18-07-2022, 12:45 AM
Cash Trapped on Challenge tomorrow.
They don't seem to be acquiring much lately- only 1-3 new acquisitions a year. The early Sky days gave us such hope but not a lot of the new content they've acquired. seems to be sticking.
2022- Cash Trapped (Hopefully this does well, something a bit different, though I'm a bit sick of the sight of Bradley Walsh on Challenge at the moment)
2021- Tenable (This has done reasonable business for them- been on pretty frequently but doesn't suffer from overexposure)
2020- One Hundred and Eighty (flopped on the channel)- I found it interesting seeing it again though- I wish it would be on more frequent rotation despite the low number of episodes- Interceptor famously only had 8 episodes and Challenge used to show that semi-regularly
2019- All Star Family Fortunes, Impossible, My Kitchen Rules (flopped)- I appreciate they tried to do something outside the traditional 'game show' with MKR and I enjoyed it but low viewing figures meant it had to go- just frustrating that they never completed airing the series.... I enjoyed it. Vernon's Family Fortunes seem to have become a regular part of the weekend schedule, and Impossible is one of those 'occasional' shows that pops up now and again (like Crystal Maze).
2018- Aussie Ninja Warrior (flopped), Who Dares Wins- I liked Aussie Ninja Warrior but the imports always seem to struggle on Challenge, the US Ninja Warrior was often on at silly-o'clock too. Who Dares Wins managed to fit into the schedule rather naturally too, so very surprising that was dropped fairly quickly.
2017- The Cube- the only acquisition since the last rebrand to really make its mark in the schedule, popping up regularly- I know I mentioned Vernon's FF earlier but that only appears on weekends really.
2016- Family Feud, The Chase Australia, Hole in the Wall, The Link. The imports didn't do well; The Link was shunted around timeslots all the time but Hole in the Wall was a relatively regular part of the schedule for a little while.
I know they've re-acquired some stuff like Eggheads and Weakest Link the last few years too- but it's just been the same series on a loop with both those shows (S14 of Eggs and S10 of Weakest Link). What I will say is I'm glad they managed to end up sourcing those Paul Hendy eps of WoF- god, they made the show so cheap. I wonder whether there's any chance of Andy Collins FF coming to the channel? Or even John Leslie WOF (I know he has the scandals surrounding him but Challenge are still happy to play Barrymore stuff...).
I worry Cash Trapped will be dropped fairly quickly- fingers crossed it does well.
They don't seem to be acquiring much lately- only 1-3 new acquisitions a year. The early Sky days gave us such hope but not a lot of the new content they've acquired. seems to be sticking.
2022- Cash Trapped (Hopefully this does well, something a bit different, though I'm a bit sick of the sight of Bradley Walsh on Challenge at the moment)
2021- Tenable (This has done reasonable business for them- been on pretty frequently but doesn't suffer from overexposure)
2020- One Hundred and Eighty (flopped on the channel)- I found it interesting seeing it again though- I wish it would be on more frequent rotation despite the low number of episodes- Interceptor famously only had 8 episodes and Challenge used to show that semi-regularly
2019- All Star Family Fortunes, Impossible, My Kitchen Rules (flopped)- I appreciate they tried to do something outside the traditional 'game show' with MKR and I enjoyed it but low viewing figures meant it had to go- just frustrating that they never completed airing the series.... I enjoyed it. Vernon's Family Fortunes seem to have become a regular part of the weekend schedule, and Impossible is one of those 'occasional' shows that pops up now and again (like Crystal Maze).
2018- Aussie Ninja Warrior (flopped), Who Dares Wins- I liked Aussie Ninja Warrior but the imports always seem to struggle on Challenge, the US Ninja Warrior was often on at silly-o'clock too. Who Dares Wins managed to fit into the schedule rather naturally too, so very surprising that was dropped fairly quickly.
2017- The Cube- the only acquisition since the last rebrand to really make its mark in the schedule, popping up regularly- I know I mentioned Vernon's FF earlier but that only appears on weekends really.
2016- Family Feud, The Chase Australia, Hole in the Wall, The Link. The imports didn't do well; The Link was shunted around timeslots all the time but Hole in the Wall was a relatively regular part of the schedule for a little while.
I know they've re-acquired some stuff like Eggheads and Weakest Link the last few years too- but it's just been the same series on a loop with both those shows (S14 of Eggs and S10 of Weakest Link). What I will say is I'm glad they managed to end up sourcing those Paul Hendy eps of WoF- god, they made the show so cheap. I wonder whether there's any chance of Andy Collins FF coming to the channel? Or even John Leslie WOF (I know he has the scandals surrounding him but Challenge are still happy to play Barrymore stuff...).
I worry Cash Trapped will be dropped fairly quickly- fingers crossed it does well.