(29-07-2022, 05:31 PM)tellyblues Wrote:I’m not sure you’re responding to the point they’re making.(29-07-2022, 04:41 PM)Blobs Wrote: 90s nostalgia is a terrible thing but everyone else is at it so why not? The usual license fee pearl clutchers got into a tizzy back when it was announced strictly was being revived and this doesn’t sound half as crazy as that did at the time so who knows?
Come Dancing was filler shoved on close to midnight whereas SCD is Saturday primetime. Celebs make it because there was Strictly Dance Fever featuring members of the public that didn't do anywhere near as well and was axed.
If you’re arguing Come Dancing was less popular in the first place that would in most peoples eyes would make it even less of a safe bet.
If you’re arguing Strictly only had success because it used celebrities, there is nothing to stop this version of Gladiators doing that. Although I would hope they don’t exclusively.
The point the post is making I think, is that people were critical when they revived the brand but they were later proved wrong and it could well be the same here.