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Neighbours Fans See Off 'Out Of The Blue' Because It...
"...will be axed after its first series, BBC head of fiction Jane Tranter has said. ![]() Tranter continued,...'Out Of The Blue' "just didn't grab hold" of the loyal following required for a soap, she said. After opening to nearly 1.2m, audiences for the show rapidly dropped off to around 600,000. On BBC Two it has averaged just 125,000." Source DS I am sure the BBC will always regret ever letting 'Neighbours' go. 'Out Of The Blue' is a poor imitation of 'Neighbours'. The poor number of viewers it gets is testiment to the fact that there isn't a market for a new Aussie soap. 'Home and Away' and especially 'Neighbours', fulfill the Aussie soap brief. I am sure Five are laughing their heads off with glee that their Aussie soaps have killed off 'Out Of The Blue'. ![]() 'Neighbours' fans, we did it. Long live 'Neighbours', the best Aussie soap ever.
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'Neighbours', the UK loves you. You are the Aussie soap ever, and you always will be.
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I've watched all three aussie soaps I no longer watch Neighbours because it is WAY past it's sell by date and as stale as a week old piece of bread,don't bother with H&A anymore either.OOTB was refreshing and the people who didn't watch have missed out on a good show and the BBC are making a mistake by not keeping it and promoting it enough.
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im not sure that its because of neighbours that Out Of the Blue failed i mean neighbours hasnt been getting great ratings itself
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Anybody seen Neighbours ratings recently? Pretty damn dire! Its now more watched in AUS than it is in the UK and the population of AUS is 2m!
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Anybody seen Neighbours ratings recently? Pretty damn dire! Its now more watched in AUS than it is in the UK and the population of AUS is 2m!
1. It is watched by well over 3m when you add up all the showings. It is watched by 0.8m in Oz - less than one showing on Five. 2. The oz population is 20m, not 2m. |
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im not sure that its because of neighbours that Out Of the Blue failed i mean neighbours hasnt been getting great ratings itself
All soaps have their ups and downs. Remember when Emmerdale Farm, as it was then, was threatened with the axe in the early 90s? Now look at it 15 years on. Neighbours has an established, hardcore following which will never be dented. Five, keep up with heavy promotion though. |
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There are a few tiny little problems with your post.
1. It is watched by well over 3m when you add up all the showings. It is watched by 0.8m in Oz - less than one showing on Five. 2. The oz population is 20m, not 2m. 2. Rushed post. Meant to say 20m. Neighbours has made a darastic fall from grace since leaving the BBC. |
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1. Last time I looked at its lunchtime figures they were languishing at 300k a step down from the 21 million it got in 1990!
2. Rushed post. Meant to say 20m. Neighbours has made a darastic fall from grace since leaving the BBC. Coronation Street was up at 20m in 1990, now look at it. And the lunchtime episode is averaging 0.9m - 1m. |
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I am sure the BBC will always regret ever letting 'Neighbours' go.
I don't think the BBC would ever have been able to match C5's bids to Fremantle. ![]() Interesting times lie ahead for Neighbours, when the weather cools down, and the clocks go back, will the soap's ratings return to the same levels they were at during its first six weeks on the C5 channels?
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I'm pretty sure Out of the Blue would have died in almost any daytime slot to be honest. Most of the daytime shows are either well established or are shows that you can pick up at anytime as they are not continuous like all the property/auction shows. I don't think Neighbours have anything to do with it. I don't blame the BBC for not buying it in the end, it was definitely not worth the money Fremantle were asking for and the quality of the show is not what it used to be. At least the BBC tried to invent something new even if their attempt was poor. Hopefully the next new show they try won't be so rubbish.
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1. Last time I looked at its lunchtime figures they were languishing at 300k a step down from the 21 million it got in 1990!
2. Rushed post. Meant to say 20m. Neighbours has made a darastic fall from grace since leaving the BBC. |
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Was So happy to see OOTB back on my Sky Planner, and now its been axed. I'm a Neighbours fan and am absolutely gutted OOTB has been axed. What exactly did Neighbours fans do it "See it off?" At least the rest of the eps will be aired, I need to know what happened to Philby |
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I'm pretty sure Out of the Blue would have died in almost any daytime slot to be honest. Most of the daytime shows are either well established or are shows that you can pick up at anytime as they are not continuous like all the property/auction shows. I don't think Neighbours have anything to do with it. I don't blame the BBC for not buying it in the end, it was definitely not worth the money Fremantle were asking for and the quality of the show is not what it used to be. At least the BBC tried to invent something new even if their attempt was poor. Hopefully the next new show they try won't be so rubbish.
