Monday 6 July: The week that TV fought back

post from TV Scoop on 03 July 2009 05:34:42 AM. © TV Scoop

There is, of course, nothing wrong with a bit of reality TV. It can be fun, even inspirational at times, but in recent years the summer schedulers have been afraid of putting on anything of value when Big Brother is around. It was just so big, so dominating, it was like the army of Mordor swarming over the lands of Middle Earth, razing everything in its terrifying path. Now, in the year 2009, the rest of TV is fighting back. It's time for proper TV to make a stand and, next week, it's setting out its stall and saying to things like Big Brother, "Come and have a go..."