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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 262633" data-attributes="member: 23">Yes, the competition was huge and I think was taken very seriously. Whereas nowadays you have head-to-head rivals Pointless and The Chase filmed in adjoining studios, with lots of good natured ribbing. Other than a few sitcoms, such as The Rag Trade or Birds Of A Feather, I can&#039;t think of many shows here that have changed channels the way BW and Wonder Woman did.&nbsp; Australia famously has Neighbours of course, with the legend of The Seven Network furiously destroying its existing sets to make life difficult for Channel Ten. I suppose the closest we had to that in the UK was the war that broke out when ITV poached Dallas from the BBC. The politics behind these things fascinates me, but all signs seem to point to The Bionic Woman&#039;s network change being an amicable one. It&#039;s interesting that it wasn&#039;t cancelled because it performed poorly, but simply because the head of ABC wanted to shift away from the demographic BW and WW were attracting. To me it seems like poor business, but perhaps that&#039;s why I&#039;m not head of a studio.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 262633, member: 23"] Yes, the competition was huge and I think was taken very seriously. Whereas nowadays you have head-to-head rivals [I]Pointless[/I] and[I] The Chase [/I]filmed in adjoining studios, with lots of good natured ribbing. Other than a few sitcoms, such as [I]The Rag Trade [/I]or[I] Birds Of A Feather,[/I] I can't think of many shows here that have changed channels the way [I]BW[/I] and [I]Wonder Woman[/I] did. Australia famously has [I]Neighbours[/I] of course, with the legend of The Seven Network furiously destroying its existing sets to make life difficult for Channel Ten. I suppose the closest we had to that in the UK was the war that broke out when ITV poached [I]Dallas[/I] from the BBC. The politics behind these things fascinates me, but all signs seem to point to[I] The Bionic Woman's [/I]network change being an amicable one. It's interesting that it wasn't cancelled because it performed poorly, but simply because the head of ABC wanted to shift away from the demographic[I] BW [/I]and[I] WW[/I] were attracting. To me it seems like poor business, but perhaps that's why I'm not head of a studio. [/QUOTE]

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