I was just thinking about this today so I decided to bring it up here. When Ace Lightning was first released, how much press coverage did the series get? It goes without saying that here, their wasn't ANY whatsoever, at least none I saw.

I'm not sure altogether about press coverage for the series although I have read a number of reports saying that the show had been sold to a great many countries and that it was popular.

I do remember lots of promotional clips being aired before and after the first series premiered but none for the second on the local ABC Channel (no.2) here in Australia.

I remember on CBBC's Newsround, they had a competition to win Ace Lightning games if they answered a question, something to do with Lord Fear.

I find it interesting that they didn't put more marketing into the series, since it was such a large effort on all sides of production (and a costly one at that)

The second series had nothing at all from what I remember.

Only thing I actually remember about it was during the end credits of Episode 26 in 2004 they said a brand new series of Ace begins the next day.

They said at the end of Season 1 on BBC1 that Season 2 was on the way...I had to wait a year and half for it to come out. When Season 2 finished, they said the traditional quote "and that is the last in the series for a while" - in other words, no more Ace Lightning. :(

That's what they said here.

"Ace and his friends will be back next year" (2005).

Four years (more like five) on and I'm still waiting...

It's odd because it did seem a third series was given the go ahead. But I guess because it didn't do well in America they cancelled it.

Yeah, although it didn't have much of a chance in America. Being in syndication/ not getting anything in the way of advertising certainly didn't help.

Yeah, since most American children cartoons are generally aimed at retards (no offence to any Americans since no one in America other than Jack Thompson is a retard).

I was told Rick Siggelkow that the show was cancelled due to lack of money gained from merchandise (hardly any was made anyway).

BBC does the best kids shows nowadays in my opinion.

Are you mad!? The shows on BBC nowadays are rubbish. They had such good things on in the 1990s and early 2000s now all we've got is shows aimed at kids with no brains. ITV is the best channel in my opinion.

Rotgut, you are right that most American cartoons today are of very little quality. Even those that try don't end up being all that great. Some from the 90's and 80's had some top notch quality how ever.

Indeed.

Well, maybe not all BBC kids shows.

But a few. It's mostly miss and ocassionally hit latey.

Don't know about ITV as I don't know anything about British TV, lol.
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Infact when I said BBC I meant British TV as a whole because I know next to nothing about British telly.

America does have some bad cartoons going on lately.

What bad shows do you yanks have? :P Gotta love the difference between American and British words and slang. B)

ITV1 has all the good shows (e.g. animes, shows aimed at teenagers, Spongebob Squarepants).

Thanks for the lowdown, Rotgut.

I'm Australian and there have been lots of hits and misses lately regarding our TV shows lately.

I used to watch Neighbours, before Channel 5 stole it. :(

I watch that with my sister.

I don't really know what has been going on but Harold has cancer! :blink:

The real question is what bad shows DON'T we have? It seems very few shows are still on the air, since most of the best ones get canceled.

*Spoilers*


Harold actually had a big heart attack and died this week but Karl brought him back though he didn't want to.

Holy moley! :blink:

Harold will also be leaving the show for good this week I believe.

:( I hope he doesn't die.

Wow, I have no idea what you guys are talking about :P

It's a soap...
:P

Oh I know that, I just have no idea about the plot :P

Well the general plot of 'Neighbours' is self explanatory really. It's about a group of Neighbours and then the general soap stuff.
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"General soap stuff" - Every other soap I've seen is just misey, misery, misery! Neighbours celebrated its 20th anniversary in a positive lookback, Eastenders likely did it with someone getting pregnant, killed or someone trashing the pub. British soaps generally suck! ;)

The one's here are things like who is in love with who, generic teenager stuff, the big 'epic' plot ie.

On another soap we did have a nice send off for a character who was on the show for 20 years.

Don't really know much about British sitcoms. Alll I watch is British comedy (mainly Red Dwarf), occassionally British crime shows (My mum and dad love them) and British kids shows.

Soaps :P

If Ace was a soap, where'd the plot have gotten to by now?

Fear and Ace having a secret relationship in the Love Dimension.
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Harold?

He left the show last Friday here.

:( *cries* At least he didn't die.

He went to Queensland (I think) to be with Skye and her baby.

I think by now one of the characters in Ace would have been replaced by another actor, as in common in soaps

Zap Lightning and the Carnival of Lurve.
:P

I'll stop now...

:blink: That sound's like something that might star hippies.

Hippy Lightning Kinghts.
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