10 O'Clock Live, might get better, currently disappointing

As i am using this blog to practise writing I feel I should experiment with different writing styles, as a result I will write this in the style of Charlie Brooker's inner soul, writhing with embarrasment and shame at seeking mainstream televisual approval by being associated with such low quality TV.  10 o clock live is great idea hamstrung by the inadequacies of modern television, it contains a veneer of naf pazaz where flashy graphics and overblown cuts from one presenter to another are used as a substitute for style, content and quality material. 

That is not to say that 10 o clock live is a lost cause, Charlie Brooker himself was excellent, cutting to the bone in his brief sections and narrating monologues dripping with cynicism, bile and insight.  Added to this, David Mitchell chaired 2 interviews, the first a nervy, shaky affair highlighting the live format and inexperience of the comedian and panel show guest, but the second allowed Mitchell's own brand of angry logic to flow in an interview where he took apart the coalition government's higher education policy.  While not particularly funny,it was a braver and more insightful interview than most these days.

Sadly the remaining presenters were less inspiring, Jimmy Carr looked out of place as a serious satirist, resorting to the kind of cheap gags that work well in his excellent stand up act and frequent panel show appearances, but here seemed weak and tiresome.  Lauren Laverne on the other hand was as vacuous and unexceptional as always, attempting to keep up with 3 genuine comedians she performed an embarrasing faux american showbiz review style sketch and added nothing else to the show.  There are plenty of excellent female comedians, so why Laverne got this particular gig is beyond me, presumably at some point she entered into a faustian pact with satan and one day will get her firey just deserts after years of inflicting herself on the British public.

With a little more Brooker and Mitchell, better writing from Carr and considerably less Lauren Laverne, allong with a realisation that the flashy graphics and over enthusiastic audience add nothing to the format, 10 o clock live may redeem itself.  TV needs a show like this, but serious changes need to be made if it is to survive beyond its initial run.