On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 4:48 PM Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote:
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Mark Jeffries > > *>*Not directly related to Remarkable Television, another division of the > French format factory Banijay that produces "Pointless," the BBC1 quiz show > that has been in mortal combat for over a decade with its 5 p.m. weekday > quiz competition on ITV "The Chase." And for some reason Channel 4 has > tried to get into the fray lately at 5 p.m. with the second season of its > game show "Moneybags." Remember, friends, C4 is supposed to be the home of > alternative commercial TV programming in the UK. > > > > If OnTVTonight.com is accurate – which in this case, it isn’t – Channel 4 > has found a new host for “Countdown”: Keith Olbermann. > > > https://www.ontvtonight.com/uk/guide/listings/programme?cid=69035570&pid=21737663&tm=2022-09-05+06%3A10%3A00 > > > Someone's weird database driven website doesn't work. Countdown is Channel 4's longest running show - it was the first show on-air when the channel launched in 1982. Its new presenter - at least new in July - is Colin Murray, who is very much not Keith Olberman. That said, I bet Murray knows who Olberman is, as he's a big US sports fan, and longtime presenter of Fighting Talk on BBC Radio which is based on those daft ESPN shows where people score points based on sports stuff. I'm not sure why Channel Four are running a quiz at that time - as you say, quizzes are well catered for at 5pm. But I suspect Moneybags is just filling in space between seasons of Come Dine With Me (if you don't know what it is, I wouldn't bother looking it up). It seems to me that daytime TV these days is mostly for people who still haven't come around to streaming, or just want something on in the background while they do other things. I guess you can look up occasionally and answer a quiz question if that's your bag. Now if some US network took on "Only Connect", then I'd be interested! Adam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGCsX78Y%3DJUqkQHQTCsx-f4ETkU6KwyP3dXJkNbksbXPwA%40mail.gmail.com.
