07-05-2024, 01:25 PM
(07-05-2024, 01:20 PM)agemame Wrote: Third Rock aside, these shows are all part of CBS syndication packages, and I'm always surprised they haven't ended up in the Channel 5/Comedy Central package although it's not like any of them will attract big money. It's probably a case of doing just enough with sponsors etc for Channel 4 to continue with it, as any replacement would be a bigger effort.
Again, it is all down to the fact breakfast television is really low priority now for channels - even when breakfast television launched in the UK in 1983, predictions that people wouldn't really tune in daily were true - when BBC Breakfast Time was beating TV-am in 1983, they were only getting 2 to 3 million watching per day - and this was 1983 with only four television channels, and only two doing proper breakfast television.
Channel 5 have cornered the market for hurling cartoons and kiddie shows from 6am with Milkshake, I remember BBC 2 would be the alternative, with CBBC on air along with Cbeebies on BBC 2. Now BBC 2 is a junkyard for BBC daytime show repeats at breakfast time.
Breakfast television today is nothing - I bet if ITV cancelled Good Morning Britain and just aired cartoons with hourly news summaries no one would complain.