Originally Posted by gashead:
“I don't watch enough telly to have noticed, and apologies if already addressed, but is there a comparable situation where C4 have bought the rights to a show broadly similar to BO (in format, not necessarily cooking oriented) and fundamentally changed the nature of it in the way people seem certain they will here? I'm not just talking about ads, they're a given, I'm talking about changing things so that it may as well be a brand new show (and if they had any desire to do that, they could have made an original show for a damn sight less than they paid for BO)?
I seem to be in the minority who think C4 aren't actually stupid and won't mess it with to any greater extent than having ad breaks. I wouldn't be surprised if they were to extend the running time to 75 or 90 minutes. Considering the challenges themselves clock in at around +/- 10 hours, it's not as if it'll need padding, and if they can schedule it without impacting an existing highly rated show, I can't see anyone complaining, least of all the fans. The mass audience is there. C4 know it. LP know it. The advertisers know it. It'd be kamikaze for C4 and/ or LP to screw with a winning format, and despite their earlier protestations, I fully expect the four 'talents' to move with it when they see how many noughts are on the contract.”
“I don't watch enough telly to have noticed, and apologies if already addressed, but is there a comparable situation where C4 have bought the rights to a show broadly similar to BO (in format, not necessarily cooking oriented) and fundamentally changed the nature of it in the way people seem certain they will here? I'm not just talking about ads, they're a given, I'm talking about changing things so that it may as well be a brand new show (and if they had any desire to do that, they could have made an original show for a damn sight less than they paid for BO)?
I seem to be in the minority who think C4 aren't actually stupid and won't mess it with to any greater extent than having ad breaks. I wouldn't be surprised if they were to extend the running time to 75 or 90 minutes. Considering the challenges themselves clock in at around +/- 10 hours, it's not as if it'll need padding, and if they can schedule it without impacting an existing highly rated show, I can't see anyone complaining, least of all the fans. The mass audience is there. C4 know it. LP know it. The advertisers know it. It'd be kamikaze for C4 and/ or LP to screw with a winning format, and despite their earlier protestations, I fully expect the four 'talents' to move with it when they see how many noughts are on the contract.”
Sunday Brunch on Channel 4 was originally on BBC and the format now is very similar.




