Just started here in the UK. (well I've just noticed it start...) Watched an episode while baby sitting (It's broadcast at bored housewife and single mother time in the afternoon)
That was the most boring dreck I ever saw. About an hour long, completly lacking in suspense, and full of fake titillation. There's some bloke sitting down 'the banker' (not a contestant, just some actor paid to sit down for an hour) and the presenter kept going on about how 'the banker won't like this', 'the banker wants to win', 'the banker is getting nervous now' etc etc blah blah for a whole hour.
The actor playing the banker didnt say one word for the whole show, just went through his limited repetore of facial expressions (one more than charles bronson, well done!)
I had to amuse myself by imaging the presenter said 'wanker' every time he said 'banker' e.g. 'the wanker won't like this' etc.
I've done some pretty pointless things, but that was one of the most wasted hours of my life
I could imagine how it might be more interesting in a shorter format, but as it stands, I just thought about all the indie filmmakers and docu-makers who were producing stuff so much more skilled and valuable than this tedious waste of bandwidth hogging my nation's limited airwaves.
.. RedTomato ..
