God, I'm going to need to dig out my brain to work that one out!
Crap prize though - basically worth absolutely nothing - and you have to fork out your own travel expenses!
P.S. Not worth a new thread really, but have Countdown changed their title music every so slightly in the last few months? I'm sure it sounds slightly different!
Chances are he's aiming to buy the show from Endemol (Cheetah) with this company.
Really? Would Endemol let it go easily?
No. Endemol spend over £3million developing the format, so they want to retain as much control over how it looks as possible.
One way could be that USP could sub-licence the production of the show from Endemol International, but seeing as every version of Deal Or No Deal worldwide is made by the local Endemol company, I can't see that happening.
Chances are he's aiming to buy the show from Endemol (Cheetah) with this company.
Really? Would Endemol let it go easily?
No. Endemol spend over £3million developing the format, so they want to retain as much control over how it looks as possible.
One way could be that USP could sub-licence the production of the show from Endemol International, but seeing as every version of Deal Or No Deal worldwide is made by the local Endemol company, I can't see that happening.
Well we now know the assumption made was wrong. It's just a game. Maybe Noel is thinking of trying to buy the show himself, who knows, but as it stands we know nothing
That relates to how they were commissioned. Season 1 was just through to January I think, with Season 2 taking it through to a total of one year (it'll be one year of Deal on 31st October).
So the show won an award for daytime TV at the TV Quick awards yesterday - but as someone on Teletext quite rightly pointed out, these awards become a joke as soon as EastEnders is named Best Soap!
Anyhow, Deal or No Deal's new (temporary) slot has had the desired effect and seens Sharon Osbourne's ratings for The Lets Plug the X Factor Show sink to a new low of 1.2m, compared to 2.9m for Deal or No Deal (according to Media Guardian).
It also beat BBC2's line up with 1m watching Let Me Entertain You and 1.9m watching The Weakest Link.
No data for Come Dine with Me - are these new episodes - and if so, when were they intended to be shown?
So the show won an award for daytime TV at the TV Quick awards yesterday - but as someone on Teletext quite rightly pointed out, these awards become a joke as soon as EastEnders is named Best Soap!
Anyhow, Deal or No Deal's new (temporary) slot has had the desired effect and seens Sharon Osbourne's ratings for The Lets Plug the X Factor Show sink to a new low of 1.2m, compared to 2.9m for Deal or No Deal (according to Media Guardian).
It also beat BBC2's line up with 1m watching Let Me Entertain You and 1.9m watching The Weakest Link.
No data for Come Dine with Me - are these new episodes - and if so, when were they intended to be shown?
From Broadcast
C4 pushes Sharon Osbourne Show
audience down to 1.2m
Jon Rogers
12:00pm
The viewing figures for ITV1's The Sharon Osbourne Show fell to 1.2 million (10.1%) at 5pm yesterday, the lowest levels so far this series, as it was hit by a re-jigged Channel 4 line up.
The ITV1 chat show, which had Denise Van Outen and Honor Blackman as guests, managed to grow its audience over the 60-minutes it was on air from 800,000 (8.1%) to 1.5 million (11.4%).
The ratings for the commercial network's new show have been dropping since it started last Tuesday (29 August) when it launched with 1.9 million (16.5%). By Friday (1 September) the show's audience had fallen to 1.4 million (12.6%) in the same slot.
Monday's show felt particular pressure from C4 altering its afternoon schedule. The broadcaster's hit game show Deal or No Deal aired at a later time of 4.45pm with the 45-minute programme grabbing a sizeable 2.9 million (28.6%). A new series of A Place in the Sun returned at 5.30pm with 1.6 million (12.5%).
BBC2's quiz show Weakest Link was also affected by the re-jig with the 45-minute show hosted by Anne Robinson attracting 1.9 million (14.8%). Normally the programme would be expected to comfortably get over 2 million viewers.
BBC1's Australian soap Neighbours continued to be impervious to the competition however with 2.5 milllion (18.9%). Five's 30-minute news update at 5.30pm had 700,000 (5.2%).
ITV1 also took a knock at 9pm with the return of its drama Life Begins. The 60-minute episode of the series starring Caroline Quentin had an average audience of 5.7 million (23.4%) with a peak audience of 6 million (24.7%) at the beginning. The last episode of the previous series last year attracted 7 million (27.6%) in a similar slot in April. The entire 8 part series last year, which started in February, averaged 7.4 million (31%). The first series in 2004 averaged 9.9 million (39%).
The conclusion of The Cave Woman storyline in BBC1's Dalziel and Pascoe, in the same slot, attracted 6.3 million (25.8%) with a high of 6.5 million (26.5%) in the final 15-minutes.
Viewers are still very much interested in the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center as C4's documentary The Miracle of Stairway B proves. The show gained a substantial 2.9 million (11.8%) over 60-minutes, hitting a high of 3.1 million (12.5%).
The start of BBC2's historical trilogy Lost Cities of the Ancients picked up 1.9 million (7.5%). Five's repeat of the hit film Saving Private Ryan from 9pm had 1.4 million (10.3%%).
ITV1's fast-turnaround documentary McCartney v McCartney proved to be a sizeable draw at 10pm with 4.2 million (20.4%) tuning in over 30-minutes. It still lost out to BBC1's Ten O'Clock News on 5.5 million (26.7%) though. C4's Without a Trace, also at 10pm, had 1.8 million (9.9%).
A double helping of Coronation Street secured ITV1's dominance of the early part of peaktime with 9.9 million (48.7%) watching the first instalment at 7.30pm while 9.4 million (39.9%) tuned in for the second an hour later.
BBC1's EastEnders took 9.2 million (42.3%).
All hours shares for Monday 4 September 2006: BBC1 – 22.7%, ITV1 – 20.9%, C4 – 9.3%, BBC2 – 7.9%, Five – 5.3%, multichannel – 33.8%.