[superwoman]

wot does everyone think of the tv show? i think its really cool and so funny.it doesnt deserve the slatin it got cuz its brilliant.

[Sam]

NOTICE: You have to be nice to Charlie 'cos she's my friend and new both to Moyles and the board. I've finally converted someone into a Moyles fan, only been 2 and a 1/2 years!

[Sidders]

Hey well done Sam!

The TV show deserved the slating it got based on the first show, but it's got loads better since then. I think all reviewers should reassess.

[Sam]

Talking of reviews, where are the site ones? Only Sarah and Gaspode (I think it's gaspode) have bothered. It used to be this with the radio show reviews before uglybob, only a couple would bother.

[superwoman]

thanks for your views but im sure the first show wasnt as bad as the slating it got, was it?

[Sidders]

It was a bit crap, it seemed totally unrehersed and pretty much deserved the bad reviews.

[Sam]

Yup hon, it was. I was cringing, I really wanted him to be ace. To be fair though, it wasn't his fault, the production team cacked everything up.

[superwoman]

if you say so, its funny when they get shocked though init? haha,

[Scottie]

Yep, its deff got a lot better since the 1st show, but I still think it's too rushed. Their trying to cram too much into 30 mins.

[Sidders]

I agree, I think it should be longer. The advert breaks don't help, it's only about 20mins if you take the adverts into account.

[Jonny Hoare]

Tfi lite for the kids of today.....

[Adam]

Er. Welcome Charl. I don't watch the show, its on too late for me. I'd rather watch Moyles on the Radio.

[ASG]

I don't have channel 5, but I've heard it's rubbish!

[Nor]

The problem with the show is it uses the Chris Evans entertainment ethic. This basically consists of surrounding the host and guests with moronic whooping, shouting, screaming, laughin cretins who make such a big hulabaloo about any joke/sketch that it is meant to make the viewer think its funny.

Its always been the way Chris Evans did things. At the Big Breakfast, Tooth Brush and TFI Friday. Get an audience who will cheer anything, laugh at unfunny jokes and add to that some production staff who will do the same.

Last night for example, a big deal was made of the MI5 recruitment. So they got this production staff member to wear a beard and speak to a security guard, who basically told him to go away. Not that we could really see because the camera was 2 miles away, and not hat we could really hear because there was little or no sound. After he walks away, cue lots of laughing and guffawing in the studio and the staff member whooping and shouting trying to convince the viewers it was actually funny, when in reality it was just worthless.

[ASG]

Well, now I can safely say I enjoy not having it then!

[Sidders]

Its always been the way Chris Evans did things. At the Big Breakfast, Tooth Brush and TFI Friday. Get an audience who will cheer anything, laugh at unfunny jokes and add to that some production staff who will do the same.

I agree in a way, I will always like the programme because I like Chris Moyles, but if Chris Evans was presenting the programme I would probably hate it. It was Chris Evans who introduced this format to the R1 breakfast show and it hasn't changed since. They tried to change the breakfast show back to a more sensible news-related format when Sara Cox started, but the old 'zoo radio' format crept back in.

[Morals]

Its always been the way Chris Evans did things. At the Big Breakfast, Tooth Brush and TFI Friday. Get an audience who will cheer anything, laugh at unfunny jokes and add to that some production staff who will do the same.

I agree in a way, I will always like the programme because I like Chris Moyles, but if Chris Evans was presenting the programme I would probably hate it. It was Chris Evans who introduced this format to the R1 breakfast show and it hasn't changed since. They tried to change the breakfast show back to a more sensible news-related format when Sara Cox started, but the old 'zoo radio' format crept back in.

That strikes me as more than a little sycophantic...

[Uglybob]

The show could be bettered these ways

Make it a 35 minute show
Move Home and Away to 6:30pm so that people can stay for Moyles. Like how many people are gonna watch Family Affairs then Moyles.
Have Mohan in with showbiz stuff so Moyles has someone he can take the pee out of.
Off The Top Of My Head DOESNT WORK. How many times have they guessed correctly without Moyles telling them the answer. Its pointless.
Take Away the "Im Feeling" cos its very tacky and cheesy or in another word Too Evans Like.

[Mcqueen_]

MEDIA GUARDIAN

Fame Academy loses a million viewers

John Plunkett
Wednesday October 9, 2002


Fame Academy

Ratings for the BBC's much-hyped talent show, Fame Academy, slumped by nearly a million viewers for last night's second episode.

Just 3.7 million people - fewer than one in five viewers - tuned in to BBC1 to see the antics of the dozen pop wannabes under "headteacher" Richard Park.

The audience was more than 1 million fewer than tuned in to see a Watchdog investigation into clairvoyants in the same slot last week.

Nearly 2 million viewers switched over when Fame Academy started, most of them turning to ITV soap Emmerdale, which had an audience of 9.5 million last night.

Seven million viewers then returned to BBC1 to watch EastEnders when the talent show finished at 7.30pm.

A BBC spokesman insisted the corporation remained confident about the success of the show, saying the average rating for BBC1's 7pm Tuesday slot this year was 4.2 million.

Last night's show attracted 21% of 16 to 34-year-olds, compared with an average for the timeslot of 19%.

"We are not looking at individual shows, Fame Academy is a cross-platform enterprise and is greater than the sum of its parts. It does not live or die by individual programmes, and we still feel strongly about its future success," the spokesman said.

Last night's ratings will heap further pressure on the show, which attracted just 4.6 million viewers for its debut on Friday.

Park, a former Capital Radio programming chief, gave the first programme "15 marks out of 100" and promised viewers would see a vastly improved performance when the show returns for its first "eviction night" this Friday.

The Fame Academy audience was only 2 million more than were watching live snooker on BBC2. Channel 4 News averaged 1 million, while Live With Chris Moyles, in the same slot on Channel 5, had its best ever rating of 700,000.

[Uglybob]

YES Chris Moyles is benefiting from Fame Academy HAHAHAHAHA

[Nor]

Problem with fame acadamy I thought, was that they didn't tell the viewers that those performing were raw, without training, and basically to watch for how bad they were, for thats what the fame acadamy teachers had to work with, and see how they improved over the weeks.

The impression i got as a viewer was that these were the finished product and quite rightly once i realised they were crap I turned over.

In addition to that, they seemed to dwell on matters that were only interesting or exciting for the actual contestents. "Ooooh the red lights are on on the helicoper" No viewer in their right mind would be even slighty interested in that guff and its no wonder they lost so many viewers.

The CML show, has a brilliant time, its just after the 1 hour of news on BBC1 and ITV channels and is usually only set against Emerdale or watchdog or shows of that ilk. I'd have expected it to get alot more viewers, at least initially than it did. What I cannot fathom though is how the ratings are rising, the show is pretty abismal. CM might be the hot new fella in the market at present, but hes not a TV man and the crew, scripts and participation around him is woeful. He should maybe have been giving a few short shows just to test the water and give him some guidelines of how to do things, not give him 30 minutes 5 days a week with basically no time to sort any problems out.

[MK Chris]

Have Mohan in with showbiz stuff so Moyles has someone he can take the pee out of.

Good idea, he's been on a couple of times, making it regular would be good. Having the 3AM girls would be funny, but somehow I don't think they'd agree to it...

[Sam]

Agree with Topher, thats the best idea I've heard so far. You should send it to Moyles uglybob, see what he says.

[Sidders]

That's an excellent idea, but remember at the end of the day it's down to Evans.