Originally posted by: kankabhor
That's not the case for me. I know the world won't end with the show and I will move on.It is not even a that big deal considering it had happened many times before. But I need closure in everything where I invested my precious time. If I am giving something even my 5 minutes that thing should provide me something in return, sometimes it's mental stimulation (I get it from western sci-fi, thriller), sometimes it is an emotional roller coaster (ITV romance) or this EDT which gives me a good laugh.
When this happens, what bothers me is the state of Indian TV in a larger context. The regressive content gets appreciated and good stories are ignored which is a real issue. The thing is it is not that ITV produces such good content every now and then so that you move on to other shows. IT is very rare, once in 3-4 years they come up with good concept with good actors.
Yehi Kanika. I've seen life enough to know it's not the end of the world. For me too, every time a favorite show of mine ended abruptly or unfairly, I felt upset because as a viewer who decides to spend time on a show, I feel I deserve something in return, that something being a good storyline and runtime. I don't have the time to waste on any aira gaira ITV shows: my job, research work, personal and professional obligations etc. don't allow me to invest in a show that's not worth my time story/character-wise. I can spend hours on this EDT because I legit cut back on my sleeping hours, as I want to discuss things with people when the episode airs: it gives me a good, unadulterated laugh which is so hard to find these days. Previously I used to watch shows for time pass but my tolerance level has gone down drastically in the recent years so I don't connect to ITV shows in general, the best I can do is watch only to troll the shitfest happening on ITV.
I have had this discussion countless times with my other friends too. ITV has somehow managed to become more regressive with time, and it's incredible to see how backward and crappier shows in general have gotten. So many shows in the 80s or 90s were hard-hitting, experimentative, edgy and tried to push boundaries. Most shows nowadays are making that boundary narrower every day. There was this one roundtable session with Pankaj Tripathi and Vikrant Massey I think, where they mentioned how good content or talent doesn't matter if it doesn't bring TRP, and talked about this one show with Pankaj Tripathi called 'Powder' (used to air on Sony, surprise surprise) getting axed because it didn't get enough TRPs due to its' different storyline. Maybe this TRP system used to work at one point but it doesn't anymore and no one bothers to do anything about it because nobody wants to ruffle any feathers: why bother developing original, interesting ideas and risk losing your show after a few months when you know the sure shot formula to success?
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