Originally Posted by
kwynne42:
“Anyone worrying about True Bllood being shown at 11.45pm should feel for poor Grey's Anatomy exiled to 4.15am on Tuesdays from now on by Channel 5 from its already very late midnight slot on Monday nights. Bet they won't be showing Season 6.
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True Blood sadly following the pattern of many HBO shows on C4, though frustratingly the ratings have justified it, and I suspect the secondary rights deal with FX prevents them bumping it to a better slot on E4 or C4.
And didn't even realise C5 still showed Grey's Anatomy - 4.15am is stupid. Surely they could stick it in daytime or something.
Originally Posted by rzt:
“Fresh Meat's launch rating isn't too good. It's okay but considering last night's episode dipped under 1m in its final 15 minutes according to Broadcast, it seems like there's going to be a pretty significant fall for it over the next few weeks, possibly settling at the 1-1.2m mark. With Shameless, their only returning drama series, faring poorly this series, C4 really need new dramas coming through getting closer to the 2m mark. They've failed to do that so far this year with shows like Sirens and the initial signs aren't good for this one either. This is England did really well last year but IIRC that's only returning for something like 1-3 episodes, they need something with 6-8 episodes rating at that sort of level.”
This is England '88 is now up to three episodes, and I think This is England '90 is all but confirmed - but Shane Meadows seems to be keeping complete control of it so I think it'll be 4 episodes at most rather than expanding into a series length drama.
Fresh Meat - better than Sirens on first impressions but agree C4 needs to be finding dramas hitting 2m at 10pm, though at least they've tried this year. Are Sirens and Fresh Meat the first potentially returning drama series on C4 itself since Goldplated back in 2006?
C4 also have Black Mirror, which is essentially three separate stories, later in the Autumn.
http://www.channel4.com/info/press/n...t-black-mirror
Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“Hmmm, not the greatest of starts for The X Factor USA, however it may well be a grower, who knows.”
Well ITV could easily have justified axing it here after series 1. I do think it'll grow, but maybe not as much as people suspect, and although I always thought there was a risk of the show flopping stateside, I think Fox might stick with it for a second season to keep hold of Cowell. If they don't Louis Walsh should be worried as I suspect it'll be him rather than Gary Barlow losing his seat.
Originally Posted by Dancc:
“Why Christmas? The last series was powerful stuff but very very dark.”
Well This is England '88 is set at Christmas, although it doesn't sound full of festive cheer.
Renowned filmmaker Shane Meadows follows up the explosive award-winning This Is England '86 with three new one-hour films.
Meadows picks up the action in the Christmas of 1988 as Lol struggles to cope with life as a single mother. Haunted by the devastating events that took place 18 months previously, she finds her reserves of strength ebbing away. With her soul mate Woody heartbroken from her betrayal and in self imposed exile from the gang, Lol also becomes increasingly isolated and alone.
They say Christmas is a time for forgiving and for forgetting, a time of love and laughter and joy ever after. But when all hope seems lost, what peace is there to be found? This is Christmas. This is England.
Hopefully now it's a 3-parter rather than a one-off it'll get the Tuesday night slot for three weeks rather than just air over three nights.
Originally Posted by Jaycee Dove:
“I see ITVs obsession with celebrification (if its not called that it should be!) strikes again.
They are about to wreck a great family show like Stars in Their Eyes by involving celebs and turning it into a 'Guess the star' quiz.
I would have thought that if it is in that much doubt whether Alan Carr is pretending to be Elvis Pressley or Lady Gaga the point of the show has been lost somewhere.
Tonight, Matthew, I am going to be (a), (b) or (c) might not work as well as a catchphrase.”
ITV have long since killed off Stars in their Eyes - and I believe it was death by celebrity as I'm sure for it's final few years (with Cat Deeley?) it was just celeb specials.
Originally Posted by fodg09:
“The actual show itself felt a bit flat to me and the judging line up is really quite poor. It doesn't feel fresh. Steve Jones is a spare part and it is baffling that he was given the role. Equally odd was the decision to have Cheryl feature in the 1st hour - it should have been a time to introduce the new panel of Simon, Paula, Nicole, LA and Steve but instead it was a poorly edited mess. Surely showing auditions from another city first where the new panel was in attendance and Steve was presenting by himself would have made more sense? They could have just shown the LA/Chicago auditions (with Cheryl making a cameo appearance) later on in the series.”
Have to agree - only watched the first part or two on ITV2 earlier and it felt so flat and you could tell it's a show that is seven years old, not brand new. And as annoying as he is their intro needed a Peter Dickson style voiceover to acompany the intro too.
Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“NTA's 2012 are on Wednesday 25th January next year.”
They might as well just repeat this years - it'll probably be the same winners anyway.
Originally Posted by
C14E:
“On the subject of US ratings - ITV Studios new series Prime Suspect gets underway on NBC tonight. It's the polar opposite to X Factor in some ways - no expectations, really. After all, The Playboy Club set the bar at a 1.6 rating on Monday night! 
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I suspect Charlies Angels might lower that bar tonight.
Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“I imagine multichannel will have a very good night tonight with Glee and The X Factor USA, the latter I think will clear 1 million despite American Idol not doing so over here.”
I don't think TXF USA will do that well considering it's had a very soft launch on ITV2. Glee is an interesting one - no reason really why it can't top 1m considering it could get double that on E4 - but after the reaction to season 2 I wonder if people will be that interested in it to follow it to a new channel on a new night.
P.S. This has probably been discussed before but is ITV's Titanic drama next year a stripped across a week affair as I notice that is how Seven are showing it next April.
