Reports: BBC set to revive Gladiators

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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.

I’m not sure you’re responding to the point they’re making.

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.

Gladiators comes with high expectation levels that to fulfil would be nigh on impossible, nostalgia being what it is. It's why most reboots fail.

Having celebs would be met with a meh response given how many shows resort to it nowadays, unlike when SCD came about it wasn't as commonplace.

SCD is considerably different to the show which preceded it and both the talent and scheduling have a lot to do with that. I'm not saying just because it had celebs it was successful but it was a huge factor. Dance Fever would perhaps have been a moderate hit on its own but then again it had a Saturday night slot which helped it, which Come Dancing didn't have, so again, it's not comparing like for like.