What TV shows are you amazed are still going?

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Grenache@reddit

I'm amazed Corination Street and the like still hit 4-5 million viewers really.

Sunday Brunch makes sense, like Sunday Morning people just chuck whatever on the TV and SB is cheap to make and not awful.

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PipBin@reddit

Same with ‘stenders. Think back to the 80s and 90s and soap stars/ characters were household names. Grant and Phil Mitchell, Den and Angie, Jack and Vera, Hilda Ogden all massively famous.

I don’t think I could tell you who anyone in any of the soaps is now. I catch the end of episodes of Eastenders when I turn on for shows on afterwards and it’s dreadful. My friends sister is in Eastenders and I had no idea for years.

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Boring_Piglet6778@reddit

Phil's still in it and Grant just came back this week to say goodbye to Nigel! if you remember him lol

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The_Dark_Vampire@reddit

I know who Nigel is but honestly when I see the actor I think of Red Dwarf or Bottom first

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Boring_Piglet6778@reddit

Forgot about this!

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PipBin@reddit

Yeah I caught that while waiting for Race Across the World to start. I’m sure they put the old cast front and centre when they know old farts like me are waiting for other shows to start.

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Boring_Piglet6778@reddit

Ha you could be right, I never thought about that

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ThrustersToFull@reddit

Corrie’s heyday is now in the distant past. I tried to watch an episode recently and it was just… strange. Like a crap psychological drama combined with an episode of The Bill.

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Bossman_Mike@reddit

You have regular cast members who are now so old they're dying of old age.

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Grenache@reddit

Interesting, I might give it a whirl see how it is myself! Me and the Mrs were talking about Jack and Vera the other day. It was so massive when I was younger.

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TheSilkyBat@reddit

I still remember how gripping it was when Richard Hillman went on his murder spree.

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ThrustersToFull@reddit

Now it’s nothing but murder sprees and the odd terror attack thrown in too. It must be the most dangerous street in the world.

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The_Dark_Vampire@reddit

You forgot affairs I don't even watch it but I know there is always at least one affair storyline happening all the time

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Grenache@reddit

When was the last time TV was on the front of every tabloid? Man that was insane. I just read the wiki for his actor and apparently he came back in 2024 for Gail's exit hahaha. I need to watch that.

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The_Dark_Vampire@reddit

Gail's gone.

Did she ever learn a new expression honestly no matter what happened she had the exact same bullfrog expression her entire family could be massacred or she could win 100 million on the euro and she would give the same face

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BingeLurker@reddit

A couple had the ‘You & Me Song’ as their first dance at a wedding I was at. Great tune but I’m sure I wasn’t the only person thinking about THAT scene in Corrie.

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TerpzArmy@reddit

I’ve never been so excited so for something. I honestly attribute it to by I like true crime so much now. There’d be 2 episodes on in one night, which was mad enough but they also separated each episode by like half an hour?

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ThrustersToFull@reddit

Those were the days! Sadly long forgotten. I have no idea who is writing it now, or what they are trying to achieve, but it’s unwatchable.

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Grenache@reddit

It's funny really because when they do take it off air I'll be all THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS HOW DARE THEY despite the fact I haven't watched it for 24 years. A bit like when they dropped Neighbours and I was also outraged.

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rayoflight110@reddit

Corrie just looks so amateur now also. The acting is terrible and you can literally hear the Director shout action in a scene as everyone moves around, it's so cringe.

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SamW1996@reddit

I was never a regular watcher but have kept up with some of the recent storylines and the Corrie subreddit and many people there are saying how difficult it is to watch.

A lot of the older episodes are on YouTube and I've watched many of those. The difference is like night and day.

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ThrustersToFull@reddit

Yes some of the older plots are extraordinarily well done. The 1990-2010 years are the best IMO.

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SamW1996@reddit

I wonder if it's because there were fewer episodes. Up until 1989 there were only two a week so storylines had more time to develop. With five a week now sometimes it feels like everything's on fast forward.

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EldritchCleavage@reddit

Went downhill once Sharples went.

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bumford11@reddit

I know someone who still watches it so occasionally I overhear it and yeah: from what I hear it's almost entirely about the police and crime at this point?

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crucible@reddit

That put my late Mum right off it, she went from watching it religiously to not bothering with it at all for a few years.

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The_Dark_Vampire@reddit

I stopped watching Coronation Street the episode Hilda Ogden left

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AuroraDF@reddit

I used to watch every soap. I gradually cut them out until I'm just left with Corrie and Eastenders. Every so often I decide I'm only giving one or the other a months more and if it doesn't improve I'm giving it up. But I'm still watching . It's like a drug.

