On The Couch, the Foxtel football show on a Monday night is infinitely better than Channel 9's horrible Footy Classified. Footy Classified is antagonistic and media centric. Every segment seems to have as its goal an argument between two of the presenters. On The Couch on the other hand is 3 intelligent football fans having a friendly discussion about the weekend's games. It makes me wish Foxtel had some kind of streaming service that allowed me to share the show with friends.
My sister also mentioned that its successes (and Footy Classified's failure) are replicated in another two shows:
Masterchef was great, My Kitchen Rules was terrible. My Kitchen Rules pitted self-assured couples against each other. They bitched about one another's meals and came across as the kind of people you wouldn't want to have as friends -especially at dinner parties. Masterchef had a sprinkling of self-assured contestants amongst what was generally, a pretty down to earth bunch. I can't remember a time when they judged each other's meals; that was left to professional critics who were always constructive. I'm sure that the positive attitude of the show helped make it an all-round (and not just ratings) success.
Any other examples?
(as an aside, image googling On The Couch does not provide the results one expects)
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