Sky One's lived up to their promise, and Lost returns on November 19th...In the same time slot as Torchwood!
The two series will be going head to head in a adult-oriented 10pm slot. Clearly, Sky One's going to advertise their sries like hell, to try and draw in as many viewers as possible (after all, they want to make a return on the £20 Million they've already invested). So, the big question is: can Torchwood survive against such an established "giant"?Torchwood may be the "new kid on the block" where broadcasting is concerned, but it's also on a free-to-air channel (Lost isn't). Therefore, more viewers can access the series. And lets not forget that Torchwood was spun-off from one of the most recognisable brands in British television, Doctor Who. That fact alone may be enough to draw curious first time viewers in...
By the time Lost year three begins to air on November 19th, five full episodes of Torchwood would have aired on BBC Three. Audiences will hopefully have become so addicted to Torchwood that they'll scratch their heads asking "Locke who?". Fingers crossed anyway...
I guess it really doesn't matter. Torchwood will be repeated (to a wider audience) on Wednesday evenings anyway.
The power of British television at the moment - we don't let giants like "Lost" stand in our way!
8 comments:
Lost?!
Yeah, I "lost" interest in the series after about three episodes of the first series. Too weird for its own good.
Weird? Piss off.
I've never seen lost so I can't join it, but please, post a bit more constructive comments. Thanks.
Lost has completely lost it. The faithful stick with for fear they'll miss the answers to the questions pointlessly dragged out over three seasons, but clearly the writers have no clue what they are doing. They veer from supernatural to scientific hoping to see from the reaction of the fans which direction they should go in. Overrated rubbish, and I was once a big fan.
Most likely it will continue to shed viewers just like it did throughout the woeful second season, especially now it is on Sky. Little harm should be done to the TW viewing figures I hope.
If a terrestrial UK station scheduled 'Heroes' against 'Torchwood', then it would be more worrysome.
Lost's overated and frustrates the audience whereas Torchwood is funny and accessible what with it having likeable characters and everything. And anyway everybody can just watch Torchwood later on in the week.
Btw I must way how much I HATE Lost.
Torchwood's new and nothing like i've ever seen before. I struggle to watch lost. The 4 year story arc seems to long to wait. Enterprise struggled doing a 1 season arc, which alot of fans think was its demize. I think there are alot of fans, but i know alot of fans have downloaded the series through itunes so the big fans will have seen it. Unless they're really big fans and think they need to watch it to keep ratings up, which i have to say, won't make any difference as they go by the USA viewings,(like with sg-1 to an extent) like with sg-1. So hopefully torchwood will get as big as viewings at it did on the pilot. Long live Torchwood!
you know i love lost and i do ope they gat a time slot but i love torchwood evenmore so i hope torchwood get the better time slot
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