Oh, and what I meant to say, before I was distracted by the poosycats ...
Angel and Buffy rate brilliantly in Australia. Which is bizarre, because the local network puts no effort into presenting it:
- no advertising ... they don't even show the trailers (except sometimes they show it half an hour before the show starts) ... and when the new season started there was NOTHING to promote it on the "new season" blurbs
- no marketing ... the new season has had two small ads in TV Week
- it's shown at 10.30 at night (BtVS was at 10.45)
- the air time can vary, and it's quite unpredictable whether they'll have weeks off or a few re-runs thrown in. Sometimes these breaks correspond to the ratings breaks in the US, but sometimes not. The show is regularly delayed for programs that have run overtime, and pre-empted for sports events.
- all the WB shows are on different networks here, so the bulk WB promos can't be imported (ie: Smallville, Angel, Gilmore Girls and Charmed are on three different stations, and are aimed at three different demographics ... Smallville and Gilmore Girls are in early prime-time and advertised as family viewing; Charmed is mid prime-time and promoted for teenagers; Angel is on late at night and presumably intended for adults but has no promotion/advertising whatsoever).
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Angel and Buffy rate brilliantly in Australia. Which is bizarre, because the local network puts no effort into presenting it:
- no advertising ... they don't even show the trailers (except sometimes they show it half an hour before the show starts) ... and when the new season started there was NOTHING to promote it on the "new season" blurbs
- no marketing ... the new season has had two small ads in TV Week
- it's shown at 10.30 at night (BtVS was at 10.45)
- the air time can vary, and it's quite unpredictable whether they'll have weeks off or a few re-runs thrown in. Sometimes these breaks correspond to the ratings breaks in the US, but sometimes not. The show is regularly delayed for programs that have run overtime, and pre-empted for sports events.
- all the WB shows are on different networks here, so the bulk WB promos can't be imported (ie: Smallville, Angel, Gilmore Girls and Charmed are on three different stations, and are aimed at three different demographics ... Smallville and Gilmore Girls are in early prime-time and advertised as family viewing; Charmed is mid prime-time and promoted for teenagers; Angel is on late at night and presumably intended for adults but has no promotion/advertising whatsoever).
And yet it rates its socks off.