Is RTE 2 the best station on TV

**pineapple stu** · 29/11/2007, 5:17 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint

The mere fact that you typed the above and lumped Seinfeld in with "Friends" and "etc." shows that you need to lose the prejudice and expand your viewing habits

Not really. I've watched some episodes; they're poor at best, I find, and I don't feel the need to keep watching more in the hope that it'll sometime change.

**Macy** · 30/11/2007, 8:22 AM

I'd quite happily survive on a combination of BBC suite of digital channels, and radio. I actually find RTE quite bias - if you compare what actually goes on in, for example, the Tribunals to what and how RTE report it (both TV and Radio) you'd wonder if it was the same day they covered.

**OwlsFan** · 30/11/2007, 10:16 AM

The History Channel and Sky SPorts (especially for their Saturday afternoon scores programme). "And now we go over to Hillsboro where there has been a goal". You tense, you wonder, you see the reporter with the glum fans sitting in the background. You know who's scored

**Jerry The Saint** · 30/11/2007, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Not really. I've watched some episodes; they're poor at best, I find, and I don't feel the need to keep watching more in the hope that it'll sometime change.

Fair enough, it's not for the likes of you so.

**Dodge** · 30/11/2007, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Not really. I've watched some episodes; they're poor at best, I find, and I don't feel the need to keep watching more in the hope that it'll sometime change.

its worth it...

Originally Posted by pete

BTW the Clinic is the type of dross that BBC show on day time TV but RTE place it at Prime Time.

Holby city? Loads of primetime cack on. The clinic is at least well produced. If you like female skewed medical based hour long soaps, the clinic is as good as any. Its still cack though

As someone said earlier I can't understand people who watch TV channels. Watch TV programmes on whatever channel its on. Similar to somebody saying they don't watch US sitcoms. Its like saying they don't like ball games. Their is literally every type of sitcom you could think possible being made in the US. Some excellent, some complete rubbish

**2legged tackle** · 30/11/2007, 12:26 PM

Just read in the paper that Rte had lost the rights for GAA next summer to TV3, That must be a big blow for it being the best staition on TV.

**Dodge** · 30/11/2007, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by 2legged tackle

Just read in the paper that Rte had lost the rights for GAA next summer to TV3, That must be a big blow for it being the best staition on TV.

is that not league games only?

**2legged tackle** · 30/11/2007, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

is that not league games only?

Not sure maybe your right, just had a quick glance into the fella's paper beside me.

**Dodge** · 30/11/2007, 12:47 PM

no, you're right. They've won the rights to "some" GAA

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...s-1233149.html

I'd imagine the big games would still be on RTE

**osarusan** · 02/12/2007, 7:28 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Not really. I've watched some episodes; they're poor at best, I find, and I don't feel the need to keep watching more in the hope that it'll sometime change.

I've always thought Seinfeld is wayyyyyy overrated. Jerry himself is one of the most annoying comedy characters I've ever seen. I'd say its moderately funny at best, but I know I'm in the minority on this.

It seems to be one of those shows that you "get" or not. I just don't "get" it.

**CollegeTillIDie** · 02/12/2007, 9:06 AM

Originally Posted by Magicme

Do you work for RTE? All your threads are slatting Today FM stuff and now you are trying to big up RTE 2!

I am just a tad suspicisous!

Magicme

I don't listen to Today FM cause the Eircom League has never existed on that station. Even when it was called Radio Ireland the station was full of Premiershi* and bugger all domestic football. It hasn't improved from what I can gather. I can't get UCD's or Monaghan United's results on that station so I never listen to it. I don't have a lot of time for RTE TV either cause of their scant coverage of the League during the years but at least Radio 1 gives out the Eircom League results and the sports department in the Radio building to give our League a fair amount of coverage. Perhaps not as much as any of us would like but a lot more than the print media. And I don't work for RTE either.

I don't watch any individual channel per se. I find myself switching on BBC 2 a lot but that's because of the programming.