I don’t think there is an honest stand up person in the lot of them…
Yes, overload of minorities one would hope.
I stopped watching Coronation Street a few days ago. Just got fed up with it …or so I thought. It has become a habit or ritual rather than an interest and like all such things, difficult to stop. It’s a job not to be drawn back in when that music starts but I’m going to persist. It will get easier with time. 
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I switched off minutes to the end last night once I saw Todd and James together. What a mismatched couple!! I usually record so I can FF bits. Maybe next time…
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You’re right Jazzi, the street has reached new lows and topics.
I know what you are saying Mart and I should do the same, but it keeps my timing running smoothly. I do all the cooking through the week and at 8:00pm all the pots are washed and the kitchen is returned to it’s pristine condition. By then, I’m only good for collapsing on the sofa and watching anything that might be on telly. It’s more of a rest really, and at 8:00pm the choice is not that appealing on other channels. So I watch the street and have a quick peruse on the forum…Providing that there isn’t a good film on at 9:00pm…(film 4)
Unless it’s a really good film (rare these days) I turn in at 10:30pm because I can’t keep my eyes open…Mrs Fox has had at least 3 hours sleep in her recliner by then…
Being awake for more than sixteen hours is quite enough for me…
Thank God for Youtube Foxy, forget Corry, I’m sick to the back teeth of “Celebrity” quiz shows.
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Aw Spitty, now you’ve opened a right can of worms…
I like ‘The Chase’ and ‘Pointless’ and can even put up with that annoying Alexander Armstrong but whenever I see ‘Celebrity’ in front of the programme I find something else to watch.
I reckon that ordinary members of the public are issued with rules before they appear on a quiz show…Where to stand, when to speak, and when not to speak etc and the show goes like clockwork, they answer the questions or pass and provide the odd bit of banter when asked…But the celebritees are well up their own arses, al vying for their thirty minutes of fame.
They dance around at the podiums reflecting on their past careers and butting in when the quizmaster is trying to keep order. And they’ve taken ‘virtue signalling’ to a new level with their obscure charities and false empathy…Just shut up and answer the bloody questions!
Foxy, you know I’m a pragmatist, and I see it as this, the essence of the TV quiz show is, to make a member of joe public a bit of cash by virtue of a bit of knowledge, but there is the jeopardy of leaving with nowt.
This celebrity malarkey flies in the face of this concept and essentially increases the cost of production by way of fees and expenses, so, if the TV companies are feeling benevolent, give the quiz show back to the general public and donate to charity the potential cash that would have been paid to the celebs, win win, we get proper entertainment back, and the charities don’t lose out, simples.
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Good thinking Spitty…
All the celebs can go back to what they do best and make films and appearances in Midsomer Murders or some other crap TV drama…
I thought it was going to be just a flash in the pan thing, it’s been going on yonks now, you have to go to youtube to watch millionaire with real people
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What with the footie and celebrity quiz shows, I’ve had to watch ‘Tales of the Unexpected’ and some bloke on about skin…Mind you, there was a good programme on at 7:30pm about battles while I was drying the pots which took me nicely to 8:00pm and Cora…
God knows what I will find to pacify me tonight…
Have you noticed that all the jobs people do on quiz shows now are bean counters, students, either at or work for the universities, retired nurses, teachers, or police officers…
Back in those days you mention, they were plumbers, electricians, bricklayers, painters, mechanics, engineers…Proper jobs.
OGF, you have hit the nail on the head with how celebs behave on shows like Pointless, or The Weakest Link. I too have noticed how they overreact to something, bend over in faux surprise/shock, twirl about, arms waving, and just generally embarrass themselves.
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Might start watching Corrie again, I need to now what happened to Colin Fishwick
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I might as well give up on Coronation street after muting all the Tod and Theo shenanigans and Lisa and Carla…Tonight’s episode ended up being muted 50% of the time.
I gave up 10 years ago, but then again one was a visionary 
It was time to walk.
Yes Spitty, a lot of folks seem to have abandoned Coronation Street, perhaps it’s also something to do with netflix, Sky and the licence fee…
I heard from the media, Youtube is the preferred entertainment source, it goes on at 7.00pm here till at least 9.00pm
I’ve recorded Corrie to watch later. Thanks for letting me know that 50% will be fast forwarded.
Not Carla who used to own the sewing factory! Is she still in it?
Hi to all those die-hard Corrie Watchers!
I think the pull to watch Corrie must be like the pull to come back to OFC ! - folk give it up for a while but eventually get drawn back in to it!
Foxy - I’m surprised to see you still posting on the Corrie thread and getting involved with the Todd and Theo storyline - I thought you had vowed to give up watching it ages ago, in disgust about the same-sex relationships portrayed on the Street.
I’ve missed the last few months of Corrie while I was away - but my guilty pleasure is catching up on the old series of Corrie which is broadcast in the afternoons - it’s about 20 years behind the current series and I think it has so much better storylines, with more fun bits in it - yet so many of the characters back then are still in Corrie today!