tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post5151834281685572316..comments2024-03-29T07:17:26.082+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: The X FactorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-17253748445313440402010-01-02T20:59:38.680+00:002010-01-02T20:59:38.680+00:00I have to say I'm so glad there's no TV at...I have to say I'm so glad there's no TV at The Rake, I get no-one asking for sport, X-Factor, the national-bloody-lottery etc.. I'm someone who hates these reality TV shows with a passion that these wannabe plastic fruit-loops can only dream about.<br />Cancel all these shows and get people into beer again!rabidbarflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287790634237896071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-10268695945338078612010-01-02T16:42:04.180+00:002010-01-02T16:42:04.180+00:00I think your landlady's correct, and she's...I think your landlady's correct, and she's in a better position to judge than most of us. The TV companies seem to be targeting Saturday nights with these blockbuster shows much more than they used to. What hooks the audience is the suspense of wanting to know who's won ... excuse me while I yawn.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-35275931713068307082010-01-02T16:40:08.993+00:002010-01-02T16:40:08.993+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-82014658363750593082010-01-02T12:40:22.177+00:002010-01-02T12:40:22.177+00:00Although this has been somewhat of a complaint fro...Although this has been somewhat of a complaint from licensees over the years, the X-Factor is an interesting case. With the growth of multi-channel TV and digital recording, television viewing has become much more fragmented as people get used to viewing on demand. The days of everyone sitting down to watch a particular programme at a particular time are gone. So generally it’s not the problem it once was.<br /><br />However, there are certain programmes, the X-Factor being the prime example, which people still prefer to watch “live”. These tend to be on Saturday nights-a night that used to be seen as couples night and will undoubtedly affect trade to varying degrees.Sat In A Pubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123038980796000837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-53420026981753368552010-01-02T09:38:21.938+00:002010-01-02T09:38:21.938+00:00Interesting. Didn't those big event shows used...Interesting. Didn't those big event shows used to be on earlier in the evening specifically because, if they were on after 7pm, nobody would be in to watch them? Now they are the main event.Baileyhttp://boakandbailey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-30983983038265843432010-01-02T09:05:02.345+00:002010-01-02T09:05:02.345+00:00Well, more power to Simon Cowell I say.
Mrs Profes...Well, more power to Simon Cowell I say.<br />Mrs Professor Pie-Tin sometimes accompanies me to the pub but she knows that I'd much rather be there with my pals and she would much rather be at home with a bottle of cheap Chardonnay and her ugly sisters watching TV.<br />It's terribly old-fashioned, I know, but I happen to think of the pub as a refuge from the travails of domestic life.<br />It's my safe haven when 'er indoors has got the hump over some piddling issue.<br />Happy New Year by the way.Professor Pie-Tinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-30971616141690733362010-01-01T13:31:17.924+00:002010-01-01T13:31:17.924+00:00Reciprocated! Here's to a great 2010Reciprocated! Here's to a great 2010Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-51892914125615728822010-01-01T13:21:58.369+00:002010-01-01T13:21:58.369+00:00Oh, should say, a Happy New Year to you and yours....Oh, should say, a Happy New Year to you and yours.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-58550909866270501512010-01-01T12:46:18.351+00:002010-01-01T12:46:18.351+00:00I would have to agree with your landlady on that o...I would have to agree with your landlady on that one. Although the effect has been around for some time, as Curmudgeon points out, I've actually heard people say they are not going out on that particular night because the X-Factor is on. Very sad really.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11319272987951077205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-89165479867662245562010-01-01T12:28:24.402+00:002010-01-01T12:28:24.402+00:00Of course I am aware of that, but it is the specif...Of course I am aware of that, but it is the specific nature of the programmes concerned that has an alleged specific affect.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-66259446498263993352010-01-01T12:22:43.017+00:002010-01-01T12:22:43.017+00:00As early as the 1950s pubs were complaining that t...As early as the 1950s pubs were complaining that television was keeping potential customers at home - it's nothing new.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com