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ITV in "advanced negotiations" (April 2007)

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Davidjb Founding member
msim posted:
Surely this is also a matter of trust the viewer will have to place in ITV with the show. Others have already mentioned what happened in the 90s with Home and Away being cut to bits. My worry is what ITV have done with its other two teatime soaps in the past few years.

They brought back Crossroads and made a hash of it, dropping an episode when it didnt perform as well as expected before pulling it altogether after its pathetic relaunch.

Secondly, they lauched Night and Day and aimed it at the same market as Neighbours is aimed at. However, after six months they removed that from teatimes and shoved it to ever later graveyard slots before also axing it.

Given that poor treatment of two previous afternoon soaps that showed some promise, why should the Neighbours viewer trust ITV to treat it and the shows fans well?


You're thinking along the same lines as me. I simply don't trust ITV with a prestigious programme like Neighbours. I really do hope Fremantle make the right choice.
JO
Johnny83
Davidjb posted:
msim posted:
Surely this is also a matter of trust the viewer will have to place in ITV with the show. Others have already mentioned what happened in the 90s with Home and Away being cut to bits. My worry is what ITV have done with its other two teatime soaps in the past few years.

They brought back Crossroads and made a hash of it, dropping an episode when it didnt perform as well as expected before pulling it altogether after its pathetic relaunch.

Secondly, they lauched Night and Day and aimed it at the same market as Neighbours is aimed at. However, after six months they removed that from teatimes and shoved it to ever later graveyard slots before also axing it.

Given that poor treatment of two previous afternoon soaps that showed some promise, why should the Neighbours viewer trust ITV to treat it and the shows fans well?


You're thinking along the same lines as me. I simply don't trust ITV with a prestigious programme like Neighbours. I really do hope Fremantle make the right choice.


Crossroads was a big pile of steaming turd btu Night & Day had potential. The fact that Crossroads got a third chance is laughtable, although it was a Carlton production and by that point their programmes seem to survive the ax more than the other ITV region efforts
NW
nwtv2003
I tend to disagree with what's being said. Crossroads and N&D were made when ITV was ran by people like Charles Allen, Michael Green etc and they produced alot of tripe between them. Where as if Neighbours did bomb on ITV I'm sure Mr Grade would be patient about it, he's not a stupid man.

Since Simon Shaps et al came into ITV very little has been dropped, if something has bombed then ITV has carried on. The only thing they dropped was that programme with Pip Schofield.
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tvarksouthwest
Which one?
NW
nwtv2003
tvarksouthwest posted:
Which one?


I can't remember the name, but it was binned after one episode, and the second one was shown over Christmas at daytime.
PR
Primetime
nwtv2003 posted:
tvarksouthwest posted:
Which one?


I can't remember the name, but it was binned after one episode, and the second one was shown over Christmas at daytime.


It's Now or Never ?
AF
A Former Member 3
That's what worries me. We all know that Crossroads was bought back, then ordered for a total overhaul JUST as it was finding its feet.

N&D was another disaster too.

And of course, Home & Away got cut to shreds. Five is the best bet.
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A former member
James Martin posted:


N&D was another disaster too.
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Night and Day was a Grate Show, which i actully like!

but ITV kicked it about if it was givng time it woudl of worked!
MG
MikeGNE
Johnny83 posted:
Crossroads was a big pile of steaming turd...


...which before its 2003 revamp was ITV's highest rating daytime programme. Not a fan of 2001-2002 or 2003 "Crossroads" personally, because it simply wasn't 'Crossroads.'

Although, they might as well have repeated the original Crossroads if the recent DVD sales are anything to go by, it would have done quite well. It had better ratings than Dallas and Dynasty a lot of the time anyway, and most often than not beat Emmerdale (which was shown later at night.) So had Carlton not just nicked the name and theme tune, and actually made the Crossroads people wanted to see - it might have done even better than the 'imposter' did.
JE
Jez Founding member
MikeGNE posted:
Johnny83 posted:
Crossroads was a big pile of steaming turd...


...which before its 2003 revamp was ITV's highest rating daytime programme. Not a fan of 2001-2002 or 2003 "Crossroads" personally, because it simply wasn't 'Crossroads.'

Although, they might as well have repeated the original Crossroads if the recent DVD sales are anything to go by, it would have done quite well. It had better ratings than Dallas and Dynasty a lot of the time anyway, and most often than not beat Emmerdale (which was shown later at night.) So had Carlton not just nicked the name and theme tune, and actually made the Crossroads people wanted to see - it might have done even better than the 'imposter' did.


After watching the Crossroads's DVD's id have to agree that 2001-3 was nothing like the original Crossroads. No wonder so many Crossroads fans were unhappy with what Carlton made in 2001. Ive just got Volume 3 of the DVD's and im enjoying them (although I do still prefer Classic Corrie to Classic Crossroads) but I would like to see more Central episodes on the DVD's - so far we have only had 1 from 1983, everything else has been ATV.

A repeat of Crossroads would be good - im surprised UK Gold have only shown it once and most stuff gets repeated a lot on there. But UK Gold only showed 1981-1988.
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A former member
I thourgh most Crossroad episdes BEFORE 1980 Were lost???
JE
Jez Founding member
623058 posted:
I thourgh most Crossroad episdes BEFORE 1980 Were lost???


I think all episodes from 1978 onwards are still around. There are also episodes as early as 1966 on the DVD's.

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