Comments on: Bumped: The Palace http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/04/bumped-the-palace.html Australia's leading TV blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:53:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eegee http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/04/bumped-the-palace.html/comment-page-1#comment-21824 eegee Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:11:00 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/04/bumped-the-palace.html#comment-21824 The running overtime problem was a result of poor/misleading scheduling by Channel 7. The programs prior to The Loop were never going to fit into their allocated time-slots.<br/><br/>Mistresses is a BBC show intended for a 1 hour time-slot--as this ran over, I presume it was shown intact. The Palace is from the commercial ITV network (what are the UK rules on breaks per hour?). Now add the commercials, promos, news-breaks... The running overtime problem was a result of poor/misleading scheduling by Channel 7. The programs prior to The Loop were never going to fit into their allocated time-slots.

Mistresses is a BBC show intended for a 1 hour time-slot–as this ran over, I presume it was shown intact. The Palace is from the commercial ITV network (what are the UK rules on breaks per hour?). Now add the commercials, promos, news-breaks…

]]> By: neonkitten http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/04/bumped-the-palace.html/comment-page-1#comment-21822 neonkitten Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:50:00 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/04/bumped-the-palace.html#comment-21822 Actually, it was the shows before it that ran overtime by 20 minutes, making any ratings figures for The Palace effectively meaningless.<br/><br/>Haven't watched this one yet - recorded it on the PVR as it's created by Tom Grieves, who did the superb series The Ghost Squad - but it surely deserves better than one night running late in a late-night timeslot before being blamed for "losing the night" (sigh).<br/><br/>Now that the pointless pissing contest has extended into late-night TV and weekend evenings, there's really little hope of anything that's not low-IQ-pleasing trash staying around for it's full run.<br/><br/>If you like the first episode of a show, download it or get downloaded copies from a friend and save yourself the hassle. Actually, it was the shows before it that ran overtime by 20 minutes, making any ratings figures for The Palace effectively meaningless.

Haven’t watched this one yet – recorded it on the PVR as it’s created by Tom Grieves, who did the superb series The Ghost Squad – but it surely deserves better than one night running late in a late-night timeslot before being blamed for “losing the night” (sigh).

Now that the pointless pissing contest has extended into late-night TV and weekend evenings, there’s really little hope of anything that’s not low-IQ-pleasing trash staying around for it’s full run.

If you like the first episode of a show, download it or get downloaded copies from a friend and save yourself the hassle.

]]> By: RichoTB http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/04/bumped-the-palace.html/comment-page-1#comment-21820 RichoTB Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:19:00 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/04/bumped-the-palace.html#comment-21820 I watched this show for 10 minutes while waiting for The Loop as it ran overtime by about 20 mins, and it was rather boring. It doesn't surprise me that it was axed, the acting was wooden, the script was cliche'd and the whole thing was a mess. And now The Loop is axed again. They only brought it back last week!! Oh well, that show was axed a while ago too, I only wanted to check it out coz it has Reaper's Bret Harrison in the central role and that guy has a unique brand of humour he brings to the table. I watched this show for 10 minutes while waiting for The Loop as it ran overtime by about 20 mins, and it was rather boring. It doesn’t surprise me that it was axed, the acting was wooden, the script was cliche’d and the whole thing was a mess. And now The Loop is axed again. They only brought it back last week!! Oh well, that show was axed a while ago too, I only wanted to check it out coz it has Reaper’s Bret Harrison in the central role and that guy has a unique brand of humour he brings to the table.

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