Australian TV- WTF?!!
Discussion
Dont want to be too much of a whinging pom, but i'm gonna have a bloody good go at it!
What the hell is with the crappy tv here? Its awful and really amateurish.
Firstly all you seem to get are American Crime Dramas. No problems, as some good shows there. However they show them all at the same time on different channels so its not as if you can change channel to get away from them. And they're all the same type of crime drama.
They put the best programs on at 7.30 and sticks a load of toss at primetime 9pm onwards.
Then you have news, but apparently WA is the only place in the world. Only SBS touch on the world troubles. Most news reports look like this: Heres the sport, heres the weather, problems with the train line, and oh, lastly, theres a nuclear bomb been dropped on the middle east, but dont worry as no aussies were there, hurt, or involved.
And sport? Well its a good job that the worlds most popular sport gets 30 minutes on SBS on a sunday. But i suppose any more 'soccer' would take up too much of the time of reporting on an australian who got 9th place in the dwarf throwing world championships....
Then they have ad breaks every 5 minutes during the sport. Are we in america?
And the ads are amazing. Theres the one with the woman (who is a teacher and a mother, so thats ok she MUST know what she's doing) who praises Nutella as nutritious and gives it to her kids for breakfast, and thinks we should too. God, i'm glad she's an actress and not a nutritionist
Howabout the guys who own businesses and think they should be the star of their own ad. Great idea. Crap outcome.
And does it ever run on time? Everythings out of time and runs over, and no one seems to care.
However they have been showing some good films, and some good pommy tv. Bit of a shame though about the bum loving gay tv program from the UK my missus seems to enjoy that was on last night.
And before you say it, I do like it here, i'm not leaving and the weathers great!
What the hell is with the crappy tv here? Its awful and really amateurish.
Firstly all you seem to get are American Crime Dramas. No problems, as some good shows there. However they show them all at the same time on different channels so its not as if you can change channel to get away from them. And they're all the same type of crime drama.
They put the best programs on at 7.30 and sticks a load of toss at primetime 9pm onwards.
Then you have news, but apparently WA is the only place in the world. Only SBS touch on the world troubles. Most news reports look like this: Heres the sport, heres the weather, problems with the train line, and oh, lastly, theres a nuclear bomb been dropped on the middle east, but dont worry as no aussies were there, hurt, or involved.
And sport? Well its a good job that the worlds most popular sport gets 30 minutes on SBS on a sunday. But i suppose any more 'soccer' would take up too much of the time of reporting on an australian who got 9th place in the dwarf throwing world championships....
Then they have ad breaks every 5 minutes during the sport. Are we in america?
And the ads are amazing. Theres the one with the woman (who is a teacher and a mother, so thats ok she MUST know what she's doing) who praises Nutella as nutritious and gives it to her kids for breakfast, and thinks we should too. God, i'm glad she's an actress and not a nutritionist
Howabout the guys who own businesses and think they should be the star of their own ad. Great idea. Crap outcome.
And does it ever run on time? Everythings out of time and runs over, and no one seems to care.
However they have been showing some good films, and some good pommy tv. Bit of a shame though about the bum loving gay tv program from the UK my missus seems to enjoy that was on last night.
And before you say it, I do like it here, i'm not leaving and the weathers great!
Edited by Fiddlemesticks on Sunday 20th January 23:56
I always baulked at the idea of paying to watch the flippin TV but the best thing I ever did was get Foxtel!!
I HATE the free to air TV here...its complete drivel. The few aussie shows that are on are complete crap...anybody here manage to watch more than 2 minutes of the wedge or thank god your here? There are very few doco's or anything at all interesting on.
The only thing I use free to air for is to watch 3 year old, cut down top gear on monday nights on SBS...though I get SBS on Foxtel.
The new delivery here is average at best. Its very biased and very americanised...to the point that we sometimes get american headlines!
I HATE the free to air TV here...its complete drivel. The few aussie shows that are on are complete crap...anybody here manage to watch more than 2 minutes of the wedge or thank god your here? There are very few doco's or anything at all interesting on.
