From baking to painting,schedules are flooded with ‘me-too’ shows – believe channels become too risk-averse as they chase advertisers?From The X Factor’s showdown with The Voice to cookery wars between The Great British Bake Off and Britain’s Best Bakery, viewers are increasingly finding the TV schedule awash with copycat shows.
Scan the recent programming lineups of the main UK broadcasters, and you’ll find a wealth of “me-too” offerings. ITV’s Britains Best Gardens and BBC2’s The gargantuan Allotment Challenge. BBC1’s The gargantuan Painting Challenge and Channel 4’s Watercolour Challenge. BBC1’s Countryfile and ITV’s Countrywise.
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Source: theguardian.com