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Vanished from Five (UK)?

posted 15 years ago by MaaadMatt
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I missed this show when it originally aired on Five USA, so, as a fan of The Mentalist, I was pleased to see that they started showing the first season from the beginning on terrestrial (Channel) Five, giving me another chance. Well, we got up to episode 6, I believe, two or three weeks back, and now there is no sign of it. I can see in the Radio Times that Five USA are still showing The Guardian, but there's no indication of whether that is season 1, 2 or 3, or how far into whatever season it is. Does anyone know if Five are ever going to continue screening the first season from where they left off? I wrote to them to ask, but they are currently ignoring me...

[–] CarolAtkinson 15 years ago

I know - how annoying was that ...

I have actually seen all the episodes on Five USA, and they are currently mid way through season 3 on that channel - last time they got to the end of season 3, they started the whole run again from the beginning of season 1 right through - don't know if they will be doing that again though....

[–] SerenityUK 15 years ago

According to my tv guide they are showing season 1 from 8th October on Five US. I noticed it had vanished too.

DRAMA: The Guardian
On: Five USA (174)
Date: Thursday 8th October 2009 (starting in 17 days)
Time: 18:00 to 19:00 (1 hour long)

Pilot. Series 1, episode 1.
Drama series about a high-flying lawyer who is brought down to earth when he is sentenced to community service for drug offences.
Nick takes up the case of a young boy who has witnessed the murder of his mother by his father.
(2001)

Starring: Simon Baker, Dabney Coleman, Alan Rosenberg, Raphael Sbarge, Charles Malik Whitfield, Erica Leerhsen

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Marked By: 'Category: Drama' marker
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[–] CarolAtkinson 15 years ago

Thank you so much for the info, still a mystery why it's vanished from Five on a Saturday night though...

[–] catpeee 15 years ago

It was getting viewers of nearly 1 million on a Saturday evening on Five so seems a bit mysterious that they just dumped it. But that is Five's want. They've done it with other shows and show episodes of L&O CI out of sequence.

[–] MaaadMatt 15 years ago

Just a quick post to thank everyone for taking the time to reply to my original message! I'll have to keep my eyes peeled and keep checking the TV listings.

[–] SerenityUK 15 years ago

Hi all. You're welcome. I'm glad I could help. Happy watching!

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[–] catpeee 14 years ago

And it has now disappeared from Five USA to be replaced by one of the worst american series ever - Medical Investigation. Utter garbage.

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[–] CarolAtkinson 14 years ago

Some of my friends and I did email them when it vanished off fiveusa as well, and were given stock response of ratings, that the show had been shown through a couple of times, etc, etc, and then they put some medical tripe on ... go figure!

[–] catpeee 14 years ago

It had certainly been shown twice before, but why start it again, show half the first series and then bump it off. Stupid. But typical Five USA.

I'm off to shake the lettuce"

[–] Gary-161 14 years ago

To add insult to injury Five kept running "The Guardian at 6 pm" ad four or five days after! Stopping a series in mid-run is inexcusable contempt for your audience, but par for the course in today's cutthroat environment.

The sad reality is a cancelled series about social services in the States was always likely to have the same reception here. People just don't want to watch them. That's why we get glossy pap like Medical Investigations which I can't seem to get past a quarter of an hour. Even The Guardian had a certain glossiness to it and the obligatory plinkety-plonk piano as emotional shorthand. But at least it was a rare attempt to make something for grown-ups.

[–] catpeee 14 years ago

"Medical Investigations which I can't seem to get past a quarter of an hour"

I so agree with you.

I'm off to shake the lettuce

[–] SerenityUK 14 years ago

I completely agree with you about Medical Investigation!

I think though, I have to defend Five here. I started watching the Guardian April/May time when they first started showing it and they have showed all 3 seasons on a loop since then. I'm sure they are just taking a break and will show it again in the future.

I'll keep an eye out for you.

Medical Investigation is complete rubbish. They could have picked something better to replace our Nick with!!

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[–] catpeee 14 years ago

It's not so much they took it off, but why start a series and then suddenly break it off. Seems a bit stupid. And for all the US shows that there are, surely there must be something better than Medical Investigation. Even Ironside is better. And that's bad.

I'm off to shake the lettuce

[–] Esofagus 14 years ago

There's a group on Facebook where people are discussing this at the moment:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2220110984

If lots of people contact FIVE with emails and phone calls, maybe they'll reconsider:

[email protected]

T

[–] SerenityUK 14 years ago

It's worth a try. People find these shows at different times. If they know there is still an audience maybe they'll give it another go sooner.

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[–] Esofagus 14 years ago

I call it the Amnesty International method. Bombard them with letters/emails/phone calls etc. If it worked to free Nelson Mandela, it might work to get the Bakerboy back on FIVE ;-)

[–] SerenityUK 14 years ago

Lol! Good luck - I hope it works!! :o)

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[–] SerenityUK 14 years ago

Just checked my tv guide and.......... drum roll please.............!

DRAMA: The Guardian
On: Five USA (174)
Date: Sunday 20th December 2009 (starting in 21 days)
Time: 12:10 to 13:10 (1 hour long)

Pilot. Series 1, episode 1.
Drama series about a high-flying lawyer who is brought down to earth when he is sentenced to community service for drug offences.
Nick takes up the case of a young boy who has witnessed the murder of his mother by his father.
(2001)

Starring: Simon Baker, Dabney Coleman, Alan Rosenberg, Raphael Sbarge, Charles Malik Whitfield, Erica Leerhsen

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marked By: 'Category: Drama' marker
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=100901

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.

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[–] CarolAtkinson 14 years ago

wicked - wonder how long for this time!

[–] Esofagus 14 years ago

Well let's hope they start to show the whole blasted thing, I am going to have to Sky + it just in case even if I have Season 1 on DVD now, because knowing what the muppets at FIVE are like, they might show it all in the wrong order...

[–] stephtastrophe 11 years ago

Well I watched it the first time it was on 5 USA but now it's on Sony TV or Men & Movies.

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