The only thing I use free to air for is to watch 3 year old, cut down top gear on monday nights on SBS...though I get SBS on Foxtel.
The new delivery here is average at best. Its very biased and very americanised...to the point that we sometimes get american headlines!
I gave up on the commercial channels years ago, they are crap and have too many ads. I really only tune in for the news on the GayBC and the odd show on SaBaSa. Speedweek on Sunday lunch time is often a good way to spend a couple of hours, though the only thing happening at this time of the year seems to be drag racing, which doesn't get my full and undivided attention.
Top Gear and Fifth Gear I download and usually have within a couple of hours of them airing.
The only other thing I really look forward to is the MotoGP, which I watch on my computer. The commercial station always delay telecast it but in reality the race is run around 8pm for most of the European rounds which is a good time to watch.
Thinking about it, the only thing I really watch on the commercial tvs the cricket. They only get to stick a quick ad in after every over, but that doesn't really destroy the flow of the game.
As for football, if you don't like Aussie rules, you are going to hate autumn winter and spring. For my part, I couldn't care less if no game of football of any code was ever played again. My tv is not turned on.
I can't comment on the ads as I haven't seen them.
Top Gear and Fifth Gear I download and usually have within a couple of hours of them airing.
The only other thing I really look forward to is the MotoGP, which I watch on my computer. The commercial station always delay telecast it but in reality the race is run around 8pm for most of the European rounds which is a good time to watch.
Thinking about it, the only thing I really watch on the commercial tvs the cricket. They only get to stick a quick ad in after every over, but that doesn't really destroy the flow of the game.
As for football, if you don't like Aussie rules, you are going to hate autumn winter and spring. For my part, I couldn't care less if no game of football of any code was ever played again. My tv is not turned on.
I can't comment on the ads as I haven't seen them.
I gave up on the commercial channels years ago, they are crap and have too many ads. I really only tune in for the news on the GayBC and the odd show on SaBaSa. Speedweek on Sunday lunch time is often a good way to spend a couple of hours, though the only thing happening at this time of the year seems to be drag racing, which doesn't get my full and undivided attention.
Top Gear and Fifth Gear I download and usually have within a couple of hours of them airing.
The only other thing I really look forward to is the MotoGP, which I watch on my computer. The commercial station always delay telecast it but in reality the race is run around 8pm for most of the European rounds which is a good time to watch.
Thinking about it, the only thing I really watch on the commercial tvs the cricket. They only get to stick a quick ad in after every over, but that doesn't really destroy the flow of the game.
As for football, if you don't like Aussie rules, you are going to hate autumn winter and spring. For my part, I couldn't care less if no game of football of any code was ever played again. My tv is not turned on.
I can't comment on the ads as I haven't seen them.
Top Gear and Fifth Gear I download and usually have within a couple of hours of them airing.
The only other thing I really look forward to is the MotoGP, which I watch on my computer. The commercial station always delay telecast it but in reality the race is run around 8pm for most of the European rounds which is a good time to watch.
Thinking about it, the only thing I really watch on the commercial tvs the cricket. They only get to stick a quick ad in after every over, but that doesn't really destroy the flow of the game.
As for football, if you don't like Aussie rules, you are going to hate autumn winter and spring. For my part, I couldn't care less if no game of football of any code was ever played again. My tv is not turned on.
I can't comment on the ads as I haven't seen them.
Never bother with the TV over here either, it is indeed complete and utter pish.
Loving the adverts with lots of shouting, i always find being shouted at encourages me to buy a product.
Oh and what is it with these people standing outside shops in shopping malls with a microphone telling you about their wonderous range of toilet brushes and fantastic discounts on paper cups. Go away and stop talking through your nose you silly witch.
Anyway, other than feeling like i have emigrated to an episode of "Life on Mars" i love it...
Just get yourself a decent broadband plan and all the proper British TV you could ever want is only a click away.
