BBC Cancels EASTENDERS!!

NJ

Neil Jones Founding member 1 October 2003 8:51pm

deejay posted:

According to overnights, 16 million people tuned in to see the return of Dirty Den - something like a 65% audience share. If it can still pull in figures like that there's no way the Beeb would axe it

Well it said 16.8m for the Monday episode but apparently shedded 10% (1.6m) of those viewers for yesterday's episode, down to 14.2m.

I reckon it's just a one-time blip. It'll fall back to its usual 10-12m viewership ratings eventually, Den or no Den.

SE

Square Eyes Founding member 1 October 2003 9:35pm

Yes, good figures, but still Dirty Den didn't match Hillmania, still the biggest rated soap episode so far this year with over 17m.

SE

Square Eyes Founding member 1 October 2003 9:40pm

Katherine posted:

They could cobble together the best/more important reports from BBC regional news shows and transmit these so that ex-pats could keep abreast of the bigger reports that concern the part of the UK the person came from......

Yes but BBC is a commercial operation, it isn't providing a public service remit to ex-pats. Frankly if Eastenders wasn't popular over there, I can't see reports of old ladies losing cats up trees and complaining about the local council being a big success.

KA

Katherine Founding member 1 October 2003 10:33pm

Square Eyes posted:

Yes but BBC is a commercial operation, it isn't providing a public service remit to ex-pats. Frankly if Eastenders wasn't popular over there, I can't see reports of old ladies losing cats up trees and complaining about the local council being a big success.

I'm not talking about cats up trees, I'm thinking about IMPORTANT stories, like Caroline Stuttle, Toni-Ann, Peter Falconio etc....

LM

Lee M 4 October 2003 8:17pm

Apparently a retailer based in Texas that sells British food and goods has withdrawn advertising on BBC America because EastEnders has been dropped.

NS

NickyS Founding member 4 October 2003 8:49pm

Katherine posted:

Square Eyes posted:

Yes but BBC is a commercial operation, it isn't providing a public service remit to ex-pats. Frankly if Eastenders wasn't popular over there, I can't see reports of old ladies losing cats up trees and complaining about the local council being a big success.

I'm not talking about cats up trees, I'm thinking about IMPORTANT stories, like Caroline Stuttle, Toni-Ann, Peter Falconio etc....

but BBC America isn't BBC World - they take a few key bulletins. It's an entertainment channel - and in the commerical world if EastEnders wasn't pulling in the viewers then it's not commerically viable. By all accounts it was the most expensive show they put out. You have to remember that BBC America would have to pay a commerical rate to show EE ... no licence fee money could be used to subsidise it. Ground Force, Graham Norton etc etc obviously pull in a bigger audience and no doubt cost less to buy. Strange that Keeping Up Appearances is popular.

NW

nwtv2003 4 October 2003 11:42pm

NickyS posted:

Strange that Keeping Up Appearances is popular.

Yes it is and to my suprise that Waiting For God is popular, which IMO is was one of the dullest sitcoms ever, but I think some PBS stations still show both of them.

WO

Woody_streatham 6 October 2003 11:47am

Lee M posted:

Apparently a retailer based in Texas that sells British food and goods has withdrawn advertising on BBC America because EastEnders has been dropped.

Blimey how low key are the advertisers on BBC America? I take it AT&T and Intel aren't rushing to advertise on there!

BR

Brekkie 6 October 2003 12:12pm

I see in yesterday's papers EastEnders is having a video spin off called Slaters in Detention.

WH

Whataday Founding member 6 October 2003 12:15pm

Woody_streatham posted:

Lee M posted:

Apparently a retailer based in Texas that sells British food and goods has withdrawn advertising on BBC America because EastEnders has been dropped.

Blimey how low key are the advertisers on BBC America? I take it AT&T and Intel aren't rushing to advertise on there!

Texas is a big place. It's not a little county like Wiltshire or Powys.

DJ

DJGM 20 October 2003 1:54am

A vaguely EastEnders related question . . .

In the EE episode last week, where Den and Dennis chucked a bunch of trouble makers out of the club,
what was the background music being played by the DJ? It sounded very much like a remixed version
of the theme from Knight Rider! Does anyone know the name of the remix, and whether it's available
anywhere, aside from the (not strictly legal) P2P download services like KaZaaLite and Gnutella?

(September 2003)