Quote: Timbo @ July 6 2009, 8:26 AM BSTJust out of curiosity, was it felt that the sitcoms trial seasons that did not have the cliffhanger were unsuccessful?
No, no. I hope I didn't imply that. It was just felt that the cliffhanger thing was a part of earlier seasons of The Trials that has historically been a great way to bring audience involvement into the show. But that it doesn't get in the way of the legitimacy of the competition element of the show which Simon and Declan worked hard and very successfully to achieve.
It's clearly not to everyone's taste, but it is a format that has genuinely worked in the past (in London, at Edinburgh, in the US, and on TV). More than anything it's about improving the experience for the audience of the live shows as part of the now successful "modern" Sitcom Trials format.