Quiz shows
In the old days a quiz show would go like this:

You have 60 seconds (or whatever) to answer questions on a particular topic. Easy. Clock starts - people answer questions, correctly or incorrectly, until their time runs out.

Now, thanks to shows like Millionaire and Eggheads, it's all multiple choice questions with no time limit, leading to exchanges like this:

- Contestant: I think it's A. It's definitely not B, and I don't think it's C. I suppose it might be D, but I don't think so. No, it's A.

- Host: Are you sure?

- C: Yes, A.

- H: Positive?

- C: Yes.

- H: Sure it's not D?

- C: Yes.

- H: So you're going for A?

- C: Yes, it's definitely A.

- H: Final answer?

- C: Yes, Final answer.

- H: Are you sure?

- C: Yes. Or is it D?

ARRRGGHHHH! SHUT THE FUCK UP AND ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION!
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Wed 7 May 2008, 13:46, 3 replies)

and on top of all this
is the "tense" music they play to make everyone feel as though they're watching Prime Suspect or something when actually it's just Eamonn Holmes asking someone what the capital of France is.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 7 May 2008, 14:18, closed)

Bloody eggheads
..it was bad enough when the so called eggheads smugly told you why it wasn't all the other options before giving you the answer. Now the contestants have started doing it too...just tell us the answer we're not interested in your logical deductions.
(cmouse is pondering about life in other jobs, Wed 7 May 2008, 15:51, closed)

wank
I agree, the only show I can watch these days is University Challenge. Paxo asks more questions in five minutes than are asked in a whole hour of eggheads. Dumbing down is extremely annoying.
(drfeck pissshitfuck, Thu 8 May 2008, 0:13, closed)