How To Write A Good TV Review

As someone who watches a lot of TV, I often find myself writing reviews about it so I thought I'd share a little of what I have learned with other budding reviewers. BASIC INFORMATION What kind of show is it? It's easy to forget sometimes that other people may have never heard of your favourite show so remember to give them the basics before you launch into why you love it. Try to be fairly specific if you can as categories like 'comedy' or 'drama' are very broad. It might be useful to note other programmes that are similar to the one you are reviewing but don't get caught up explaining these too much. For example, in my review of Newswipe I mentioned ...  Read the complete review

Having now written around 50 reviews in this category, I feel I have some valuable advice on how to write a good TV Review. Of all the review categories there are, 'TV program' is surely the one that requires a short and efficient review. Why? Because most of us read TV reviews when we are making our mind up whether to watch something or not. For example, I may read on tonight's TV listing that 'Total Wipeout' is on. I quickly go to Dooyoo and read a couple of reviews before making my mind up. Do I have the time to read 1000 words or more? Probably not? Is it so important that I need to? Probably not! Therefore, here are the things I think NEED to be in a TV ...  Read the complete review

Fundamentally the rules or guidance for writing a good TV review are no different to writing a review for most any other category, actually I'm quite surprised that no guide for this category has ever bothered to find the time to actually write some advice on what makes a good TV review. For me a good review should be concise, I hate to read padded reviews that do not address the matter in hand, for me it is just another form of abuse, blatantly padding a review to get more words and better ratings, it should be treated as abuse no different to copying, so concise and to the point is a must. A good TV review should contain some guidance on the ...  Read the complete review

When dooyoo`s front page proudly displays the fact 2.3 million reviews have been rated this week I cant help but feel the ludicrous 150 word thing for 50p will be the death of us. Divide 2.3 million by 1.5p and it's a frightening amount of cash going out compared to what must be coming in. How-on-Earth can they pay that level of rewards? And if you consider around 300 reviews a day are being posted up with many of those at 50p a head it's a mind-boggling venting of cash, especially during the worst recession since the war. I don't think I'm alone in thinking that way. I know we were swallowed up by another media conglomerate last year for 3.6 million Euros, and with web ...  Read the complete review