Now someone please talk me through why I am leaving Melbourne's balmy 30 degree days on Sat for a trip back to the UK for a couple of weeks in the middle of winter?..........
Loving the adverts with lots of shouting, i always find being shouted at encourages me to buy a product.
Oh and what is it with these people standing outside shops in shopping malls with a microphone telling you about their wonderous range of toilet brushes and fantastic discounts on paper cups. Go away and stop talking through your nose you silly witch.
Anyway, other than feeling like i have emigrated to an episode of "Life on Mars" i love it...
Just get yourself a decent broadband plan and all the proper British TV you could ever want is only a click away.
Now someone please talk me through why I am leaving Melbourne's balmy 30 degree days on Sat for a trip back to the UK for a couple of weeks in the middle of winter?..........
Fiddlemesticks said:
Well i've got good broadband, and i'd love to watch the BBC Iplayer but it says i cant because i'm not in the uk.
Anyone know how to make my ip address look british?
Yep I had the same problem, tried to watch a TG clip I think it was, how stupid is it that the only people who can access it are those who can watch it on TV anyway Anyone know how to make my ip address look british?
Now get my TG fix via torrent from finalgear.comget foxtel with IQ, problem solved! No adverts forced to watch just skip ahead to your favourite shows, UKTV even has Corrie, Eastbenders and Emmerdale on these days!
The free to air is absolute crap, I've been around the world and the TV is the worst here, maybe 2nd to Greek TV, but at least the putana's on the greek telly are fit as butchers dogs!
The adverts are utter drivel too, al targetted at the lowest common denominator, theres zero clever commercials and teh only one i can remember which was cute was pulled off the air for fear your 18 month old child might take your 4wd drive out and meet up with his young floosie and go for a day at the beach.
Torrent based TV is the way of the future
The free to air is absolute crap, I've been around the world and the TV is the worst here, maybe 2nd to Greek TV, but at least the putana's on the greek telly are fit as butchers dogs!
The adverts are utter drivel too, al targetted at the lowest common denominator, theres zero clever commercials and teh only one i can remember which was cute was pulled off the air for fear your 18 month old child might take your 4wd drive out and meet up with his young floosie and go for a day at the beach.
Torrent based TV is the way of the future
The tele here is far worse than 2 cans on a string in the old days. it reminds me of the 1st TV broadcast from London -> Glasgow, not that i'm that age, just that it's that carp.
one would think if they go through the abject stupidity to bring rubbish like YeastBlenders on tele here, that they would actually show something new from the UK....NOT...the movies at BlockHead rentals and on international flights are newer than what's on PPV...
then there's the proponderance of Yank-Carp on tele -- watch out Oz, your children will soon resemble the hooning yoof of the UK, smash out all the shop windows, vomit everywhere, smash stuff up, disrespect the parents.
the only thing worse than F*cksTel is broadcast -- far FAR worse. considering getting Apple TV, setting up a mirror in the UK as we own a TV license at our rental property, and watching here on HD LCD. the huge bend-over act the previous PM did to the USA means that the Aussie Film and Tele industry is all outsourced to Los Angeles now, so very little locally produced content is being made.
just mentioned this thread to SWMBO -- nothing sets her off more than the sad state of affairs on the tele here!
and F*cksTel is doing us a favour adding HD soon -- 4 whole channels. so you can pay even more for even less, nice one guys.
you can go onto F*cksTel's website and request channels, if enough folks would request HBA and FilmFour, it'd be a godsend for something decent to watch.
one would think if they go through the abject stupidity to bring rubbish like YeastBlenders on tele here, that they would actually show something new from the UK....NOT...the movies at BlockHead rentals and on international flights are newer than what's on PPV...
then there's the proponderance of Yank-Carp on tele -- watch out Oz, your children will soon resemble the hooning yoof of the UK, smash out all the shop windows, vomit everywhere, smash stuff up, disrespect the parents.
the only thing worse than F*cksTel is broadcast -- far FAR worse. considering getting Apple TV, setting up a mirror in the UK as we own a TV license at our rental property, and watching here on HD LCD. the huge bend-over act the previous PM did to the USA means that the Aussie Film and Tele industry is all outsourced to Los Angeles now, so very little locally produced content is being made.
just mentioned this thread to SWMBO -- nothing sets her off more than the sad state of affairs on the tele here!
and F*cksTel is doing us a favour adding HD soon -- 4 whole channels. so you can pay even more for even less, nice one guys.
you can go onto F*cksTel's website and request channels, if enough folks would request HBA and FilmFour, it'd be a godsend for something decent to watch.
