Often when continuity announcers introduce a TV show or a trailer for a new series, I can often find hidden meanings in the announcements. I'm not sure if this is due to becoming much more cynical with age or if it's down to TV stations that can't bring themselves to be entirely honest about the quality of the programme they are about to show. Here's a couple of examples:
"Exclusive to Living TV/Virgin 1" which actually means "All the main channels wouldn't touch it with a bargepole, even Sky 1 and Channel 5 turned it down because they thought it was too low brow for their viewers and we got a fantastically cheap deal to broadcast this crap".
"And now on BBC1 a hilarious new sitcom starring Caroline Quentin in....." meaning "Here's another unfunny sitcom we commissioned ages ago, then realised the scripts were as funny as a mass grave and Caroline Quentin was the only actress we could get to star in it".
Piers Morgan "a talented and popular TV host" Really? I did hear him described using those exact words once. I know it may be hard to believe. He's a living contradiction. For someone with so little to offer in terms of obvious talent, charm or charisma it baffles me as to who keeps putting him on TV. If his name comes up in conversation for any reason with anyone I know, questions such as "Who gave that waste of space a prime time chat show?" or "How can such a talentless and universally disliked man get on like he has?" are asked. It's one of the eternal mysteries of life.
I seem to be finding myself seeing hidden meanings in these announcements when I'm watching these days, is it just me?
Of course the best thing to do would be to make the announcers take a truth drug before going on air, but if they did would their be any viewers left?
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