February 7, 20169 yr Author 09. The Great British Bake Off • 442 points http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02316/1800084-high_res-t_2316957b.jpg xx-xx-09 No. of votes: 15, Highest score: 38 (Jay, Sarah) 17th August 2010 – present (5 series) • UK TV and Soaps The Great British Bake Off has become a national PHENOMENON over the past few years as we all eagerly anticipate whether Margaret from Surrey has managed to avoid having a soggy bottom in her cake. Starting off on BBC Two, the show focuses on baking as contestants are given all the appropriate equipment in a marquee and come up with the best cakes, breads, pastries, biscuits etc. Hosted by Mel & Sue and judged by Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, the show has grown in popularity every year, averaging at least 10m since its move to BBC One. While viewing figures fall across the board, the GBBO has seen an impressive rise and resistance with 15m tuning into last year's final, nearly twice as much as The X Factor final in 2015. Whilst the quintessential Britishness of the show and the public's love of baking has helped the show to reach these heights, a smaller factor in this is the heavy innuendo used throughout, helping the show to be a fun, light-hearted watch, especially when compared to other competition shows. This tone has not stopped some front-page scandals over the years, the biggest of which was bin-gate. The removal of a Baked Alaska from a freezer by another contestant meant that it hadn't set and so it was thrown in the bin, allowing for outcry across the media because it is a very pressing issue of course. The show has helped contestants produce cookbooks and make regular TV appearances but, last year's winner Nadiya, has become the biggest star of the show. Her self-depreciating attitude and hilarious faces/comments helped her win a place in the nation's heart, all rounded off by her winner's speech which inspired every viewer watching.
February 8, 20169 yr 'Breaking Bad' starts to get bunge worthy around season 4 for me. The first 3 seasons were a struggle, but oddly enough, the finale makes watching them worth while. You don't really truly appreciate the series until you have seen all seasons! The highs are insane!
February 9, 20169 yr Author 08. Miranda • 463 points http://mirandahart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Miranda-sitcom-1.jpg 09-05-08 No. of votes: 18, Highest score: 39 (HarryEzra) 9th November 2009 – 1st January 2015 (3 series) • UK TV and Soaps Miranda is another show that's huge success saw it transition form BBC Two to BBC Two. It is also another example of a sitcom ending after three series in order to prevent it from becoming too stale. The show is written and stars Miranda Hart and it essentially sees her in numerous awkward situations. It's a show that has an old style influence with it featuring a lot of slapstick comedy and that it is filmed in front of a studio audience and the end of each show sees the cast wave at the camera. Throughout the show, Miranda often breaks the fourth wall by talking to the audience at home as she explains situations or, as more often happens, goes off on a tangent as she talks about her favourite words or things like her fruit friends. The show is also full of long-running jokes such as the use of Heather Small's proud and Miranda's mum's catchphrase 'such fun'. Miranda is struggling in her love life and sees an on/off relationship with Gary and then pursues a new relationship with Michael. The third series ended with a proposal from both with the two specials tying up who she would get married to. It is quite a marmite show but it appears that there's a lot of love on Buzzjack with it appearing in the Top 10 in all three countdowns!
