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Originally Posted by passingbat

It sounds to me as if it's upsetting you because it's not producing 'Andy_m service broadcasting'

I myself watch proportionately little from the BBC, but I believe it is important because it is public service broadcasting; it caters for a wider range of programming, which will often include minority viewership. These programmes wouldn't stand a chance in a commercially based system. Take a lesson from US TV, where critically acclaimed shows are cancelled because they don't bring in the viewing figures to satisfy the advertisers.

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is a great show to demonstrate this. The show's story lines demonstrate how viewership figures drive the networks decisions, and the show itself was a victim of the system; it was critically acclaimed but cancelled because the audience wasn't large enough for the advertisers.

Did you like Studio 60?

I think we may have just found some common ground!!!