11 thoughts on “Decimate is looking for contestants”

  1. Crimsonshade

    I must be the only one here to NOT be surprised about this…

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  2. Thomas Sales

    Given how difficult Decimate’s end game is, it is actually fairly cheap to make. In addition, most of the game shows at 2:15 do about as poorly as each other so this isn’t surprising. What I want to know is whether or not Pressure Pad, which goes out occasionally on BBC2 around one-ish, are repeats or new episodes and if repeats why not do some new episodes of that?

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    1. Brig Bother Post author

      This isn’t quite true, For What It’s Worth was doing almost double what Decimate was doing, and even The Edge would do about one-third better.

      The baffling thing is why The Link isn’t coming back, terrible as it was it was also breaking a million and at least is fixable.

      Pressure Pad series two basically collapsed and nobody is quite sure why. They will be repeats.

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      1. Thomas Sales

        It must be cost not ratings they’re going for. I would imagine different production companies have different prices. I wouldn’t call 4:30 on BBC2 a bad slot…

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        1. Brig Bother Post author

          Once upon a time half four on BBC2 was a great slot, that’s where Ready Steady Cook dominated for years.

          But BBC2 is now news and repeats during daytime, very deliberately. Have you not noticed?

          There are a hundred different formats that would be as cheap to make as Decimate that may or may not bring in an audience. If anything the BBC *should* be trying new things. Unless I’m missing something I struggle to see the justification.

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          1. Paul B

            The budgets for them all will be roughly the same, give or take a couple of grand an episode. The tariff for those slots doesn’t really change. Typically first series are more expensive, but often that means the production company take a reduced production fee (or even deficit fund) in the hope they’ll come back, or sell internationally.

          2. Nico W.

            You probably can’t be too explicit, but I often wondered how much a game show costs a broadcaster. So how much is a broadcaster willing to pay for an afternoon quiz/ primetime show and how do they handle the prize money? Do they include it in those costs or do broadcaster have special prize money funds (I think I read this about the BBC or so)?

          5. Weaver

            Could it be that the BBC had something else in development, but decided not to go ahead with it? And that Decimate was the least difficult option?

            I get the feeling that Decimate is easier to stage in a hurry than The Edge or For What It’s Worth, and easier to write than The Link.

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