23-09-2023, 09:44 AM
(22-09-2023, 09:59 PM)RhysJR Wrote: On the subject of Football Focus, the Daily Mail is reporting that it may be subject to the axe, with viewing figures falling. Of course, viewing figures are down with almost every other programme and there seems to be no foundations to the headline in the article; as I've seen elsewhere, the programme was also up against the Women's World Cup during August this year.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Alex Scott has posted the below this evening, quite rightly rebutting the rumour.
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Yes, that just read up as a beat up on Alex Scott - sadly a show losing 20-30% of its audience over the last 4 years is pretty much the norm now. Indeed if that's all Football Focus has lost it might be doing better than the overall trend.
I also think it's worth pointing out it's increasingly a lone sporting show in the Saturday afternoon schedule - Bargain Hunt etc. has become the norm now rather than the exception, even when there is content they could potentially run on the Saturday afternoon (e.g. Invictus Games highlights) they choose not to.