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abgc161@reddit

I’m 28 and still religiously watch Corrie, think it’s just a bit of comfort blanket really. It’s not what it was but I think it’s been really good the last few months

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Grenache@reddit

It's really interesting to me that you're 28 and super in to it! I had fully assumed it was 40 or so plus as the youngest.

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abgc161@reddit

Yeah, I can’t say I have anyone in my life to discuss it with other than my parents/grandparents!

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Grenache@reddit

That's cute though!

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stevethos@reddit

I feel like when the boomers and even a chunk of gen x’ers die off then things like Corrie and Benders are gonna finally finish.

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Every_Individual_25@reddit

Well this boomer only watches YouTube as regular TV sucks.

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mdmnl@reddit

This isn't a dig in the slightest, I'm curious what do you watch?

I watch a lot of music videos (used to watch movie trailers but stopped) but not much else on YT.

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Lazy-Contribution789@reddit

'Map men', you can see it's had a lot of time and thought put into each episode. It's a bit silly but also entertaining and educational.

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Green-Ad6717@reddit

Eastenders

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MarkWrenn74@reddit

Gardeners' World 🥱

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No_Ring_3348@reddit

Points of View. It should be on a non-BBC channel ffs.

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Lazy-Contribution789@reddit

I've not seen it in years, isn't it exclusively about BBC shows? Channel 4 used to have Right To Reply but not sure any other similar shows exist.

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SD92z@reddit

Britains Got Talent. Its been going on so long, the little kids that appeared the early series are now fully grown adults knocking 30.

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notlikeontv@reddit

It's all dance troops, dogs and their trainer, janky magicians and singers who if they were really good would have done something about it already with the occasional dash of idiots doing stupid stuff just to get on TV. It's literally the biggest load of shite

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MoodyBernoulli@reddit

Plus they always have some Eastern European daredevil who hangs himself in the air on meathooks, or balances himself on a sword by his teeth.

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notlikeontv@reddit

And then cuts to the judges and audience looking like their creaming their pants over how entertaining it is, from an unrelated pre filmed clip. And ant and Dec just stand at the side of the stage making faces getting paid stupid money. I don't understand why everyone rates it so much it's one of the shittest things that exists and I wish they would stop encouraging these jabronis to expose their weird kinky talentless selves Simon melted face cowel and fucking waste man KSI. Seriously Fu CK that show right in it's stupid face

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heyjxdee@reddit

jesus tell us how u really feel 😂

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hashbrowneggyolk0520@reddit

You forgot at least 3 choirs every episode too!!

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iamNebula@reddit

My rents were watching recently, maybe 2 weeks ago and I stood and watched for a little bit. There was this amazing singer on then a group of children doing some group dance with their teacher. They got a gold button or whatever it is and not the other person.

It was fucking shit. Literally just them jumping around and crap. My nieces are the same age and are part of a dance group and them and their peers are great. I have no idea wtf this was and why it was loved. It’s pure tv bullshit. I am aware it’s essentially all ‘staged’ but that act? A gold button for that? It wasn’t even funny or entertaining just genuinely terrible.

Cringed me out so much I left after that.

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Captaincadet@reddit

Problem is a proper sob story gets people to watch

But the people they have on tend to not be the best or haven’t had huge success out of the show, as if you win, your stuck into quite a crappy contract

It’s a show that your better off coming second than winning

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AuroraDF@reddit

I went off BGT but somehow I've been sucked back in this series and they seem to have joined the format a bit to show fewer 'bad' contestants and actually have more which are in someway decently entertaining.

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lime-enthusiast@reddit

I stopped watching talent shows like these because of people milking their sad backstories. I remember a few years ago the winner of America's got Talent was some mediocre magician who started each audition crying about the kids he adopted

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Bubbly-Many5877@reddit

I kept flicking to it last night when watching the snooker, and didn't see a British act once! can we assume from this that Britain doesn't have talent!

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cubesnack@reddit

Mrs. Brown's Boys - who watches this crap?

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lime-enthusiast@reddit

My ex's family used to watch this and called me a snob because I didn't laugh at any of the jokes

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bluenosekev@reddit

Didn't realise it had any jokes

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MJLDat@reddit

There are jokes in it?

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lime-enthusiast@reddit

If like a man dressed as an old woman saying "Feckin' eejit" every few minutes you're in for a treat

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Icy_Pass_2639@reddit

My nan used to laugh at it a lot, she loved it! Not long after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, so maybe it's just a soft brain thing?

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doesnt_like_pants@reddit

Thank god she’s an ex

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explodinghat@reddit

That's why they're an ex

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Dd_8630@reddit

Me and my partner watch it. Laugh our asses off. It helps that I have irish in laws from Belfast, so when they mock Belfast it tickles us.

