Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

lördagsmysprogram

English translation:

Saturday night family entertainment

Added to glossary by David Rumsey
Mar 26, 2011 22:30
13 yrs ago
Swedish term

lördagsmysprogram

Swedish to English Art/Literary Slang
Till exempel medverka i en hel säsong av ”Så mycket bättre” – ett lördagsmysprogram som de flesta rapfans inte skulle ta i med tång.

saturday night snoozefest? soft-focus show on saturday night?

I've seen it, I've watched it, but words cannot describe it!

Proposed translations

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Saturday night family entertainment

It's hard to come up with one word or phrase to describe this very Swedish phenomenon.

'Snoozefest' would be wrong since it's usually not boring, to most people at least :)

It's something cozy and nice, slightly cheesy, that you usually watch together with friends or family.
Peer comment(s):

agree Anna Herbst : Sounds good
4 hrs
agree Christine Andersen : I like this too
1 day 10 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Tack. It was hard to put in words..."
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Saturday evening pre-watershed/safe harbor show

Having looked at the programme in question,"Så mycket bättre", it appears to be one of those typical celebrity come reality come music shows that have become the norm over the years. Easy on the eye, easy viewing, that kind of thing, along the lines of Celebrity X-Factor or Celebrity Fame Academy in the UK.

TV programmes that are suitable for all viewers, aka "family friendly", are referred to as pre-watershed in the UK, the watershed cut-off typically being around 9pm when more "adult" entertainment may be broadcast. I understand this is referred to as "safe harbor" in the USA, the cut off point being 10pm.
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1 day 10 hrs

"feel-good" entertainment

I am not certain, because I have seen this is in several contexts, and it is not the "feel virtuouos" type, but the relaxing, "Maybe there is hope for the world after all" type, as an an antidote to all the crime, blood and guts that may come later on Saturday evenings.
(And we see quite a lot of Swedish TV over here too!)

http://www.film4.com/features/article/top-25-feelgood-films
Peer comment(s):

neutral trsk2000 (X) : the sentiment is there, absolutely, this kind of programme has the feel-good factor - just need to convey the Saturday evening element somehow
1 day 15 hrs
So Saturday evening feel-good entertainment - after all, you can´t get it ´all-in-one-complex-word´ in English as in German and Scandinavian languages :-)
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