Enough Already

Big Brother is now in it's ninth season. It feels like this season is never ending. Every time I turn on E4 looking for some Friends repeats I am greeted with the twittering of birds and orange faces.

I'll admit that I have watched a couple of seasons over the years and I too have become addicted. I have followed each moment of Nadia's transformation to woman kind. I have cheered as Johnny and Kate hopped around on one leg. But ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

Is anyone actually watching this season? Is anyone talking about it or interested in any way?

Is it simply the circles I move in now that everyone is too busy, mature or intelligent to spend their days watching the drivel?

And surely now that Dermot O'Leary has moved on, so should everyone else.

Goggle Box

I noticed for the first time last night that the number of TV boxsets in my DVD collection has surpassed the number of movies. If I'm honest, it's now my preferred way of watching my favourite programmes. I no longer have to try and figure out TV3's (and in some cases RTE's) random, lucky dip attitude to programme scheduling. There isn't an ad break every ten seconds like on Sky and I don't have to worry about missing an episode because I've set the recorder incorrectly. I can watch a single episode or as is usually the case a whole disc. A recent series or an old favourite. Bliss!

It would seem that I'm not the only one to think this way. It was because of DVD sales that "Family Guy" got recommissioned after 3 years and cancelled sci-fi series "Firefly" made it to the big screen in the critically acclaimed, if only moderately successful "Serenity".

Even Xtra-Vision has gotten in on the act, offering rental on TV boxsets for a tenner a week.

My own collection includes "Doctor Who", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Planet Earth", "Father Ted", "Six Feet Under", "The Muppet Show", "Fraggle Rock" and "Scrubs".

Which brings me to my question. Which (if any) TV shows do you own on DVD and how do you watch yours?