Did You See That

Ok, so I may be alone in this, but I am persevering with ITV1’s Tycoon although I’m starting to get the inkling that this format is heavily flawed.

In the latest episode, we were told that another business would be “closed down” to leave three left for next week’s live final. In the end, it didn’t happen and all four remaining businesses went through - but the whole concept of closing down any of them is crazy since they were all profit making businesses. Would Peter Jones really close a profitable business because it was making less profit than another? It was understandable in the early weeks when some of the businesses were clearly going no where, but all the remaining businesses seem to have a future as a profitable business and “closing them down” for a TV show is bordering on insane - whatever “closing” them down actually entails considering there are actual people, brands, contracts (apparently), products and intellectual property that will remain beyond the life of the program.

And  it seems the eventual winner is going to be chosen by the public in a phone vote and live final. Why would a tycoon’s success be subject to the whims of a voting public who have seen a heavily edited (and then re-edited/chopped up for a shorter slot)? The winner should be entirely down to their business success and nothing more. I really wanted to like this program and right up until last week I remained positive, but this has descended rapidly into the file marked “dog’s dinner”. Sorry Peter, you screwed up.