February 9, 20169 yr Author 07. Family Guy • 504 points 07-02-07 No. of votes: 22, Highest score: 38 (Alex!, Ultraviolence1989) 31st January 1999 – present (14 seasons) • International TV Family Guy is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane. The sitcom centres on the Griffins, a family consisting of Peter, Lois, Meg, Chris, Stewie and their pet dog Brian. The show itself is set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island with their sense of humour critically acclaimed. Family Guy is currently on its fourteenth series with ratings averaging around 3.5million which is seen as a disappointment in comparison to The Simpsons and the ratings that Family Guy achieved in previous seasons. Family Guy following season 3 was originally axed by Fox due to low ratings, however favorable DVD sales and high ratings for syndicated reruns on Adult Swim convinced the network to renew the show in 2004 for a fourth season. The newest Family Guy episodes are usually showing on Sunday nights on BBC2 following BBC3 closing down. Family Guy has been nominated for 12 Primetime Emmy Awards and 11 Annie Awards, and has won three of each. In 2009, it was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. It’s not difficult to see why Family Guy is popular around the world as their not afraid to push the boundaries which makes the show even more enjoyable. Each character brings a sense of uniqueness whether it be Mr Herbert chasing after young children or Stewie planning Lois’s death, it’s easy to see why each character is popular (Minus Cleveland, he’s so annoying). One of my favourite Family Guy episodes was easily mystery murder episode or the joint episode with The Simpsons. "SHUT UP MEG" uxnmelor7og (Commentary by: Lee Wallace)
February 9, 20169 yr Excellent to see Family Guy was #2 last time :o Maybe I should see that Miranda show some time, looks good :thinking:
February 9, 20169 yr Author 06. Eurovision Song Contest • 506 points http://new.qmagazine.ro/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/euro.png xx-xx-06 No. of votes: 21, Highest score: 40 (Jahq) 24th May 1956 – present • Reality TV A bit of an :eyes: inclusion but I felt it was better to be more relaxed with the rules and people vote on their own merits! The Eurovision Song Contest has been running across Europe since 1956, making it the longest running annual TV song competition (because there's obviously lots of them). Countries all across Europe enter one song each and battle it out to become the winner, with each country voting for their 10 favourite countries! The winner will then host the next contest. Part of the reason why it was made was to help bring Europe together. The first contest saw a six European nations but it has grown and grown, with this year's contest matching a high of 43 nations. It's popularity has spread all over the world and has even led to Australia starting to enter. Over the years, thousands of artists have entered including ABBA, Celine Dion, Bucks Fizz and Electro Velvet! It's often remembered for bizarre, bonkers and cheesy entries although things have become slightly cooler over the past few years. Over the past decade or so, they have been numerous complaints of bloc-voting with countries voting for their neighbours and not voting for those they do not politically support. The introduction of juries was introduced to help prevent this, although it does contribute in some circumstances (Azerbaijan). The best songs do end up doing the best in the end and it's mainly the UK's lack of effort that sees us as a regular fixture at the bottom ever since the first nil-points they received in 2003, straight after the Iraq War. The UK is one of the Big Five who pay to automatically qualify to the final ever since the large number of participants meant that semi-finals had to be introduced.
February 9, 20169 yr Author The BIG FIVE here are: Doctor Who Friends The Apprentice UK The Simpsons The X Factor UK
February 9, 20169 yr The UK always complains about doing badly, but our entries are pretty atrocious. I doubt most of them would even make the final if UK didn't automatically qualify.
February 9, 20169 yr Both The Apprentice and Doctor Who bore me to death. Friends, Simpsons and X Factor (in its heyday) definitely deserve to be high! Love the top 10 so far, apart from Breaking Bad which I've not seen but it doesn't seem like my thing. Miranda is hilarious and Bake Off is such a joyous, light watch. Nadiya winning might be my ultimate TV moment of 2015 <3
February 9, 20169 yr Predictions: The X Factor UKDoctor WhoThe SimpsonsFriendsThe Apprentice UK Preferred reshuffle: Doctor WhoThe SimpsonsFriendsThe X Factor UKThe Apprentice UK All are great though :cheer:
February 9, 20169 yr Hoping for The Simpsons and The X-Factor to do well here~~ wasn't actually expecting the former of the two to be this high.
February 11, 20169 yr Almost four months since results started *.* How many months ago did the Coldplay rate start though :thinking:
February 11, 20169 yr I really can't with these results. The X Factor one of the best TV shows ever? You can't be real.
February 11, 20169 yr Author Almost four months since results started *.* Rate 2014 Family Fortunes Beaverfina Family Fortunes leaderboard to name just TWO. I've wrote ~75 big paragraphs in those 4 months whilst updating overnight ratings, official ratings, doing Least Favourite polls as well as other general threads as well as concentrating on my final year of university as well as ACTUALLY ENJOYING LIFE. So yeh, sorry about that. :)
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