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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 358170" data-attributes="member: 23">In Britain, of the few people who had heard of them and could tell them apart, I&#039;d say Knots was better-known. I did manage to have conversations with at least a few people who watched, while I don&#039;t remember hearing someone talk about Falcon Crest ever.Both were treated shoddily by their respective networks. Knots was pulled off-air by the BBC for several years, eventually returning in a daytime slot where it chugged along with a (presumably) small-but-loyal viewership mainly made up of housewives and soap zealots. At the time, as someone heavily into Knots, I envied FC viewers since that series was on prime time for many years after Knots. However, I now understand that FC wasn&#039;t nationally syndicated, with regional ITV networks airing the series at different paces and different times. This would have made it incredibly difficult to gauge how many viewers were watching. It also gives FC more underdog appeal.Because of its time slot, I always suspected FC was watched by more people in my ITV region, though I&#039;m sure it filled one of those &quot;sacrificial lamb&quot; time slots where the network knew everyone was watching something more popular on BBC. If we looked at it using the American system of average audience percentage for their time slot, I suspect Knots would have been the most-watched show across our few channels for that hour.I&#039;d be interested to know if anyone else has different experiences or any stats. I never really got to know how many people watched either show since (apart from perhaps some early Knots episodes) I doubt either appeared in the Top Ten or Twenty watched shows for any given week.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 358170, member: 23"] In Britain, of the few people who had heard of them and could tell them apart, I'd say [I]Knots[/I] was better-known. I did manage to have conversations with at least a few people who watched, while I don't remember hearing someone talk about[I] Falcon Crest[/I] ever. Both were treated shoddily by their respective networks. [I]Knots[/I] was pulled off-air by the BBC for several years, eventually returning in a daytime slot where it chugged along with a (presumably) small-but-loyal viewership mainly made up of housewives and soap zealots. At the time, as someone heavily into [I]Knots[/I], I envied [I]FC[/I] viewers since that series was on prime time for many years after [I]Knots[/I]. However, I now understand that [I]FC[/I] wasn't nationally syndicated, with regional ITV networks airing the series at different paces and different times. This would have made it incredibly difficult to gauge how many viewers were watching. It also gives [I]FC[/I] more underdog appeal. Because of its time slot, I always suspected [I]FC[/I] was watched by more people in my ITV region, though I'm sure it filled one of those "sacrificial lamb" time slots where the network knew everyone was watching something more popular on BBC. If we looked at it using the American system of average audience percentage for their time slot, I suspect [I]Knots[/I] would have been the most-watched show across our few channels for that hour. I'd be interested to know if anyone else has different experiences or any stats. I never really got to know how many people watched either show since (apart from [U]perhaps[/U] some early [I]Knots[/I] episodes) I doubt either appeared in the Top Ten or Twenty watched shows for any given week. [/QUOTE]

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