Edited by Steve-B on Sunday 17th February 07:59
Fiddlemesticks said:
And before you say it, I do like it here, i'm not leaving and the weathers great!
well stop yr f'kin moanin and go outside and enjoy it! 
The 5hit std of Oz TV is a govt controlled plot to make sure we dont become generally unfit, 5hit at sport, sat on our arse types like you lot!
HSVGTSCoupe said:
Fiddlemesticks said:
And before you say it, I do like it here, i'm not leaving and the weathers great!
well stop yr f'kin moanin and go outside and enjoy it! The 5hit std of Oz TV is a govt controlled plot to make sure we dont become generally unfit, 5hit at sport, sat on our arse types like you lot!
I would go outside but then i'd have to compain about the mozzies, skin cancers, gale strength winds and my beer getting warm.
Fiddlemesticks said:
f'kin aussies - cant make a comment without any recourse...
I would go outside but then i'd have to compain about the mozzies, skin cancers, gale strength winds and my beer getting warm.
Once again I feel "guided by the Lord" to post my favorite story.....I would go outside but then i'd have to compain about the mozzies, skin cancers, gale strength winds and my beer getting warm.
(posted on many threads before but never stops making me laugh)
Diary of a Pom in Queensland
August 31st
Just got transferred with work into our new home in Brisbane!! Now this
is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy
evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on the
verandah. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.
September 13th:
Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an
air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to
see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshipper.
September 30th:
Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms
and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me.
Another scorcher today, but I love it here.
October 10th
The temperature hasn't been below 30 all week. How do people get used
to this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though. But getting
used to the heat and humidity is taking longer that I expected.
October 15th:
Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body.
Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson
though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.
October 20th:
I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning.
By the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died and swollen up
to the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 leather upholstery.
I told the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like Whiskettes and
cat s*#t. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat.
October 25th:
The wind sucks. It feels like a giant bloody blow dryer!! And it's hot
as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman
charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.
October 30th:
Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $450,000
house and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?
November 4th:
It's 35 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500
and gets the temperature down to 25, but this bloody humidity makes the
house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate this stupid place.
November 8th:
If another wise arse cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to
strangle him. Bloody heat. By the time I get to work the car's radiator
was boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!!
November 9th:
Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and sat on the
black leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my arse was on fire. I lost 2
layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and my arse.Now
my car smells like burnt hair, fried arse, and baked cat.
November 10th:
The weather report might as well be a bloody recording. Hot and sunny.
Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2
damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week.
Doesn't it ever rain in this damn place? Water rationing will be next,
so my $2,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow into the bloody
pool. Even the palms can't live in this heat.
November 14th:
Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 38 today. Now the
air-conditioner's gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and said,
"Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500 house
payment to bail my arse out of jail for assaulting the repairman. Bloody
Brisbane. What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to live here?
December 1st:
WHAT????? This is the first day of Summer???? You are fu*king kidding!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHA that was fantastic. Although I am guessing a similar thing could be said about Aussies in England but complaining about the cold.
Honestly though, don't miss Australian TV much, only the weather since I moved over here (London)
(posted on many threads before but never stops making me laugh)
Diary of a Pom in Queensland
August 31st
Just got transferred with work into our new home in Brisbane!! Now this
is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy
evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on the
verandah. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.
September 13th:
Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an
air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to
see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshipper.
September 30th:
Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms
and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me.
Another scorcher today, but I love it here.
October 10th
The temperature hasn't been below 30 all week. How do people get used
to this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though. But getting
used to the heat and humidity is taking longer that I expected.
