RainbowDisney Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Sky One has poached the critically acclaimed US drama Prison Break from terrestrial broadcaster Five. The show, about a man who escapes death row, is one of Five's biggest hits, attracting two million viewers. It joins 24 and Lost among programmes which Sky snapped up after they established an audience elsewhere. "The edge of the seat drama is the perfect addition to our must-see slate of US programming," said the channel's head of acquisitions, David Smyth. A spokesperson for Five shrugged off the loss, saying: "In the light of Prison Break's declining ratings we didn't think season three represented good value for money." She added that the drama's share of the TV audience had fallen from 9.2% during the first series to 8.5% for more recent episodes. Prison Break received two Golden Globe nominations in 2006 The decline in viewing figures is unlikely to be halted by the move to Sky. When the third series of Lost transferred to Sky One last year from Channel 4, the show's audience halved. The season premiere peaked with 1.4m viewers, compared with the 2.8m who tuned in to Channel 4 for the last episode of series two. Blueprint Prison Break stars Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows, a man wrongly convicted of assassinating the US vice-president's brother. He spends the first series planning his jail break, aided by his brother - who gets sent to the same prison with an intricate tattoo of the compound's blueprint covering his upper body. The second series follows the escaped convicts as they try to evade the authorities. Season three is currently in production, and is due to be shown on the Fox network in the US later this year. Sky said it will pick up the show from the third series in the autumn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkham Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 One word comes to mind...DOWNLOAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalfia Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Not long now!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DavidB Posted August 28, 2007 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2007 And at least we get the NORMAL theme! Not those weird ones they get round the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dum dumdum Dum Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 One word comes to mind...DOWNLOAD Yup yup yup! I think TV stuff is one of the only good things about being in September!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Pants Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I feel bad for people without Sky. Luckily I'm not one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dum dumdum Dum Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Yeah I am Skyless...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsocuteandfluffy Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 The lastest Sky One promo advert with T-Bag is just awesome! But alas I dont HAVE Sky! Bah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 I hate sky ..first Lost..and now Prison Break..soon there won't be anything left for me to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Jones Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 According to a press release this past week, Sky and Virgin have meetings planned for late October/ early November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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