Re: Sweet Medicine

Geoff Lane wrote:

> Jerry Kohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > tubs wrote:
>
> > > Any one any idea why this prog has been shunted into a late night
> > > Sunday slot? From a 9pm Thursday slot? It is good so I cannot
> > > unerstand why?
>
> > ITV's usual reason is poor ratings, which of course do not necessarily
> > reflect the quality of the programme.
>
> That's the reason.  If an ITV prime time program doesn't attract an audience
> approaching 10M it gets dumped. News and current affairs are exempt.

I've not seen Sweet Medicine (living as I do a third of the way around the
globe from the nearest ITV transmitter, so it may be a few months before the
signal gets this far), but it was being flogged by the producers as a
replacement for Peak Practice, dumped after 12 seasons due presumably to
falling audience figures. To what degree does Sweet Medicine fulfill this
promise to be a rejuvinated Peak Practice, in what ways does it fail to carry
on in the format, and to what degree is it an animal of a different stripe?

--
Jerry Kohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal."