brand of relaxing teatime drama, and current ITV soapshave been some of the network’s most successful shows for decades.
The show airs daily after lunch on Channel 5 and is repeated at 6PM, drawing an average of around 1M consolidated viewers, numbers that have been on the wane in recent years as the Australian audience on Network 10’s 10 Peach has also diminished. Fellow Australian soapalso airs daily on Channel 5, although its late afternoon repeat was cancelled late last year as the Channel 5 News was extended.
Two sources, one of whom is a former ITV Commissioner, suggested ITV’s youth-skewing portfolio channel ITV Two could be an option as the soap pivots towards younger audiences. One of these sources predicted the BBC will also be thinking hard about picking up the show for BBC Three, another youth-skewing channel that relaunched on linear last week and is after shows to populate the early evening schedules.Using a youth-skewing secondary channel would solve any scheduling problems thrown up by the acquisition of
I would love for ITV to pick up Neighbours please 🙏. It could also potentially bring in a lot more viewers to their other shows. I hope they are discussing it 🤞 SaveNeighbours