Talk Show TV Rant
By Mad Man

I suppose the type of television I am going to talk about has now been around for a long, long time. It started off in America and has slowly spread across the world. I think the easy way to let you know what type of TV I am talking about is by mentioning a few of the presenters. Over in America there was Jerry Springer and Maury over in the UK we have Jeremy Kyle and Trisha Goddard.

Yep think you have guessed it. These are the type of shows where people come on to hang out their dirty washing in public. I use the term people loosely as using the world people would put them in the same category as you and me. Maybe gutter scum or the American term Trailer Trash would suit them a lot better.

I actually had a chat with two of my colleagues before I started to write this and they were confused about why I didn't like the show. So let me tell you and them why.

1. It preys on the week. That's right. Who in their right mind would want to sit in front of an audience let alone be on national television being told that their child is not theirs or that their partner has decided to start sleeping with Frank the 50 stone dumper truck driver that also happens to be your Dad? These people are paraded in front of the cameras for us to laugh and gawp at.
2. Lie detectors. A lot of the results regarding if people have slept with someone else etc. The real problem with Lie Detectors is that they have been pretty much thrown out by the scientific community due to their unreliability.
3. They have a single councillor. Ok you have just spilled your guts or found out that your partner is cheating on you with your aunt's son's monkey's next door neighbour but what happens then. Your life is in tatters. Well you need help and support to get life back on track. A few shows have back up councillors but they seem to be there for the cameras and not much else. How are these people expected to cope when they are walking down the street being pointed at or have their family turning their back on them just for the sake of 30 minutes on TV where the nation gets to laugh and jeer at them?
4. It's fake! Yep that is right some of it is utter fake. Not all of it mind but some episodes have been known to be complete fake. Don't believe me then look up the cases brought again Vanessa Feltz.
5. It's TV for Chavs. Yeah I suppose you really need to know what you are turning into if you are watching this rubbish. This is TV made for those that sit on their arse at 9:30am waiting to get their benefits. Yep this is TV for Chavs and just like an ASBO getting onto Jeremy Kyle or Jerry Springer is a badge of honour for our great unwashed.

So do yourself a favour and turn this tripe off. Put on the radio or turn over to one of the documentary channels instead and watch something that will inform you about something worthwhile and not if Trevor has been sleeping with Debbie behind Stacey's back.