More4 Cutting The Daily Show

[Bob The Skutter]

Looks like The Daily Show's viewing figures have dropped low enough that More4 have decided to do away with regular broadcasts. Cutting back to only the weekly Global Edition.

From The Guardian

More4 is cutting back from five editions of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart per week to just one.

From next month Channel 4's digital service will only air the Monday Daily Show Global Edition, marking an end to the five-year deal which began with More4's launch in 2005.

More4 broadcasts the daily edition of the irreverent US current affairs show on Tuesday to Friday evenings at 8.30pm, with the Global Edition on Monday evenings.

A Channel 4 spokeswoman said: "More4 will continue to show The Daily Show Global edition on Monday nights in the new year, so viewers will still have the opportunity to see the best of Jon Stewart's Daily Show in the UK."

Broadcast in the US on cable channel, Comedy Central, Stewart's satirical news programme attracts an average of between 60,000 and 90,000 viewers in the UK.

More4 bought the US version of Shameless in August, as it moved to bolster its roster of "high-end American programming".

The money recouped from reducing transmissions of The Daily Show should allow the broadcaster more room to invest in arts programming, such as the True Stories documentary strand, which it signalled a commitment to earlier this year.

Can't say I'm too sad to hear this, I used to watch but it got a bit boring at 4 episodes a week. 1 a week might be the right number to make it worth watching.

 

[Iasius]

Maybe you'll be able to watch it on thedailyshow.com then. I understand that's currently blocked in the UK.

 

[Roger Wilco]

I don't think 4 shows a week is too much, but I often skip the interview.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I don't think 4 shows a week is too much, but I often skip the interview.

Maybe that's where I went wrong, The interviews and sometimes the "reports" seem to add nothing, it's not often I find the full show entertaining.

I wouldn't be surprised if FX didn't pick it up and put it together with Colbert.

 

[Roger Wilco]

Yeah. It can be good, but if it's some bland Hollywood actor/actress plugging a movie I'm not interested in or some guy who wrote a biography about some US president who lived a century ago, it's just a waste of time for me.