MOVING COUNTDOWN! Its wrong. Its just wrong. I feel sorry for the viewers that are bound to miss it. Even though they are advertising scheduling changes, people wont take note of this until the day when it isnt on. I hope channel 4 find out the hard way by losing viewers, and no doubt they will get many complaints!
I stand by my earlier speculation that Countdown is likely to end when Carol and Dick's contracts run out next year. This is surely the beginning of the end.
There would be an outcry!
They could always sell the rights - five could fit it in to their schedule quite nicely.
Can't understand that at all. 15 to 1 is supposed to be facing the axe with new quiz show Beat the Nation repeating it, and with The Simpsons coming to C4 next year, I think Richard and Judy may be moved to an earlier 4/4.30 slot to accomodate "youth" programmes at 5.30pm.
IIRC the plan was to air The Simpsons in a primetime slot at 8.30. If they showed it at 5.30 it would clash with Neighbours (which has a similar audience to The Simpsons).
I think C4 will screen Simpsons repeats at 6pm, meaning they might want an earlier slot for shows like The Salon. IIRC C4 won't be able to screen new episodes of The Simpsons until 2005, but can screen repeats from January.
TVDragon posted:
And for once S4C~ have followed suit and moved their schedule accordingly -- instead of waiting a couple of years, having to time-shift Countdown a day later. Although Richard and Carol did do a special trail for the Welsh move when they eventually saw sense. The schedule is as above but kids programmes remain 4-5pm.
I think the new line-up is an improvement to be honest, but it does cut into the racing surely? And there probably is something in the *clashing with afternoon nap theory* too.
Well, S4C haven't had to change their schedule. Apart from this summer, Countdown and 15 to 1 have been screened from 2.45-4pm since Planed Plant was moved.
Well looks like Pet Rescue has finally bitten the dust then although I knew it was being axed anyway. That was pulled back to 3:30 (later 3:15) from whatever later time it was on and now it's out.
Moving Countdown though is just wrong. It's been in the 4-5pm slot for as long as I can remember (subject to racing and cricket and other events that need copious amounts of airtime), why change a good thing? Fifteen to One and Countdown prop up the 3:45-5pm window for lots of people and have done for years, made good alternatives to children's programmes on the mainstream channels, a good alternative to Paul Martin and Ainsley Harriott on BBC Two (and whatever was on before Flog It came along) and an even better alternative to Five's mid-afternoon TV movie that were often of dubious quality.
Anybody want to start the "put Countdown back at 4:15" petition?
MOVING COUNTDOWN! Its wrong. Its just wrong. I feel sorry for the viewers that are bound to miss it. Even though they are advertising scheduling changes, people wont take note of this until the day when it isnt on. I hope channel 4 find out the hard way by losing viewers, and no doubt they will get many complaints!
Too right mate! I know there are people who are off all day watching the TV but there are those of us who are out there in College, and frankly most days I don't finish until 3.20pm and then it takes me 15 minutes to walk from College. Though I do hope that this is short term, though if they are carrying on with their "specials" then I am not too bothered, as they must have recorded tons of them. Though God knows why Channel 4 want to move it to 3.15, it's not like there is anything else good on, plus doesn't Countdown get 2,000,000 viewers a day anyway?
Sounds like a bad idea to me - but because of work I usually watch it on tape anyway. If you fast forward through the selection of the letters, you can get through the 45 min programme in under half an hour!
Sounds like a bad idea to me - but because of work I usually watch it on tape anyway. If you fast forward through the selection of the letters, you can get through the 45 min programme in under half an hour!
From reading that i think you can tell that everyone inlcuding Dick must have the same opinion about it, as he gives an uneasy look about the 3.15 move.
I stand by my earlier speculation that Countdown is likely to end when Carol and Dick's contracts run out next year. This is surely the beginning of the end.
Maybe Carol and Richard could fall out with Channel 4 and move Countdown to another channel. It'd fit the 5pm slot on ITV1 perfectly!
Well they ARE doing it in an ITV1 company's studios.... so why not? I thought Channel 4 didn't want to be associated with ITV anymore (hence why "ITV" Schools and any promos for ITV programmes were dropped).
