Most padded shows on TV?
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Deal or no Deal wins the crown of course, no show will ever be as padded as that dreck. Pointless is up there too, since the beginning they have reduced the number of contestants as well as the questions - it's kind of pathetic really. I literally cannot watch Pointless without first recording it and fast forwarding through the endless drivel - do we need to "check" the scores half way through the round when they're clearly on view, and do we need Alexander to read out what is on the board twice for us, and do we need to know the intimate life stories of each contestant? Jesus H, the show doesn't have fill itself out with mindless crap.
Also the Big bang Theory is padded with endless amounts of audience laughter - it's as if the audience are off their faces and competing with eachother to try and make sure they can be heard in the audience once the show goes to air.
What are your nominations for most padded show?
Also the Big bang Theory is padded with endless amounts of audience laughter - it's as if the audience are off their faces and competing with eachother to try and make sure they can be heard in the audience once the show goes to air.
What are your nominations for most padded show?
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In fairness to Pointless I really like both Alexander and Richard (both can be very witty) so it's not so bad on Pointless although I'd fast forward it if I could. (TIP: Pointless airs at 5.15 but the first question doesn't start til 5.20)
Eggheads is also long drawn out but not as bad as others e.g. teams deciding which egghead to take/challenegers introduction.
The Chase isn't too bad for padding but the ad breaks counter this.
Ultimately, i think DOND is the worst offender, especially when the contestant plays on after accepting the bankers offer, although I guess one can swith off as soon as the offer is taken.
Another offender was the lotto gameshow presented by Ben Shepherd (1 vs. 100), questions were scacre because of the format.
I've watched dozens of studio based sitcoms over the years and have certainly not noticed any 'endless amounts of audience laughter' on TBBT. Nothing out of the ordinary. Married With Children on the other hand, while a good show, would have extended periods of obnoxious whooping, and the execrable Will & Grace must have been filmed by some sort of leaky nitrous oxide line.
Couldn't agree more on DOND - in fact the padding has literally swallowed up the rest of the show so that it now resembles a meeting of some sort of social club for creepy deranged misfits that happens to have a game going on in one corner.
It's a f**king guessing game!
I know a lot of ppl complain about these in particular - esp the amount of adverts - but the programmes have to do something to cover up for the set up time for the next act/performance (and fill their greedy coffers :mad: ).
This year we've been complaining about the additional time in fillers
They have 1 minute to choose an answer and move their money. Then Davina describes for two minutes what we have literally just watched over the last minute. Then sometimes we have a massive pause before they reveal whats gunna drop, then she says "after the break". Then after the break she spends another few minutes describing what she described before the break, that we watched only seconds before. Its fast forward or nowt on that show for me I'm afraid.
Are there any shows that would benefit from some more padding (i.e. feel a bit rushed as they are)?
Coverage of any live football game is a another one. Does there really need to be at least half an hour of nattering in the studio before the game and the same again after the game??
Yes I agree this is probably the worst one
Your description is very accurate of this programme
You have to be careful about fast forwarding though
as sometimes you get 2 or 3 idiots on the trot who lose
all their money after just 1 or 2 questions and generally
that's the best part of watching this show. Having to rewind
doesn't make that moment quite as funny
Ramsey's KItchen Nightmares and a few others are also
really bad the way they must recap everything you have
seen before the ad breaks
When the contestants tell Dale the logic for their answer.
Well Dale, it can't be "A" because....
Four episodes when the chefs cook each course, padded out with scenes of what happened the day before (which we have already seen), ends with preview scenes of the following show (which then makes them repeats the following day) and extra padding of completely pointless chats with Olympians. "Chef X wants to know what's makes a winning dish for this years competition, so he's going to chat to an Olympic rower"
Then on Friday we see two of the chefs prepare exactly the same meals again, with of course plenty of flashback scenes from the earlier days.
Cut out the previously on, the coming tomorrow and the pointless Olympian chats and you could probably fit all five days worth of shows (two and a half hours) in the same half hour.
(Maybe 45 mins, certainly in one hour with a little spare).
faulty 'enter' button?
Contestants can pick from 3 to 5 vowels though. There can be a degree of tactical play in this, and more so in the numbers games.
amazing.
And Jason's a massive knob.
oooh, that's my favourite bit!