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Robert Lindsay's show Spy got axed because the second series was getting less than 0.2million viewers! He went from My Family which was generally getting 5m+ for years to a show which was getting a tiny audience. I bet he regrets leaving the BBC - he could still be doing My Family to audiences of 4m right now with a solid paycheque. Now he's struggling to find a job after taking short-term money from Sky and failing with audiences of 0.1m. It doesnt matter these big names are going to Sky, theyre hardly achieving big audiences [not even 0.5m+], so theyre ultimately failing.
Itv is about chasing ratings that pays their bills. We fund BBC and at the moment I am concerned with the direction it's going. The closure of BBC 3 is a kick in the teeth for 18 to 30 year old license fee payers and presumably that content won't be gong to BBC 1 if it's all about ratings ? |
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Itv is about chasing ratings that pays their bills. We fund BBC and at the moment I am concerned with the direction it's going. The closure of BBC 3 is a kick in the teeth for 18 to 30 year old license fee payers and presumably that content won't be gong to BBC 1 if it's all about ratings ?
However look at the bright side: by saving money from cancelling bbc3, there will be more hours of mainstream drama on BBC1 which will appeal to a larger mainstream audience than what BBC3 could offer. Sometimes the BBC has to make tough decisions. They have decided to prioritise the mainstream audience over the cult 18-30 audience. I think once you take the pros and cons of everything into account, it is the right decision. Some new 18-30 stuff will end up on iPlayer anyways, so not all is lost. |
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Its like some alternative universe on here tonight. Charlotte Moore is Big Brother (not the TV program) and Miranda is going into Room 101 (not the TV program) for disobedience.
Is it really Nineteen Eighty-Four? |
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I just think there is a clear lack of loyalty in television these days. Not like the 70s and 80s when generally, besides a few big moves here and there, people were loyal to an organisation that had given them their big break in the past and big shows for them. It's a shame. We now end up with top talent like Ruth Jones on digital tv to audiences of 0.3million because they take the money instead of aiming for big audience figures. I can seriously envisage, based on what Miranda has done with that tweet, that she will find herself on Sky in about 5 years time to similarly poor audiences. These people think theyre bigger than they actually are, end up going to inferior tv channels, taking the money but end up ruining their mainstream careers.
Miranda thinks she's bigger than she is [no pun intended], but one day she will realise that she was a flash in the pan - Im sorry but has anyone actually seen her sitcom? I have, she's a one trick pony with a lazy gimmick of falling over all the time and talking to the camera with a weird face to try and get laughs. I just couldnt get into it. Beats me why 9million people watch it.
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Sorry, if I haven't been paying attention, when does The Generation Game return?
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Sorry, if I haven't been paying attention, when does The Generation Game return?
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I think it depends on when the BBC can locate a horse's head from somewhere.
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Heres a thought - what about Harry Hill for Gen Game?
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I think it depends on when the BBC can locate a horse's head from somewhere.
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The Great British Bake Off followed by Suspects on Channel 5 for me tonight. Both excellent shows and I hope they both deliver decent ratings tomorrow morning. It's starting to feel like good TV is on again, following a sea of nothingness over the summer.
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I find that highly offensive
![]() Tip. Read the damn thread before posting. Makes you look less like a troll. |
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I find that highly offensive
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Its like some alternative universe on here tonight. Charlotte Moore is Big Brother (not the TV program) and Miranda is going into Room 101 (not the TV program) for disobedience.
Is it really Nineteen Eighty-Four?
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So Miranda, by daring to disobey Don Charlotte, is soon to be swimming with the fishes?
Meanwhile, Hitman Harry Hill is brought in under the guise of a BBC show, actually to do a "contract" on Christine Bleakly for her disloyalty to "The Corporation". Stouffer the Cat begged Harry to go straight but he couldn't resist one last job. What are the chances of that happening... |
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Just reading a bit more from the Generation Game story.. will it happen or won't it.."we are working closely with Miranda on how a modern day Gen game would work whilst she continues to be committed to her work as an exceptional actress" says Charlotte Moore.
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The horse's head comment was based on a certain poster going off on one about Miranda possibly embarrassing the BBC and the latter's revenge which is apparently now in the offing. I didn't mean for it to offend.
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South Yorkshire Police disagree.
![]() Oh hang on, the BBC probably sent them a polite email: "That's a nice little headquarters building you've got there, it would be a shame to see it get ..... broken" |
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Stella's a load of rubbish. It cant even get 0.3million in the overnights on Sky1, so no way would it have been huge for the BBC. Sky like to pretend that it's a successful comedy but it's not, the ratings for it are mediocre at best and have been in decline since series 1. If Stella is the best which Sky can come up with, then the BBC are lightyears ahead of them in the comedy genre.
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Did you actually watch Stella?
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Simon Webb from Blue for "Strictly Come Dancing" Poor? Good??
these launch ratings are going to be on fire ... Not!!
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Simon Webb from Blue for "Strictly Come Dancing" Poor? Good??
these launch ratings are going to be on fire ... Not!! |
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Wonder how "The Great British Bake Off" did last night. I can see why the companion programme in BBC TWO is not right after the main show if they plan to screen "Our Zoo" on the other channel, there may have been a dilemma for viewers with those choices. "The Apprentice" is not scheduled anywhere yet. Wonder if it could go against "Downton Abbey" as a nice alternative.
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Wonder how "The Great British Bake Off" did last night. I can see why the companion programme in BBC TWO is not right after the main show if they plan to screen "Our Zoo" on the other channel, there may have been a dilemma for viewers with those choices. "The Apprentice" is not scheduled anywhere yet. Wonder if it could go against "Downton Abbey" as a nice alternative.
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On a bread roll?
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Only the BBC could make a successful series about people eating cakes and another with a man reading from a train timetable, extraordinary.
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these launch ratings are going to be on fire ... Not!!
