The racy teen drama "Skins" started its third season with an almost- entirely-new cast of teens last night (no thirtysomething Gabrielle Cartereses on this show) on Channel 4's young-skewing digital channel E4--and similar to that much-hyped-but-little-watched teen drama on The CW here, didn't have too many people watching it, even considering that it was on a "multichannel"--a 4 share isn't that hot *and* it was beaten in the ratings in its 10 p.m. time slot against the late news on BBC1 and ITV by BBC3's *repurposing* of an episode of the venerable "EastEnders" that had aired on BBC1 *earlier last night*:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/23/tv-ratings-skins-series-three Granted, "Skins"' competition included the UK premiere of the current season of "Grey's Anatomy" on Living (which seemed to me to be created as a UK version of HGTV--looks like they have channel drift over there, too), but still, this show seems to have more publicity than people who actually watch it, just like "Gossip Girl." I believe "Skins"' third season starts in the U.S. next week on BBCA, which seems to be a trend for BBCA to combat torrents--I believe I saw that "Torchwood"'s new season this summer will air day-and-date with the UK. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
