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(Continued.....The Stage and Television Today) Both Thames and Chatsworth said that negotiations were already under way before the results of the Oracle poll but, with television companies under increasing pressure to prove themselves in the ratings war, viewer surveys could become powerful weapons for determining a programme's fate. Chatsworth's managing director, Malcolm Heyworth, said early rating for the show had been lower than expected but the figures proved that light entertainment programmes such as Interceptor needed more time to catch on. A spokeswoman for Thames said that the company had been disappointed with the viewing figures and said that although there had been a recent increase in audiences, the show's future was still under consideration and changes would probably have to |
be made. Article author unknown. Published in The Stage and Television Today. Published date not known. Kindly sourced from the BFI by Gareth Lankshear.
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