{"id":214812,"date":"2023-09-27T12:20:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T12:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=214812"},"modified":"2023-09-27T12:20:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T12:20:35","slug":"channel-4-axes-iconic-reality-show-after-16-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/celebrities\/channel-4-axes-iconic-reality-show-after-16-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 &apos;axes iconic reality show after 16 years&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Channel 4 &#8216;axes iconic reality show after 16 years&#8217; &#8211; as it becomes latest casualty amid claims the broadcaster is battling to cut costs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0What happened to your favourite Don&#8217;t Tell The Bride couples?\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Channel 4 has reportedly axed iconic reality series Don&#8217;t Tell The Bride after 16 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For nearly two decades viewers were left entertained watching hapless\u00a0grooms who never nail the dream wedding their bride has been wishing for since she was a little girl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet fans will now have to content themselves with rewatching old episodes of the programme as it&#8217;s become the latest casualty amid Channel 4&#8217;s alleged cost-cutting exercise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A source told The Sun: &#8216;People are flocking to E4 right now to watch MAFS UK in their millions &#8211; but whilst there\u2019s no plans for DTTB to return at the moment, it\u2019s clear that people love the chaos and drama that wedding fever brings &#8211; so who knows what could happen!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The show, which originally aired on BBC Three, saw couples given \u00a314,000\u00a0to spend on their wedding.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/10\/75884559-0-End_of_an_era_Channel_4_has_reportedly_axed_iconic_reality_serie-a-63_1695807401543.jpg\" height=\"477\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>End of an era:\u00a0Channel 4 has reportedly axed iconic reality series Don&#8217;t Tell The Bride after 16 years\u00a0as it becomes the latest casualty amid claims the broadcaster is battling to cut costs<\/p>\n<p>However, the money came on the condition that the groom would make all the decisions &#8211; including dress, venue and catering, and have no contact with their bride for three weeks until they met down the aisle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t Tell The Bride<span>\u00a0moved to BBC One in 2015 before going to Sky One the following year.\u00a0<\/span>Channel 4&#8217;s sister network E4 began airing the show in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>A source told MailOnline: &#8216;Whilst there aren\u2019t new series of Don\u2019t Tell the Bride in the works at the moment, it has not been axed for good.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline has contacted Channel 4 for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The alleged axe comes amid a slew of cancellations with the broadcaster reportedly battling to cut costs amid financial challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mail on Sunday revealed that staff at the channel are calling it a &#8216;bloodbath&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Controversial cult late-night show Naked Attraction, big-money celebrity flop\u00a0Scared Of The Dark and groundbreaking medical documentary Rescue: Extreme Medics, based in Scotland, have all been canned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A source said that the channel believes it is better to cut its losses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But staff blame\u00a0Chief Content Officer, Ian Katz, for wasting money on expensive but little-watched shows such as reality series Rise And Fall, which is understood to have cost the channel \u00a314million \u2013 money which could not be justified because of its low ratings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/10\/53771667-0-Oh_dear_For_nearly_two_decades_viewers_were_left_entertained_wat-a-67_1695807474094.jpg\" height=\"836\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Oh dear:\u00a0For nearly two decades viewers were left entertained watching hapless grooms who never nail the dream wedding their bride has been wishing for (Series one stars Bianca and Adam pictured)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One insider said: &#8216;Everyone is calling it a Channel 4 bloodbath.\u00a0At first everyone was in total shock when [earlier reality show] Four Weddings was cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s almost unheard of that a show that is going really well is decommissioned, but as news started to spread, other shows were falling down too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They were told that Ian Katz had been looking at the channel&#8217;s entire output, and they were sorry but it had to happen because there was no money.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The casting team were already in place to start on Naked Attraction and were all told they were no longer needed as they were not making another series.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They tried to lessen the blow to the show&#8217;s freelance crew by saying they hope to make another series in December, but that doesn&#8217;t help them now.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/10\/71994685-0-Cancelled_The_alleged_axe_comes_amid_a_slew_of_cancellations_of_-a-60_1695807357092.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cancelled:\u00a0The alleged axe comes amid a slew of cancellations of big shows such as Naked Attraction with Channel 4\u00a0reportedly battling to cut costs amid financial challenges<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12565799\/Channel-4-axes-iconic-reality-16-years-latest-casualty-amid-claims-broadcaster-battling-cut-costs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 &#8216;axes iconic reality show after 16 years&#8217; 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