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ITV Programming Thread

iloveTV1 posted:
Ash101 posted:
Unsure where the 20th episode of Supermarket Sweet has gone. But it ends this Friday with the 19th & Tenable starts again next week at 3pm.

They started on Tuesday 1st September because of the bank holiday, hence the odd numbering each week!


Aren’t there 31 episodes in the series?


No, there are 19 episodes, plus 6 celebrity specials. Looks like the celebrity ones might be airing in a different slot, as Friday takes them up to all 19.

As for ratings, they’ve been quite poor, only around 11% shares most days. Audiences have varied in the weather but average seems to have been around 700,000 - which is probably about a third less than Tenable was doing. It’s been the weakest part of ITV’s daytime schedule and I’d be surprised if it returned in the same slot.

Rylan has his fans yet he seems to be ratings poison.
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Family Fortunes is back

Square Eyes posted:
It was slow but at least every contestant got to have a go unlike the 45 minute version.

This was a rush commission wasn't it? To fill holes in a pandemic stricken schedule. I don't think the original plan for 2020 would have been to bring back Family Fortunes or The Cube. It was more a case that they are entertainment formats that could be better accommodated in the current circumstances.


I think this is almost certainly the case. The head of entertainment said a few months ago they’d be looking to the archives to fill slots in the Autumn and next year, which makes a lot of sense, but I doubt they’d normally have revivals of two gameshows (plus Alright on The Night) in one Autumn, in the same year as they’ve already done Epic Gameshow.

It’s not a bad strategy and whilst the format isn’t really for me I thought it was fine last night. You can tell it’s been rushed by the limited promotion, the actual trailer with content from the show was only on air for a few days before the launch.

Got 3.7m which given the limited promo seems decent enough.
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Good Morning Britain in 2020

According to his Twitter Sean Fletcher is currently filming another series of his ITV Wales travel show, which presumably means he’s unavailable for GMB.
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Britain's Got Talent 2020 Set Design- Discussion

gottago posted:
As this is the most recent BGT thread I might as well post this in here. This finalists revealed show is interesting in that they've made 90 minutes out of footage they'd normally shoot for just a 15 minute last part of the last audition show.


I think they did a decent job of it. Was essentially a recap show but with a nice hook. The right decision to hold it back from the auditions and use it now to segway into the semi finals.

The phone calls suggests they were planning for this to possibly be an even smaller part of the show than normal this year. Possibly cost cutting, or maybe (as it was filmed quite late in February) someone saw the way the wind was blowing re. Covid and decided getting hundreds of people to traipse to London was unwise. That seems unlikely though.

Perhaps the most likely explanation is a filming clash with Saturday Night Takeaway (hence no Ant and Dec) and them deciding with no hosts to greet the acts that they might as well just call them.
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Britain's Got Talent 2020 Set Design- Discussion

iloveTV1 posted:
valley posted:
mediaman2007 posted:
So where is the studio? Lh2?

Yes, LH2.


Really? I thought the judges (Amanda in particular) didn’t like that studio.


Aside from the obvious point about making compromises, BGT has never been broadcast from LH2 before, so why would the judges dislike it?
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ITV Programming Thread

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars has a new series starting soon, which will probably take Sunday slot at 6ish.

They've only announced the 2 Life Stories specials even though they're filming 6, which makes me think the others might be coming later down the line, perhaps in a different slot. Jonathan Ross's Comedy Club may end up in the Saturday 10pm slot in a couple of weeks.

Are we expecting the celebrity specials of Supermarket Sweep in a weekend teatime slot or staying in the daytime slot?
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ITV Programming Thread

New six part series of It'll Be Alright on The Night with David Walliams starts on Friday 11th September at 9.30pm.

Do we know if actual links have been filmed this time, or if it is more of the (very poor) animated stuff from a couple of years ago?

https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week37/itll-be-alright-night
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ITV Programming Thread

It seems Britain’s Got Talent is still going to have a public vote, despite being pre-recorded:

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This year’s BGT semi-finals will be very different, the inevitable result of Covid-19 and social distancing restrictions. The semi-finals, which had been due to be held in May, will now take place over five, nail-biting – and pre-recorded - episodes. The Final will then take place live in October.

As usual, Ant and Dec will host the semi-finals whilst Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams will join Ashley at the judges’ desk. Eight contestants will perform in each semi-final and the judges will choose one act to go through. The second finalist will then be chosen via public vote when the episode airs.

With safety concerns paramount, some acts will take part remotely via video link whilst others will perform in the TV studio – though without a live audience. Instead, all acts will be watched by a virtual audience – with their performances live streamed into homes across the UK and the virtual audiences’ reactions then beamed into the studio on a giant screen.

The series will then culminate with the live final, in October, where one act will triumph as Britain’s Got Talent 2020 Champion and win the life-changing £250,000 prize plus that coveted role on The Royal Variety Performance.


https://www.itv.com/britainsgottalent/articles/ashley-banjo-to-step-in-for-simon-cowell-for-britains-got-talent-semi-finals
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ITV Programming Thread

It’s short notice but it’s not as if there’s loads of production going on just now so I’m sure they’ll find someone. But again, it’s why I think a different guest each episode would be better. Jonathan Ross isn’t available on Friday but could do Sunday, for example.

No idea whether Louis Walsh is in Ireland or not. They should probably avoid anyone associated with X Factor, although he’d have good chemistry with the rest of the panel. He and David could be quite funny together.

I guess Ashley Banjo is another option. Former contestant and he’s got judging experience.
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ITV Programming Thread

Jonathan Ross would be good, although don’t him and Amanda Holden have beef?

I wonder if they might go down the route of having a different guest judge each week rather than one replacement for the whole run? Seems less risky.
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Coronavirus - Impact on live/recorded shows

The Sun are reporting that Mo Gilligan is replacing Ken Jeong on The Masked Singer, who can't do the show because of international travel restrictions (just over halfway down):

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/12447408/jamie-oliver-friday-night-feast-axed-covid-fears/
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The X Factor 2021

I wouldn't take that as any kind of confirmation on The X Factor, I'm pretty sure that link has said the same thing ever since they first announced the show was going on a break back in February.

At this point I do think it is reasonably likely that the show does return in 2021 (on a reduced number of episodes), the leftover episodes of BGT and The Voice will cover some of the slots this year but that won't be an option next year. But I doubt Applause Store know much more than we do at this stage, and given the need for social distancing will most likely extend into next year, if it does return it would surely make sense to return to the closed room audition format and minimise any need for audiences throughout the series.