Re: Leave a message if you protest Party of Five being dropped
posted by Lee on 23:56 3/5/1999
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Why????????!!!!!!!!!

Re: No more Party of Five
posted by Kevin McGrath on 13:09 5/5/1999

In "Re: No more Party of Five", edwin wrote:
> THAT IS IT CHANNEL'FU*KING' 4! I AM GETTING SATELLITE TV TO WATCH PARTY OF FIVE ON FOX NETWORK! I DON'T CARE IF I HAVE TO BUY A SATELLITE DISH THE SIZE OF YOUR ASS IN ORDER TO GET BACK SOME QUALITY TV BACK! SO YOU JUST GO ON AND SHOW YOUR QUEER AS FOLK CRAP,
> SO UP YOURS!
> So enough about me, how are you?

This message made made me laugh.
By the way, bring back PO5. Now.
-Kevin McGrath.

Re: Leave a message if you protest Party of Five being dropped
posted by Ian on 16:03 7/5/1999

I just thought i'd lend my support to the campaign to return po5 to our screens.

I see there has been alot of debate regarding the quality and context of the programme, but this is irrelevant.
After a number of seasons, channel 4 should now be committed to screening this show until its climax. If viewing figures have dropped dramatically and it no longer warrents the 6pm slot,then it should be moved but not scrapped.
Although I am not the biggest fan of this show, what has upset me the most is Channel 4 total disregard of its viewers.

Re: Leave a message if you protest Party of Five being dropped
posted by chris on 19:39 8/5/1999

Am I imagining things or are Party of Five threads being deleted from this forum by C4? There were for instance messages regarding 'Trouble' picking up the show from C4 that seem to have dissapeared. Are there too many pro P05 messages for C4's liking? We still wait for an explanation from the C4 'Gods' as to why such a popular show was dropped.

Re: Leave a message if you protest Party of Five being dropped
posted by Jessica on 01:23 9/5/1999
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I am a big fan of channel 4 of all the options on terestrial TV, they show the best programs, they also have excellent traillers for programs and very good voice overs. All round it is my favourite channel. But this image is ripped apart when I read all these viewers messages and see that they are quite obviously putting on a front, they don't care about their viewers or our opinions, if they did they would have returned the very execellent Party of Five back to its regular slot after only half of the above messages, if not less.

Why take such an appreciated, very popular and very sucessful show off the TV???????? Because they don't give a damn.

I say boycott channel 4 until they return POF to rightfull status, then they'll listen!

Re: on TROUBLE in july??
posted by spaceman on 12:24 10/5/1999

what did happen to the thread that reported TROUBLE would be picking up P of 5? i seem to remember that someone had an informant on the inside there that was giving info.

i hope it wasn't just a wind up as there's no mention of it on the TROUBLE website

spaceman

Re: Broken Promises
posted by Alan on 23:03 10/5/1999

Something I forgot to mention in my previous post, a lot of people have been asking why PO5 was dropped, does anyone else think this may have something to do with the hugh!! sum Ch4 paid for the test Cricket recently.

Re: Leave a message if you protest Party of Five being dropped
posted by Michael-treman on 23:53 10/5/1999
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my mum and I taped the last ten of last series, when I went home, to Norfolk; which is 350 miles away, we sat and watched them in one glorious binge.
How could you deprive us of this family bonding experience. You are the lowest of the low, burn in hell!!!
Michael

My little boy doesn`t mean those terrible things he just said but I can`t believe that you would go so far towards breaking up family life in this way and I hope all your ratings drop down through the floor and beyond.
Visiting Momma.
(We're not really this bitter and twisted,(until we found out that a certain program wasn't coming back))
Have a nice day.

Re: How dare you axe Party of Five
posted by Laura on 20:36 11/5/1999

Like so many others I only came onto the C4 website to find out when the next series was going to start and am distraught to learn its been axed. It's the only programme I ever left work on time for!! Surely there are enough messages by now in support that this decision will be reconsidered PLEASE!!! I would agree that C4 is seriously out of touch.

Re: Party of Five should be showed it's great
posted by edwin on 22:28 13/5/1999

This just so pisses me off...
Party of five is the most demanded show on this forum and yet you are doing nothing about it. And this really gets on my nerves, 'bout a month ago, i noticed a small band of Ellen fans complaining to Ch4 about the when the new series is coming back, and now it's back on air! There are 10x more Po5 fans posting than Ellen fans, i mean what the f**k is wrong with you?

Re: Party Of Five
posted by Steve Baker on 00:55 15/5/1999
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In "Party Of Five", Caleb wrote:
> We are gathered here today to find out what happened to PARTY OF FIVE. As an avid fan please either show some BRAND NEW EPISODES OR REPEAT THE FIRST SERIES. CONGRATULATIONS also to J. Bravo for giving us back our AMERICAN GOTHIC.

Surely Channel 4 must realise that the continued appearance of this thread indicates a significant want for this program to return or at least a decent explanation as to why it was axed. Notice they are prepared to reply to the easy questions like why ER was moved (get PDC and who cares anyway) so come on put your Reach 4 details where your mouth is and explain.

Drive people to the scum of satellite you just might!

Re: Leave a message if you protest Party of Five being dropped
posted by Steve Baker on 00:58 15/5/1999
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Come on 4 cough up the reasons or bring it back.