I fully get why it's not for everyone. But it's just 3 wall slapstick comedy, which is a staple of comedy, from Blackadder to Mr Bean to the Miranda Show. Just dumb fun.

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electricmohair@reddit

I’ve seen a couple of episodes, it’s not for me at all but I can see why people find it funny - especially older people who seem to be the target audience. With the way this sub seems to hate the show you’d think it was actively harmful or something

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WeirdF@reddit

There are plenty of things I don't find funny but I can understand why other people might do. But I have no ability to comprehend how it is even possible to find Mrs Brown's Boys funny. It's honestly bizarre.

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The_Dark_Vampire@reddit

Yeah for example I never liked Men Behaving Badly but I can understand why people do (Oddly I absolutely love Bottom which is kinda similar) but I will never understand why Mrs. Brown's Boys is supposed to be funny

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Captaincadet@reddit

It was interesting when it came out, but there has been no evolution of the show and the comedy has also gone stale very quickly

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The_Dark_Vampire@reddit

Honestly to me to comes across as a bad parody of a 70s sitcom with all the OTT tropes.

Note. I love 70s sitcoms but Mrs. Brown's Boys seems to have taken the bits people didn't like have gone OTT and left out the actual good bits

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SuperDinkle406@reddit

Came here to say exactly this.

I am completely lost why it is not consigned forever to the shit-bin, dont-bother.

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JayR_97@reddit

Boomers

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Logical_Bake_3108@reddit

Nah, my parents are boomers and they think it's terrible.

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Moomin_1291@reddit

Mine too.

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flangeflangeflanges@reddit

Not all of us.

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AuroraDF@reddit

I cannot bear that programme. Have never laughed at it once. Are they seriously still making it?

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Dynamite_Shovels@reddit

No fucking way are they still making new episodes of Mrs Brown's Boys, that is actually mental - the Extras parody of it was like 20 years ago ffs

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Kelsiersdaggers@reddit

Extras didn’t parody it. It wasn’t on when extras aired.

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NuisancePenguin44@reddit

I think that's where they got the idea for Mrs Brown's Boys

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cubesnack@reddit

I know!! Before posting I had to check the Wikipedia page and it says there clearly: Release 1 January 2011 – present.

I was gobsmacked.

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stevenmorrish@reddit

So the Extras parody of it, predates it?!

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cubesnack@reddit

There used to be a radio play in the nineties, and several other adaptations. One had Anjelica Huston in it apparently.

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CantaloupeAway7125@reddit

My mum does unfortunately

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ss2811@reddit

Loose Women. I’m surprised it still exists

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Claretandblue82@reddit

It’s a show for a bunch of washed up celebs who can’t get on telly any other way.

Who else is going to employ the likes of Denise Welch and Nadia Sawalha!

As for Loose Men! Do fuck off!

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bsidewinsagain@reddit

I'm a celebrity. Something bad will happen one day and they have to stop. It's a cruel program and in the future they'll look back and wonder have it was ever on telly.

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Floyd_Pink@reddit

The Simpsons.

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290Richy@reddit

Marge's voice sounds awful now.

She sounds like Deidre Barlow.

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pajamakitten@reddit

More like Marge's mother when the show started.

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Bossman_Mike@reddit

It's totally out of gas, but keeps getting recommissioned and I think they have no idea how to actually end it.

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evenifihateit@reddit

Is it? I genuinely thought it had ended. Have I had a mandela effect moment?

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bobbyroberts72@reddit

And yet Fox treated Futurama so badly, had it been allowed to run naturally we could have a few more seasons of real gold.

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lime-enthusiast@reddit

I genuinely couldn't get into the seasons of Futurama released over the last couple of years. I could tell what they were trying to do but it juat didn't have the same magic

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bumford11@reddit

Yes, the original four season run was perfect and with a perfect ending to boot. The four feature length episodes released afterwards were decent enough, but even then was stretching things. The subsequent seasons were not good.

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bobbyroberts72@reddit

I agree, perfect describes those first 4 series, there is a handful of stand out episode after the films but before Disney+, The Late Philip J. Fry really hit home with good story telling and some heartfelt moments same as the feel of the original 4 series.

Really enjoyed A Clockwork Origin and Meanwhile ended that round of series off very well.

Looks like it’ll be Futurama on the TV tonight!

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bickles_cab@reddit

I treat The Simpsons like two completely different TV shows. You have some of the best telly ever made in its season 2 - 9 heyday, but then after season 10 it just got slowly progressively worse. I refuse to entertain the idea of watching anything from the last 20 years, it's utter tripe now.

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theotherquantumjim@reddit

There’s still funny moments. And maybe a really good episode every three seasons on average

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Logical_Bake_3108@reddit

If that's the level then yeah, not good enough for a former all time great show.

