Title: 50 Reasons (The Q-Branch Edition)
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Reason 8 - Nothing on TV
It started as a discussion between Sherlock and Watson. Sherlock contending that there was never anything worth watching on television and Watson asserting that although the percentage of worthwhile content was small it did indeed exist. Q who had brought the take-away and beer had been vastly entertained by the resulting argument.
It continued a week later during a 12 hour stretch when all four active missions went into waiting mode simultaneously. The discussion about the state of broadcast media ranged over several continents and examples were provided from a variety of nations by agents and handlers alike.
It took on a life of its own when the analysts decided to apply scientific method to the problem. Armed with a set of watchability criteria the denizens of MI6 applied their resources to catalogue the superlative vs the abysmal in as many languages as possible.
Three months later the results were tabulated and compiled. The conclusion was clear and Q sent an E-Mail to Dr. Watson.
You were correct. Using the attached criteria the ratio of bad to watchable television is 20 to 1 regardless of language or nationality.
Author's Note: I wonder if anyone has ever done a study of this IRL?
