. Sometimes I really want to know, damnit.

2. Continuity announcers talking over the closing title music. Especially annoying when it’s one of my favourite pieces.

3. Cutting for ad breaks at random points – sometimes mid sentence – instead of using natural scene changes.

4. Running straight into sponsor messages so we can’t fast forward through them. Note to advertisers – sometimes people don’t want to see your adverts. It’s not a war you morons. It’s not you versus us. And if your product is so great, why do you feel the need to trick us into looking at it? And having tricked us into looking at it, how do you think we now feel about your product?

5. Having too many ad breaks that show too many ads.

6. Showing the same trail for some crap programme, which you know is going to die on its arse, over and over again. Please explain how battering us with repeated trails is supposed to make us look forward to seeing this piece of shit. It doesn’t work. Stop it.

7. Continuity announcers. Make them stop.

8. Banners that take up almost half the screen to tell me what’s coming next, while the programme I’m watching is still running. It’s not only distracting, it’s just plain ignorant.

9. Warning me of bad language, or violence, in programmes that start after midnight. Anyone who’s that easily offended, shouldn’t be allowed to own a TV, let alone stay up late.

10. Oversize logos in the corner of the screen. I’m not an idiot; I know which channel I’m watching and I don’t care. I’m here to watch a show or a film, not to bask in your glory.

Sort yourselves out TV Stations.

Uku has spoken.