06-11-2023, 10:14 AM
It's an interesting thought and I'm not sure what the answer is (and this may not be the best place for this discussion) but Survivor doesn't 'feel'like a sat/Sun night on BBC1 type show. It feels to me like it would sit much more comfortably in the sort of midweek 8 or 9pm slot they put The Apprentice / Race Across the World/ Sort Your Life Out / etc.
Gladiators does feel more Saturday night ish but maybe that's its legacy from the 90s?
Thr trouble with Saturday Night on BBC1 - for me - is the variable lengths of Strictly shows which can affect other timings on the channel. 8.30 is too late for Gladiators if you want to capitalise on the whole family market, and before Strictly is slap bang in the middle of dinner time in lots of houses. It needs a fixed slot the same time every week in order to grow an audience before it starts moving even 5 or 10 minutes about the schedule.
Not sure where that is in the schedule though. Maybe the best place is in January at 6.30?
Gladiators does feel more Saturday night ish but maybe that's its legacy from the 90s?
Thr trouble with Saturday Night on BBC1 - for me - is the variable lengths of Strictly shows which can affect other timings on the channel. 8.30 is too late for Gladiators if you want to capitalise on the whole family market, and before Strictly is slap bang in the middle of dinner time in lots of houses. It needs a fixed slot the same time every week in order to grow an audience before it starts moving even 5 or 10 minutes about the schedule.
Not sure where that is in the schedule though. Maybe the best place is in January at 6.30?
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