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[davieG]

Why do they insist on programmes showing us 'what's coming up on today's programme' I'm already chosen to watch it

 

.So Why?

 

Sometimes they even show aspects of the conclusion to a programme.

 

I'm not a child I don't need to be tempted to watch something I'm already set to watch.

 

Thankfully you can record and skip though it but what a pain in the butt when you just want to watch something that's being broadcast at the time.

 

 

[foxy boxing]

Maybe they think you will stop watching it, and give you a chance to record something in the programme that you are interested in without having to watch the whole programme

[Guest]

Some people want to know what's in store? Whether there's something particular that they may be interested in

[Adster]

Not really sure what the big deal is. For longer programmes such as Saturday Morning Kitchen, this Morning etc some people like to know what segment is on at what time.

[Blue and white]

This thing only really annoys me on The Apprentice where they show you alot of the following weeks episode, and you more or less know who's going if you remember the direction he's pointing the finger at!

[sphericalfox]

37 minutes ago, davieG said:

Why do they insist on programmes showing us 'what's coming up on today's programme' I'm already chosen to watch it

 

.So Why?

 

Sometimes they even show aspects of the conclusion to a programme.

 

I'm not a child I don't need to be tempted to watch something I'm already set to watch.

 

Thankfully you can record and skip though it but what a pain in the butt when you just want to watch something that's being broadcast at the time.

 

 

It's an American thing. Recaps between ads, and stupid summaries before you've even watched it. For those with an attention span of a goldfish.

[MPH]

56 minutes ago, davieG said:

Why do they insist on programmes showing us 'what's coming up on today's programme' I'm already chosen to watch it

 

.So Why?

 

Sometimes they even show aspects of the conclusion to a programme.

 

I'm not a child I don't need to be tempted to watch something I'm already set to watch.

 

Thankfully you can record and skip though it but what a pain in the butt when you just want to watch something that's being broadcast at the time.

 

 

 

 

Trying to entice channel hoppers to stay and watch?

[MPH]

17 minutes ago, sphericalfox said:

It's an American thing. Recaps between ads, and stupid summaries before you've even watched it. For those with an attention span of a goldfish.

 

 

See above

[yorkie1999]

Why does Sky advertise signing up to Sky on Sky?

[sphericalfox]

2 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

Why does Sky advertise signing up to Sky on Sky?

Not everyone has the full range of products, be it more channels or Sky Q, telephone or broadband etc.

[Fox92]

As Adster said, it's about segments/sections.

 

Programmes that are two hours+ are better dividing so then we know what topic is scheduled for what time.

[davieG]

Ok fine if it's multi topic programme but for things like house and antiques hunting showing in advance people's reactions things surely weakens the programme suspense..

[Webbo]

I suspect a lot of the trailers are shown because they are a cheap way of filling time. If all the trailers shown in a day add up to an hour, that's an hour's less TV programmes to make and pay for.

[David Guiza]

39 minutes ago, davieG said:

Ok fine if it's multi topic programme but for things like house and antiques hunting showing in advance people's reactions things surely weakens the programme suspense..

There's an episode of Dave Gorman's Modern Life is Goodish where he basically makes the same point. Also, when the programme announcer says coming up we visit Shropshire on 'Escape to the Country' followed by an introductory teaser on Escape to the Country trying to build up suspense about where the programme is based this week. 

[General Smuts]

It's the same with film trailers - stop showing me the entire film.

[davieG]

4 minutes ago, David Guiza said:

There's an episode of Dave Gorman's Modern Life is Goodish where he basically makes the same point. Also, when the programme announcer says coming up we visit Shropshire on 'Escape to the Country' followed by an introductory teaser on Escape to the Country trying to build up suspense about where the programme is based this week. 

...and they show you a house or two and the buyers reaction. One I watched the other day they showed them say it wasn't  big enough so there was no point including it in the programme as we knew they wouldn't  want it.

[Wymsey]

The worst are news programmes, both national and ones I watch regularly via East Midlands Today.

 

When the hour strikes, it's often 'Hello, you're watching BBC news etc, here's the stories of the day' (followed by some images of these, which will appear later in the programme when that actual news story is scheduled beforehand'.

 

That's one of the reasons why it gets boring and prefer using the BBC website to click and read international and local news that I'm interested in reading.

 

 

 

 

[GaelicFox]

Coming up on today's foxestalk : 

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, GaelicFox said:

Coming up on today's foxestalk : 

 

More bollocks. Followed by even more after that

[Buce]

1 hour ago, GaelicFox said:

Coming up on today's foxestalk : 

 

 

Nah, the pubs aren't open yet - we should be ok for a bit.

[Countryfox]

On 11/15/2016 at 13:03, yorkie1999 said:

Why does Sky advertise signing up to Sky on Sky?

 

So some tw*ts will sign up twice.    

[Trav Le Bleu]

On 15/11/2016 at 12:39, sphericalfox said:

It's an American thing. Recaps between ads, and stupid summaries before you've even watched it. For those with an attention span of a goldfish.

Yeah. For example, I love Mythbusters, which is an hour long scheduled show, but I always watch it recorded. After fast forwarding through the ads and the summaries of stuff that's already been explained, I can watch it in less than 30 mins usually.