Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The TV world is not what it used to be. I mean, the quality has become something quite exceptional.
One thing about television in Britain is that they're so scared about complaints. It curbs a lot of drama.
Quality attracts quality. People want to be on a good show.
Television is such a mediocre medium.
I think that televisions are unnecessarily complex. The irony is that as the pictures get better and the choice of content gets broader, that the complexity of the experience of using the television gets more and more complicated.
There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room for lots of original stuff. Then things become more and more top-heavy with executives who are trying to guarantee the success of things.
Not to say there's not good TV out there, but I think TV is better when it accurately reflects the world as it is.
Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.
If there's something decent going in television, the mediums now are kind of equal. Television has become much higher quality.
Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck.