Comments on: Catherine Deveny: “I no longer love television.” http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html Australia's leading TV blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:58:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116789 Andrew Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:08:58 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116789 On 14 December in this very thread I posted: "If it was Marieke Hardy that decided to stop writing about TV then that would be cause for upset!!" Now my worst fears have been realised... she is leaving.... theage.com.au/news/entertainment/tv--radio/2009/12/16/1260639216356.html On 14 December in this very thread I posted: “If it was Marieke Hardy that decided to stop writing about TV then that would be cause for upset!!”

Now my worst fears have been realised… she is leaving….

theage.com.au/news/entertainment/tv–radio/2009/12/16/1260639216356.html

]]> By: Coke&Away http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116779 Coke&Away Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:46:28 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116779 mmmmmmmmmm teeeeeeee veeeeeee mmmmmmmmmm teeeeeeee veeeeeee

]]> By: Craig(Buzz) http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116718 Craig(Buzz) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:16:23 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116718 It sounds to me,she's to old and not with it anymore.She said that she has wanted to shake up the audience a bit and say Your Better Than This sounds like to me you enjoy TV shows that don't rate,maybe you should take on your own advice.But then after all you did work for The Age,and there has been quite a few stories i have heard about in the past that were laughable,one comes to mind is The AFL Footy Show always cops alot of rubbish,for no good reason saying the show should have be axed over the years,and it's one of the best rating shows Channel 9 has.Herald Sun for me anyday It sounds to me,she’s to old and not with it anymore.She said that she has wanted to shake up the audience a bit and say Your Better Than This sounds like to me you enjoy TV shows that don’t rate,maybe you should take on your own advice.But then after all you did work for The Age,and there has been quite a few stories i have heard about in the past that were laughable,one comes to mind is The AFL Footy Show always cops alot of rubbish,for no good reason saying the show should have be axed over the years,and it’s one of the best rating shows Channel 9 has.Herald Sun for me anyday

]]> By: Dave http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116687 Dave Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:26:20 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116687 Wow... this is news? Perhaps she ran out of Bill Hicks routines to bite? Wow… this is news?

Perhaps she ran out of Bill Hicks routines to bite?

]]> By: KFed http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116650 KFed Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:59:55 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116650 @Jason She Was? It sounds like she is the problem! @Jason She Was? It sounds like she is the problem!

]]> By: PT Ryan http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116646 PT Ryan Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:37:35 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116646 Jason, just regarding The Wedge, Deveny actually trashed the show in her column not long after it premiered, claiming the producers constantly rewote and toned down the writers work. Anyway, I love Deveny, even if I don't always agree with her. If I had to review the sheer volume of trash amid the treasure, I'd be jaded and apathetic too. Jason, just regarding The Wedge, Deveny actually trashed the show in her column not long after it premiered, claiming the producers constantly rewote and toned down the writers work. Anyway, I love Deveny, even if I don’t always agree with her. If I had to review the sheer volume of trash amid the treasure, I’d be jaded and apathetic too.

]]> By: Eric http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116611 Eric Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:57:15 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116611 To be so consistantly negative and hateful (more bitchy I guess) - I feel sorry for her. I don't think anyone reads her stuff with anything more than mild amusement and pity. To be so consistantly negative and hateful (more bitchy I guess) – I feel sorry for her. I don’t think anyone reads her stuff with anything more than mild amusement and pity.

]]> By: jester http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116585 jester Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:35:52 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116585 Television is the best it's ever been. It's just that the best TV is on the internet. Television is the best it’s ever been. It’s just that the best TV is on the internet.

]]> By: Mr. Do-Bee http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116558 Mr. Do-Bee Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:28:08 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116558 Ms. Deveny is just a few years older than me. I grew up with the same fond memories of such programmes and have to say there is nothing that currently inspires or excites me about television. I was a TV addict throughout the '70s and '80s. Now I can go a couple of days without turning on the box, safe in the knowledge that I'm not missing out on much. There's more choice than ever but I am now a much more discerning viewer. There's too much crap being passed off as entertainment by the networks. I can live without it. Ms. Deveny is just a few years older than me. I grew up with the same fond memories of such programmes and have to say there is nothing that currently inspires or excites me about television. I was a TV addict throughout the ’70s and ’80s. Now I can go a couple of days without turning on the box, safe in the knowledge that I’m not missing out on much. There’s more choice than ever but I am now a much more discerning viewer. There’s too much crap being passed off as entertainment by the networks. I can live without it.

]]> By: tasmanian devil http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116557 tasmanian devil Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:25:21 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116557 I see her point, but that is really dramatic. There's still plenty of good TV, it's just hidden amongst the mediocre stuff. I see her point, but that is really dramatic. There’s still plenty of good TV, it’s just hidden amongst the mediocre stuff.

]]> By: Reubot http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116546 Reubot Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:31:44 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116546 Maybe she should have read TV Tonight? Maybe she should have read TV Tonight?

]]> By: Andrew http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116544 Andrew Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:11:57 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116544 No real loss here. If it was Marieke Hardy that decided to stop writing about TV then that would be cause for upset!! No real loss here. If it was Marieke Hardy that decided to stop writing about TV then that would be cause for upset!!

]]> By: Jason http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116534 Jason Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:46:56 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116534 She was a writer on The Wedge - in a lot of ways - she contributed to her own problem! She was a writer on The Wedge – in a lot of ways – she contributed to her own problem!

]]> By: KFed http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116532 KFed Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:35 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116532 TV, and TVs influence, "has changed beyond recognition" in the last three years? I feel so blessed that I am still able to recognise it. TV, and TVs influence, “has changed beyond recognition” in the last three years? I feel so blessed that I am still able to recognise it.

]]> By: BG http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116525 BG Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:03:35 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116525 I've read it previously somewhere previously (possibly on this site) - but it went something along the lines of: theatre reviewers love the theatre film reviewers love film tv reviewers hate television sure there's more to hate on the box (should I say flatscreen) in the last few years, but there are still some diamonds in the rough out there. I’ve read it previously somewhere previously (possibly on this site) – but it went something along the lines of:

theatre reviewers love the theatre
film reviewers love film
tv reviewers hate television

sure there’s more to hate on the box (should I say flatscreen) in the last few years, but there are still some diamonds in the rough out there.

]]> By: Dick http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/catherine-deveny-i-no-longer-love-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-116523 Dick Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:49:57 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/?p=48802#comment-116523 Not really much else to add that hasn't been said in previous comments except, yeah I think it's time Catherine Deveny got out of the house to get a life. Not really much else to add that hasn’t been said in previous comments except, yeah I think it’s time Catherine Deveny got out of the house to get a life.

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