13-11-2022, 06:41 PM
(13-11-2022, 06:07 PM)Roger Darthwell Wrote:(13-11-2022, 02:19 PM)Allanbuzzy Wrote: Now that it's been mostly half a year since E4 Extra launched, I'm sorta just... miffed about it?
E4, as a channel, feels genuinely watered down, and I'm sure many forum posters share the same sentiments I have with the channel. At least in 2018, the E4 style wasn't... fully gone per say but signs definitely showed it was being more and more toned down, at least the Adult Swim shows kept in line with E4's unique style. The idents are still really good for a youth channel but shockingly unmatched with the new reality programming.
When E4 Extra launched, I genuinely did notice the scheduling of the main channel started to shift tremendously towards the MTV/ITV2/BBC Three crowd. E4 Extra looks more like the watchable channel for me, even though I don't watch TV as often as I used to. The acquisitions of Wipeout, Ninja Warrior and even Kitchen Nightmares makes me bizarrely annoyed that they're putting more effort in the offshoot SD channel, than the mainline HD channel.
It was clearly just an excuse to boot 4Music off Freeview and turn what was 4Music into a secondary channel. As if Channel 4 needs more of those (4seven, anyone?). I'm not saying the E4 brand needs to die, but it needs revaluation of what it really wants to be.
A Dave-styled tongue in cheek channel in line with its viewers? Or a Instagram/TikTok chasing channel?
Something that I still don't quite understand about E4 Extra are the music videos in the morning......why are they airing music videos, what's the point?
Most likely because 4Music is no longer available on Freeview, so having music in the morning is a sort of substitute.