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It was always going to have much to live up to in Neighbours' shadow but the main problem is Out Of The Blue was aimed squarely at an adult audience and the teens who watched Neighbours could not relate to it.
Still, as ever Auntie Beeb knew best, and the results speak for themselves. |
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Was So happy to see OOTB back on my Sky Planner, and now its been axed. I'm a Neighbours fan and am absolutely gutted OOTB has been axed. What exactly did Neighbours fans do it "See it off?" At least the rest of the eps will be aired, I need to know what happened to Philby The BBC should have paid up for Neighbours. It is the biggest mistake that the BBC has ever made, apart from making Eldorado, I suppose |
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There was a campaign not to watch it. People don't like change. The BBC turned against Neighbours, long before it moved to five. The announcers used to hardly ever announce that the show was starting, that's how much they valued it!
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There was a campaign not to watch it. People don't like change. The BBC turned against Neighbours, long before it moved to five. The announcers used to hardly ever announce that the show was starting, that's how much they valued it!
The BBC should have paid up for Neighbours. It is the biggest mistake that the BBC has ever made, apart from making Eldorado, I suppose It might of helped in Out of the Blue had an early evening repeat slot. |
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grow up for god's sake
Out of the blue a new soap had not been advertised at all the bbc did not give it a chance as for neighbours its past it the thing with out of the blue it was actually original showing the arround the city all the time as well as a beach and showing things neighbours wouldn't dare do. Neighbours trys to be home and away too much and it fails badly and how on earth has neighbours stopped out of the blue as they were never on at the same time |
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Back in 1990, there were only four main channels. Now there are upteen on freeview, cable and satelite. No program will ever get 20 million viewers again. 10 million is considered a lot these days, so Neighbours getting about 3-4 million viewers is very good, plus five only cover 85% of the population until DSO in 2012.
everyone that has sky and virgin can pick it up neighbours gets around 1.1m at 140 and 1.4 at 530. Out of the blue is up against too popular shows the lunchtime bbc news and loose women neighbours is only against Doctors(which beats neighbours and usually gets 1.4-1.8m |
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"...will be axed after its first series, BBC head of fiction Jane Tranter has said. ![]() Tranter continued,...'Out Of The Blue' "just didn't grab hold" of the loyal following required for a soap, she said. After opening to nearly 1.2m, audiences for the show rapidly dropped off to around 600,000. On BBC Two it has averaged just 125,000." Source DS I am sure the BBC will always regret ever letting 'Neighbours' go. 'Out Of The Blue' is a poor imitation of 'Neighbours'. The poor number of viewers it gets is testiment to the fact that there isn't a market for a new Aussie soap. 'Home and Away' and especially 'Neighbours', fulfill the Aussie soap brief. I am sure Five are laughing their heads off with glee that their Aussie soaps have killed off 'Out Of The Blue'. ![]() 'Neighbours' fans, we did it. Long live 'Neighbours', the best Aussie soap ever. ![]() Doctors beats neighbours and they are both on at 140(neighbours has more media coverage then doctors ever has) a reapt of dignosis murder beats both neighbours and home and away |
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I'm pretty sure Out of the Blue would have died in almost any daytime slot to be honest. Most of the daytime shows are either well established or are shows that you can pick up at anytime as they are not continuous like all the property/auction shows. I don't think Neighbours have anything to do with it. I don't blame the BBC for not buying it in the end, it was definitely not worth the money Fremantle were asking for and the quality of the show is not what it used to be. At least the BBC tried to invent something new even if their attempt was poor. Hopefully the next new show they try won't be so rubbish.
![]() at least the bbc put money into something they actually made |
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No wasting the Licence fee to pay the greedy producers of Neighbours would have been the big mistake.
It might of helped in Out of the Blue had an early evening repeat slot. It would be greedy to demand £300m if it wasn't worth it, but Five made the offer - it was clearly worth it for them. |
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Out of the blue a new soap had not been advertised at all the bbc did not give it a chance
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thats crap
everyone that has sky and virgin can pick it up |
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