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This is coming from some one (me) who used to work for a television network in a sales role and looking from the outside in.
Commercial TV networks are belting out absolute rubbish. There are no real drama or other shows worth watching now. Reality TV has taken over. It's becoming more and more prevalent and not easing up soon. We will see more of it before we see less. It's cheap to produce and scripted to suit the station and audience (yes, they are scripted as well as heavily produced to get a desired effect). They are getting very tiresome and need some serious reinventing. It's all about ratings. Seriously, how many wedding, cooking, marriage, dating, housewife, game show type things can we have? Anyway, I digress. Sorry.
That said, my take on the three part series:
I have only been into Astronomy for the last few years. Started out a novice, knowing nothing. Not even what the names of stars are.
So for me, three years later, that show was great for me to sit and watch. I personally found Brian Cox spoke and explained things in plain English and was very engaging in his descriptions and thoughts. So were the others (and I enjoyed the bloke with the beard and laser pointer).
The explanations of the gadgets in the observatory were very interesting as were the half hour discussions on ABC 2.
There seemed to be people on the panel from all sources of experience. All appeared to be very smart and knowledgeable and they would have some interesting dinner table conversations but still good to listen to. I didn't think anyone tried to dazzle us with brilliance or baffle us with bull**** (Oops).
My dad called me through the first one and asked if I was watching it. I told him I was and that I would call him back after it had finished. Rude bugger. He also enjoyed it.
The fact that we now have four other planets in another solar system found within just 24 hours is also pretty cool. I can't wait to read and hear more about that as time goes on.
All said, for me, I enjoyed all three episodes. Enjoyed the presentations, the examples and props used, the presenters and the overall themes over the three nights.
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