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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK
I think the show gets more viewers then that, i read that it hit over 1 million at the start of the year, but if he's a good presenter surely the viewing figures don't matter?
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I checked BARB before posting.
In the last couple of months he reached slightly in excess of 350,000 on one occasion. All the other entries I looked at were well below 300,000.
Viewing figures for his Sky Sports show really don't matter. For all I know he's superb, and I wish him well. My mum's a big fan of Countdown so I hope he continues the show's success for her sake if nothing else.
I was challenging the idea that he is some sort of a legend. I don't think it's possible to achieve legendary status on any pay channel in this country. There simply aren't enough people watching.
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Originally Posted by ANTOINE
Well..... if you'e never heard of him, so what?
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He isn't a legend. That's what. But not because Russ, or I, haven't heard of him. Because almost everyone else in the country hasn't heard of him either.
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He's the presenter of a very popular sky sports program and has been for many years.
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Recent viewing figures say his programme is not 'very popular' even by Sky's standards. He appears to get less than a third of the viewers of a top-rated Sky One show.
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And he is a legend, if you haven't heard of him, who cares - he's ultimately more interesting than you.
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No need to get snippy. Let's turn that on its head. You've heard of him? Who cares? You're one person. You're one of very few people in the UK who watch his show.
It doesn't matter how forcefully you stamp your foot and insist on your point - being legendary requires rather more than being seen by comfortably fewer than half a million people on a subscription-only TV channel on a Saturday afternoon.
Richard Whiteley - now
he was legendary. If Stelling can achieve half of what Whiteley did as host of Countdown, well then maybe he'll be a legend.