Finally though it might not do as well on bbc seeing as most of the fans who really wan tto see it will probably watch it online after it comes out in America

BBC and Starz co-production my a***.
I would rant about how RTD has sold Torchwood’s soul to American telly, but I’ll just shut up and be happy that at least the BBC still has Doctor Who.

@TARDIS2000
Yup. Although if they’re such big fans they might watch it on BBC as well to compare the US and UK versions (yes I understand the differences will be very slight)

And then comes the bad news that Torchwood is not listed in Week 29 as you would expect it to be given that it doesn’t take that long to update a web page and they’ve had since yesterday to update it before it went online. Although, bearing in mind that Sunday has nothing for Week 29, there’s most likely a lot of updating still to be done.

OHH so a BRITISH programme is airing in the US, Canada AND Australia before actual BRITAIN!! not happy about this at all!

does any 1 know when abc1 or abc2 is going 2 pick it up?

@e.p
Sold it’s soul???

*SIGH*….

Before I say my piece, I can wait the extra time, not that any of us have any choice, but I wanted to put that barrier up before I say this.

This does feel like a bit of an insult. Not only are America getting it first, but Canada and Australia are getting it second and third the next day, with the UK trailing behind five days after them.

I don’t think people’s problem with it is the amount of time as some have assumed, but rather the principle of it.

Torchwood was a British show. Eve Myles says she understands the feelings we have about Britain getting it last, behind America, Canada and Australia and says if it was up to her, we’d get it first and as soon as it was ready and I like her for that.

There has been a very visible concern from fans that Torchwood will be very Americanised due to most of it being set in America and being co-funded and co-produced by American company Starz. I think it’s understandable that there are those that are worried that it’ll lose the essence of what makes it Torchwood, due to American environmental influences that weren’t there in Seasons 1 to 3 and given how some people feel, rightly or wrongly, about the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie.

In light of all these visible concerns, scheduling the airing of Season 4 so America gets to see it first, followed by two other countries, at least five days before Torchwood’s home countries of Britain………Well, it doesn’t do anything to ease those concerns, but rather seems, at least in some cases, to be exacerbate them.

As I say though, at the end of the day, I’m willing to wait to see it, but in principle, I have questions.

@e.p your probably right about people watchin boyh I know I probably will

@e.p
didn’t realise the television programmes had souls.

@TWWL , @Rift user
Ok… so I may have overreacted a teensy bit. *sheepish look*
But let’s all hope I’m proved wrong, right?