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Originally posted by Flying Officer Bennett View PostI'm surprised it's not going to be on ITV1, I thought they were trying to rival the BBC with the likes of Primeval.
Originally posted by BruTak View PostIt seems to me that ITV would rather put a show that's "home grown" into a prime slot on ITV1, rather than something from the US/Canada.
Originally posted by Mousie View PostIt's a question of logistics really. It seems to me that terrestrial broadcasters in the UK are afraid of pure (or space based) sci fi, simply because it's a subculture, so by its very nature you are looking at a limited audience for most sci fi shows. There have been a few exceptions, Star Trek's, Red Dwarf and Buffy where on at prime time, but they were all on BBC2 which was the home of less mainstream programming.
They prefer to broadcast programmes that are going to appeal to a wide audience. The BBC has a remit that in order to justify the license fee they have to broadcast programmes in a wide variety of categories, which is why they still do Songs of Praise for example. That's probably why we still get sci fi programmes sometimes.
Pushing Daishies was quirky, and because of the main characters ability it could be classed as sci fi, but overall was more a romantic comedy (?). Programmes such as X Files, Lost and Heroes are in the sci fi category as well but are earth based so attract a far wider audience than pure space based sci fi such as BSG of B% for example
They probably think that the majority of people who are going to watch Sanctuary will only be the Stargate fans anyway, so you are looking at a limited number of viewers from a less than primetime show anyway. Unfortunately as much as I am looking forward to it and as much as I love Stargate and AT I don't think Sanctuary will ever be primetime or mainstream on UK terrestrial channels.
Which will be the same for sanctuary no advertisement means no profile which means small viewer numbers, and the time it airs will change every episode. Unlike the bbc when they get hold of anything like this they advertise the hell out of it, like they are doing with Heroes now, with adverts on after virtually every single show about it. And they do the same for torchwood and they did it with the spooks code 9 not sure about the last one but the above all got pretty descent ratings.
And scifi does bring in the viewers Babylon 5 was prime example they showed the last episode of the show and it bought in the same numbers of viewers as the soaps did.
Just adding they I believe that their license does also force them same as channel 4 and the bbc to showed a diversity of programs to. And channel 4 license actually forces them to show non mainstream programs, and controversial programs.
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Originally posted by morjana View PostFrom SG1-Spoilergate:
From www.radiotimes.com (which lists programmes shown in the UK for the
next fortnight):
Drama
Sanctuary
[B]Monday 06 October
9:00pm - 10:00pm ITV4People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint... it happens to kinda look like the name 'Jeremy Bearimy' in cursive English.
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Originally posted by dipsofjazz View PostRight at this minute I'm watching 'Primeval' on ITV4, and they've just shown a short advert/promo for 'Sanctuary'. Woohoo!sigpic
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Originally posted by dipsofjazz View PostRight at this minute I'm watching 'Primeval' on ITV4, and they've just shown a short advert/promo for 'Sanctuary'. Woohoo!sigpic
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i'll have to watch it monday, the wednesday repeat clashes with heroesSpoiler:Disclaimer:
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Sanctuary - DigiGuide (UK): Abnormal behaviour - Episode Synopsis:
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Its great we are going to see it so soon, but its TERRIBLE thats its on ITV4.
ITV4 means no HD, thats the first bad thing, secondly not only will it lack HD, but it will be on a channel that is of the poorest broadcast quality. ITV is well known for having low bitrates. All ITV channels suffer the same problems, the complaints at AVforums.com keep mounting up. The F1 is almost unwatchable at times, looking like a sub-youtube mobile phone recorded video. It might be ok on a smallish CRT, but on an LCD or plasma bigger than 32inches its appalling.
Frankly i will be looking for an alternative source for the show, one that can do it justice.
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