The recently relaunched BBC Three would be a good home for it too, which has added fuel to the fire. Upon hearing the news, many thought the BBC may be the ones to take on the show – fitting, as it spent the first 22 years of its life there. Disclaimer: those odds are as slim as they could possibly be. Choices here are of course limited but let's look at each option available and the chances of them saving the day. Neighbours' only hope (and it's the smallest of hope at that) is that another UK broadcaster steps in and picks the show up.
However, understands many possible routes have already been explored to no avail. It’s a big brand and will get a lot of publicity," Grade said.
"It may not have the audience size that Channel 5 needs to keep the advertisers happy but someone will pick it up. With Michael Grade, former BBC One Controller, ITV Executive Chair and Channel 4 CEO, telling the BBC Radio 4's Today programme he predicts Fremantle will find another buyer given the soap's "ready-made audience", it's easy to assume Neighbours' salvation would be simple. While Network 10 is keen for it to continue on its digital channel 10 Peach, a large portion of the financial backing for the show comes from Channel 5 and, with that gone, it is not in the position to support it on its own. It served an audience of super-soap fans,” said Ben Pyne, president of global distribution for Disney Media Networks, back in November.Īs of today, ABC only produces one soap opera, “General Hospital,” after a history of producing long-running shows such as “All My Children,” “One Life to Live,” and “Ryan’s Hope.”ĭisney Junior, meanwhile, officially launched as a TV channel in March, 2012 and is available on DirecTV, AT&T U-verse, Verizon FiOS, and most cable TV providers.But this time we aren't just dealing with the threat of the show ending: it's extremely unlikely that Neighbours will be on the air here or in Australia by the time 2023 rolls around.Ĭhannel 5, the current home of the soap, has confirmed that it will no longer air Neighbours after this coming summer.
As of August 2013, the channel was available in almost 60% of households with TV service. SOAPnet aired current and past episodes of soap operas and TV dramas, with a large fan base of working viewers who were able to watch daytime soaps at night. Disney has cancelled ABC’s SOAPnet channel after 14 years of broadcasting shows such as “Days of Our Lives,” “General Hospital,” and “The Young and the Restless.” Last November, Disney made the official announcement the channel would no longer be on air as of the first of this year, although talks of dropping the channel have been on for a few years now as the network was poised to make room for more kids programming - namely the Disney Junior channel.
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