Oh you have to laugh sometimes, don't you?
There was Channel 5, so very quick to cancel 'Neighbours', citing investment into high quality British drama instead, and then only to bring this turkey back instead.
Maybe they thought that people had secretly been missing this programme, itself axed by the BBC years prior.
The viewing figures (about a quarter less than what 'Neighbours' got daily) show that actually no, people were quite happy that this was axed the first time.
Shoddy and weak programming from a network that should've known better. They have lost a lot of goodwill from people I think.