having thought about this for a while in a field via the power of 4g i feel that the things that would make it more viable for a viewing audience would be firstly to show a class on the tv that is accessible maybe beetles or feathers not just the heavys yer they are the more exciting but the sheer size and estimated cost can put people off ware as a smaller class being popularised outside of youtube would be beneficial to the sport.

definitely ditch the house bots as they are pretty much unnecessary

dont make the battlebots mistake of thinking that it needs eye candy in the form of a clueless blonde who is there to appease the producers belief that people are thick

have a competition based on budget bots with a max spending limit to again encourage creative

keep an active arena but mabey keep it going in the direction of bb and have qualifiers in different areas to allow people who might live a long way away from the south of england have a chance to compete