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Post by Josh Lyman on Sept 18, 2004 18:05:18 GMT
enter sarcastic mode: a madness has obviously taken over at channel 4 , why else would they show series four at 7:35 on a friday night  ? what has happened to these people ?? exit sarcastic mode.  |
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Post by Alanna on Sept 24, 2004 17:11:48 GMT
Heh, we've been asking that for a while. So far insanity is all we've come up with.  |
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Post by nicked2101 on Sept 28, 2004 12:43:02 GMT
Madness and genius have often been said to be linked. The truth here is that whilst it would seem madness to us TWW fans, it is actually genius on the part of C4 - they just have a different perspective.
We all know that C4 did not want to continue with TWW on terrestrial, and that they used the show to get people to get digital TV to promote E4. At the same time, the hardcore TWW fans without digital TV clamour for season 4 to be shown on terrestrial. C4 knew from ratings figures for Season 3 (shown at very odd times) were quite low, part of the reason for wanting to drop TWW in the first place. So how could they get ratings even lower to bump the show either altogether, or to the graveyard slot?
Simple. Wait until TWW fans without digital get the opportunity to buy the DVD, then put the show on at a slot which has historically attracted fewer than 1m viewers. All of a sudden you get a show that virtually nobody watches. Now they can do what they want with it, and nobody will complain (unless you have no digital TV or a DVD player of course - not many of them about).
As I said - genius, not madness. It all depends on your point of view.
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Post by spike on Sept 29, 2004 15:56:02 GMT
According the the Media Guardian online today, the show is getting around 700,000 viewers.
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Post by nicked2101 on Sept 29, 2004 16:04:34 GMT
Pretty much on a par with what they were looking to get then, I would say.
Give it another month and it will be moved to something like 11.40pm on a Monday evening. A month of that and then it is after midnight on a Wednesday.
I was never cynical before C4 / E4 started showing The West Wing. Maybe I should sue...
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Post by J. Lyman on Oct 15, 2004 12:30:50 GMT
I much prefer to purchase the DVD box sets and watch the entire Season at my leisure. (This has often led to many an all nighter due to my inability to watch part of a disk!).
I also hate (with a passion) advert breaks and so my enjoyment of each episode would be drastically reduced.
I say let Channel 4 & E4 do what they like with the slots, as long as Aaron keeps producing the goods and WB keep the UK DVD market alive I'm a happy camper.
Anyone know of plans to release S5 on DVD here?
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Post by nicked2101 on Oct 15, 2004 13:58:10 GMT
S5 is due out middle of next year.
It is not Aaron Sorkin, but John Wells, who produces the new season (and Season 6 when that comes out).
Different, but still very good, and far better than anything else on TV
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? what has happened to these people ??
