Women are ruining TV

This story cracks me up. It's good to see the US hasn't cornered the market on crazy old coots.

Originally Posted by BBC

Moore blames women for 'banal' TV

British TV standards are deteriorating because the BBC is "run by women", astronomer Sir Patrick Moore has said. The Sky at Night host also described female newsreaders as "jokey" and called for separate channels to cater for the needs of the different sexes.

"I think it may eventually happen," the 84-year-old told the Radio Times.

A BBC spokesman described Sir Patrick as being one of TV's best-loved figures and said his "forthright" views were "what we all love about him".

The presenter said: "The trouble is the BBC now is run by women and it shows soap operas, cooking, quizzes, kitchen-sink plays. You wouldn't have had that in the golden days. I would like to see two independent wavelengths - one controlled by women, and one for us, controlled by men."

He claimed that interesting programmes were screened too late at night, and said he would "rather be dead in a ditch" than appear on Celebrity Big Brother. And asked about his favourite series, Sir Patrick said he no longer enjoyed certain programmes because of their modern storylines.

"I used to watch Doctor Who and Star Trek, but they went PC - making women commanders, that kind of thing. I stopped watching."

Sir Patrick appears in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest-serving TV presenter, having appeared on his show about astronomy since 1957.

It's even funnier when you see the guy's picture:


So, what do you guys think? Are women ruining TV for the rest of us?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

But then, when was television that great?

That's how I feel. I'm not sure that television 20-30 years ago was any better or worse than what we have now. Sure, reality TV has dumbed things down, but at any given time there are always "intelligent" shows and those programs that cater to the lowest common denominator. Sadly, the quirkier shows often fail to find an audience, but that's not the television execs' fault (unless they don't give it a chance, or give it a bad time slot).

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Tritoch

Best line in the whole article. I can just see him turning on the new Doctor Who and having his monocle pop out at the sight of female doctors.

I liked that line too, but more for its complete wrongness. There's been what, 1 major female commander in Star Trek (Janeway), and besides, the BBC doesn't even make that. Doctor Who, for all its PC, is still the exact same formula that is was in 1963: Male time traveler saves his mostly female buxom companions from danger. Sure, the companions have gotten smarter, but some of them in the 70's and 80's were no slouches either.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.