[BlueFrog]

Okay, just flipped over to what looks like a later series of Bullseye (the online EPG guide suggests its the back end of Series 8) and its got the huge "New to Challenge" bug on it.  What gives?

I know they use this tag for stuff they haven't aired yet under Sky ownership but I'm sure they're aired every episode of Bullseye (bar maybe the one that had John Cooper in it) under Sky so,..?

That happens a lot. If it's something like Bullseye, The Chase, Family Fortunes etc etc, you can guarantee that they've been repeated on Challenge before as that's all they ever air. 

I'm pretty sure it's a case of leaving it on after something considered 'new' to them airs on the channel, either that or someone's f**ked with the graphics. On the day Dickinson's Real Deal premiered it had the 'New to Challenge' bug and after that, stayed on-air for like 4 hours. Wasn't like that before.

Could also be a case of Challenge's constant-hiatus' with a select few programmes, Bruce's Price is Right was off the schedules for a few months and then came back with the 'New to Challenge' bug, so they probably confused gaining back the rights to a complete new show altogether. But they have the bug on The Chase as well in occasions, which is weird because that's all they fill their schedules with.

Makes me wonder if they've put the bug onto the overnight poker-programs and Showbiz Darts they used to re-broadcast in the dead hours of the night. Highly unlikely but worth guessing.