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Thoughts on tonight's UTV Live:
Who came up with that long-winded "weather watching" camera clue than seemed to make little sense? It was embarrasing to watch Frank having to repeat the whole thing twice at the end (and probably at the beginning - day by day he becomes more smug and patronising IMO). They also spelt Belleeks wrong in the reveal caption.
I also expected after the forecast the other presenter would turn and give Frank a WTF-kind of look, but instead Alison carried on as normal.
Also, has Frank had a day off since they moved to the new studio? It feels like he hasn't.
And did they really show the clip of the vet falling off a cliff in the headline sequence - then straight after the headlines show it again with a teaser for the story? I didn't think it was good journalism to refer to him as a "celebrity" introducing the report - then again, the word "celebrity" was used in what looked like a STV report with new commentary by Niall Donnelly.
HA HA HA! at Lil' Ian calling Lurgan a Republican part of Northern Ireland!
Is Mark - McFad-den's - voice - becoming - more ro-botic as - well? How apt Paul introduced it. Even Lynda made a few slip-ups on the autocue tonight.
Did they really wipe from one shot of Laganside Courts to represent one story to another VT package of shots of Laganside Courts for a different story? Just checked and they did...
Bah, when they talked about Little and Large on sport, I was hoping Graham Little was gonna be on
And seems like no one told Paul they were still on air while he was recapping on the weather at the end either.
Have UTV been watching RTE News lately?
Who came up with that long-winded "weather watching" camera clue than seemed to make little sense? It was embarrasing to watch Frank having to repeat the whole thing twice at the end (and probably at the beginning - day by day he becomes more smug and patronising IMO). They also spelt Belleeks wrong in the reveal caption.
I also expected after the forecast the other presenter would turn and give Frank a WTF-kind of look, but instead Alison carried on as normal.
Also, has Frank had a day off since they moved to the new studio? It feels like he hasn't.
And did they really show the clip of the vet falling off a cliff in the headline sequence - then straight after the headlines show it again with a teaser for the story? I didn't think it was good journalism to refer to him as a "celebrity" introducing the report - then again, the word "celebrity" was used in what looked like a STV report with new commentary by Niall Donnelly.
HA HA HA! at Lil' Ian calling Lurgan a Republican part of Northern Ireland!
Is Mark - McFad-den's - voice - becoming - more ro-botic as - well? How apt Paul introduced it. Even Lynda made a few slip-ups on the autocue tonight.
Did they really wipe from one shot of Laganside Courts to represent one story to another VT package of shots of Laganside Courts for a different story? Just checked and they did...
Bah, when they talked about Little and Large on sport, I was hoping Graham Little was gonna be on
And seems like no one told Paul they were still on air while he was recapping on the weather at the end either.
Have UTV been watching RTE News lately?
I have no idea where!
Although I wouldn't really call a £10 box a luxury box.
