To make it worse, it looks like of that 2.9 Million, only 0.4 Million of them were children watching. Of course, overnigh figures are never exactly accurate - and don't represent every single home within the UK. But, from the sounds of things, it looks like The Sarah Jane Adventures isn't nessecarily "children's television"...
In other news, I'm hearing rumblings that "Invasion of the Bane" is set for a Saturday evening / Sunday afternoon repeat on the CBBC Channel some time in January. We'll post more on this apparent news story as soon as we learn more.
To reassure readers, the sries proper of "The Sarah Jane Adventures" is scheduled to begin filming mid-way through April (which would suggest that the series is set to air around June/July - or if the beeb want to, it could very well be held back until the Autumn schedules in September). The scripts are no doubt being written right now - so as soon as information is released, Sarah-Jane.TV will be straight on the case!
Finally on the news front, as we enter 2007 there's still no news on the latest K9 series, "K9 Adventures". Sources have suggested that the series is likely never to be made, and will fall through during pre-production. This can only be good news for "The Sarah Jane Adventures" - where K9 is currently locked away inside a safe (apparently in deep space) attempting to close a black hole. Altogether now... "Poor K9!" We, as viewers, want the metal mute back just as much as Sarah Jane does.
Now, just like in October when Torchwood debuted, I feel immensely proud to be associated with such a fantastic new series. Yesterday, I was literally on the edge of my seat throughout "Invasion of the Bane" - and I'm not even part of the demographic for the series! Honestly, Sarah Jane didn't let me down one bit, and I can't wait until the new series debuts later in the year.
It's going to be a blast - and I'm really going to enjoy taking you faithful readers along for the ride...
3 comments:
We loved it as well, by "we" meaning a 28 year old and a 40 year old. I'm looking forward to showing it to my son tonight, who *is* in the demographic. I'll be very interested to see his take on it. *I'll* be watching more, no matter what. It definitely didn't feel kidded down, and to me was just as scary as a lot of old school Who eps.
Yep, I'm 32, and I loved it. And of my friends, it was much adored by an 18 year old, a 19, two 23 and a 56 year old.
... I think the BBC have maybe misjudged the audience for this show. :)
(Incidentally, we all agreed that it was infinitely superior to Torchwood.)
This 33 year old also really enjoyed it. Great fun and with some lovely character moments for Sarah Jane. The show also has at least one other fan: the TV critic of no less a publication than the esteemed 'Leicester Mercury' reviewed the episode with the headline "Beeb scores yet another Who hit". Proof if any be needed that it was officially good!
Think it's a bit too early to be worried about ratings / hitting the right demographic. The real test for that will be when the proper series airs on CBBC.
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