Rip Totp

Eliv8 · 06-23-2006, 04:39 PM

The fat lady gets ready to sing for Top of the Pops
By Adam Sherwin, Media Correspondent

IT STARTED with the Rolling Stones, but 42 years later Top of the Pops is finally conceding defeat, having failed to outlast its first teen idols. At its peak, the chart show attracted 16 million viewers to BBC One and prompted rows in family homes over the gender orientation and musical merit of its performers. But the internet, 24-hour music channels and the decline of the pop single has condemned it to oblivion.

Two years after its move to BBC Two, and with viewing figures barely reaching 1 million, the ailing show will be put to sleep after the broadcast of edition 2,204 on July 30.

The show is one of the BBC’s most successful international brands, seen in 112 countries, with local versions made in the Middle East and elsewhere. But a BBC strategy review found that, “in a rapidly changing musical landscape, Top of the Pops no longer occupies the central role it once did”.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...235590,00.html

My teen years would have not been complete without my Thursday TOTP. It used to come on just before Monty Python (First runs)

Tilli · 06-23-2006, 05:42 PM

It is a shame - I think the BBC kinda killed the show when they moved it to BBC Two (On a sunday I think).

RIP TOTP indeed

1stepcloser · 06-23-2006, 07:37 PM

The more MTV became accessible, the less popular TOTP became. I think it came to its natural conclusion.

I used to watch it all the time when it was on a thursday.

RIP TOTP

yertle-the-turtle · 06-23-2006, 10:10 PM

Darn.

U2Fanatic4ever · 06-23-2006, 11:06 PM

what a shame! RIP...TOTP!! many great ones appeared on that show... So many....U2 of course... rolling stones.. the list goes on and on... certainly was a part of our pop culture and the generations before us even..

i agree with someone who said that MTV certainly has taken that spot and that this was just a natural end to what was inevitable..

Salome · 06-24-2006, 08:44 AM

aww

when you look at the (british) charts though you can see that there's no way to make a decent weekly 1/2 hour music show

Laura M · 06-24-2006, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Salome
aww

when you look at the (british) charts though you can see that there's no way to make a decent weekly 1/2 hour music show

you can actually say that after suffering las 40 principales?

TOTP should have finished a long time ago, in my opinion. It is a shame though.

06-23-2006, 04:39 PM	#1
Eliv8 Refugee Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: A Place Called San Diego Posts: 1,842 Local Time: 01:02 AM	Rip Totp The fat lady gets ready to sing for Top of the Pops By Adam Sherwin, Media Correspondent IT STARTED with the Rolling Stones, but 42 years later Top of the Pops is finally conceding defeat, having failed to outlast its first teen idols. At its peak, the chart show attracted 16 million viewers to BBC One and prompted rows in family homes over the gender orientation and musical merit of its performers. But the internet, 24-hour music channels and the decline of the pop single has condemned it to oblivion. Two years after its move to BBC Two, and with viewing figures barely reaching 1 million, the ailing show will be put to sleep after the broadcast of edition 2,204 on July 30. The show is one of the BBC’s most successful international brands, seen in 112 countries, with local versions made in the Middle East and elsewhere. But a BBC strategy review found that, “in a rapidly changing musical landscape, Top of the Pops no longer occupies the central role it once did”. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...235590,00.html My teen years would have not been complete without my Thursday TOTP. It used to come on just before Monty Python (First runs) __________________

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Tilli Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Posts: 6,500 Local Time: 08:02 AM	It is a shame - I think the BBC kinda killed the show when they moved it to BBC Two (On a sunday I think). RIP TOTP indeed __________________

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Salome you are what you is Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Netherlands Posts: 22,042 Local Time: 09:02 AM	aww when you look at the (british) charts though you can see that there's no way to make a decent weekly 1/2 hour music show __________________ “Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.” ~Frank Zappa

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06-23-2006, 07:37 PM	#3
1stepcloser Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 3,764 Local Time: 09:02 AM	The more MTV became accessible, the less popular TOTP became. I think it came to its natural conclusion. I used to watch it all the time when it was on a thursday. RIP TOTP

06-23-2006, 10:10 PM	#4
yertle-the-turtle ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: York, UK and Singapore Posts: 11,750 Local Time: 04:02 PM	Darn.

06-23-2006, 11:06 PM	#5
U2Fanatic4ever Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2001 Location: nowhere..........man Posts: 20,254 Local Time: 04:02 AM	what a shame! RIP...TOTP!! many great ones appeared on that show... So many....U2 of course... rolling stones.. the list goes on and on... certainly was a part of our pop culture and the generations before us even.. i agree with someone who said that MTV certainly has taken that spot and that this was just a natural end to what was inevitable..