ITV News

Yes, I only saw a second of it , but from what i saw, looked much better compared to the old one!

Unusual to see Andrew Harvey presenting on a Sunday.

They seem to have rejigged the shift patterns a bit too.

They seem to be experimenting with new formats, as Andrew has presented most of the last half-hour standing at the newswall.

They arnt using the newswall more are they? I thought it was there to just be a backdrop of moving squares! And about time too, that studio has so much potential, but they arnt using to it! Is the ticker still that red?!

Yes, during the middle of the day there was much more standing up and lots of newswall presentations.

And yes, the ticker is still red.

I don't know what Saturday was like, but this was today:

0530 ITV Morning News with Rachel McTavish
0600 ITV Morning News (repeat)
0630 ITV Morning News (repeat)
0700 Carrie Frais
0730 Carrie Frais (repeat)
0800 Live with Angela Rippon (and 0800 Carrie, 0900 Sasha, 1000 Carrie)
1100 Sasha Herriman
1200 Andrew Harvey
1300 Andrew Harvey and Sasha Herriman
1400 Chris Rogers and Carrie Frais
1500 Andrew Harvey and Sasha Herriman
1600 Andrew Harvey and Chris Rogers
1630 Chris Rogers
1700 Andrew Harvey
1800 Lloyd Bracey
1845 ITV Weekend News with Andrea Catherwood
1900 Jonathan Dimbleby (repeat)
1940 Chris Rogers
2000 Andrea Catherwood
2100 Lloyd Bracey
2200 Lloyd Bracey
2300 ITV Weekend News with Andrea Catherwood
2315 Lloyd Bracey

It's notable that they used 8 presenters today (instead of the usual 7 at weekends). Will this be a regular thing I wonder?

So you're saying to me that ITN going from having the most trusted news programme (News at Ten) in 1993 to being the least trusted major news broadcaster, in the space of ten years, is ''a modern and fresh approach'' and a change for the better?

You're saying that having Chris Choi sent out to a supermarket/pub/cafe/shopping centre EVERY SINGLE PROGRAMME makes for good journalism?

That having cheesy music played over serious political reports is indicative of a quality news brand?

Not a Sun reader, are you, per chance?

Idiot.

If by your own admission you haven't watched it for "a very long time", how would you know?
I think it's fair to say that in the past couple of years there has been far less of that sort of thing (or at least it's further down the running order) than there was during the Nigel Dacre era.

That sort of gimmick is hardly unique to ITV, though, is it?

I flicked on at the top of the 3pm hour to see Andrew presenting and standing up, I was pleasently surprised. Though from looking at that schedule, I like the amount of presenters, I just hate how they jump in and out of one another, and how they are sometimes on their own then with different people, etc.

Surely something like this...
0530 Rachel McTarvish
0800 Live with Angela Rippon
1100 Andrew Harvey and Carrie Frais
1500 Chris Rogers & Sasha Herriman
1830 Sport Report
1845 Weekend News with Andrea Catherwood
1900 Chris Rogers with Headlines
1905 Jonathan Dimbleby
1945 Sport Report
2000 Lloyd Bracey & Andrea Catherwood
2230 Lloyd Bracey (in second studio)
2300 Weekend News with Andrea Catherwood
2315 Lloyd Bracey

Where they're all paired up and do 4 hour slots (or there abouts, and apart from Rachel), and appear in a slot rather than doing 6 hour shifts and appearing mid way through another section.

Obviously I've included a sport report just to fill up little spaces, though these could be done by the presenter of that hour or last hour on a sunday.

It's not a bad presenter line up, though perhaps swapping Chris and Andrew for another two presenters (as they appear in the week) would make it a good permanent weekend schedule. Plus they'd have a sports presenter on Saturday.

Why don't they actually hire sports presenters, everywhere else does. I know Sky take theirs from Sky Sports News, but the BBC do it, even the regions do it! It would also save Felicity from doing massive hours in the week and Saturday too, though she may like the overtime.

Must say Nina's looking damn fine this lunchtime.

I watched it three times recently, and the same thing was on every single programme: a total ignorance of decent, high-quality journalism, in favour of some shoddily produced pap with a tonne of irrelevant graphics and ''consumer'' features. I thought the Six O'clock News was bad, but it really is taking it to a whole new level.

Out goes the good journalism (why? Because it's expensive) and in comes the cheap b-llocks that gets Mr and Mrs C2DE watching. Hurrah.



True.

MTV use it.

P.S. I don't think there's much point continuing this discussion. I only wandered into this ITV News thread by mistake, and it's clear it's populated by clowns with limited intelligence at best. As soon as a dissenting voice is heard, you just round on them. Great debate, guys.

Glad to see they seem to have relaxed their apparent policy on same-sex presenter combinations on weekdays
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Er - no-one has rounded on you. A few people have expressed a different opinion or commented on an aspect of your criticism. You seem to be the one with poor debating skills.

Or would you prefer it if we expressed unanimous agreement with you to bolster your ego?