In Britain you're more used to challenging drama. In America, TV is just boring, and numbing, and bloody terrible.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't watch much British television at all. I mean, it's ironic because I used to work in it for years.
British audiences tend to want to see their own lives reflected on TV, whereas American audiences are quite aspirational and enjoy high-concept shows that show them lives that are perhaps slightly more exciting than they aspire to.
The biggest difference between British TV and American TV is money. But what money doesn't do on American TV, which I thought it would, is buy you time. You don't get more time. You get more toys.
And I grew up watching all the British ones so when you hear that from an early age, it makes it much easier than you guys who don't grow up with Australian television or British television.
It frustrates me that Britain can't make something like 'CSI' or 'The Sopranos'. Instead, British TV puts soap in primetime while every other civilized nation leaves it in daytime. Viewers should be more demanding.
I don't enjoy British shows as a rule because British audiences are strange.
We've had American TV shows in Britain for years and that hasn't affected our culture at all.
The reality of any location in Britain being used in a TV program of a film is that something bad is going to happen! That's the nature of drama. Most of the things that get made or basically grisly detective shows about murders, accidents or medical dramas.
Watching TV is the most popular leisure activity in Britain. I find that very depressing.
One thing about television in Britain is that they're so scared about complaints. It curbs a lot of drama.