I'm similar to you in that I reserve judgement on how good/bad the series is going to be until it's a good few weeks in.
I've never watched the live feed for several reasons, although I do think it's a shame it's gone, because it was important to the concept of the show in my view.
I only ever watched the HLs and read the opinions online from forums and news stories. So, I got the condensed version of the live feed that way.
There are a lot of people angry about the removal of the 'red button' option etc, and I think that's why there seems to be a lot of posters on here and on other forums who are ranting about how rubbish the show is.
I'm hoping that within the next few weeks one of two things will happen. Either they'll bring back the live feed to satisfy the viewers who do want it, or it will blow over and people will just enjoy the series for what it is.
I doubt the latter will happen, so I'm not holding my breath.
Welcome to the forum. You seem like the kind of person I would like to talk to.
