Paul Sinha’s TV Showdown –

Saturday, February 19, STV

Sinha is a very sharp and likeable man, he’s the perfect host for a nerdy TV quiz show, but alas this format is flawed. There’s too much meandering banter and not enough quizzing. Say what you like about Noel Edmonds by all means, but at least Telly Addicts got down to business. And that’s the other major flaw: the contestants are celebrities. “Ordinary people” will always be more au fait with television than the busy pros who appear on it. So what you end up with is an affable yet borderline committed quizmaster posing occasionally quite tricky questions to a baffled panel who dance around the answers in the hope of getting laughs. It’s pointless.