Copying the US TV format

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  Jeeooorghhhbbb Posts: 490

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  27/08/13 - 01:50 #2

  I think some of the above has been tried over here but just didn't work. That's not to say it's a bad idea though. We seem to have had the same safe evening formula over here for decades. The Jack Docherty show on early Channel 5 was an attempt at late night chat, but didn't survive, although that was probably due to the channel being new and having no viewers, the presenter being relatively unknown and not being able to get the guests. Seeing as we get 10pm news on both BBC One and ITV, it would be good for one of the channels to try our a weeknight chat show. It could even be exported to the USA who seem to like a bit of our showbiz culture and might guarantee some good guests.
  
  Britain's Got Talent, I'm a Celebrity, Soapstar Superstar and Celeb X Factor are/were all shown on weeknights and prove there is an audience for weeknight reality/quizzes, although what Saturday nights would got filled with is anybody's guess (I'm pretty sure that US television at weekends is just repeats and movies).

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  27/08/13 - 02:26 #3

  People prefer to see quality over quantity. Terry Wogan had a chatshow which was on several times a week but viewers quickly tired of that format because the quality of guests ran out. Those American chatshows are very hit and miss depending on the guests. Very few are actually quality shows.

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  degsyhufc Posts: 59,251

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  27/08/13 - 02:33 #4

  The nightly chat show has been tried a few times. Wogan has been mentioned and didn't Aspel basically take over the slot?
  Along with/after Docherty Johnny Vaughn had a nightly show.
  
  
  Back in the 60s/70s Frost was on nightly from the UK and US
  
  
  
  With a magzine show like The One Show they can have one guest, who doesn't have to be a superstar, just a soap star or middle of the road musician and they work the VTs around them to fill the show.
  
  
  I do think it's odd that now a majority have freeview or a digial alternative that includes a national news channel that the news, and weather, is of paramount importance on the flagship channel.
  
  
  Saying that though they still move tennis matches about because they think viewers can't find BBC2.

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  27/08/13 - 05:14 #5

  BRITLAND wrote: »

  So some may know that in the US the TV stations have a pattern of doing things differently, this includes
  - Chat show every week night
  - Reailty/game shows on week nights ie X Factor on Wed/Thursday
  - No 10:00pm news, more Primetime programming
  
  Would you like to see the UK channels take this format on?

  
  No thanks

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 350

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  27/08/13 - 11:05 #6

  The US system works in that way because that is what works for US audiences. The UK system works in the way it does because this is what works for UK audiences.
  
  There is very little original programming on Saturdays in the US because there just aren't enough people watching TV on Saturdays. In the UK, Saturday nights can be big rating days for broadcasters. Fridays in the US are primarily dedicated to cheap reality TV, cancelled dramas and repeats because, again, not many people watch TV on Fridays there. They're trying to change that the moment, but my point is, the TV landscape is completely different over there. It's all about maximising revenue.
  
  In the UK, both the BBC and ITV are obligated to air the news as part of their remits. TV is not quite as commercialised as it is in the US... yet anyway.

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