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How is Live From Studio Five still on air?!
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I can remember watching the launch of this programme and, like the rest of humanity, being absolutely horrified at what I saw. It was beyond awful - and seemed sure to be canned ASAP. And yet, after a year on air it's still running.
How is this programme still on? I flicked over the other day and it was just awful - Kate and whoever the new presenter were were shockingly dull, had no chemistry and had absolutely nothing interesting to say.
I'm not sure of the ratings; but I from what I can gather it's still below 300k (being beaten by the Freeview channels in many cases). Remember the days it was suppose to be opposition to The One Show (averaging around 3-4 Million).
So, why considering the programme remains awful and has terrible ratings is it still running?
How is this programme still on? I flicked over the other day and it was just awful - Kate and whoever the new presenter were were shockingly dull, had no chemistry and had absolutely nothing interesting to say.
I'm not sure of the ratings; but I from what I can gather it's still below 300k (being beaten by the Freeview channels in many cases). Remember the days it was suppose to be opposition to The One Show (averaging around 3-4 Million).
So, why considering the programme remains awful and has terrible ratings is it still running?
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If they ditched it they might have to do some proper news.
Could they not get better ratings/provide better television quality by attempting to do proper news? I'm sure that Stuido Five is cheap to make - but surely the damage it's doing to the channel by being so horrific is pretty pricey.
Have only seen the odd minute or two - couldn't stand to watch it due to Melinda Messenger, Ian Wright and Jane Middlemiss - all shouty/me, me, me people!
I haven't seen it for a while, but I think Jayne and Kate are the only presenters now.
I've just checked. Apparently Melinda left after a disagreement with Ian. Ian was then sacked because he fell out with the show's bosses. He sounds like a classy guy! He's not exactly a talented presenter, so the diva strops are a bit much.
The show just annoys me on so many levels! It needs to be axed, or a major revamp if it seriously wants to be some sort of contender in that time slot.
Yes it's 30 mins......
There's no auidence for that kind of show at that time. Older people are watching the news and younger people watch Hollyoaks.
It's also the only heat magazine type show on terrestrial TV so there must be some sort of audience for it - it's essentially the original launch programme 'Exclusive' slightly reworked, and that ran for about 5 years or so (I think). It's the sort of show I could see sitting quite comfortably in a pre-Hollyoaks slot on Channel 4, where it would probably get higher ratings; l think quite a lot of people pass over Channel 5 automatically to be honest.
Unfortunately a lot of the viewers were scared off for life having witnessed him on it in the early days where he would talk over everyone and the whole thing was unwatchable.
Although it hasn't been axed yet, Channel 5 are looking to ditch BSkyB as their news provider. BSkyB currently produce Live From Studio Five. So it's safe to say that if C5 end the contract with BSkyB early, which is reported to be happening, then Live From Studio Five will come to an end.
They might try and seek a like-for-like replacement from whoever comes in to replace BSkyB, possibly ITN, or try something else. Time will tell, but I can't imagine it's got too long left.
As others have mentioned they've already reduced the running time from 65 minutes to 30 minutes.
Think viewing figures might increase by 1 tonight, as I'm curious just how awful it has become
If you don't like celebrity gossip you will not enjoy it. But if you do, it's a perfect round-up of the day's showbiz news and I think Kate and Jayne are very likable. It is a huge improvement on the original programme and works much better in its 30 min slot.