Originally Posted by Janet43:
“No. Under accepted practices ALL channels (not just the BBC) keep broadcasting a programmes until it's clearly come to the end of its life, usually when ratings drop below a certain level. Then it's available for other channels to take if they think they can breathe more life into it.
At least they have done until now, when Love Productions broke the unspoken rule. They decided they didn't care that they wouldn't have had a programme without the BBC because no-one else would take it, and now that the BBC had built it up to be the success it is they'd hold the BBC to ransom and stick two finger up at them and take it elsewhere with a "Thanks for working to make it so successful, but tough - we can get more money elsewhere."”
“No. Under accepted practices ALL channels (not just the BBC) keep broadcasting a programmes until it's clearly come to the end of its life, usually when ratings drop below a certain level. Then it's available for other channels to take if they think they can breathe more life into it.
At least they have done until now, when Love Productions broke the unspoken rule. They decided they didn't care that they wouldn't have had a programme without the BBC because no-one else would take it, and now that the BBC had built it up to be the success it is they'd hold the BBC to ransom and stick two finger up at them and take it elsewhere with a "Thanks for working to make it so successful, but tough - we can get more money elsewhere."”
Clearly not from my observations. Apart from inhouse content, programmes can be seen starting off on the BBC or any other channel then moving to another all the time, this can be after one, two or three seasons or when the contract ends.
I can't think why any channel would want to pick up first run content that's either run its course or bombed in the ratings, but I can think of many reasons why a channel would bid vigorously for content that pulls the viewers in.
What programmes do you know that have come to the end of their life and have been picked up by another broadcaster?



