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RE: Countdown - Jon - 10-01-2023
(10-01-2023, 03:07 PM)nwtv2003 Wrote: Apparently the new permanent host of Countdown will be revealed on Steph’s Packed Lunch tomorrow.Almost certain to be Colin, I’d have thought. They’ll probably just making it official.
RE: Countdown - Yorksman - 10-01-2023
Hopefully it will be Colin (although I'm a little nervous after what happened two years ago).
RE: Countdown - Brekkie - 10-01-2023
Seems an odd way to tease it - I suspect most C4 daytime viewers asssume Colin is already the new permanent host, and if he wasn't they'd have been reported of him stepping down rather than signing a two year deal.
RE: Countdown - Johnr - 10-01-2023
Probably just a bit of an excuse to have Colin and Rachel on the show considering it's Rachel's birthday tomorrow
RE: Countdown - Josh - 11-01-2023
Great news! https://twitter.com/MetroUK/status/1613171611368030217?t=18JP9QOc6xoMvhtxsCXJvA&s=19
RE: Countdown - Yorksman - 11-01-2023
Good to see they've (finally) made the right decision and I can see Colin hosting for many years to come, something no host has really done since Richard died (apart from Nick).
RE: Countdown - Spencer - 11-01-2023
Yes, great news! I did have a horrible feeling with today's announcement that they were suddenly going to pull another left field, inappropriate choice out of the bag to grab some headlines, so this is a relief.
He suits the show so well. So refreshing to have someone who clearly loves the game and is interested in the contestants as the permanent host – and I'm not sure you could say that about anyone since Richard Whiteley.
Even a certain former Countdown warm-up man approves...
https://twitter.com/GregScottTV/status/1613182633722216449?s=20&t=QYczWrzR9RGQz0d0S383IQ
RE: Countdown - Johnr - 11-01-2023
Is it normal for the Steph show to announce a feature as 'coming up at 1:20pm' only for 1:20pm to come round and then they decide to go on about a totally different feature and the advertised feature to actually show up at 1:40pm?!
RE: Countdown - Pips2022 - 12-01-2023
(11-01-2023, 04:14 PM)Johnr Wrote: Is it normal for the Steph show to announce a feature as 'coming up at 1:20pm' only for 1:20pm to come round and then they decide to go on about a totally different feature and the advertised feature to actually show up at 1:40pm?!
This might be the least of the prog’s problems. I think it’s absolutely dreadful
RE: Countdown - Brekkie - 13-01-2023
Well it's standard daytime fare - nothing spectacular, nothing original - but I think C4 benefits from having a live daily show in it's schedule somewhere. If Countdown's ratings are up perhaps Packed Lunch may benefit too.
Found the whole making a big deal about announcing Colin as the permanent host rather odd this week considering most assumed he was anyway. Of course it should have happened a year earlier and I still think Anne was forced upon producers by the head honchos at C4 wanting to grab headlines rather than do what is best for their long running show. A year ago though it looked questionable whether the show would even make it's 40th birthday - now it feels like it may be fairly secure until its 50th.