I saw some of that, but thankfully didn't hear a word as I was catching up on some old podcasts via my headphones. It looked dire judging by the pictures alone.

I did catch a few minutes of something that was possibly even worse. A game show based on predicting the outcome of tossing coins, drawn out to excruciatingly long lengths between each toss, with family and friends of the contestant being wheeled out to egg them on. Quite appropriately for a useless programme about tossing, it was presented by that useless tosser Justin Lee Collins.

ITV is good for Corrie and little else. It all seems really cheap and garish to me.

about Outnumbered. Best thing on telly this Christmas.

from X Factor who talks like a nutter was Stacey Solomon. I heard since she was booted off X Factor she is auditioning for the lead in Black Beauty.

I can't believe what a prime slot it was given too. It was not helped by the none more bland rent-a-presenter (who he?). Mackenzie Crook must be really down his luck. Also featured Paul Daniels showing there is more to him than Magic..he can also do a piss poor geordie accent.
I couldn't work out who Les Dennis was meant to be in the scene in the bath with Chris Tarrant? Anyone?

Not sure if part of the purpose was for ITV to road-test Stevie Riks who made his name on YouTube doing fairly creditable impressions of the HJHs, Bowie etc

Impressions shows don't really work. Even if the impressions are any good they are usually let down by the way they have to be shoe-horned into tortuous sketches (see Dead Ringers).

Impersonations work best as part of a quick-fire stand up routine (Steve Coogan's old act was mightily impressive), or liberally sprinkled into something else (Adam Buxton's occasional flights of fancy as David Bowie are a thing of wonder).

What a pile of crap. Good to see Ian Lee on there, though. I always hated him on the 11 O' Clock show, pouring smug scorn over anyone trying to make a living. Now, it seems he can't get arrested and has to participate in the same lowest common denominator shitefest that he spent so much time slagging off during his fifteen minutes of popularity.

Just unashamedly redneck

I really enjoyed that, for all the wrong reasons. I found the introduction of "Seee-vannnn Mulllll-hearn!" amusingly underwhelming, plus the way the announcer introduces Bar-bar-a sounds like Serafiniwicz's Brian Butterfield.

It was truly awful. I enjoyed the YouTube comment "I know Elvis was fat - but was he ever as fat as Eamonn Holmes?"

Iain Lee has a career hosting an admirably odd but ultimately unlistenable call in show on Absolute Radio on weeknights. He did tweet an apology for The All Star Impression Show.

This year the true turkey was TV itself. Broadcast TV now seems hopelessly at odds with the times we live in, it feels quaint to have to wait for something to be on. It will be dead in ten years.