Re: P A R T Y O F F I V E - Any news yet...?
posted by rene on 11:24 3/2/1999

what I can't believe it.....there I was thinking that Po5 Would be starting any wednesday now, getting rid of Mel and Sue in the process.

So come on C4, give us all a break and get your wallets out and get it on !

Re: P A R T Y O F F I V E - Any news yet...?
posted by spaceman on 15:03 10/2/1999

oh jeez,

the rights for the repeats of P of 5 were on sale in the u.s. last year and one of their cable stations played them all from the pilot episode, mon - fri!!!

why can't CH4 even be bothered to buy the latest season is beyond me. talk about being totally ignorant :-P

mel and sue should be banned from tv. who watches that trash? i have to change the channel even when the trailer comes on for their sh*te!

PaRty Of FiVe?- ER has fans too, but you'd never take that off the air!!!!!!
posted by Beccy Salmon on 16:08 19/2/1999
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My only question is:
Why bother airing a show for 5 years and then be indecicive about putting the next series back on air? It is very likely that series 5 will be the last series as I think that is how long the actors/acteresses are contracted to making more episodes of Party of 5. Why did you decide to air the show in the first place if you weren't planning to finish it. There are many avid followers who watched the series religiously when it was on, just like shows such as ER (which is always repeated and contracted to another series). There may not be as many fans of Party of 5 than of ER but it's fan base has grown immensely through Britain through the past 5 years.
What you do not seen to understand is that may people 'LIVE' for watching shows such as ER and FRIENDS and these people needn't worry because there is always at least one series of a show on at once to keep the viewers happy and watching chanel 4. But people who wactch Party of Five are happy to make sacrafices by sticking to the weekly episodes for a season( lasting approximately half a year) and then waiting on the edge of our seats for the next season. Us fans of the highly acclaimed show( which has won many awards in the States) do not necessarily want repeats, all we want is the right to let the show go out on a good note and with the recognition it deserves. Many issues have been covered in the show including alcoholism, death and most importantly spreading the awareness of cancer. I personally know many people who have benefitted and have been able to identify with the characterisation in show and have learnt a lot from the awareness and issues shown.
On a final note I would like you all to consider how taking this show off the air (in its probable last series) would reflect badly on channel 4, showing that they will not be able to finance it; but they are able to finance repeats of shows such as ROSEANNE- (I would be very interested to see the viewing figures for ROSEANNE considering I know of no one who watches it and it is on at peak time). I hope you will consider carefully my reasons for keeping the show on the air as currently channel 4 the most watched channel in my household as well as many of my friends; if the decision to air the last series of Party of Five fails to be met, you will lose my loyalty to the channel and also many of my friends' too- word of mouth is a powerful thing!

Hope to see news posted soon on the subject.

Beccy Salmon

channel 4 is tired and the controllers should get a grip on reality
posted by me on 17:40 19/2/1999

what??????

that is absolutely unbelievable.

channel4 i thought you were good.

let us examine the facts.

dc - delayed.

nba - taken off the air.

party of five - taken off the air.

sex in the city - still on the air. that pile of rubbish.

whoever is making decisions in channel4 needs to get a grip on reality and soon or you will lose your viewers in a very rapid stream.

disgusting

Re: Party of Five
posted by kirks on 23:32 19/2/1999

no more channel 4 for me

Re: channel 4 is tired and the controllers should get a grip on reality
posted by a-nono-mouse on 00:50 20/2/1999

we've had confirmation today that the people who schedule programming at channel 4 are out of touch.

Re: No more Po5
posted by kirks on 19:48 20/2/1999

I agree. I can't beleive they have dropped the show and as for late lunch, it has become unwatchable for me - the boring chat, intentionaly crap jokes, taking the p*ss out of each other, crap ex-soap star guests week after week. Light Lunch started out as a genuinely entertaining lunchtime show but since it has moved to primetime it has become extremely irritating. It is time for the axe to fall..

Re: Leave a message if you protest Party of Five being dropped
posted by From Across The Atlantic on 00:06 24/2/1999
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Channel 4, after the disgusting way you treated BABYLON 5 fans over the years are you now just moving on to the next target by screwing over fans of PARTY OF FIVE?

Why should any viewer ever again watch a new show on Channel 4 when in 3 - 4 years time you might decide to drop them too?
After showing four seasons of PARTY OF FIVE you should be commited to showing the remander of the series and not leaving viewers who have watched and enjoyed the show for four years out in the cold.

Your treatment of your viewers is disgusting!

Re: Party of Five
posted by Andy on 21:08 24/2/1999

I honestly can't believe that you aren't going to get the rights to show the new season of Party of Five, you only have to look at all the postings on this site to see how many people want to see it, do you really give a **** what your viewers want to see?? I guess not or you wouldn't be showing such rubbish as late lunch, dishes, hollyoaks....I could go on....I'm sorry but I am so sick of being messed around by you I could scream!. We are promised at the end of the last series that it will be back in the new year, you umm and ahh about it for months and then we bluntly get informed that you won't be showing it again. I can honestly say that I have lost all interest and faith in your channel and I won't be tuning in again.

Re: No more Po5
posted by Juliet on 19:03 25/2/1999

What are Channel 4 thinking about??? I can't beleive they are not showing any more of this excellent series.....that's right get our hopes up and then completely dash them.....the only bonus is that it will give me one less Channel to look through when I am looking for something to watch.

Very disappointed Channel 4.

Re: CH4 - you SUCK!!
posted by spaceman on 19:50 27/2/1999

i was hoping that the cancellation of party of 5 was just a rumour but now i've seen it for myself. all we get is a one line statement!! no explanations or reasons why!

damn, CH4, you really do SUCK BOOTY! which idiot was in charge of making this decision? does he/she/it not know how many postings there are on this forum regarding bringing back P of 5?

WAKE UP!!!!

Re: Leave a message if you protest Party of Five being dropped
posted by Frank Monaghan on 21:25 28/2/1999
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Party of Five is great TV. Even that tired old cynic who used to write Seinfeld said it was the best thing he watched.

Don't drop it - give it a regular slot and make a bit more fuss about its fantastic location, serious plot lines and ace music!

Re: Leave a message if you protest Party of Five being dropped
posted by Kate on 15:32 2/3/1999

I totally agree with all of these messages, what's the point of showing four series of a show and then cancelling it - the programme is HUGE in the US and none of my US friends can believe it's not being shown here yet.

Why are there no replies from any Channel 4 personnel as to why the fifth series isn't being shown? has it been cancelled or just postponed? Please let us anxious PO5 fans know!