Well, I admire your passion OP, and you have my respect for your pure undiluted hatred of reality television, but I'm afraid on the whole I must disagree with you. While the addition of British wrestling to the mainstream television schedule might appeal to you, I don't feel it would add anything (other than the obvious influx of men and women throwing each other around, gross exaggeration intended) to what we watch. I certainly disagree with your summary of British television being nothing more than quote:
SadakoMoose said:
Singing contests judged by Stock Aitken Waterman leftovers?
Public gawping fests where the most "talented" person is the one who gets the most likes on Facebook?
Celebrity Meltdown fiesta?
A show about a group of middle aged men gawking about cars like teenagers?
Yes, these are major features of British television, and yes, these (Top Gear notwithstanding, in my opinion) are some of the worst pieces of entertainment that the brain-numb masses happily consume in vast quantities, regardless of the mediocrity of it all. However, to summarise British television as just this is to ignore the incredible works we Brits have produced, a large number of which have already been mentioned in this thread. Just because these aren't constantly portrayed in the rest of the media doesn't mean they are any less well-regarded than the other shows (although they are probably, criminally, underwatched). The best side of modern British television is the satire, the biting drama, beautiful documentaries and masterful writing. It's influenced as much by typical British self-deprecation and cynicism as it is by our passion for life and art. To deny us this by calling British television overtaken by the repugnant disease of reality television shows bad form at best, and ignorance at worst.
I wholeheartedly agree that these types of shows are detrimental to our television, and should be shunted to the sidelines as much as possible, if not removed altogether to make way for more of the wonderful British programmes. In that, your view is admirable. However, I'm not certain the introduction of British pro wrestling is the way to do this. As a sport, it's fallen from favour as a rule - clearly shown by its place in the "Indy" circuit. With it's re-introduction to British television, I fail to see how it would make a big enough splash and turn enough gazes as to help our television schedules. Perhaps it would be better served by more impressive and widespread advertising or Internet and radio streaming? I don't know. But, I don't think a television introduction would help clear our schedule of reality television or help British pro wrestling gain a bigger fanbase - at least, not without serious positive propaganda.
Still, bless you OP for giving me a thread I honestly cared enough about to comment on properly.
