Jack
I watch far too much t.v really but I do enjoy it.
I have a diverse taste when it comes to what I like to watch and I often find I enjoy progs. I wouldn't have given much of a chance just by reading the t.v mag.
To me t.v is educational, company, light hearted, interesting, a brilliant source of escapism and can make me laugh. I think free view has opened up such a wider choice of progs. I find I have to tape so many shows.
The one thing I do have a bee in my bonnet about is the BBC news, or the lack of it. Often I have mentioned that the BBC has lost it's mojo and suffers from lazy reporting, often behind other news channels with breaking news, very weak interviewers and presenters, has become boring and repetitive and does not give enough international coverage. Obviously I am talking about free view 80 as opposed to the main BBC news which could not cover the wider reporting due to time allocation.
I am mind you a fan of many American shows such as The Good Wife, The Americans, West wing, Greys Anatomy etc etc. etc. Hence the need to tape so much. W e do have some very good British progs though don't we! Actually I think we are very lucky to have so much choice.
So, one happy viewer here.