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JamesJH

ITV should employ Channel 4 tactics with its schedules

Channel 4 has very strong schedule structures, with it's "First Look" system and it's E4 "9 Thing" system. IMO ITV can easily implement such tactics into its schedules. Sure it will be called a copy cat, but it's powerful and impatient viewers love it.

Here's an example of what they could do:

5.00 The 5 O’Clock Show

6.00 Regional News

6.30 ITV Evening News

7.00 Emmerdale
repeated at 10.30pm on ITV3, or 5.30pm tomorrow on ITV3

7.30 Coronation Street
repeated at 11.00pm on ITV3, or 6.00pm tomorrow on ITV3
or Regional Programmes (Tue/Thu)
followed by ITV News Update

8.00 Tonight with Trevor McDonald
or The Bill (Tue/Thu, with next episode at 9pm on ITV2) or other (Wed)

9.00 ITV Drama Premiere
or Drama Series (Wed/Thu, with next episode at 10.30pm on ITV2) or Film (Fri)

10.30 ITV Nightly News

11.05 Night time Programming


I think it's about time they sorted out the schedules a little bit at ITV.