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Post by roverman on Feb 5, 2022 20:55:30 GMT
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Post by CAEF on Feb 5, 2022 21:01:22 GMT
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Post by Holey on Feb 5, 2022 23:55:39 GMT
Channel 5 are saying the price is too high and Freemantle won't drop the price? Ironic Freemantle got greedy and put the price up and the BBC pulled out and now 5 are doing the same. Joy Chambers (Mrs Grundy) said if Reg Grundy had not sold the company Neighbours would still have been on the BBC.
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Post by Charley Says... on Feb 6, 2022 10:04:14 GMT
Is it being axed in Oz too...?
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Post by roverman on Feb 6, 2022 11:28:42 GMT
Apparently C5 pay £5 million more to screen it than they make in advertising, sorry but that says more to me about their marketing abilities.
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Post by CAEF on Feb 6, 2022 12:28:19 GMT
I hope ITV could pick up Neighbours. Imagine my fave 3 soaps - CS, Emmerdale and Neighbours all on one channel.
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Post by Holey on Feb 6, 2022 14:54:57 GMT
I hope ITV could pick up Neighbours. Imagine my fave 3 soaps - CS, Emmerdale and Neighbours all on one channel. I doubt ITV would want it, The Chase pulls in a bigger audience, the BBC would not want it back, too expensive and they have moved on. Doctors cost a fraction to make and pulls in a bigger audience. |
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Post by CAEF on Feb 9, 2022 23:26:32 GMT
It was inevitable that Neighbours would go before H&A. Channel 5 have a lifelong deal with H&A and it is very popular in many countries outside its home turf in Australia. Neighbours took off in the UK mainly.
I think the end of Neighbours is nigh.
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Post by Holey on Feb 9, 2022 23:45:42 GMT
It was inevitable that Neighbours would go before H&A. Channel 5 have a lifelong deal with H&A and it is very popular in many countries outside its home turf in Australia. Neighbours took off in the UK mainly. I think the end of Neighbours is nigh. I think the main issue is Neighbours is not watched and ignored in Australia but has always been more popular in the UK, it's audience did fall dramatically when it left the BBC, but even under C5 it had a respectable loyal audience. However should an Australian made drama have to reply on overseas funding to survive. Let's be honest Neighbours should have gone years ago. If it had not been for the BBC propping it up and giving it an injection of cash in the 90's it would have gone long ago. As for Home and Away, C5 pay a small amount for the show, but it would be hard for them to get out of the contract as it is a life long deal. Ratings have fallen on Channel 7 in Australia sometimes only hitting just over £500,00 this Tuesday it only got 487,000 and often gets beaten by Channel 9 in this slot and last year there had been rumours about 7 dumping it into a teatime slot. The ratings for Home and Away are very low in the UK and only just register and is the lowest rating soap in the UK. Will Neighbours be gone by the Summer, Most certainly yes. Sad for all the staff to loose their jobs, a real blow to the TV industry in Oz, but things come to an end and it has had a good run. |
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Post by Holey on Feb 9, 2022 23:50:27 GMT
A very small glimmer of hope over in Ireland, RTÉ has aired Neighbours for over two decades, after the channel acquired it in 2000. When asked about the future of the soap, a spokesperson for the Irish broadcaster said ‘RTÉ is currently in talks with Fremantle in relation to Neighbours.’
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Post by CAEF on Feb 10, 2022 12:53:47 GMT
Cannot see it happening TBH. It will cost a total fortune to host the show.
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Post by Holey on Feb 10, 2022 22:52:13 GMT
Cannot see it happening TBH. It will cost a total fortune to host the show. and RTE have less funds than the BBC. |
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Post by CAEF on Feb 10, 2022 23:21:58 GMT
Neighbours is ending, we just have to accept it.
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Post by CAEF on Mar 2, 2022 16:04:09 GMT
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Post by Teeks on Mar 5, 2022 16:14:41 GMT
If it's true about Freemantle putting the price up, then they only have themselves to blame for Neighbours being axed. Stupid, greedy men. Didn't they learn from the BBC fiasco?! How many jobs will be lost cos of their greed?!  Toadie, Karl and Susan have been on that show for decades... they're gonna need to start auditioning for new shows, pronto!  |
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