Originally Posted by iaindb:
“I observe that Dickensian, with its 30-minute running time, leaves BBC1 with awkward pre-watershed half-hour slots to fill and from next week they call on the services of two comedy panel shows (Would I Lie To You and Room 101) that normally play opposite Coronation Street on a Friday where they don't have to worry about attracting much of a rating.
It'll be interesting to see how they fare against "lesser competition". I'm particularly interested to see how Room 101 fares in its head-to-head clash with Birds Of A Feather, Birds should win (although it showed signs of fatigue last series) and I'm not convinced that Room will fare any better than it does opposite Corrie, but it might surprise me.
Pity BBC1 haven't got a pre-watershed sitcom they could have stuck in one of these slots. Although, as their most recent weekday pre-watershed sitcoms have been sub-standard My Family-wannabes (Life Of Reilly, In With The Flynns, After You've Gone) maybe it's a good thing that they haven't got one.
Well, they have got Still Open All Hours, but I'm happy to see that in a Sunday evening slot. That's where it belongs, even if it is a pale shadow of its parent comedy. (Imagine Still Open All Hours v Birds Of A Feather. I wonder why ITV would have said if BBC1 had instigated that particular clash.)
They could also have given Tracey Ullman a prime time slot instead of dumping her at 10.45 pm. (Seriously, BBC, what's the point of luring Tracey over from America to film a sketch show if you're just going to put her out in the middle of the night?) If her show wasn't suitable for pre-watershed, they could have put Death In Paradise out at 8.30 on Thursday with Tracey at 9.30.”
“I observe that Dickensian, with its 30-minute running time, leaves BBC1 with awkward pre-watershed half-hour slots to fill and from next week they call on the services of two comedy panel shows (Would I Lie To You and Room 101) that normally play opposite Coronation Street on a Friday where they don't have to worry about attracting much of a rating.
It'll be interesting to see how they fare against "lesser competition". I'm particularly interested to see how Room 101 fares in its head-to-head clash with Birds Of A Feather, Birds should win (although it showed signs of fatigue last series) and I'm not convinced that Room will fare any better than it does opposite Corrie, but it might surprise me.
Pity BBC1 haven't got a pre-watershed sitcom they could have stuck in one of these slots. Although, as their most recent weekday pre-watershed sitcoms have been sub-standard My Family-wannabes (Life Of Reilly, In With The Flynns, After You've Gone) maybe it's a good thing that they haven't got one.
Well, they have got Still Open All Hours, but I'm happy to see that in a Sunday evening slot. That's where it belongs, even if it is a pale shadow of its parent comedy. (Imagine Still Open All Hours v Birds Of A Feather. I wonder why ITV would have said if BBC1 had instigated that particular clash.)
They could also have given Tracey Ullman a prime time slot instead of dumping her at 10.45 pm. (Seriously, BBC, what's the point of luring Tracey over from America to film a sketch show if you're just going to put her out in the middle of the night?) If her show wasn't suitable for pre-watershed, they could have put Death In Paradise out at 8.30 on Thursday with Tracey at 9.30.”
Still Open All Hours wouldn't be as high away from its Sunday slot. The sandwich between CF and AR is the best slot it could have got. Its fit so well with the audience who watch BBC1 on a Sunday.
I'm still somewhat surpised at how well SOAH is doing since its no funnier than the current incarnatio of BOAF, both are fairly cosy comedies, but both get different ratings.
It'd be intersting to see how BOAF would do on Sunday in a slot like SOAH gets. Probably not as well, because BOAF is not so fondly remembered as OAH.
Hopefully with Emmerdale recieving a boost this week, Biards can push over 5m for its 1st ep, but then again its against EE, so that will limit its rating.
