It'll hang in there, all the major networks do.

Friends is being cancelled, Big Bang Theory is E4 bound, Hollyoaks is greatly struggling and This Is England '86 is only 4 episodes.

They will survive of course.......They just won't have the same ratings.......Getting rid of a program that still has high ratings considering the multi channel choice we now have is total maddness and I believe they will live to regret it.......Its a bit like the FA cancelling the cup final........BB was not just a TV series it was a social interactive institution.........

It will go down as the worst decision in broadcasting history.......It won't ever be back on CH4.Never.......reason!!!! If CH5 do have it and CH5 cannot provide all the trimmings like BBLB and BBBM and hours of live feed then CH5 by default will ruin the show the public will lose all interest in it and no other broadcaster including CH4 would touch it with a 10ft barg pole once hated by the public.....

It will survive. Big Brother is gone. I don't know if Channel 5 should bring it back. If they don't get it right, it will be a disaster and KILL the show IDEA off for good. After that, there is no turning back.

No more property sh*te please.

Channel 4 survived before BB and it will survive again,I liked BB but it was axed for a reason,I will miss it,but it's not the end of the world it will be replaced.I loved Brookside and was gutted when it was axed,but I got over it.

Personally, I'm not sure how Channel 4 will survive.

Big Brother was Channel 4's top show in terms of ratings. I did read elsewhere that Channel 4 are investing a lot of money in new Drama's and so on but, to be honest, how many of those Drama's are going to get anywhere near the ratings that Big Brother got? I don't think they will.

Therefore, personally, I don't think Channel 4 will do that well in terms of ratings and survivng now they've got rid of Big Brother.They're even cancelling Friends from E4...dear god, they may as well cancel E4 altogether with no BB live Feed and no Friends.

The inbetweeners is on E4 and pulls in about 1million
Misfits also E4 and got not even 500k
Friends yes is popular but is also E4 and gets around 300k
Coach Trip does well and i love it and got around 2million
Big Bang Theory also E4 nd probably dosent receive high audiences
Hollyoaks barely musters 1.5million but E4 do that first look which probably gets a few hundred thousand, which is maybe why the actual show isnt as high.
Simpsons meh
And This is england started of well ratings wise but isnt on that long
Come Dine With Me usually get 2million which is good

But Big Brother regularly officially delivers 3million and are consistant and never drops below 2millon, Channel4 will suffer.

Who cares! You decide!

it worked fine before BB, i'm sure it'll fine fine after.

Friends is moving to Comedy Central anyway.

It'll be right

Tis alrigh' we have Dr Christian Jessen with his countless shows, seems to be the new direction for C4

They produce some of the best comedies on british TV - The Inbetweeners, Peep Show, The IT Crowd, in the past they have produced Father Ted. No other channel has even half that amount of success, and who's to say they wont come up with the next big idea? They produced Big Brother who knows whats next. If Channel 5 start broadcasting Big Brother in the summer there is no way Ch 4 are going to sit around and let everyone switch over to 5. Something WILL replace it, and it will probably be even better.

They are easily the most innovative british channel and are by no means finished.

E4 is channel 4

I think (hope) it'll die. I've got nothing to watch there anymore.

Actually you are right, they brought us Big Brother and do like to stay controversial even though BB got too controversial. They didn't jump on the talent show bandwagon, X factor, Strictly come dancing, Fame Academy (back in the day)
They have brought us good stuff and led the reality TV crowd.

Yeah but it aint "Channel4"

Its the same company

Also I forgot to mention The Word, Eurotrash, Brass Eye

All shows no other channel would dare touch with a barge pole, CH4 have balls and are not afraid to take a risk

They are not showing Friends any more beyond 2011, thank the Lord. If you want to see it buy a DVD or watch Paramount Comedy.

I like all the property shows lol.