{"id":20842,"date":"2022-08-25T12:08:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T10:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1698244"},"modified":"2022-08-25T12:42:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T10:42:09","slug":"channel-4-boss-on-big-brother-return-reviving-old-shows-is-depressing","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/channel-4-boss-on-big-brother-return-reviving-old-shows-is-depressing\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 boss on Big Brother return: \u2018Reviving old shows is depressing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 25 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Channel 4 boss Ian Katz has addressed Big Brother\u2019s return to our screens, suggesting that resurrecting old TV formats is \u201cdepressing\u201d.<\/p>\n

The groundbreaking reality series is being revived on ITV<\/a>, having originally launched on Channel 4 in 2000 and later being resurrected by Channel 5 in 2011.<\/p>\n

Speaking at this year\u2019s Edinburgh International TV Festival, Katz said: \u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful, wonderful show \u2013 it did wonderful things for Channel 4 for a decade, it did a great job for Channel 5 for seven years. I\u2019m sure it will bring an audience to ITV.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, he then added: \u201cI do think there\u2019s something depressing about this microwave moment that we\u2019re in in television, with so many old dishes being reheated.\u201d<\/p>

Though Katz acknowledged that Channel 4 is revisiting old formats itself, mentioning the recent Changing Rooms revival<\/a>, he suggested that \u201cif Channel 4 is about anything, it has to be about looking for that new dish, looking for the new recipe, and that\u2019s what we need to keep our focus on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking yesterday (24th August) at the Festival, ITV boss Kevin Lygo revealed that the success of Love Island was in part responsible for the channel reviving Big Brother<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look at Love Island and we see this extraordinarily successful show that defies all current logic and goes against what people say, that young people don\u2019t watch terrestrial television,\u201d Lygo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you think, every single night at nine o\u2019clock on ITV2 and the Hub is this show for eight weeks, that more young people watch than they watch anything else. And we should all take great joy in the fact that if you get the right show, they\u2019re going to come and watch it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more coverage from the Edinburgh International TV Festival 2022:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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