Docherty quit the show in 1999 and Channel 5 did not replace him, ending their production of late night talk shows.
And one reason appears to be that the more popular shows can easily replace any skittish advertiser with another willing to take the risk.
While most changes were only cosmetic, and mechanical work was generally only done to enable the car to run, the show sometimes replaced engines.
Bates' show replaced local programming on a number of regional radio stations, and began on 4 January 2011.
A 50-minute comedy-song show with a cast of 20 replaced it.
However since 2008, the show has been upgrading and replacing some of the technology, without any changes to show elements.
The show replaces an originally scheduled new revue of 60's songs.
By the end of the 1950's, filmed shows had effectively replaced live broadcasts.
The show could have replaced him with someone similar.
The show replaced the network's previous morning show Breakfast.