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carcrash12@reddit

Yeah for me The Simpsons is actually top tier TV up until Series 9 (and some of 10 if we're being generous) and then perfectly watchable up to and including the first movie. But they really should have made the movie the closing statement of the whole thing.

After that it gets real rough. I know people say there's some banger episodes these days but I struggle massively listening to some of the voice actors these days, Julie Kavner especially sounds beyond rough.

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Logical_Bake_3108@reddit

90s Simpsons is one of the best shows ever made, forget just cartoons. If they had just called it a day after the movie I don't think too many people would have been upset (other than the people who make vast sums of money from keeping it going).

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Dom-CCE@reddit

They'll never stop The Simpsons

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piratemeow21@reddit

That's what I was gonna say. It's been unwatchable for years now, they need to stop

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RandomUser22487@reddit

Big Brother, I remember going to see my mum a couple of months ago and she was watching it, and I was very surprised as I thought it had been axed years ago.

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The_Dark_Vampire@reddit

It was then ITV brought it back

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Bossman_Mike@reddit

Doctor Who.

Absolute shite that has completely trashed the legacy of the originals. There are modern day "Whovians" who have never heard of Jon Pertwee.

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insertitherenow@reddit

News at 10. Totally implausible plot lines. It’s not been the same since Trevor was killed off.

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Bossman_Mike@reddit

But that Huw guy, who ever saw that coming? Because I know I didn't.

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rayoflight110@reddit

ITV is the worst, so much sneering and patronising.

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Dry_Yogurt2458@reddit

Coronation st, Emmerdale and EastEnders.

At this point they are just exclusive swingers clubs.

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The_Dark_Vampire@reddit

Haven't they recently confirmed Coronation St and Emmerdale take part within the same universe as they had crossover episodes.

I don't know but I remember reading something about it

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Pin1888@reddit

I call them Coronochance St, Emmerdeath and Bellenders in my house. Other half loves a bit of Bellenders, I refuse to entertain any. Another one is Hollyboaks.

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Jellybeantoesarenice@reddit

🤣

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SautedMorsel@reddit

The one show

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WelshLad123@reddit (OP)

Yes! Somehow it’s children’s TV for grown-ups.

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Claretandblue82@reddit

It’s Blue Peter for retards!

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Flowerofthesouth88@reddit

Strictly Come Dancing, Every year it a scandal and started to be outdated!

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Longjumping-Toe-8643@reddit

I'm always surprised to see The Apprentice is still going.

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WelshLad123@reddit (OP)

Yes great shout. Was really good at the start but now just people trying to get their 5 mins of fame.

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Bossman_Mike@reddit

Nick Hewer basically admitted that the 'sensible' candidates were sifted early. Anyone who understood things like EBITDA, etc.? In the bin.

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Kelsiersdaggers@reddit

Counterpoint, it was always shite.

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carcrash12@reddit

Honestly disagree. The first 2 series were actually quite unique. But once you had Katie Hopkins on with Series 3 it was all downhill and they really played up the drama and conflict from that point forward.

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Longjumping-Toe-8643@reddit

Agreed. I really enjoyed the first series as it was something different. By the end of the second series you could see the contestants viewing it as an opportunity for a bit of fame. I didn't even bother finishing the third series.

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55caesar23@reddit

I was a fan of the apprentice. By this series was terrible it’s getting more and more obvious how much they set them up to fail. It won’t let too long now I think

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Bossman_Mike@reddit

For the first time since 2018 I didn't complete a season. Stopped cold turkey five episodes before the end of this one, didn't get round to watching them on iPlayer, decided actually I couldn't be bothered and didn't car. I still don't know why I started watching it in the first place, given I remember my friends getting excited over the show back in literally 2005-2006 when it was new and I had no interest at that time.

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CatalunyaNoEsEspanya@reddit

It's obvious from the start getting "business" people to manufacture some foodstuff in half a day and then firing them for getting it wrong is crazy. It's not a necessary skill and demonstrates absolutely nothing. They have always prevented the marketing side from properly communicating with the product side of the team to manufacture drama.

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Captaincadet@reddit

I know a few made millionaires who cannot stand the show. You get successful from learning from failures, not the other way around

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Bossman_Mike@reddit

It will keep going as long as Hackney Boy wants. If he goes, it goes.

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AdWest9108@reddit

Do you remember the original US version with Trump? It was something else!

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lime-enthusiast@reddit

The Mitchell and Webb parody sketch of this is nearly 20 years old and is still just as accurate

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Pantomimehorse1981@reddit

Yeah when it was first out was essential viewing for me, now it’s just tired

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Cup-of-Rosy-Blue@reddit

Sunday Brunch

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rayoflight110@reddit

And it has the absolute dregs of "celebrities" that don't even qualify as Z list.