Re: Leave a message if you protest Party of Five being dropped
posted by chris on 22:15 16/5/1999

Have you seen the TWO! C4 (identical and non explanatory) replies to the question of when the new series of P05 is back on air, further down these threads? Well we know by now it's a negative response from C4 confirming a broken promise made at the end of last season. The replies at least confirm someone does exist at the C4 end of this forum. I'll ask yet again for C4 to treat it's viewers with a bit of respect and at least tell us the reason for dropping it. Every fan, please keep writing to alternative channels to pick up P05.

Re: When is the new series of a party of five being aired on ch4?
posted by Simon on 13:30 19/5/1999

That the 5th series of Po5 will not be screened by Channel 4 seems insane! Following a couple of years in which two of the show's pivotal actresses (Jennifer Love Hewitt & Neve Campbell, not to mention Lacey Chabert in "Lost in Space") have been thrust into the worldwide limelight it would, in my opinion, be a stupendously easy show to promote. Why are Channel 4 not taking advantage of this massive success? The show is popular with many of my friends. The only reason I can see for the show's UK failure is the time it has been shown. 6:00pm on a Wednesday is never going to attract high viewing figures. This aside, the show has never really been pushed by Channel 4, not in the same way that similarly successful US dramas such as E.R. and Friends have been.
Considering the line up of popular actors in Party of Five, what makes this any different from these other shows? I'd REALLY like to know.

Re: When is the new series of a party of five being aired on ch4?
posted by Gary on 13:23 23/5/1999
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I just cannot believe that we wont be seeing the rest of this amazing show. I felt sick to my stomach when I read that. I guess we won't be seeing the Sarah spin off either. I totally agree with Simon with the fact that now the shows stars are huge independantly of the show it would be a sinch to promote. You cannot pull a show so far into its run and leave us hanging. I have EVERY episode on tape and I can't fathom why C4 is doing this to the fans. C4 used to be the best channel. Now it should be boycotted until it shows some humanity. P.O.5 has been the most rewarding show ever produced and it's a true crime to keep audiences from it. For Christ's sake the show won awards, give it and it's devoted fans the respect it deserves. If it's more ratings you need then hype the fith season, use sexuality if you have too, there's guys out there who'd watch anything with Neve and Love in it. But please, please reconsider. You spent money on the one season wonder that is Ally McBeal. AND you repeated it? Get a grip. Nobody watches season two of Ally McBeal in the states but P.O.5 gets more viewers every season and the show just grows and grows. All I really need to say is that C4, what happened to you? What happened to friday nights? What happened to weekdays at six? I though I could depend on you for true intellegent programming, now you've sunk to the lows of ITV and man that's low.

Re: Party of Five FOREVER!!!!!!
posted by Dan on 19:41 24/5/1999

Bring back the best programme ever to grace the screens of channel 4 - Party of Five. It is such an easy-to-watch programme, with clever and addictive storylines. Does channel 4 really want everyone to switch over to Sky ? Well, without Po5, you have lost the only programme which you had which Sky could not compete with.

What's happened to Channel 4? Dawson's Creek is the epitome of a Channel destined for the tip.
posted by Simon on 00:25 27/5/1999

"Once upon a time..." Channel 4 was the peoples' channel. It didn't submit to the ratings wars that embroiled the likes of ITV and BBC. It showed the programmes that people cared about and didn't give two hoots (I'd use stronger language but this message would get rejected) about whether or not they caused controversy. Party of Five was one of those shows. It was one of the first shows to deal artistically with such issues as alcoholism and teenage marriage. OK, so some of the storylines were a bit tacky; personally I didn't care... at least they were entertaining while touching at the same time.
Somewhere on this web site I read that Channel 4 aimed to show programmes that catered for tastes and opinions not catered for by ITV or the BBC. Once upon a time I would have said that Channel 4 lived up to that ideal. Sadly, the borders have been blurred greatly of late. The axing of "Party of Five" is a prime example of this blurring in action.
Today I had the unfortunate experience of watching the replacement drama: "Dawson's Creek". If I'd had a bucket nearby I swear I would have thrown up into it. This show endeavors to emulate "Party of Five" in its analysis of teenage problems and dilemmas but fails miserably. I almost cried as I watched the pitying cuts between several teenage girls talking "openheartedly" to some journalist about the problems in their lives. PLEASE!!!! Give me a break!!! The scene couldn't have been more corny if they'd tried! I think that sympathy was the mood they were trying to induce. Sadly, the only thing they induced in me was regurgitated food.
As for the titular "Dawson", his closing conversation with his estranged father was so far from reality I might as well have been watching the X-files! At least I can rest assured that the BBC doesn't make the mistake of axing show as successful as that.
I remember a time when I could have the same confidence in Channel 4. But, sadly, that was "Once upon a time..."

C4 American Imports Policy
posted by Hal on 11:34 29/5/1999

The absence of Po5 may be attributable to C4's recent policy towards buying imported shows. Apart from thier major deal with Warner Bros which secures stuff like Dawsons's Creek, Freinds & ER, there is very little money left for other shows - that's why over the last couple of years there have been gradually fewer US shows, in favour of more domestic shows (which is now getting the bulk of progamme funding). Yet I personally am perplexed by C4 giving quality things like Po5 the elbow, yet still stumping up the cash for crap like all those Saved By The Bell type shows!