I'm not sure they will lose audience for that specific reason. The majority of the people who tuned into Pushing Daisies probably aren't even aware that they're missing an episode. It's not like 24 or Prison Break, where every episode is integral to the whole series. It's only people like us, who have an unhealthy interest in the media, that are aware of these things.
Also, American Beauties a bit wank.
I dunno, it's received quite a bit of press coverage now. I would expect that most people who watched it now know. True that many won't care or know how to obtain the episode elsewhere, but a significant number will and do.
ITV are idiots skipping Episode 2, which is actually a really good episode too, I don't think it advances the plot that much but that's not the point here, it's still an episode of the run that ITV are just totally cutting out.
It has nothing to do with the football though, it's just because ITV scheduled Pushing Daisies in an eight-week slot to air after Britain's Got Talent. Now any right thinking person would just put the first two episodes or the last two episodes on as a double bill, but no this is ITV we are talking about and for them it makes more sense to just lose Episode 2 all together.
To be fair to ITV1, they are treating Dexter pretty well. Giving it a good Wednesday night slot and not shifting it back to make room for anything. And, with Bennidorm, Teenage Kicks, Moving Wallpaper etc, they are making a concerted effort to do more comedy. It's easy to knock (fun to) but they do deserve a smidgen of credit.
True - but smidgen is the key.
The reason ITV gave for it is the football.
Not that they couldn't have got around it easily, if they'd bothered.
But football is the reason they're giving. Just so you don't carry on thinking I grabbed it out of the air.
Yeah, innit. (I think we said that zooo.) But yeah, they're citing Euro 2008 as the reason. Ridiculous. Football can't be on 24/7. I bet they'll still be broadcasting that heap of northern shite that is Coronation Street.
David sounded like he thought I'd made it up!
David's a mentalist, reactionary defender of football. He cannot accept that the "beautiful" game could have anything but a positive effect to anyone, anywhere, at any time.
I'm going to LOL when it says, "Previously on Pushing Daisies". Half the viewing audience are going to be like, "WTF?!".
Ha!
Good point.
Quote: chipolata @ April 16 2008, 10:53 AM BSTTo be fair to ITV1, they are treating Dexter pretty well. Giving it a good Wednesday night slot and not shifting it back to make room for anything. And, with Bennidorm, Teenage Kicks, Moving Wallpaper etc, they are making a concerted effort to do more comedy. It's easy to knock (fun to) but they do deserve a smidgen of credit.
Yes, plus a prime-time slot for Headcases and the comedy on ITV2. They are trying to be nice.
The thing about Pushing Daisies though... I don't watch it, but that decision does seems just totally barmy to me. It'd be different if the episodes were stand-alone but these aren't. Like was said earlier, why don't they just stick it out on ITV2 so that at least the hardcore fans can see it somewhere. I'm sure they can take Peter and Jordan off for just half an hour!
Quote: Leevil @ April 15 2008, 5:20 PM BSTWhat the f**k are ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 good for if not a situation like this? How much crap can ITV produce that they need 4 f**king channels worth? ITV1: Peter & Jordan, ITV2: Peter & Jordan behind the scenes, ITV3: Peter & Jordan behind the behind the scenes, ITV4: Peter & Jordan: Toilet Cam.
Ha ha - so true.
No ITV don't deserve any credit because apparently they can't even bloody count.
From the Mail on Sunday:
"ITV has pulled an episode from a highly-acclaimed US drama after failing to count the number of programmes in the series.
Programme bosses were forced to cut episode two of Pushing Daisies - which has made British star Anna Friel a household name in America - after realising the nine-part series had only been scheduled for an eight-episode slot.
A source on the programme said: "It's very embarrassing for the channel and the schedulers have come in for a lot of stick about it.
"Essentially because it's got a prime time slot the programme couldn't be extended because there are shows planned months in advance for those times.
"Some of the team mentioned putting one of the episodes on one of the other ITV channels but they were pretty adamant about just trying to bury the fact that someone had really screwed up.
"So it's come down to having to cut one of the episodes out and hopefully no one will notice - that is until they get the DVDs."" http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=559819&in_page_id=1773
They spend so much money on importing the show, then really going all out to promote it and they didn't even think to check how many episodes the show had.
I can imagine a Homer Simpson ala Nuclear Power plant character sat there, with his fingers hovering over the play/stop buttons.
"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe..."