BR
Still bad scheduling!
I know the FA Cup replays end up all over the place, but it's about time TV stations learnt a bit of forward planning and decreased the episode quotas of these soaps and serials accordingly - rather than squeezing them in the schedule at any opportunity and hence pissing off more people in the process.
To be honest though first the soap brigade need to learn that episodes should be dropped for pre-scheduled "live" events. It's generally the people complaining of too many episodes who are first to complain when their soap fix is dropped for football!
I know the FA Cup replays end up all over the place, but it's about time TV stations learnt a bit of forward planning and decreased the episode quotas of these soaps and serials accordingly - rather than squeezing them in the schedule at any opportunity and hence pissing off more people in the process.
To be honest though first the soap brigade need to learn that episodes should be dropped for pre-scheduled "live" events. It's generally the people complaining of too many episodes who are first to complain when their soap fix is dropped for football!
AN
I think its either a special 2 part storyline with Patsy Kensit's character or they are showing 2 this week as a couple of weeks ago it was dropped for sport.
They aren't just propping up the schedule ITV style then?
Holby is generally comparable to The Bill, and The Bill loses episodes all the time
Andrew
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Jez posted:
Andrew posted:
Anyone know why there are two episodes of Holby City on this week?
I think its either a special 2 part storyline with Patsy Kensit's character or they are showing 2 this week as a couple of weeks ago it was dropped for sport.
They aren't just propping up the schedule ITV style then?
Holby is generally comparable to The Bill, and The Bill loses episodes all the time
SE
Square Eyes
Founding member
I'm so fed up of the Holby franchise, extra Casualty episodes keep popping up all over the schedule, now Holby City, and shortly we are to have the police version, Holby Blue.
Enough Holby.
Enough Holby.
JE
I think its either a special 2 part storyline with Patsy Kensit's character or they are showing 2 this week as a couple of weeks ago it was dropped for sport.
They aren't just propping up the schedule ITV style then?
Holby is generally comparable to The Bill, and The Bill loses episodes all the time
I believe an episode of Holby was dropped at short notice which could be why they are showing 2 in the same week to catch up.
I do think Casualty and Holby were better when they were shown in series and not the all year drama's they have become now.
Jez
Founding member
Andrew posted:
Jez posted:
Andrew posted:
Anyone know why there are two episodes of Holby City on this week?
I think its either a special 2 part storyline with Patsy Kensit's character or they are showing 2 this week as a couple of weeks ago it was dropped for sport.
They aren't just propping up the schedule ITV style then?
Holby is generally comparable to The Bill, and The Bill loses episodes all the time
I believe an episode of Holby was dropped at short notice which could be why they are showing 2 in the same week to catch up.
I do think Casualty and Holby were better when they were shown in series and not the all year drama's they have become now.
R2
I think its either a special 2 part storyline with Patsy Kensit's character or they are showing 2 this week as a couple of weeks ago it was dropped for sport.
They aren't just propping up the schedule ITV style then?
Holby is generally comparable to The Bill, and The Bill loses episodes all the time
I believe an episode of Holby was dropped at short notice which could be why they are showing 2 in the same week to catch up.
I do think Casualty and Holby were better when they were shown in series and not the all year drama's they have become now.
Perhaps so but Casualty has now become a fixed part of the Saturday night schedule and I can't really think of other alternatives that would go in the place. Saturday night now normally consists of reality programme, lottery, Casualty, reality programme results, news. The problems I've found is when we don't have a reality programme and have a drama instead, say Robin Hood, we ended up with repeats of older programmes such as the Vicar of Dibley. To lose Casualty for a quarter of the year (despite it being better IMO) would provide an even bigger gap in the scheduling, which wouldn't be a good idea.
Jez posted:
Andrew posted:
Jez posted:
Andrew posted:
Anyone know why there are two episodes of Holby City on this week?
I think its either a special 2 part storyline with Patsy Kensit's character or they are showing 2 this week as a couple of weeks ago it was dropped for sport.
They aren't just propping up the schedule ITV style then?
Holby is generally comparable to The Bill, and The Bill loses episodes all the time
I believe an episode of Holby was dropped at short notice which could be why they are showing 2 in the same week to catch up.
I do think Casualty and Holby were better when they were shown in series and not the all year drama's they have become now.
Perhaps so but Casualty has now become a fixed part of the Saturday night schedule and I can't really think of other alternatives that would go in the place. Saturday night now normally consists of reality programme, lottery, Casualty, reality programme results, news. The problems I've found is when we don't have a reality programme and have a drama instead, say Robin Hood, we ended up with repeats of older programmes such as the Vicar of Dibley. To lose Casualty for a quarter of the year (despite it being better IMO) would provide an even bigger gap in the scheduling, which wouldn't be a good idea.
BR
Casualty is a fine example of a programme that doesn't know when it shouldn't be on - and therefore ends up eroding the rest of the week's schedule, usually creeping into Sundays but also recently into Wednesday to make way for a "Comic Relief" special on the Saturday - which surely they knew they were doing (they made it) so they could have dropped that week's regular episode instead.
Also, Casualty now seems to be pushed later and later into the Saturday night schedule - not so much an issue during the Autumn/Winter, but in the summer they could use that 9pm slot better for uninterupted drama and films when they haven't got the committment of Match of the Day etc.
Also, Casualty now seems to be pushed later and later into the Saturday night schedule - not so much an issue during the Autumn/Winter, but in the summer they could use that 9pm slot better for uninterupted drama and films when they haven't got the committment of Match of the Day etc.