In the BBC corner we have: 'As Seen On TV' a veritable smuggy chumfest hosted by rent-a-hunk celebrity-shagger Steve Jones where minor TV celebs answer TV nostalgia questions whilst making you feel old.
In the Channel 4 corner we have: 'You Have Been Watching' The Guardian and Screenwipe's razor sharp bastard Charlie Brooker's new 'mainstream' vehicle with a 'format'.
Rightio. So, which one is better?
Format:
ASOTV: Solid and dull. One imagines this was sat in some executives drawer for a rainy day. Well, it is just a classic TV quiz sort of a thing. (6/10)
YHBW: A weird hybrid between BBC4's Screenwipe and Have I Got News For You which tries to be both and manages to be neither. Confused but at least its trying (5/10)
Host:
ASOTV: Steve Jones is pretty and charismatic and just a touch too smug. But he isn't Charlie Brooker. (2/10)
YHBW: Charlie Brooker has the benefit of being Charlie Brooker. Seeing him squirm through the format and cope with an audience and guests he actually has to talk to instead of telling to fuck off is half the charm (9/10)
You know what, I could do a few more of these rounds but sod it. There's no point. YHBW is far superior to the fleck of TV dross that is ASOTV. The issue with ASOTV is, for a show about nostalgia, it's completely bloody forgettable. It only began yesterday and all I can remember is the set looked nice and the audience seemed to have been paid to laugh. Utter crap. And as for YHBW, it's nice but it just isn't Screenwipe. Sorry Charlie but you're not as funny when I'm reminded other people are in on the joke. You're much better ranting about how shitting awful the pissweasels and spunkpigeons in Brittania High are jacking off in your lounge via a webcam than being well lit on CH4 with a bunch of bohemian arseholes politely laughing at your critiques. Fix it, yeah?
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