Saturday night TV just awful

We rarely watch live TV these days. Record programmes we like to watch. Last night we saw " Death in Paradise" tonight will probably try the New series of "Granchester".

Yes, Saturday night TV is a right-off. I do allow that for the many who follow football (not me) this has a place.
I have become increasingly depressed, distressed, disappointed, angry when I have the energy, and annoyed by the low standard of TV. The many quiz shows, reality shows dancing on whatever shows, all greatly annoy me as does the BBC News which during the election run-up was so biased. I have seriously thought of not paying my license fee and opting for the other stations only.

Maybe if enough people complain we might get somewhere? But I do think we are being forced to pay for alternatives such as Netflix.

Agree ….awful tv and think what we have to PAY to watch it …..wish we could opt out of the tv licence and just watch the free channels …...I do enjoy Call the Midwife though, and some TV drams ...Vera is worth a watch, and the news but other than that and some old films or decent dramas, hopeless !

Have not watched Casualty for years, but just how old is Charlie? Must be well overdue for retirement. I know the NHS is understaffed but......

Same as Pittcity I watched the bone detectives on four and then Channel 5. It might not be particularly good or original but there is normally at least one little snippet of real interest in their history stuff, for me it was that Cutty Sark, which I always thought was the fastest cutter, was actually beaten by Thermapolie. Oh and the information about L’Invinciblé (later HMS Invincible) was very interesting

Last night the live tv was appalling in my view. Felt like a real dumbing down of British life. Watched Monty Don’s American Gardens on catch up, fabulous. Will watch the Scandinavian Noir from last night later today. Thanks for suggesting ✅

Julia Bradbury’s programme about walking in Iceland was truly amazing, the landscape is a sight to behold. BBC4.

Then we switched off!

Thank goodness for Netflix. I watched a Tom Hanks film called The Terminal. It was very engaging. Then i watched the last episode of the Crown. Earlier in the day I watched Lowrys Mother. It was a really interesting film about the difficult relationship Lowry had with the old bat.

I think Saturday night TV has been awful for a few years now
Do the planners think everyone over 40 goes out, because all that seems to be on is reality TV I begrudge paying my license fee and Sky subscription when it’s all catered for young people.
I too switch to Netflix or amazon prime.

I record programs during the week and if Saturday night TV is pants I catch up on what I’ve recorded.

Saturday TV has always been dreadful, I watched White House Farm from the box. I thought it had happened much longer ago than '87.

Totally agree, Masked Singer is awful

I agree that prime time Saturday tv is a bit dire, all that whooping and shrieking is sooo irritating. Luckily a new channel has just popped up on my tv, 57 on Freeview, The Smithsonian channel. There have been some interesting programmes on there.

We watched both eps of Wisting back to back on BBC 4. Not up there with the best but we usually watch the foreign offerings. Spiral is the best!

Have to agree, Saturday night tv is abysmal. Got out my crocheting then had a look at Ab Fab which turned out to be a repeat. Amazon film for me. Charlie on Casualty is paid £400,000 a year. How he has lasted so long goodness knows.

I am signing up for Netflix today..I would like not to have to pay the BBC licence as most BBC is rubbish imo

Saturday night has always been for family viewing really. We’d have watched this sort of stuff (the singing and dancing shows) with our young teenagers back in the day, but none of it appeals now. That’s not to say it shouldn’t be on.

We usually watch something we’ve recorded, and we’ve always plenty to choose from - I really can’t agree that our TV’s dire! But DH was out last night so I ended up watching Casualty, which hasn’t changed much over the years, and the Ab Fab film, which was pretty bad. But then there was Sara Pascoe’s stand up, which I loved. So on balance, not all bad. Back to the recorded stuff next week though!

National Geographic, history or, last night Virgin River on Netflix. The programs mentioned by OP are dire.

We only watch the BBC4 9 pm offerings, Wisting is Okish., none of them are ever as good as Spiral. Have to agree with you OP, the offerings are generally a load of crap Thank God for Netflix..............and a good book!

Yes Saturday eveningTV is dire,I watched Casualty once about 20 years ago ,never again not interested in any reality rubbish so watched a Jonathan Creek on Netflix then did a crossword then bed.

Although I usually just watch something recorded on my Humax on these desperately bad Saturday nights, I did try to watch the Best Dancer programme. Was not impressed. I tried last season and gave up when a beautiful, highly trained classical dancer did not get through, whereas groups with some very young child got the 'Ah' vote. If it depends on audience voting, then surely the larger groups start with a bigger advantage.
Watch Casualty, always have - agree that Charley never looks at the people he is talking to, always over their shoulders. I have assumed he is reading a prompt.
Sunday night, at present is too good, needing to record so much. Would be better if Dr Who returned to its old Saturday evening slot Not sure why it was moved from there.
I always record any programme I want to watch that is on a station with adverts so when I watch it, I can just fast forward through those adverts. Although I watch a lot (maybe too much) television, I do not know ANY of the adverts.
Whereas, I can understand the commercial stations trying to direct their programmes towards younger viewers with money - would not think this would be the 16-24 years group. Firstly, they do not have much money - and secondly, surely they are not watching tv on Saturday or Sunday nights. Indeed, most of this age group do not watch much tv at all.
It is us oldies who spend more time - particularly in the evenings, in front of the box.

I have watched Casualty now and again and I always think Charlie,s acting is awful, he always seems to be looking away from the actor in front of him as if he,s looking at an autocue !! He has done that for years , maybe he had trouble remembering his lines ,

TV has mostly been awful for ages. Christmas was dire.
Last night we watched a recorded Father Brown and a Midsomer Murder, then the Ab Fab film. We whiz through ITV programmes adverts.
A neighbour who works in ITV told me that it is all aimed at young people as they are susceptible to advertising whereas older people are not so much, they know what they will spend their money on.

I think that people of 16-24 will be the ones out on a Saturday night. I don't bother with the mainstream channels at all. I record things over the week and watch them instead. I do love BBC 4. There's nearly always an interesting art or history programme available on the i player.

Mr.Gravy and I are disagreeing on "hedgehog" he is favouring Michael Ball, for some reason I think it maybe Alexander Armstrong

It's too deep a voice for Michael Ball, I think. It sounds like someone with more of a trained voice - perhaps Alfie Boe? Goodness knows why I watched some of it last night. I must be completely mad!