Channel 5

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gottago 22 June 2015 1:42pm

When they were first bought by Viacom it was revealed that MTV's original shows couldn't be repeated on C5 because of an agreement they've got with Sky, assume the same applies to Comedy Central.

Aside from Drunk History there really isn't anything worth repeating from the channel.

and The Daily Show

As in original British content.

Can't bear The Daily Show myself but that's for another thread.

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dvboy 22 June 2015 2:23pm

CC dropped The Daily Show last month after over a year in a 1am slot on Comedy Central Extra.

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Larry the Loafer 22 June 2015 2:30pm

I'm surprised The Late Late Show with James Corden didn't end up on one of Viacom's channels instead of the highlights show due to end up on Sky. If I'm not mistaken, the show airs on CBS and CBS are owned by Viacom.

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Jake 22 June 2015 3:06pm

Larry the Loafer posted:

I'm surprised The Late Late Show with James Corden didn't end up on one of Viacom's channels instead of the highlights show due to end up on Sky. If I'm not mistaken, the show airs on CBS and CBS are owned by Viacom.

Not quite, CBS and Viacom split into separate companies. They both have the same majority shareholder though.

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Ben Founding member 22 June 2015 3:07pm

Edit: Beaten to it above.

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Larry the Loafer 22 June 2015 3:23pm

Jake posted:

Larry the Loafer posted:

I'm surprised The Late Late Show with James Corden didn't end up on one of Viacom's channels instead of the highlights show due to end up on Sky. If I'm not mistaken, the show airs on CBS and CBS are owned by Viacom.

Not quite, CBS and Viacom split into separate companies. They both have the same majority shareholder though.

Ah. I know Viacom had split in some form or another, but I didn't know CBS were involved in the split too.

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MatthewFirth 22 June 2015 6:30pm

Any ideas into what the new look may be?

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Hatton Cross 22 June 2015 6:55pm

Yep.
Either the word 'Five' or the number '5' somewhere in the idents, I'd guess...

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PFML84 22 June 2015 7:30pm

We don't even know if the name is changing, so no point in speculating on what the idents/ DOG will look like/be. We will find out over the coming days.

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Inspector Sands 22 June 2015 8:54pm

dvboy posted:

CC dropped The Daily Show last month after over a year in a 1am slot on Comedy Central Extra.

So it gradually got sidelined until they dropped it?

A shame they've not deblocked their US website now it's not being shown here

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JasonB 26 June 2015 8:01am

"Celebrities on Benefits" is the newest offering from Channel 5. I have to ask, why are Channel 5 so over obsessed with people on benefits?

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gottago 26 June 2015 8:39am

JasonB posted:

"Celebrities on Benefits" is the newest offering from Channel 5. I have to ask, why are Channel 5 so over obsessed with people on benefits?

Because it brings them viewers and makes them money.

(February 2011)