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<blockquote data-quote="Carrie Fairchild" data-source="post: 438097" data-attributes="member: 673"><p>I think certain things enter the mythology of TV that sound great as soundbites when reminiscing about a show but in reality, probably didn’t play out as people like to say it did. <em>Dallas</em> and its supposed role in the fall of Communism in Europe being one example. There’s also a story about British soap <em>EastEnders</em>, where prisoners in a UK prison supposedly rioted because there was a power cut while they were in the middle of watching the episode where Michelle & Lofty were due to marry in the 80’s. Outside of soaps, there’s the “<em>hiding behind the couch when Doctor Who came on</em>” thing that has become part of the show’s lore.</p><p></p><p>There’s a history of this with Australian soaps, in conjunction with their popularity in the UK. Not really in terms of saving them from immediate cancellation but more so in terms of propping them up for longer than they probably deserved.</p><p></p><p><em>Neighbours</em> definitely wouldn’t have lasted as long into the 00’s had it not been for Channel 5 funding in its later years. As it was, Ten in Australia had shoved the show off to a smaller digital channel, years before the plug was finally pulled.</p><p></p><p><em>The Secret Life of Us</em> (which I loved initially) was originally co-funded by Ten in Australia and Channel 4 in the UK. Channel 4 pulled out after season three and after only a handful of season four episodes aired, the show was dropped. There’s many reasons why this happened (the huge cast turnover and bad writing being the main ones) but I definitely think it wouldn’t have been yanked off the air so quickly if Channel 4 had still been involved.</p><p></p><p>There’s also a few instances where shows were banking on being popular in the UK in order to save them, <em>Breakers</em> and <em>Something in the Air</em> being two that spring to mind. The producer of the latter said that he regretted holding out on a deal to air the show on ITV in the UK, as he believed it could’ve kept the show going.</p><p></p><p>So popular that the French tried to replicate it (badly) with the ill fated <em>Riviera</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carrie Fairchild, post: 438097, member: 673"] I think certain things enter the mythology of TV that sound great as soundbites when reminiscing about a show but in reality, probably didn’t play out as people like to say it did. [I]Dallas[/I] and its supposed role in the fall of Communism in Europe being one example. There’s also a story about British soap [I]EastEnders[/I], where prisoners in a UK prison supposedly rioted because there was a power cut while they were in the middle of watching the episode where Michelle & Lofty were due to marry in the 80’s. Outside of soaps, there’s the “[I]hiding behind the couch when Doctor Who came on[/I]” thing that has become part of the show’s lore. There’s a history of this with Australian soaps, in conjunction with their popularity in the UK. Not really in terms of saving them from immediate cancellation but more so in terms of propping them up for longer than they probably deserved. [I]Neighbours[/I] definitely wouldn’t have lasted as long into the 00’s had it not been for Channel 5 funding in its later years. As it was, Ten in Australia had shoved the show off to a smaller digital channel, years before the plug was finally pulled. [I]The Secret Life of Us[/I] (which I loved initially) was originally co-funded by Ten in Australia and Channel 4 in the UK. Channel 4 pulled out after season three and after only a handful of season four episodes aired, the show was dropped. There’s many reasons why this happened (the huge cast turnover and bad writing being the main ones) but I definitely think it wouldn’t have been yanked off the air so quickly if Channel 4 had still been involved. There’s also a few instances where shows were banking on being popular in the UK in order to save them, [I]Breakers[/I] and [I]Something in the Air[/I] being two that spring to mind. The producer of the latter said that he regretted holding out on a deal to air the show on ITV in the UK, as he believed it could’ve kept the show going. So popular that the French tried to replicate it (badly) with the ill fated [I]Riviera[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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