Chronic Blogger

Ever been to a TV pilot screening?

I have. Unfortunately the show left much to be desired. It was called "This Week Last Year" and it's a current affairs program which talks about the news that happened.... you guessed it, this week last year, and how the issue progressed after a year.

Each segment of the show starts off by talking about the top 3 news items this week last year. It then proceeds to ignore these news items, and talk about a totally different issue. They don't even talk about how the issue progressed. They just interview a couple of people for their opinions. This went on and on, covering local news, entertainment, health and more.

The presenters, the topics and the manner in which the show is presented all point to something a high school student produced. Plus I object to it being labelled as a "current affairs" program - it can't be "current affairs" because it talks about old news!

One question stood out from the rest in the survey: did you think that what you did here tonight was worthwhile. Yes I do! If it prevents that show from ever seeing the light of day, then I've done my duty to save the world from an excruciatingly annoying and time-wasting show.

Maybe "this week next year", the show's creators will come up with something tolerable.

posted by chronicblogger @ 12:15 AM