Originally Posted by Roscoe Barnes:
“Pretty poor for H&A, but that second episode was always going to rate low. A shame too as since it's return, it's been very watchable IMO after a dreadful 2010.”
Firstly, no doubt Home and Away was awful last year and ratings both here and in Australia have reflected that. However, I do wonder how much of an impact bringing Neighbours over to Five has actually damaged it as they are now very much tarred with the same brush, despite being quite different products and when Home and Away is at it's best, it's in a completely different league to Neighbours which has never really been anything more than just a soap, rarely making the move into drama.
I would say here if Corrie and EastEnders - who both have a different approach to soap (one is a perfect mix of comedy and drama, the other is the perfect mix of misery and shouting!) they'd probably damage each other rather than help each other.
Originally Posted by Charnham:
“im not saying dont air Glory Daze, just dont cancel two shows with a long term future, for one that has none.
You don't see Tesco kicking out big name brands and replacing them with food they know has failed elsewhere, and they wont get anymore of.”
They've not cancelled them - they've just taken them out of the schedule for a few weeks. And it's actually a common supermarket tactic for products they can't shift to be put in the place of something they can shift so people looking for one thing are tempted to try another - and that's exactly what they're doing with Glory Daze. They obviously feel it'll appeal to a similar audience to The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, so are putting it in that slot to try and capture that audience.
The fact it's been axed is irrelevant - E4 bought it before it was axed as it's a show which clearly fits into it's schedule, whether for one series or ten. Within ten weeks the comedy double can be reinstated - even earlier if Glory Daze doesn't perform well in the slot, and with Skins ending three weeks in I wouldn't be surprised if How I Met Your Mother at least doesn't resurface in the 10pm slot.
As for the fast tracking element - going on a hunch here rather than any stats, but I suspect it's far less of an issue with US comedy than it is with drama simply due to most sitcom episodes effectively being standalone pieces.
Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“Friday Night Dinner was good but I wish Channel 4 would have a comedy block on Fridays rather than stick a single comedy at 10pm, Embarrasing Bodies would do well Monday-Thursday anyway and they move 10 O'Clock Live to Fridays after two comedies either British or American.”
Although I'm not sure 10 O'Clock Live would be right for Fridays, I agree it is time C4 made Friday nights there own again. It doesn't need to be exclusively comedy, but it should all be entertainment based - so no factual stuff at all.
An entertainment format at 9pm, British sitcom at 10pm, comedy format at 10.30pm and then something to round off the night in the 11pm hour (even if it's a repeat) would finish the week off nicely.
at BBC1's ratings, which was mostly repeats. but got an 18% primetime share.
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