Stop beating successful concepts into the ground until I hate them.

So a network delivers a successful reality TV show that rates through the roof. Fantastic, good for them.

Why do they feel the immediately need to completely bombard the audience with it multiple times a week so they become inherently sick of it?


Yes, channel 9 Australia - I am looking at you and your treatment of The Voice.

The same goes for The Block, actually - but like anyone gives a fuck about The Block.

As I posted last week, I found The Voice to be surprisingly watchable, thanks to likeable coaches and actual talent - a rarity for Australian TV.

However, one week later, I'm pretty much completely sick of it. I watched half the debut episode, little snippets the other few days and a full episode again last night, and I don't know if I can stomach watching the final 'blind auditions' episode, let alone the rest of it. The thought of watching Seal groove in his chair, a contestant telling me the same generic sob-story or Keith looking completely confused by a voice one more time this week just makes me want to smash myself in the face with a brick.

 Stop smiling, you overly charismatic and charming man!

Yes, that may be a slight exaggeration.

I just do not understand why you would have it on for 5+ hours over the space of three days, when you could easily stretch the show out over a few months - just like every non-reality TV show in existence, to keep interest high for future seasons, and to keep me from switching off the TV and going outside.

And by go outside, I mean play video games.

But I suppose I am talking about reality TV here - common sense and long-term planning just don't seem to apply.