Embarrassing

[ffutures]

The London Evening Standard's support for the new and piss-poor "London Live" TV channel (owned by the same people and running heavily to repeats) is getting embarrassing. Today more than half of their TV review page is devoted to the channel, including a repeat of a mediocre episode of Spaced as one of three "The best shows to watch with Twitter" (one of the others is on this channel too). There are 9 programmes on from 6 PM until the close, of which everything from 8.00 to 10.00 PM is a repeat, as is the last programme at 11.30

Admittedly there doesn't seem to be much on tonight generally on any channel, but crap like this means that this channel is VERY low on my "to watch" list. London could probably do with a good local TV channel - unfortunately this just isn't it.

Comments

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

There were mediocre episodes of Spaced?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Occasionally got that good, not very often.

[pauldormer.livejournal.com]

Same people own the Indie, and although there was a big splash when the channel started, and they do put the channel in their TV listings, haven't noticed any heavy plugging.

And Wednesday night is Grimm night on Watch.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Well, the Indie is a national paper, the Standard is London-specific which I suppose means its readership should theoretically be more interested in a London-specific channel.