The Americanisation of the BBC

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cu3ed said:
lol...American Football is very popular in the UK, and its ONCE a year.
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It can't be that popular, nobody talks about it like they do about rugger or footy (proper). Do you know anyone who talks about US football?

Also re topic I love the way there's almost as much coverage of US politics as their is UK politics now.

I think part of it is that the BBC's remit is now general entertainment more than public service. Even the news is a form of entertainment today.
 
FoxEye said:
It can't be that popular, nobody talks about it like they do about rugger or footy (proper). Do you know anyone who talks about US football?

Also re topic I love the way there's almost as much coverage of US politics as their is UK politics now.

I think part of it is that the BBC's remit is now general entertainment more than public service. Even the news is a form of entertainment today.
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My old manager was an American football nut, both professional and the college leagues. He watched it all and frequently went out to America to watch games.

I have a few friends who are all quite into the league and watch all the playoffs before the SB. Usually, before corona was a thing, we'd go around their house, have a roast and watch a few games during the evening.

it's not my favourite sport (but I'll watch most sports) but I enjoy it enough to watch it and have a basic understanding. It's not my favourite American sport though. That's basketball
 
FoxEye said:
It can't be that popular, nobody talks about it like they do about rugger or footy (proper). Do you know anyone who talks about US football?

Also re topic I love the way there's almost as much coverage of US politics as their is UK politics now.

I think part of it is that the BBC's remit is now general entertainment more than public service. Even the news is a form of entertainment today.
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They are struggling to full the schedule I think.
 
I love American Football and regularly watch it on Sky so appreciate the coverage on BBC. It's a fantastic sport akin to violent chess. I get it stops and starts but that's because it's not a flowing sport like football or rugby. I also love football but never got into rugby as I just find it quite boring. One thing I would say is that American Football is very deep and full of strategy and can be very complex to fully understand, it's also heavily stats based in commentary so I get why people don't like it.

On topic though it is surprising how much American political coverage has been on the BBC in the last few years.
 
FoxEye said:
It can't be that popular, nobody talks about it like they do about rugger or footy (proper). Do you know anyone who talks about US football?

Also re topic I love the way there's almost as much coverage of US politics as their is UK politics now.

I think part of it is that the BBC's remit is now general entertainment more than public service. Even the news is a form of entertainment today.
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I don't know many that talk about football, which is great as find it awful, does that make football unpopular?
 
I don't like the Americanisation of British tv in general.

People these days seem to relate more to the US then the UK.

But as someone already said in the thread, its cheaper to import than make their own content. If they hadn't shut down all the regional studies we'd have had enough content to fill channels for 24/7.

I can't see many of these carbon copy American shows being played again 40+ years from now.
 
I tell you what really irks me and gets my ire rising, British characters in movies and TV shows (including British shows) that speak using US colloquialisms, e.g., You're not going to bring the kids to school, you're going to take the kids to school.

Really boils my **** does that.
 
inogen said:
erm... climate change denial, proponent of across the board tax reduction and regressive flat rate income taxes, support for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, pretty sure I remember some holocaust denial somewhere in the dark past too.
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Lol, so wanting lower taxes and a fair flat income tax makes someone a right wing nutjob. Now I've heard everything.
 
Energize said:
Lol, so wanting lower taxes and a fair flat income tax makes someone a right wing nutjob. Now I've heard everything.
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It may be inappropriate to call Brillo Pad Neil a "right wing nutjob". However, his past involvement with the Daily Mail, with Rupert Murdoch and with Sky would probably not mark him out as a left-wing nutjob - on balance I do think that @inogen has got it about right.
 
Malevolence said:
I tell you what really irks me and gets my ire rising, British characters in movies and TV shows (including British shows) that speak using US colloquialisms, e.g., You're not going to bring the kids to school, you're going to take the kids to school.

Really boils my **** does that.
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You mean films and TV series :rolleyes:
 
SPG said:
You got it....

Why does the BBC suddenly have the crappy super-bowl plasterd all over its website, yet the rugby gets nothing.
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Because it's the finale of the year and they cover the whole year in the NFL show, why wouldn't they have the Super Bowl?

Pho said:
I don't watch it but it's a huge event and they only cover it once a year I guess?
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As above, they cover the whole season.

cu3ed said:
lol...American Football is very popular in the UK, and its ONCE a year.
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As above...
 
American football is not popular in the UK, this is people who think American football is popular in the UK and live in scumsville (London)

Fishing is more popular in the UK than American football, yet we are not faced with lines of chaps sitting on the canal with their mighty poles on our TV for Birmingham canals world championship are we....

Why because its boring like American football.
 
eddiemcgarrigle said:
Why did the BBC showcase Andrew Neil when he is such a right wing nutjob and now heading up the GB news site which promises to Fox News look like CNN.
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Good god the Left can't tolerate anything or anyone whose opinions differ from their own can they? I notice the Guardian has been going full on hate job on GB news whipping up all the loony lefties into a froth, that paper should have been shut down years ago, its the paper alter ego of the BBC which should be renamed the GBC the Guardian Broadcasting Corporation which I'm still paying a bloody fee for!

He ain't on the BBC anymore incase you noticed sidelined for more woke and PC candidates shoved in our faces no matter how little suited they are for it.
 
SPG said:
American football is not popular in the UK, this is people who think American football is popular in the UK and live in scumsville (London)

Fishing is more popular in the UK than American football, yet we are not faced with lines of chaps sitting on the canal with their mighty poles on our TV for Birmingham canals world championship are we....

Why because its boring like American football.
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American football has been on UK TV since the 80's, fishing has never been mainstream since ever.

If you'd ever played American Football you'd know it was anything but boring, if you've ever been fishing you'll know that you can go a whole session without catching a thing, there's your answer right there as to why one is on mainstream TV and the other is not.
 
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