TV Channels that have seen better times

It always seemed to be that Watch was mainly started to support Richard & Judy moving to their channel. Then when virtually nobody was watching and it got axed after a matter of months they didn't really seem to know what to do with the channel. Almost seems suprising it's limped on for nearly a decade in this state.

Might cause a stir but GOLD has had better times. I have fond memories of UK GOLD and miss the variety. GOLD is a good station but UK GOLD was better.

W is supposed to be the general entertainment channel for UKTV, for stuff that couldn't find their place on GOLD, particularly after GOLD, compared to UKTV Gold, became the house for comedy productions

Now, closing it would mean UKTV would have find another home for "general entertainment" (US TV series in particular);and I think UKTV just do not want to mess around with too much with the more genre-based channels

They just have to improve it IMO, because while the initial premise was good, they just did not went fully ahead with it

Bringing back the Eastenders omnibus might help.

I think merging W and Drama into W or Drama (W arguably has a better identity) could be an idea

Definitely

Didn't they stop that because nobody was watching it? With the iplayer and PVRs there probably really is little point in it now.

Nope, W is aiming to be more youthful, Drama is for old women. Eastenders episodes/Ombinus was quite poor in ratings on W anyways, it was treated more like a night time filler from its original late evening slot.

W is dreadful, as has been said it doesn't knows what it wants to be. 5 hours of Tipping Point a day (8 hours solid on a Saturday) mixed in with some property shows, Catherine Tate and The Bill. A very odd mix.

Yet the ITV soaps and, I think, Hollyoaks still have encore screenings and/or weekend omnibuses and these obviously rate well enough to be retained.

Nobody knows what W is and nobody knew that you could watch the late night repeat or omnibus on there. When it was repeated on BBC Choice and then Three there was a constant reminder on the end credits, they couldn’t do that with W as it’s a commercial channel.

Inside the Ambulance on W is good, but apart from US import Code Black and a Dr Christian format, I don't have a clue what other new commissions they have as it seems to be repeats from other channels.