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Glittering-Knee9595@reddit

I literally cannot be in the same room if this show is on. It is the worst.

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EyeAware3519@reddit

Wallpaper TV. Noone is paying attention to it.

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Cup-of-Rosy-Blue@reddit

It's on for hours too!

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BingeLurker@reddit

Sunday Brunch is the perfect Sunday morning show as it’s great background TV where you can drop in and out on a chilled Sunday, and there’s almost always 1 or 2 guests you’ll be interested in.

Definitely not a surprise it’s still on when you think about it. There’s a reason why BBC Two is a best bits of Saturday Kitchen and ITV is Alan Titchmarsh’s version.

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ceciem2100@reddit

We ALWAYS have Sunday Brunch on in the background, Sunday morning wouldn't be the same without it.

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Sgt_major_dodgy@reddit

I actually don't mind it tbh.

Lazy Sunday morning, sipping a coffee and seeing them make things and I'll say to my fiance "we should make this" and we watch it knowing full well we're never actually going to do it.

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Maximum-Day-8121@reddit

EastEnders, so poor

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Anaptyso@reddit

I haven't watched it in at least ten years. Recently I was flicking around on the TV and saw it was on. It had loads of the same characters all having the same kinds of mundane and depressing conversations that they were having years ago.

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HanAVFC@reddit

I watch it seasonally because it doesn't feel like Christmas to me without a trip to the queen Vic, then I kinda keep watching until march. I always manage to jump straight in and know most of the characters and within a few minutes work out the stories. It's kinda comforting, I've watched Ian Beale for the last 30 Christmases 😂🤦🏽‍♀️😂

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SamW1996@reddit

I always found EastEnders at Christmas depressing. Charlie Brooker did a good review of it a few years ago.

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HanAVFC@reddit

I mean it is depressing maybe that's what I enjoy the comfort of knowing it's going to be depressing 😂🤣🤷🏽‍♀️ it's sort of a habit now for me I've done it that many years 😅

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SamW1996@reddit

Fair enough. 🙂 I guess the writers are consistent in that regard. 😂

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HanAVFC@reddit

Haha it's nice knowing whatever happened my Christmas day, Ian Beale is having a worse time 😅🤣 I love Charlie Brooker (not all my TV taste is terrible just some haha) too so I think I know the review you said in your previous comment lol !

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jbkb1972@reddit

The news, absolute misery

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DDAAVVEE123@reddit

Casualty. Surely they must have run out of ways of getting injured/ill by now.

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tictac59015@reddit

I'm surprised it lasted more than a couple of series.

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No-Philosophy6754@reddit

Hollyoaks - who is watching it?

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Mountain-Seat-8043@reddit

Married at First Sight. Especially the Australian one. Encouraging people to abuse and gaslight each other. Putting clearly vulnerable people in toxic situations

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andyteg@reddit

Not Going Out

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abgc161@reddit

Yes! I caught a bit of an episode last night and it was just cringeworthy. It was so good back in the day but really needed to end as soon as Lee and Lucy got together

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MobiusNaked@reddit

Shit! spoiler alert only on season 3 ;)

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abgc161@reddit

It’s been over a decade, you’ve had plenty of time!

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MobiusNaked@reddit

I know but we only started watching it this year.

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MJLDat@reddit

That was exactly the point it changed.

From the brilliant comedy it was to Terry and June.

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AuroraDF@reddit

Agreed. It's hideously awful.

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AcanthisittaFit1066@reddit

According to Wikipedia Songs of Praise is still going.

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Moppo_@reddit

Who is it even for? People who would go to church but hsve the flu that weekend?

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dobber72@reddit

All the reality TV shows, that whole format basically.

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Moppo_@reddit

Allegedly they exist as a vessel for adverts, the idea being that the kind of people who watch them are the kind to impulsively buy whstever's advertised.

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Snooker1471@reddit

Cash in the Attic, Homes under the hammer and all those myriad of shows that want to sell your old tat for £1.50

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theabominablewonder@reddit

Some of these are great value for the production companies. Eg Bargain Hunt. They give the contestants a few hundred quid to go round a car boot sale, they then put all the stuff they buy into an auction. If they make a profit they keep the profit and if not they go home with nothing. The other day some contestants made a £3 profit, £1.50 each. The other group made a small loss. How many half hour long shows can get away with paying their contestants a total of £3? It’s ridiculously inexpensive. These will be the last shows to die.

And the refurbishment house flipping shows - they are not putting up any money but just filming people flipping houses for a profit and arranging an estate agent to provide a valuation.

