TV tomorrow

Mar 1, 2007 at 1:47 PM
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Still don’t know what the topic is. Jeez. Have to ad lib it, I guess.

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Perhaps Brendan can run an impromptu embroidery session!

I work from home, sometimes with the TV on in the background. Today I remembered
why I tend to switch to channels other than One in the mornings.

Well, there is the whole "should we have more daylights savings?" conversation, that's what the grannies in the supermarket are talking about this week anyway. Topical in our house this week is how men react when their womenfolk are sick...should Dad come home and look after Mum + kids, or should Mum muddle through?

Fair enough, Sarah! Bridget, turns out it was about dancing, since Brendon is on Dancing with the Stars. Barry was once asked on it, before anyone knew what it was. But he was so passionate about it, he hogged most of the time. I also think, after yesterday’s telecast, that Brendon leans on him a bit as the most experienced broadcaster so Paul and I get less air time. Oh well, he enjoyed the topic so much it would be totally unfair for Paul or me to have butted in.
Still, Brendon Pongia v. Paul Holmes v. some other A- and B- and C-list celebs. I shan’t be watching. Hated the show then, hate it now.
Much prefer Top Dance with Lindsay Yeo hosting and Terry Gray and his orchestra playing.

I think it will do great things for Brendon's profile, as he seems to be fairly unknown to people who don't watch daytime TV, and he is irritatingly likeable. I quite like the premise for the show, and I'm not averse to a bit of ballroom dancing but Candy Lane and her inappropriate comments set my teeth on edge.

I have never watched it other than a few accidental minutes while channel-surfing. Every version of it (UK, US, here) that I have heard of sounds lame and these people are not ‘stars’! Not even, and I say this with respect, Brendon. Maybe Paul Holmes is, or was, but I still have a problem about calling news anchors ‘stars’. The public determines who are stars, not TVNZ, and calling them so on an albeit popular show doesn’t make them so.

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