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So why didnt Corrie fans support "Road to Corrie"?
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If BBC 4 had made a similar show about Doctor Who (I use Dotor Who as its an example of a TV show that I both watch and has as much history as Corrie does) I and im sure many more Doctor Who fans would have watched it.
On a night where Corrie aired to 7.1m, the Road to Corrie only aired to 851,700. That does not seem like alot to me.
I was predicting around 2 million viewers, but cleary I was way off, reviews ive seen have been postitive, and it seems Jessie Wallace turned in a fine preformance as Pat Phoniex, yet it aired to less than 1 million viewers?
Why didnt Corrie fans watch this show, as a Doctor Who fan, this is something I would love to see for Doctor Who, I dont see why Corrie fans would not enjoy this show. This should be a gift to Corrie fans, something for them to treasure, but apparntly not.
On a night where Corrie aired to 7.1m, the Road to Corrie only aired to 851,700. That does not seem like alot to me.
I was predicting around 2 million viewers, but cleary I was way off, reviews ive seen have been postitive, and it seems Jessie Wallace turned in a fine preformance as Pat Phoniex, yet it aired to less than 1 million viewers?
Why didnt Corrie fans watch this show, as a Doctor Who fan, this is something I would love to see for Doctor Who, I dont see why Corrie fans would not enjoy this show. This should be a gift to Corrie fans, something for them to treasure, but apparntly not.
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I'd look for a repeat on BBC Two to do much better - possibly around the time of the 50th anniversary episodes of Coronation Street itself.
Haven't watched Corrie itself for years, but thought last nights history well worth watching, should have been on ITV tho!
maybe could have done with being a tad longer though
Probably because Corrie fans don't watch much BBC and certainly not BBC4 - they may not have even known about it.
There are many shows that were set in tv or radio that flopped. Lie From Studio 54 being a good example. Quite a few others lasted such a short time that people cant even recall their names anymore.
The only successful ones are shows like Frasier that dont really explore the media aspect and use the tv or radio station as an incidental work backdrop.
Whaaaaaat. You cheeky wotsit ! :eek::eek:
I watched it and thought it was pretty good. I've barely missed Corrie since we first had ITV in 1962. I was surprised at the poor reviews in the papers.
Don't forget not everyone can receive BBC4.
I don't think the programme was particularly well promoted, didn't see any promos on BBC1 or 2.
All the reviews (and previews) I read were very enthusiastic which is why I watched the programme myself.
Surely the BBC could come to a deal with ITV plc to allow the programme to be shown on ITV1 around the anniversary as it clearly would be of interest to regular Corrie viewers.Ironic that this was an ITV Studios production.
PS: Where did they get those old EMI cameras from, they actually seemed to be still working !
Yes it is, and viewing figures aren't everything, thankfully.
Broadcast News and Network were two very successful films set in TV stations
Drop the Dead Donkey (C4) was set in a 24-hour news station
Do you mean Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip? Your title is a mixture of a C5 show (LFSF) and a legendary 70s nightclub in New York (Studio 54)!!!!
I mean the one with all the West Wing stars in it. It didnt last long anyway.
The phones looked like 706 GPO models which were introduced in 1959 so were available at the time they were portraying, I only know this as I was recently looking for one to buy as a gift.
I enjoyed the show, it's funny how little the Granada TV studios seem to have changed externally even now, the old red Granada TV signage on the building still shines proudly today
Yes they were probably more interested in producing Jedward Let Loose, yet another completely forgettable reality show that lasted one run.
true enough, but shouldnt there be Corrie anoraks who would want to see it, and should there not be a few more than 800,000?
Studio 60 from the Sunset Strip, it was a good show, that I enjoyed.
Anyways 30 Rock is still on air in the states, even if it only airs on Comedy Central over here, that too is a good show set behind the scences of a TV show.
As for airing this on ITV 1, I dont know if im happy with the idea that Licence Fee is going to ITV Studios, yet alone the idea that a show where licence fee money was spent, will air on any ITV channel, beyond the normal cycle as put in place by BBC WW.
So you dont think any independent should produce any programminmg for the BBC or are you just uniquely anti-ITV studios?
A couple of good US ones were Studio 5-B about a breakfast TV show, shown on BBC2 and WIOU about a local news programme shown on Sky One. Both were cancelled mid first season.
im not keen on the licecne fee becoming anybodys profits, but I also dont like the idea of it lining the pockets of ITV shareholders.
Dont forget SportsNight, that was a good show, ok it didnt last long into its 2nd series, but it was still good.
Moving Wallpaper, not excellent but better than ITVs ususal trash, whilst im looking forward to the BBC / Showtime (CBS) co-production, Episodes.
I just hope it goes better than Matt Le Blancs ill fated "Joey", which also saw his character Joey, working on the sets of TV shows and movies.
The phones might have been authentic, but the ring tone certainly wasn't. They gave it a US style single ring, not the double ring used in this country.