Plus they then show them on repeats and sell old episodes to some of the less popular tv stations..

I’d love to know which shows are the cheapest or provide most viewers/minutes per pound spent. I bet these are all up there.

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Captaincadet@reddit

That’s why it’s so popular. IIRC the actual half a hour of tv costs around £100k in the uk (evening shows really push it up) and bargain hunt costs about £10k ish to make per episode (experts have a appearance fee which is about £2k and you have to have some staff away to film it around the country, plus a little bit of research into good markers, contestants vetting etc)

For day time padding it’s really cheap

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MillicentColdstone@reddit

I watch huh purely when I’m ill and unable to truly concentrate on anything else!

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Admirable-Mall-9601@reddit

IACGMOOH

The present day equivalent of Victorians visiting Bedlam mental hospital as a fun day out.

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snarkmaiden5@reddit

This Morning. They need to just let it go now, who even watches it still

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AnonymousTimewaster@reddit

You'd be surprised how many boomers are still watching live TV.

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hotdamn_1988@reddit

I tried to get my mum into Netflix, even bbc Iplayer. She won’t do it, refuses so just watches live tv every day even though she could binge watch any series she wanted basically 🤣

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behold-my-titties@reddit

My dads the same, but will boast that he can skip ads on sky by prerecouŕding ncis, that he's watched a thousand times.

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TheBestBigAl@reddit

prerecouŕding ncis

I think I was served a plate of this at Le Gavroche.

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GamerGuyAlly@reddit

Brother?

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BabaSarah@reddit

My dad's the same, he will watch a series every Sunday at 9.00pm on BBC, I will binge watch it every now and then.

When he went on holiday he missed an episode and said, it is what it is, did want to watch it on iPlayer as it's too much of a faff

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MrUtterNonsense@reddit

Except they always seem to be watching stuff that they perhaps don't realise is old, like ten year old episodes of Four In A Bed and Police Interceptors etc.

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flangeflangeflanges@reddit

I’m a boomer. I watch some live tv but also Netflix, YouTube, Disney+ etc. But I haven’t watched This Morning for about 20 years. Because I hate it.

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Aggravating-Tower317@reddit

Ben and cat are so boring too. Two of the worst presenters they could've got

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Timely_Cake_917@reddit

The old, and unemployed.

It's cheap to make and gets advertising with paid product placement (not to mention the paid competition phone line)

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Matrixblackhole@reddit

The Dumping Ground on CBBC. Mike has left and the og dumping ground was burnt down. I think it ought to have finished there (btw which was 4 or 5 series ago!).

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Awkward-Tax102@reddit

As a fan of Greys Anatomy, Greys Anatomy. Think it's like The Simpsons where it's been going so long how do you end it?

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SnooHamsters5480@reddit

I mean it had a super easy and clean way to end when Meredith decided to leave. No idea why they decided to continue it.

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Thendisnear17@reddit

Money.

It will keep going until the fan demographic dies off.

It could go for 20 more years.

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cupidstunt01@reddit

Eastenders

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One-Program6244@reddit

Have I Got News For you. Surely they're just going through the motions at this point.

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whatanabsolutefrog@reddit

The writing is definitely not as sharp as it used to be.

I used to be a big fan, but in recent years I've seen the host literally just repeat jokes that have been all over the internet for days. Feels quite lazy at times.

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Thendisnear17@reddit

I think twitter and similar sites have taken some of the oxygen from satirical TV shows.

You have an unlimited number of monkeys posting jokes until 1 is good.

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whatanabsolutefrog@reddit

For sure. Much harder to be original these days

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AuroraDF@reddit

Ian and Paul make it good, imo. If they weren't on, it wouldn't be worth carrying on. Even though they say very little and just odd throw away comments. They say the things that are in my head.

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dpk-s89@reddit

Its hard to satirialise events from a world that feels like a satire anyway.

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tinned_peaches@reddit

It feels so smug

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Odd-Area-5148@reddit

One thing about this show they always have something relevant to make quips about which is helpful and the format works

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Floyd_Pink@reddit

HIGNFY still makes me chuckle but when I think back (and watch old clips on YT) to the guests they used to have in the past, it's so incredibly weak these days. The Bruce Forsyth episode, Brian Blessed. Hell, I watched an old one the other day where Elton John was on Paul's team!!! Lest we forget the tub of lard.

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neilm1000@reddit

Lest we forget the tub of lard.

I haven't thought of Roy Hattersley in years.

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IAmDyspeptic@reddit

I love watching the old episodes on YT. Even if I have to look up who some of the guests are these days. It's like a form of social history.

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box-o-locks@reddit

It's one of the few things on my weekly watch list.