October 15th:
Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body.
Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson
though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.
October 20th:
I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning.
By the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died and swollen up
to the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 leather upholstery.
I told the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like Whiskettes and
cat s*#t. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat.
October 25th:
The wind sucks. It feels like a giant bloody blow dryer!! And it's hot
as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman
charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.
October 30th:
Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $450,000
house and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?
November 4th:
It's 35 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500
and gets the temperature down to 25, but this bloody humidity makes the
house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate this stupid place.
November 8th:
If another wise arse cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to
strangle him. Bloody heat. By the time I get to work the car's radiator
was boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!!
November 9th:
Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and sat on the
black leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my arse was on fire. I lost 2
layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and my arse.Now
my car smells like burnt hair, fried arse, and baked cat.
November 10th:
The weather report might as well be a bloody recording. Hot and sunny.
Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2
damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week.
Doesn't it ever rain in this damn place? Water rationing will be next,
so my $2,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow into the bloody
pool. Even the palms can't live in this heat.
November 14th:
Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 38 today. Now the
air-conditioner's gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and said,
"Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500 house
payment to bail my arse out of jail for assaulting the repairman. Bloody
Brisbane. What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to live here?
December 1st:
WHAT????? This is the first day of Summer???? You are fu*king kidding!!!!!!!!!
Honestly though, don't miss Australian TV much, only the weather since I moved over here (London)
HSVGTSCoupe said:
Fiddlemesticks said:
f'kin aussies - cant make a comment without any recourse...
I would go outside but then i'd have to compain about the mozzies, skin cancers, gale strength winds and my beer getting warm.
Once again I feel "guided by the Lord" to post my favorite story.....I would go outside but then i'd have to compain about the mozzies, skin cancers, gale strength winds and my beer getting warm.
(posted on many threads before but never stops making me laugh)
Diary of a Pom in Queensland
August 31st
Just got transferred with work into our new home in Brisbane!! Now this
is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy
evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on the
verandah. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.
September 13th:
Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an
air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to
see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshipper.
September 30th:
Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms
and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me.
Another scorcher today, but I love it here.
October 10th
The temperature hasn't been below 30 all week. How do people get used
to this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though. But getting
used to the heat and humidity is taking longer that I expected.
October 15th:
Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body.
Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson
though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.
October 20th:
I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning.
By the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died and swollen up
to the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 leather upholstery.
I told the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like Whiskettes and
cat s*#t. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat.
October 25th:
The wind sucks. It feels like a giant bloody blow dryer!! And it's hot
as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman
charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.
October 30th:
Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $450,000
house and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?
November 4th:
It's 35 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500
and gets the temperature down to 25, but this bloody humidity makes the
house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate this stupid place.
November 8th:
If another wise arse cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to
strangle him. Bloody heat. By the time I get to work the car's radiator
was boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!!
November 9th:
Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and sat on the
black leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my arse was on fire. I lost 2
layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and my arse.Now
my car smells like burnt hair, fried arse, and baked cat.
November 10th:
The weather report might as well be a bloody recording. Hot and sunny.
Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2
damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week.
Doesn't it ever rain in this damn place? Water rationing will be next,
so my $2,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow into the bloody
pool. Even the palms can't live in this heat.
November 14th:
Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 38 today. Now the
air-conditioner's gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and said,
"Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500 house
payment to bail my arse out of jail for assaulting the repairman. Bloody
Brisbane. What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to live here?
December 1st:
WHAT????? This is the first day of Summer???? You are fu*king kidding!!!!!!!!!
After 21 years here (BRISBANE) after Watford & St.Albans then I can say its warm (26 today) not raining, for once this month, the cyclonic rain has stopped. Having said that usually I can work on the car in a carport or garage without a coat, can have GRP dry in a couple of hours without a parafin heater and be sure that I wont miss any good TV like Top Gear or Dr Who because i can download it and watch it when I like. Do I miss my 4+hr drives into and out of London for work- You work it out!
Dave
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