[JMT1985]

The linear airings on C4 of all shows are now promoted as "watch live at..." to distinguish them from the streaming option. I think I've gone the whole year without watching The Last Leg this year having watched pretty much every episode up until the summer series last year. It really is very tired now, and probably would have been better to give Joe Lycett or Mo Gilligan the New Years Eve slot rather than putting their shows out on weeknights in the run up to Christmas.

Also never understood why they run it from 9-11pm rather than from 10pm to just after midnight so they can at least offer an alternative at midnight, something C4 used to do through most of the 90s IIRC. (Well, on at least three occassions with The Big Breakfast, TFI Friday and Graham Norton)

I was told Channel 4 know the majority of viewers will be watching BBC One for the fireworks and so don't want to bother treading on their toes so end at 11pm.

The Last Leg is to Channel 4 in the same way Have I Got News For You is to BBC One - yes, it may feel tired, but it is a safe programme, a place of regular live programming which is a rare thing for television channels these days to have a live on hour of entertainment on a Friday night.

Safe and secure is what Channel 4 are happy with, with Joe Lycett etc placed around it, to give variety.