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zah_ali@reddit

The Simpsons — I’m a huge fan but stopped watching a long time ago. They lost their way a several seasons+ back, but with a new movie coming out next year I guess there’s no sign of it stopping

*insert stop it’s already dead Simpsons meme*

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Calm-Raise6973@reddit

Agreed. The turning point for me was in the late-90s when Matt Groening decided to devote more time to creating Futurama. Coincidence or not, but the quality of Simpsons episodes dropped around the same time, and not just the one where Principal Skinner announced he was an imposter.

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Thendisnear17@reddit

To be fair Matt Groening was never really involved that much.

It was the loss of some key writing staff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_The_Simpsons#The_Scully_years_(1997%E2%80%932001)

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zah_ali@reddit

Hmm interesting, never thought about the futurama aspect (especially as it got cancelled at one point?). I watched one of the more recent eps and I was shocked how bad it had gotten. Even the voices seem to have changed over the years. Oh and the hubbub over Apu’s character no longer being in the show. It’s all gone so down hill :(

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Logical_Bake_3108@reddit

I didn't know they were making a new movie. That tells you how little I am keeping up with my former favourite TV show. Honestly, if they had called it a day after the first movie I don't think too many people would have been upset (other than the people who make vast sums of money from keeping it going).

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zah_ali@reddit

Agreed, however, I felt the original movie was several years too late. I was an avid fan and was so hyped for it but the movie felt so meh to me.

The second one is due out early next year apparently. Will I complain about the Simpsons going downhill? Yes. Will I go to watch the second movie knowing it’ll probably be just as bad as the last several seasons? Also yes.

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ab00@reddit

Hollyoaks. It's been utter shite for really simple people since day 1.

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Large_it@reddit

https://youtu.be/SqrV-C1qW3E?si=wtV2WmoiZaDCf1FP

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Contrarian1234567@reddit

Mrs Brown's Boys.

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Willywonka5725@reddit

Coronation Street.

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Significant_Sky_7074@reddit

This Morning. Lorraine Kelly must have had one of the longest gigs in TV History.

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Empowerthis91@reddit

But where would celebrities go, to get arsed licked on an industrial scale?

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MobiusNaked@reddit

Patrick Moore holds that accolade. However his show was once a month, not every bloody weekday.

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seadcon@reddit

The Weather

Just look out the window?!

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dickiebow@reddit

TIL that because people don’t like a tv show, nobody else should watch it.

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Equivalent_Half883@reddit

Loose women.

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Embarrassed_Park2212@reddit

Britain's got talent, Love Island and I'm a celebrity get me out of here.

There's probably more but I don't watch TV much and definitely not the above mentioned garbage.

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lapsongsue@reddit

Mrs. Brown's. Boys.

I'm convinced it's a front for something. Like all those American style sweet shops.

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JurassicM4rc@reddit

Are you suggesting things aren't what they seem and they're hiding something under the counter?

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Logical_Bake_3108@reddit

They are not literally selling things they shouldn't under the counter, but many are for money laundering by people who already have made money in not so legal ways.

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Equal_Investigator88@reddit

Soaps

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moose_lamp@reddit

I can’t stand all the morning TV, but it really takes the biscuit on weekends. Why does every channel having a cooking show?

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Logical_Bake_3108@reddit

Cheap to make, one or 2 cameras, some lights and a set that they only have to make once. With current food prices let's see how long that remains sustainable.

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MobiusNaked@reddit

Yeah that is odd

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ojdewar@reddit

As if daytime TV now expands to seven days a week these days.

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CivilValue6848@reddit

Loose women.

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EldritchCleavage@reddit

Most of them.

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ClydusEnMarland@reddit

Real Housewives of. There's nowt real about it.

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Rockin-Robin66@reddit

Coronation Street I'm a celebrity Big Brother This Morning EastEnders Love Island

There are so many more I could mention.

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Upbeat-Fish-3348@reddit

Just all the soaps...Hollyoaks, Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale etc. It's like BTEC acting and I don't get how people can watch the drivel.

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Mysterious-Sock39@reddit

Anything on the BBC tbh

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G4HDU@reddit

bbc news

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cpbradshaw@reddit

TWD, in whatever guise.....literally flogging a dead horse now

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Impressive_Row513@reddit

EastEnders

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MidnightRambler87@reddit

Bargain Hunt Britains Got Fuck All Talent Big Brother Any soaps

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jbondpreston@reddit

As someone who is a big fan, doctor who needs a big ole rest

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Carlbertosilva@reddit

The Apprentice, Big Brother, Britain's Got Talent(well where the hell is it?!), I'm a Celebrity.... total brain rot shows.

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mbfos@reddit

I have aloe stakes conspiracy that Casualty, Emmerdale and other soaps are only still on TV to provide contestants for Strictly and I’m a Celeb.

