TV vent - 'coming up', and cuttng between stories..

brightonman123

Police Interceptors
Helicopter Heroes
etc


How many shows waste time with a pre-credits intro, than even more blah blah blah, before they actually get to the action?


Repeating the 'coming up' phrase really gets my goat, as I think viewers have a good idea of what's on!




HH quite bad too, imo, teasing several stories..




You've been warned!

bod1467

Most of these types of show are the same, even the likes of Homes Under The Hammer.

They pad the show by showing the auction then meeting the buyers, then showing the "meeting the buyers" bit again when going to the post-renovation part. There's really no need for it - it's purely to pad the show length at minimal cost. (If they cut it all out, they could probably include a 4th property within the same show length).

Consumer shows are the same too (Don't Get Done, Get Dom etc.)

tgon

"Coming up next is brightonman123's response to bod1467's response to brightonman123's vent and perhaps a few hearty thank you's for all round... just after the break, so dont go away." Repeat 10 times and you can have your own TV show!

PDC

As said, its pads the programme but also with the programme recaps and the coming ups its for sales to other countries/networks where they put in a dozen extra sets of adverts.

mjn78

I came across a a 'neighbours from hell' type programme a few days ago. They started to take you through someone's problem with their neighbours, then showed what was happening and just as it was getting interesting... went to another house. Then started the intro, current situation, again it stated to get interesting and... switched to another story. Four times they did this - why can't they just stick with one story from start to finish, then move onto the next one?

I did watch a US programme some time ago. The format was - intro to programme, then telling us what is about to happen, then the actual content, then a recap of what we've just seen, what's coming up next - adverts - again, what's coming up and finally a bit more content. Quite ridiculous.

Azari

How to use 20 mins of programming to fill an hour slot:

Pre-programme adverts
Pre-programme trailers
Programme starting credits
This is what we are going to show you this week
Actual programme (5 minutes)
This is what we have just shown you
This is what we will be showing you next
First adverts
First trailers
This is what you saw in the last section
This is what you will see next
Actual programme (5 minutes)
This is what we have just shown you
This is what we will be showing you next
Second adverts
Second trailers
This is what you saw in the last section
This is what you will see next
Actual programme (5 minutes)
This is what we have just shown you
This is what we will be showing you next
Third adverts
Third trailers
This is what you saw in the last section
This is what you will see next
Actual programme (5 minutes)
This is what we have shown you this week
This is what we will be showing you next week
Programme end credits
Post-programme adverts
Post-programme trailers


It was very well spoofed by Mitchell and Web

paddyrg

The reality of TV in 2015 is that there are a huge number of channels, advertising revenue (or license fee) has shrunk in real terms over the years and has to spread thinner, so you get more made-by-the-yard 'formatted documentary' (Come Dine With Me, etc) and clip shows (Craziest Fools, RudeTube, Police BlahBlah, etc). The market now has to be international also, so has to cater for different jurisdictions allowing different quantities of adverts, so have padding and placeholders for them. An ostensibly 30' TV show in the US has a content run time of maybe 20'30" including recaps and teasers.

Justicia

Azari wrote: »

It was very well spoofed by Mitchell and Web

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFtl2XXnUc

Agree!

Auntie-Dolly

I sit there shouting: "I haven't forgotten!"

teddysmum

Thank goodness for the invention of record and >>.

trukdiver

paddyrg wrote: »

The reality of TV in 2015 is that there are a huge number of channels, advertising revenue (or license fee) has shrunk in real terms over the years and has to spread thinner, so you get more made-by-the-yard 'formatted documentary' (Come Dine With Me, etc) and clip shows (Craziest Fools, RudeTube, Police BlahBlah, etc). The market now has to be international also, so has to cater for different jurisdictions allowing different quantities of adverts, so have padding and placeholders for them. An ostensibly 30' TV show in the US has a content run time of maybe 20'30" including recaps and teasers.

Some of the shows on Channel 5 (e.g. CSI etc) are listed as an hour but are only 39 minutes on catch up! Also, even repeats of old ITV programmes that used to fill hour long slots (including the adverts) are now "longer" than they used to be.