On Mar 30, 9:49 am, Joe Coughlin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 30, 9:20 am, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Interesting that the Amazing Race gets two hours for this finale since I
> > > believe the last two seasons have had only one-hour finales.
>
> > They weren't pre-empted in recent seasons for a week--the Academy of
> > Country Music awards are airing Sunday night and knocking out
> > everything after "60 Minutes."
>
> TAR should have had 2 hour finales anyway. It makes a lot more sense. I
> would have liked to have seen reunion shows, too.
>
> I'm surprised that the concept of after-shows for reality competitions
> hasn't really caught on here like it has in the UK. They get really into the
> show on the minor networks with companion shows for "The Apprentice" and
> "Big Brother" amongst others. Here, if there is an official show, it's
> always online. I think if you put such a show on a cable network owned by
> the broadcast network, it might do fairly well. I can imagine a "Dancing
> With the Stars" wrapup show doing well on Lifetime or something.
>
> The only show I can think of that does anything like this on cable is
> Bravo's "Watch What's On".
Showtime does have the "Big Brother After Dark" overnight live feed on
SHO Too.
And it would seem to me that "Dancing" could get some younger demos
with a weeknight strip of rehearsals on ABCFAM similar to the
weeknight strip on BBC2 during "Strictly Come Dancing"'s run. Of
course, that would mean no show on Monday or Tuesday ("Strictly" airs
on Saturday nights in the UK) and it would also mean Brooke Burke as
solo host of the strip, a nightmare that no television show should be
saddled with.
"Watch What Happens Live!" is already gone to twice a week on Bravo.
I would suspect that they've toyed with turning it into a weeknight
strip in late-night, except that they would be competing for demos
with Chelsea Handler on another Network of NBCUKabletown.
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