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HuntersLiberalDong@reddit

Was about to say Dancing on Ice but just checked and apparently it's shelved for now at least. I fully expected that show to end with someone getting a life changing injury and everyone questioning why it was ever allowed.

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Calm-Raise6973@reddit

Match of the Day. Now that clubs upload short and extended highlights to their YouTube page, and fan channels do better match analysis than on MotD, I wouldn't be surprised if it's axed in the next year or two.

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Odd-Area-5148@reddit

Britain's got talent has managed to go on a lot longer than expected. Personally I think the golden buzzer overuse ruined it and now most of the act are professional and are almost certainly scouted the old days you had people like Paul Potts who was that regular guy working at a phone shop having a chance to apply and perform as a real person that was the idea when it started now you have acts who are good but with no emotional connection.

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MajikChilli@reddit

Thats a pretty unfortunate name.

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SleepyFill@reddit

Love Island.

Two of its contestants and its presenter all committed suicide and it’s yet it’s still on. What other show could pull that off?

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MajikChilli@reddit

Gogglebox. I really can't see the appeal of watching people on telly watching the telly. Have they even switched up the format at all?

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haonowshaokao@reddit

Have I Got News For You has been going for 36 years now! Imagine if The Frost Report was still on the air in 2002 and still had John Cleese and Ronnie Barker.

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AndrewHinds67@reddit

News has been going on forever so will always be relevant.

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Fun-Brush5136@reddit

Well the news changes and all the panellists change apart from Hislop and Merton, so it's ok

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haonowshaokao@reddit

It's not OK, it was already getting stale by the late 90s, it's just that it's become a fixture now and exempt from judgement.

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Jimmy-84@reddit

The Simpsons, it hasn't been good for nearly 20yrs.

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AndrewHinds67@reddit

The Simpsons. It peaked in the mid 90s but has been going on and on and I lost interest after the Simpsons Movie in the early 2000s.

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Automatic_Bit_1739@reddit

Mrs
Browns
Boys

🤦🏻‍♀️

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Puzzled-Job9556@reddit

Anything with Stephen Mulhern

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Glittering-Knee9595@reddit

I’m surprised that anyone is still watching TV.

Surely most people are watching subscription streaming services?

I don’t have a tv licence so cannot watch live tv.

I can’t see younger generations going for tv and a tv licence when they get old enough to make the choice.

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gander8622@reddit

If you gave me a subscription service that just had the menu of show thumbnails I'd get about the same use of subscription services as I do now. Nothing interests me.

Younger me would be totally confused at older me.

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OverlyAdorable@reddit

Britain's Got Talent and I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. They started off entertaining enough but BGT had been going for 19 years and I'm A Celeb for even longer

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Robosquidsquad@reddit

Hollyoaks

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lapsongsue@reddit

Mrs. Brown's. Boys.

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TomLondra@reddit

Every time I check, there is * absolutely nothing* on any terrestrial TV channel, at any time of the day, any day.

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mdmnl@reddit

We've still got a Sky+ box but I doubt we've looked at whatever is on there in a year (no longer paying subscription, so I presume it's just the bare minimum free-to-air).

Disney, Prime or Netflix mostly now.

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PCPHK@reddit

Casualty.

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nomadic_weeb@reddit

Basically all soaps. Aside from the fact that they're just not good, I legitimately don't know anyone who actually watches them

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theotherquantumjim@reddit

I guess many people used them as “filler” before the advent of on demand tv. But there’s no need to watch them anymore

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ReepDaggle01@reddit

Any of the soaps

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MoriartyAvalon@reddit

Away from the usual British shows, I have no idea how Grey's Anatomy is still running. My wife watches it religiously and despite 16 ish seasons of increasingly near death finales, AND the main character for which the show was named leaving, it still plods on

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Consistent-Pirate-23@reddit

My missus loves it, she even admits it’s getting silly with people coming and going

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Apprehensive_Ad4172@reddit

What now?! I started watching this from the start a few months ago, and by series 3 was absolutely horrified by it! The HR department at that hospital must be permanently teetering on the brink of a breakdown.

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Thomasinarina@reddit

It’s because a lot of people, like your wife, still watch it religiously.

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Shn_Wttn@reddit

There have been 22 seasons (already commissioned for season 23) and 13 season altogether of its two spin off shows, Private Practice and Station 19!

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Lo_jak@reddit

Any soap opera.... the boomers are single handedly holding that shit together!

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box-o-locks@reddit

EastEnders is often No. 1 on iPlayer.

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AJMurphy_1986@reddit

Is the simpsons still pumping out seasons?

Stopped being funny in the late 90s early 2000s

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You won't catch me being a sheep.

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