28-06-2023, 09:22 AM
(28-06-2023, 08:03 AM)mark Wrote: I agree. I switched on this morning midway through a lengthy discussion on - and this is just a guess as it was hard to tell exactly what the story was - the state of school buildings. It felt better suited to something like Newsnight that you can give your undivided attention to, rather than 'background' breakfast TV.
Compared to the warmth and bite-size segments of the US morning shows, it definitely feels dry to me and not my (morning) cup of tea.
It's not just Breakfast - I do think length and tone of segments is an issue for UK breakfast TV in general. For example, the long and confrontational political interviews and debates on Good Morning Britain.
I appreciate this is all just my personal preference though and there's clearly a market for this kind of content.
The content is both too slow and fluffy. Today Programme gets the pacing right.