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RI:SE
New presenters and a revamp, what do you think?
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Terry
20th Jan 03
We hope Channel 4 didn't spend too much money on reformatting
the RISE show. It would frankly have been a total waste.
Edith is too good as a presenter to be associated with this
revamp, which, in our view, seems unnecessary and of poor quality.
The new "front man" (Ian who? or Ian who cares?) is
annoyingly loud. In our view (and probably several others),
he is totally inappropriate and probably irrelevant. It would
be preferable to leave the presentation to Edith.
RISE, as a lighter alternative to the BBC, was fine (and "if
it isn’t broke why fix it?"). Since GMTV is simply
an irrelevance that exists merely to improve the BBC's ratings,
why hasn't Channel 4 tried harder at the captive breakfast-time
market?
Oh well, its back to the BBC for us.
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Alan Bootiman
20th Jan 03
What's going on with Rise? The new format is rubbish,it's like
GMTV only Eamonn Holmes is funnier than your presenters.
The old format was much easier to watch early in the morning,and
unfortunatley Mel and Sue are just not easy to watch at anytime
of the day!
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Judi
20th Jan 03
What have you done to Rise in the morning?????? I cant believe
I waited with baited breath to see the best morning show with
great humour, only to be given a revamp of the "Big Breakfast"
with "Carry On" humour!! Why ruin a perfectly good
show - especially with Mark Durden Smith, to replace it with
something that seems like a bunch of students hanging round
trying to be funny? Im not impressed and will be switching sides.
You have upset a lot of people! Have you not heard of the saying,
if its not broken, don't fix it.
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Steven Corbett
22nd Jan 03
I would like to express my utter disappointment with the appointment
of the terrible Mel and Sue on RI:SE. I don't know if they are
meant to be comedians but they are the two most irritating individuals
on television. The simple fact is that the programme will lose
viewers. Not least because Mel was probably the only one to
come out of Big Brother with people wondering whether she is
a scripted comedian because she is not funny. As a trainee multimedia
student I know that their presenting is poor, and if could say
what I would change about RI:SE, it would be the whole format.
People do not want to hear news over and over again. I assume
the idea is to develop the news as you get it, but most stories
do not develop in any major way until 9am at least. First thing
would be to stop repeating the news over and over. Secondly,
it is too relaxed for that time in the morning. The staying
power of GMTV and BBC Breakfast suggests a formal style is more
appropriate. I think channel 4 has got the target audience wrong
- it is aimed at the viewers that GMTV does not appeal to. They
are students, who are not up from 7-9; schoolchildren, who all
have Sky and watch cartoons; teenagers, who listen to music
and so on. The 7-9 audience are office 9-5 workers preparing
to leaver home. The show needs features, maybe on health, diet
and fitness, education. It needs interviews. Do not overdo it
with the 'cool' celebs because the audience isn't interested.
The script needs to be a lot stronger. As a training journalist
I think it is terribly written. Maybe think about bringing in
older presenters. You have tried to capture a niche in the market
where there isn't one. All Big Breakfast viewers have grown
up and begun watching GMTV; all younger viewers who never watched
Big Breakfast never had to because of 24 hour cartoon or sports
channels on digital. You definitely need more music acts to
get the viewers who would normally listen to music. The design
of the set needs to be changed as well. The simple way to succeed
is to say what people want to hear - do some market research
and you will find out that is probably real life issues, not
too serious, with news once an hour and some entertainment news
only once in two hours. I don't know if you would listen to
my advice, I probably sound cocky. But I leave university in
June with a BA Multimedia Journalism. Hope I haven't ruined
my chances of a job?
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Nick
22nd Jan 03
WHY does Channel 4 have such a hard time creating a morning
show worth watching??? The 'new' RI:SE is truelly AWFUL!!(the
'old' one was better)
I have never been a viewer of GMTV before but i am one now as
RI:SE is so awful i will not watch it. Mel & Sue need to
be taken off the air immediately.I do not know of anyone who
actually likes them. They are NOT funny in the slightest and
they make me cringe. The whole format for the show seems to
be aimed at children. THE BIG BREAKFAST was the original and
is still the best morning format for channel 4. The end of that
show was the end of an era. I used to go to work late just so
i could watch johnny vaughan and denise van outen.They were
so good and funny together. I felt a personal bond with the
big breakfast that made me watch it but this new show RI:SE
is absolute cack.I was happy enough with the old format as kirsty
and liz made the show watchable due to their extremely good
looks but now we are left with that plain blonde scottish one
and possibly the geekiest and ugliest looking man on television.
PLEASE channel 4 pull you're finger out and give us something
worth waking up for as RI:SE certainly isn't worth it!!!!
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Ray B
23rd Jan 03
Why change?
Really disappointed with the new format. The 2002 RI:SE was
a refreshing change to the Richard & Judy style offerings
on BBC and ITV. The fast format, top 6 news stories, weather
and sport really told me all I needed to in the 30-40mins I
watch TV before heading to work. The new 2003 show is poor in
all the respects - I watched this morning and didn't see a single
pice of news, sport or weather...it just seems to have changed
to a glorified entertainment update. The old show had great
little touches...like the pre-break and after break RI-SE logo
showing you the time. And that top 5 whiteboard? What's that
all about? Have the budgets been cut so badly that you've had
to drop the big screens to go for a £50 whiteboard and
handwritting?
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James Warner
24th Jan 03
I was one of the many people eho thought that The Big Breakfast
should not have been ditched. However, I gradually settled in
to the original RI:SE format which improved as the presenters
started to relax. Generally, I don't think that the new format
has improved on the original, and aimimng too much for the youth
audience will probably alienate some viewers over 35. The one
good thing for me is seeing Mel & Sue back on tv. They have
a friendly, fun air about them without resorting to insults
against celebrities to get a laugh. Keep the girls and get an
older audience in the studio.
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Veronica Wallace
25th Jan 03
I think the new rise format is great, I don't agree with those
who think Edith should present alone, at least one can understand
Ian's accent, furthermore both presenters compliment each other.
Love 'what's in the newspapers' and the new set.
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G Atkinson
28th Jan 03
I also wondered what had happened to the RI:SE that left before
Christmas. I waited for it to start again but was surprised
to see it had all changed. I like Mel & Sue but they aren't
appropriate for morning. Ian Lee is good but too much. It is
now very much like the big breakfast - which I also liked. BUT
old RI:SE with Mark was much better. It was a light hearted
look at the news rather than a slightly adult Saturday morning
programme!
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Greg
29th Jan 03
Can't agree more with Terry and other comments - the new RI:SE
format is a complete turn-off (pun intended). I watched the
old RI:SE every morning, I can't even get through 30 min of
the new one. Edith is still very good individually, but the
show itself is horrible, the other presenters are anoying as
hell and there is no content! Bring back Liz and Mark or Big
Breakfast or even re-runs of "Bewitched" all of the
aforementioned are 10X better than the latest incarnation of
RI:SE. I've literally switched to BBC for my morning viewing.
The executives who made this decision should be fired, on second
thought not to worry he/she will be shortly when the next ratings
come through
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