Comments on: Geekshow http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200906/geekshow/ ranting and rambling to anyone willing to listen Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:32:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Shannon http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200906/geekshow/comment-page-1/#comment-52157 Shannon Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:12:56 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/?p=2926#comment-52157 Loved this post and it is SO TRUE. Although I manage to see my fair share of trashy reality shows, I've actually never seen any of BGT or American Idol, but that's exactly how those shows work and continue to be successful season after season... the freak show and the ridiculous amounts of media coverage. But you're right... it all comes down to ratings, which is why many intelligent, witty shows go by the wayside only appreciated by the few while every idiot who's ever heard of a television manages to hear all the BGT or Idol updates whether they want to or not. It's the lowest common denominator like you said but that's apparently what our nations want to see the most of. Loved this post and it is SO TRUE. Although I manage to see my fair share of trashy reality shows, I’ve actually never seen any of BGT or American Idol, but that’s exactly how those shows work and continue to be successful season after season… the freak show and the ridiculous amounts of media coverage. But you’re right… it all comes down to ratings, which is why many intelligent, witty shows go by the wayside only appreciated by the few while every idiot who’s ever heard of a television manages to hear all the BGT or Idol updates whether they want to or not. It’s the lowest common denominator like you said but that’s apparently what our nations want to see the most of.

]]> By: Aaron Bassett http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200906/geekshow/comment-page-1/#comment-52152 Aaron Bassett Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:08:25 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/?p=2926#comment-52152 I'm much the same as in I will watch the opening auditions of these shows. But once the Geekshow is over I rarely tune back in and the producers & TV execs know that a large majority of people are the same. When was the last time you saw someone who was 'alright' or 'ok' on any of these shows? You never do, they are either Great or Rubbish. Talented or deluded. Obviously they don't have air-time to show every single audition so they cherry pick those people will want to see and more often or not this includes the truly awful. Infact most of the auditions are not even seen by the 'Judges'. The hopefuls are pre-screened by other (non-filmed) panels before they even get their shot at Simon & Co. These pre-screenings are there to ensure that only those who are likely to increase ratings get (to embarrass themselves) their shot in front of the celeb panel. If the shows were really about 'talent' the poor deluded fools would never make it past the pre-screenings. :) I’m much the same as in I will watch the opening auditions of these shows. But once the Geekshow is over I rarely tune back in and the producers & TV execs know that a large majority of people are the same.

When was the last time you saw someone who was ‘alright’ or ‘ok’ on any of these shows? You never do, they are either Great or Rubbish. Talented or deluded. Obviously they don’t have air-time to show every single audition so they cherry pick those people will want to see and more often or not this includes the truly awful.

Infact most of the auditions are not even seen by the ‘Judges’. The hopefuls are pre-screened by other (non-filmed) panels before they even get their shot at Simon & Co. These pre-screenings are there to ensure that only those who are likely to increase ratings get (to embarrass themselves) their shot in front of the celeb panel.

If the shows were really about ‘talent’ the poor deluded fools would never make it past the pre-screenings. :)

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