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BA
bilky asko
Larry the Loafer posted:
Without sounding sexist (I'm sure somebody will interpret it as that) I'm pleased to see a more masculine-driven channel launch in the UK. In my opinion television has become overly feminine, so it's a nice breath of fresh air since Bravo died. Besides Dave and ITV4, I don't think there are any other "blokey" channels.


Don't worry, your post only sounds sexist when you read it out loud. Otherwise it's just sexist text.

If I wanted to watch a channel with lots of programmes involving cars, fishing, and DIY, then Quest is seemingly Wheeler Dealers, Tommy Walsh, Robson Green, and Tony Hirst 24/7. If I wanted to watch lots of bolt-cutter action, mixed with climbing through dangerous tunnels made by hoarders and their crap, then History is the channel to watch.

I can't say I watch ITV4 that often, but the last time I did Batman was on, and that's full of men and women in skin-tight costumes. They show mens football too, which is full of men in skin-tight costumes. Presumably a narrow-minded person would say it's channel only for members of Metropol, but there's no reason why anyone can't enjoy it. The same principle goes for all channels.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Dave has got the mix just right. Blokey enough, but not to alienate women.

Channels like ITVBe and TLC skew too much towards women and Quest is too blokey.
BR
Brekkie
One good thing about ITV losing the Champions League is they've made no secret of the fact they've got to make more shows to pull the fellas in now, of which Mission Survive is one of the first.

13 days later

GO
gottago
A bit more info from Broadcast. 5USA will take channel 21 from Viva on Freeview, Spike will be on 31. It'll launch with all Breaking Bad episodes stripped over 12 weeks. They'll also be airing a UK version of Spike series Tattoo Nightmares which is currently being produced by C5's in house production team.
BR
Brekkie
Breaking Bad, that little known series C5 dropped after a couple of series.
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A former member
I wonder if Archer will pop up on Spike?
RO
rob Founding member
Launch date to be announced on Monday??



DJ
DJGM
Brekkie posted:

Breaking Bad, that little known series C5 dropped after a couple of series.


Let me fix that for you . . .

Brekkie posted:

Breaking Bad, that fantastic drama series that has won multiple Emmys, C5 stupidly dropped after a couple of series.

LL
London Lite Founding member
Would that be C5 under RTL who axed Breaking Bad?
VM
VMPhil
It's easy to think it was a stupid decision in hindsight, but Channel 5 have always given American series more of a try than the other terrestrials. Joey, Two and a Half Men, Flash Forward, to name a few. The fact that they picked up Breaking Bad even though they'd had bad luck with choosing eventually unsuccessful American series in the first place is something to consider. It just wasn't a hit with the mainstream UK audience. Breaking Bad didn't really become the overblown phenomenon that it did until its last few seasons anyway.
JK
JK08
I notice Viacom are promoting Spike as 'A new channel from 5'. I wonder if we'll start seeing this association with any other Viacom brands?
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PF
PFML84
Strange they are giving 5 USA and even 5* prominence over Spike. You would have imagined they'd want to keep it on 21 so it was as low in the EPG as possible so more people had a chance to find it.

Going by the trailer that has bene posted on YouTube, it appears to be mostly shows already on the 5 network or that they stopped showing mid-run. Hardly anything in the trailer makes me want to watch. Plus, on satellite at least, it's being shoe-horned in to the currently overloaded Channel 5 transponder and the picture quality is dire as it is. Expect it to be even worse when this launches.

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