There are, especially when you consider that free-to-air TV constitutes mainly lame American sitcoms, "reality" shows like Survivor and Chains of Love (don't ask, seriously, don't even think about asking) and local soap operas. The ABC and SBS (the national broadcaster and the foreign-language channels respectively) are the only oases in a desert of truly bad TV. The ABC shows a lot of Brit stuff (like Red Dwarf, whoo!) and SBS has a great news service, Hong Kong action films and anime, and Going Home, a local show about a bunch of commuters on thier nightly train home.
So, considering the rest of the choices, The Bill ain't that bad at all. ;)
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Date: 2001-11-03 04:53 pm (UTC)There are, especially when you consider that free-to-air TV constitutes mainly lame American sitcoms, "reality" shows like Survivor and Chains of Love (don't ask, seriously, don't even think about asking) and local soap operas. The ABC and SBS (the national broadcaster and the foreign-language channels respectively) are the only oases in a desert of truly bad TV. The ABC shows a lot of Brit stuff (like Red Dwarf, whoo!) and SBS has a great news service, Hong Kong action films and anime, and Going Home, a local show about a bunch of commuters on thier nightly train home.
So, considering the rest of the choices, The Bill ain't that bad at all. ;)