Comments on: How will Irish TV be affected by the Hollywood writers strike? http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2008/0107/how-will-irish-tv-be-affected-by-the-hollywood-writers-strike/ Irish Communications Consultant - Be Noticed Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:33:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Emmet Ryan http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2008/0107/how-will-irish-tv-be-affected-by-the-hollywood-writers-strike/#comment-265016 Emmet Ryan Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:49:37 +0000 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2008/0107/how-will-irish-tv-be-affected-by-the-hollywood-writers-strike/#comment-265016 Piaras you disappoint me. Channel 6 already have The Unit and are showing it on a first run basis in Ireland. They're still on season one so they have another season and a half to keep them tidy on that front. As for the repeats as mainstays, it may not be something to crow about but it is relevant as when that's their bread and butter then the strike is really little to worry about. RTE 2 relies a lot more on first run US shows and will suffer more as a result. Piaras you disappoint me. Channel 6 already have The Unit and are showing it on a first run basis in Ireland. They’re still on season one so they have another season and a half to keep them tidy on that front.

As for the repeats as mainstays, it may not be something to crow about but it is relevant as when that’s their bread and butter then the strike is really little to worry about. RTE 2 relies a lot more on first run US shows and will suffer more as a result.

]]> By: Piaras http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2008/0107/how-will-irish-tv-be-affected-by-the-hollywood-writers-strike/#comment-265006 Piaras Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:23:36 +0000 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2008/0107/how-will-irish-tv-be-affected-by-the-hollywood-writers-strike/#comment-265006 Yeah also impressed by moves like Showtime to start showing Dexter to regular punters. Interesting to hear that about what other networks are doing. In terms of Channel 6, don't think having US repeats as a mainstay is anything to crow about. The TG4 comment was more about if they opt to pick up other US shows, hopefully they won't go for The Unit eh? ;) Yeah also impressed by moves like Showtime to start showing Dexter to regular punters. Interesting to hear that about what other networks are doing.

In terms of Channel 6, don’t think having US repeats as a mainstay is anything to crow about.

The TG4 comment was more about if they opt to pick up other US shows, hopefully they won’t go for The Unit eh? ;)

]]> By: Emmet Ryan http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2008/0107/how-will-irish-tv-be-affected-by-the-hollywood-writers-strike/#comment-264921 Emmet Ryan Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:58:01 +0000 http://www.pkellypr.com/blog/2008/0107/how-will-irish-tv-be-affected-by-the-hollywood-writers-strike/#comment-264921 Ah but Piaras what about the moves some of the networks have made to reduce the strike's impact. NBC deliberately kept the new season of Law & Order until January so that they would have enough episodes to fill out a midseason run at worst, Fox has done the same with the Sarah Connor Chronicles. In both cases the strike is actually good for ratings. L&O is a mainstay on the peacock that hasn't shined in the ratings as of late but when you're the only fresh meat on the box people will tune in. Likewise the relative free run that Sarah Connor Chronicles in this its opening season is getting will likely improve it's chances in the long run. CBS went for an alternative route by running Cane on a shorter, cable length, 13 episode run for its entire first season. Meanwhile cable shows such as The Wire are hitting the screens just as viewers get used to having nothing to watch on regular networks. As for this side of the water I have to disagree on Channel 6. Yes it paid for Heroes but it lives and dies by shows that have already been made. Repeats are its mainstay and even with the shows it has the first run of it's already a full season behind in many cases. House for example has only reached the end of season 2 on Channel 6 while it's at the midpoint in season 4 on Fox. It's not even known if 6 will bother showing the rest of House. TG4 meanwhile has The Wire as its flagship US show these days, and it finished filming before the strike began so again the hit on the US front for that station won't be as big. Ah but Piaras what about the moves some of the networks have made to reduce the strike’s impact.

NBC deliberately kept the new season of Law & Order until January so that they would have enough episodes to fill out a midseason run at worst, Fox has done the same with the Sarah Connor Chronicles. In both cases the strike is actually good for ratings. L&O is a mainstay on the peacock that hasn’t shined in the ratings as of late but when you’re the only fresh meat on the box people will tune in. Likewise the relative free run that Sarah Connor Chronicles in this its opening season is getting will likely improve it’s chances in the long run. CBS went for an alternative route by running Cane on a shorter, cable length, 13 episode run for its entire first season. Meanwhile cable shows such as The Wire are hitting the screens just as viewers get used to having nothing to watch on regular networks.

As for this side of the water I have to disagree on Channel 6. Yes it paid for Heroes but it lives and dies by shows that have already been made. Repeats are its mainstay and even with the shows it has the first run of it’s already a full season behind in many cases. House for example has only reached the end of season 2 on Channel 6 while it’s at the midpoint in season 4 on Fox. It’s not even known if 6 will bother showing the rest of House.

TG4 meanwhile has The Wire as its flagship US show these days, and it finished filming before the strike began so again the hit on the US front for that station won’t be as big.

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