Familiar tasks, the same old jokes and a stereotypical roster of Z-list contestants: is it time to switch off and leave the poor insects in peace?Theres something quite impressive about the fact that Im a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! is now in its 14th series. Not because the show is still a guaranteed ratings-winner. Not because its title is such an insane conceptual trainwreck that it shouldnt be allowed to exist. Not even because Ant and Dec, possibly as part of a nightmarish pact with a shadowy league of satanists, havent aged a day since the very first episode.
No, what makes Im a Celebritys longevity so impressive is that people still watch it despite how completely stagnant it has become. Other shows of its vintage have at least made attempts to gussy themselves up over the years The X Factor changed judges and presenters, Big Brother changed channels, The Apprentice brought in Karren Brady and set every other episode in Shoreditch but, if the opening episode was anything to go by, Im a Celebrity is still grimly determined to follow its existing blueprint to the letter, no matter how threadbare it is.
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No, what makes Im a Celebritys longevity so impressive is that people still watch it despite how completely stagnant it has become. Other shows of its vintage have at least made attempts to gussy themselves up over the years The X Factor changed judges and presenters, Big Brother changed channels, The Apprentice brought in Karren Brady and set every other episode in Shoreditch but, if the opening episode was anything to go by, Im a Celebrity is still grimly determined to follow its existing blueprint to the letter, no matter how threadbare it is.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 12 hours ago.