[Tom]

New shows. They blew almost the whole budget on Big Brother last time and the rest of their schedule suffered

They managed 18 years without Big Brother, I'm sure they'll find something else

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Of course they'll regret it, But I think because they'll regret it they won't bring it back, (If that makes any sense)

Aye, they're *****s like that.

Originally Posted by Tom

They managed 18 years without Big Brother, I'm sure they'll find something else

But it was Big Brother that gave them their name and paved the way for them to become a mainstream channel, wasn't it?

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Jack_

But it was Big Brother that gave them their name and paved the way for them to become a mainstream channel, wasn't it?

No, it was stronger in the 90s without Big Brother than it was in the 00s with Big Brother

Big Breakfast, Brookside, TFI Friday, Crystal Maze, Friends, South Park, Streetmate etc

Big Brother is their biggest ever show, but it doesn't mean that without it Channel 4 won't cope, they managed before and they'll manage again and BB wasn't doing that well in the later years, rating not much higher than most of their output only that didn't cost millions