Once Upon A Time dropped by Channel 5
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I did do a search for this but didn't see anything and I didn't want to go in to the US pace thread.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s181/once-upon-a-time/news/a538866/once-upon-a-time-dropped-by-channel-5-after-two-seasons.html
Very annoyed about this. I don't mind waiting a while to see if any other broadcaster picks it up, but failing that, i'll have to go to US pace.
Maybe 'Watch' could pick it up to team with Grimm ?
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s181/once-upon-a-time/news/a538866/once-upon-a-time-dropped-by-channel-5-after-two-seasons.html
They told DS: "Channel 5 has not picked up the rights for the next series. At the moment we're not intending to pick up the show."
Very annoyed about this. I don't mind waiting a while to see if any other broadcaster picks it up, but failing that, i'll have to go to US pace.
Maybe 'Watch' could pick it up to team with Grimm ?
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Im currently in a 3rd month of a free 6 month subscription from them.
A once in a lifetime opportunity has now presented itself for the likes of Sky, ITV, C4, E4 and....Netflix? Lovefilm too?
I hope Netflix get it. They've proved with Breaking Bad that they are capable of treating decent shows with the respect they deserve, in 5.1 surround sound and 1080p. And The Killing shows that they could release new episodes from the States ASAP.
Although I do hope that it gets picked up by either another channel or Netflix!
Knew it was coming tbh. The ratings were abysmal for season 2. As I said in the other threads - right slot, too late in the year. Should have been January-May.
That should also be enough time to see if it's picked up by another UK broadcaster as well
It won't matter - they won't change their minds
I wonder if a channel like Watch will consider picking up Once Upon A Time and Once Upon A Time In Wonderland to show them in a double bill!
A double bill would be a good idea - suppose it depends on if Watch have the money to acquire both.
Netflix has it on the US site so it would be great if they could negotiate the rights to get Seasons 1 & 2 on there and pick up Season 3 as well. They're starting to get a pretty decent reputation I think, things like Arrested Development, Orange is the New Black, House of Cards and the four new Marvel series' they've commissioned.
I've been watching it US Pace so would be a tad hypocritical to have a go at Channel 5 on my part
My money would be on it becoming a Lovefilm exclusive. They are looking to increase their exclusives at the moment and already have an arrangement with ABC for some shows.
I forgot that Lovefilm had a deal with ABC so you could well be right.
I know they had the final couple of seasons of Private Practice after it was dropped, so I certainly can't see why they couldn't get this and even the spin-off show as well.
Really glad I'm watching this online after all now.
But yeah, well done for not supporting a show you supposedly enjoy.
I live in Ireland and I did also watch it when it was on Channel 5 as well.
Is it really?
So how exactly would Channel 5 know who's watching it early online elsewhere or tuning into to Channel 5 to watch?
Channel 5 have no direct link to my tv to check my viewing habits.
The truth is they don't know, and just like all tv ratings it's all guess work. The only accurate account they get is when something's viewed on Demand 5.
no it hasn't as its an excellent series
Have you watched season 3?
No reason for me to watch Channel 5 for a while now anyway, it was about the only thing I watched on it(didn't go US pace with this show due to there being so much else on.)
Hope RTÉ decides to speed up their pace and pick it up.