21-11-2023, 09:20 PM
The show still wasn’t at the peak of its popularity then and it had only been on for about a month. Think at its peek it was reaching 3-4 million.
But that does suggest it could justify a £250,000 jackpot for a show doing under 2 million to begin with.
Of course the competition where the prize money was pre-determined before broadcast and was later ruled be misleading as a result, would have also helped paid that. I can see a competition returning but probably one that last the whole length of a run rather than a daily winner, something they did bring back towards the end of the original version.
I also think the reduced prize money, is probably not to show up the other shows. You can’t have people regularly winning 5 figure amount at 4pm, if they’re are going to be painting someone winning a couple of grand on The Chase as a big achievement at 5pm.
But that does suggest it could justify a £250,000 jackpot for a show doing under 2 million to begin with.
Of course the competition where the prize money was pre-determined before broadcast and was later ruled be misleading as a result, would have also helped paid that. I can see a competition returning but probably one that last the whole length of a run rather than a daily winner, something they did bring back towards the end of the original version.
I also think the reduced prize money, is probably not to show up the other shows. You can’t have people regularly winning 5 figure amount at 4pm, if they’re are going to be painting someone winning a couple of grand on The Chase as a big achievement at 5pm.