AIBU to think sport dominates TV schedules and trumps everything else?

And sport Is one of the few things that need to be and should Be enjoyed in the moment. Preferably in the flesh but if not, on the tv. Literally every other sort of entertainment can be streamed any time. It’s not the 70s when it was the FA Cup final or nothing. There’s a billion other things to watch or stream.

All the soaps, absolute drivel. The reality shows, they can be dumped too.

You should see a doctor about your memory issues.

BBC has live One Day internationals, daily England Test highlights and live Hundred coverage, there's live Championship football on ITV, Channel 4 shows the British Grand Prix live and highlights of every other F1 race.

Barely anyone I know watches it!

You repeating this in different posts doesn't make it any more relevant.

Clearly the channels research the viewing figures for different programmes, and would only pay for the programmes that are going to get higher figures. So the fact you have a limited circle of people around you isn't really relevant - millions of people do enjoy sports.

Plus, of course "sports" covers so many different things.
I enjoy watching football, but am not the least bit interested in horse racing, for example.

Yeah, let’s make space in the schedules on terrestrial tv for more Four In a Bed, Bargain Hunt, Tipping Point, the Chase, Countdown, Eastenders. All the quality tv that’s in every single fucking day.

Adele getting cut off was nothing to do with sport.

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/12/can-watching-sport-really-improve-your-wellbeing-the-science-suggests-it-can

I read somewhere that studies show watching sport has some positive effects on people, similar to the mental benefits of actually doing the sport.

Agree. So boring.

The whole country seems to revolve round sport. Before the current mania with attendance they were giving kids time off school to watch football matches. My ex had to take annual leave for a world cup match (company closing for the day) which he had hoped to use for something else. As totally non sport people it feels like it is rammed down our throats 24/7. No other hobby gets such allowances and coverage. If I watched and talked about my preferred pastimes for hours and hours, spent hundreds of pounds on them, expected time off work etc people would tell me to stop or call me obsessive. It's ridiculous.

Ffs it's one week for Cheltenham!
Maybe find something else to do all day rather than watch TV

I'm looking forward to the world cup tbh, and would be pissed off if it wasn't on because an episode of Tipping Point needed rerunning

There's not enough sport on terrestrial TV most you have to subscribe too now.

You obvs hate sport which is sad. Have you ever tried playing it?

Can't remember the last time cricket or F1 were on terrestrial tv, it's a crying shame that MOST popular sport is behind on subscription channels now.
BBC and ITV for football only show the main international tournaments and the odd FA Cup games.
Sport should be for all, not just those that can afford Sky/TNT and the many other broadcasters

There is no such thing as terrestrial TV any more. Everyone who has access to TV has access to dozens of channels with no sport on.

Also, The One Show, Pointless, Bargain Hunt, etc etc are on EVERY FUCKING DAY FOREVER!

The BBC has to cater for all tastes unfortunately. I pay my licence fee just like you do, and I like watching sport .

I don't like watching Eastenders, Strictly, Traitors, or any of the innumerable cooking/upcycling/property/lifestyle shows that seem to be on nearly every channel. All. The. Goddamn. Time. But I can understand that other people do, so I also don't go on internet forums and start threads moaning about them.

Same, my school/work morning TV routine is rubbish now until it's over

My mum and l were saying this earlier!

There is barely any sport left on terrestrial TV! We have to pay streamers to watch tennis and cycling, and we'd also have to pay for Sky if we wanted to watch football/golf/F1. The BBC alone has surrendered most of its sports coverage.

This! Today I’ve watched Paralympics, Darts Euro Tour, and popped in and out of Cheltenham. Currently watching football and more darts. I don’t think I’ve watched anything on ITV if it hasn’t been sport in years. - struggling to think of anything that would be worth watching in the daytime that is worth watching on any terrestrial channel besides sport or possibly a news catch up.

More live sport please 🙏

I’m not at all keen on watching sport and I still think YABU.

It’s live, one of the few things that are these days, and people who watch it want to watch it live. And it attracts massive advertising revenues. The BBC spends lots of money bidding for the sports it has, or has a contract where it commits to show the sports live.

And there are tons and tons of streaming services now, there’s usually another place to watch nearly everything else. The Brits example is fair though, as that’s live too, but normal daytime tv during the olympics - there’s tons of other stuff on.