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Serious Butchering from ITV!!! (July 2007)

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brettuk
On Newsbeat (Radio 1) Peter Jones said that Tycoon was the most successful business show at launch, beating the Apprentice and Dragon's Den.... yes that's why it was cut to 30 mins a week then Peter?
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nwtv2003
brettuk posted:
On Newsbeat (Radio 1) Peter Jones said that Tycoon was the most successful business show at launch, beating the Apprentice and Dragon's Den.... yes that's why it was cut to 30 mins a week then Peter?


At Launch....

At Launch Tycoon must have got about 3 Million viewers tops for ITV, where as when The Apprentice and Dragon's Den began on BBC Two the ratings were less than 2 Million.

Otherwise after the first episode of Tycoon it did flop.
JE
Jenny Founding member
nwtv2003 posted:
brettuk posted:
On Newsbeat (Radio 1) Peter Jones said that Tycoon was the most successful business show at launch, beating the Apprentice and Dragon's Den.... yes that's why it was cut to 30 mins a week then Peter?


At Launch....

At Launch Tycoon must have got about 3 Million viewers tops for ITV, where as when The Apprentice and Dragon's Den began on BBC Two the ratings were less than 2 Million.

Otherwise after the first episode of Tycoon it did flop.


I think the first episode of Tycoon peaked at something like 2.2 million and had an average of 1.9ish. But expectations are much higher on ITV, of course.
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
For the love of god will one of you please tell me what happened in the end?
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markstewart
Gavin Scott posted:
For the love of god will one of you please tell me what happened in the end?


They all went for a nice, long one way ticket trip to the artic. Peter Jones included. Thank goodness for that.
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
markstewart posted:
Gavin Scott posted:
For the love of god will one of you please tell me what happened in the end?


They all went for a nice, long one way ticket trip to the artic. Peter Jones included. Thank goodness for that.


But seriously....?
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lukey37
brettuk posted:
On Newsbeat (Radio 1) Peter Jones said that Tycoon was the most successful business show at launch, beating the Apprentice and Dragon's Den.... yes that's why it was cut to 30 mins a week then Peter?


It was them two shows that enabled Tycoon to have a successful launch in the first place.
JE
Jenny Founding member
lukey37 posted:
brettuk posted:
On Newsbeat (Radio 1) Peter Jones said that Tycoon was the most successful business show at launch, beating the Apprentice and Dragon's Den.... yes that's why it was cut to 30 mins a week then Peter?


It was them two shows that enabled Tycoon to have a successful launch in the first place.


Tycoon's launch wasn't exactly "successful". It wasn't even approximately "successful".
JE
Jez Founding member
Gavin Scott posted:
For the love of god will one of you please tell me what happened in the end?


Iain was the winner, im glad he won as he seemed like a nice guy. Mind you all 4 of the finalists deserved to win as they all put in such hard work.

Quite a low key and boring final really - I suppose as the show flopped they didnt put much effort in. What a shame.

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