Saturday 7 March 2009

Fiver scheduling and New Zealand updates

Heads up to any new fans of Out of the Blue in the UK who have discovered the show on Fiver. Yesterday was the final time that the show will air in its 9.25am slot. From next week, there'll be just two showings a day - with a repeat of the previous night's episode airing at 6.45am as usual, and the latest episode airing at 7.30pm. Viewers with Fiver+1 also have two extra opportunities to catch each episode at 7.45am and 8.30pm.

In other news, the show has recently completed its run on TV2 in New Zealand. The show started out in an early evening slot on the network, going up against Home and Away on another channel. In later weeks, it transferred to a 1.30pm slot and had double episodes. We've already seen a couple of comments online from fans in New Zealand who are wondering what will happen next. For example, TV Tonight reader Lottie says:

"I've just finished watching the whole series in New Zealand and loved it, but it has just ended without notice and a big cliffhanger. Are they going to make any more or is it all over? I think there is an audience for it here and everyone I know loved it... the majority being over 25. Please bring another series!!!"

It'll be interesting to see whether Aussie fans become as fanatical as their UK counterparts as the show continues to hot up over the next few weeks.

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