Q&A &A &A &....

We have all those TV channels so you'd think that would mean more stuff to watch.  Not when they put the same show on multiple channels!  What is this about? 

The ABC is one of the prime offenders.  Take Q&A - and I really wish someone would take it - Monday night and on it comes, so I flick over to the 24 hour news channel and it's also being shown there.  So I decide to listen to the radio instead.  What do you know?  They're playing it on the radio as well!  Why do they think this show is so good that it has to be broadcast simultaneously on 3 channels across 2 mediums?  And that doesn't even include the lunchtime repeats of the show.  Someone needs to tell them that the show just isn't that good.  Watching politicians trot out their party line in front of a sycophantic audience isn't that interesting.  I really don't mind if I miss it.  In fact, I go to great lengths to avoid it. 

At least on the radio you don't have to sit through the tweets?  Why do they show these?  Do they think it's "cool" or something?  As little interest as I have in what they say, I think it's disrespectful to the guests.  It's also distracting.  You have a bunch of supposed experts taking questions and then you stream drivel from anonymous tweeters over the top of their answers.  I care even less about what they have to say.  Surely, the least ABC could do is enable you to switch off the tweets by using one of those coloured buttons on the remote, or, you know, because it is being shown on two channels at once, at least offer a twitter-free version on one of the channels.  That would at least show some sophistication in applying the technology but I'd still rather they showed something completely different on the other channel? 

How about some long lost cartoon?  Top Cat?  The Twins of Destiny? Sir Prancealot?  Anything, really.