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itsrobert Founding member
ELM 2011 posted:
I don't see why people get so up in arms about News at Ten moving slot? It's not like it's a regular move, it's a once off. And like said it's a documentary about a major world news story. Yes if ITV keep changing it around for a 'Corrie Special' then it does get a bit silly, and theres no where else to put it during the week. Wednesday is the soap awards, Friday is Life Stories, so Thursday is the only day but new Long Lost Family is on then which is doing okay. So I don't see an issue with this really.


I think the point is the BBC manage to air the Ten O'Clock News every weeknight at 10.00pm on the dot without exception. If they can do it, why can't ITV? If the documentary is so important, why couldn't they either split it up and put NAT in the middle on time, or bump some of the earlier crap for once? I'm sure Emmerdale viewers can live without their soap for one evening. Why does the news always draw the short straw?
BU
buster
itsrobert posted:
ELM 2011 posted:
I don't see why people get so up in arms about News at Ten moving slot? It's not like it's a regular move, it's a once off. And like said it's a documentary about a major world news story. Yes if ITV keep changing it around for a 'Corrie Special' then it does get a bit silly, and theres no where else to put it during the week. Wednesday is the soap awards, Friday is Life Stories, so Thursday is the only day but new Long Lost Family is on then which is doing okay. So I don't see an issue with this really.


I think the point is the BBC manage to air the Ten O'Clock News every weeknight at 10.00pm on the dot without exception. If they can do it, why can't ITV? If the documentary is so important, why couldn't they either split it up and put NAT in the middle on time, or bump some of the earlier crap for once? I'm sure Emmerdale viewers can live without their soap for one evening. Why does the news always draw the short straw?


People used to complain quite a bit about the news interrupting films, seems you'll always upset someone!
As I understand it it's a post-2100 documentary specifically commissioned for the slot. As a one-off landmark factual piece, I really don't see the big deal.
RO
rob Founding member
Fire alarms going off at ITN according to @itvnewsinsider on Twitter.
JW
JamesWorldNews
rob posted:
Fire alarms going off at ITN according to @itvnewsinsider on Twitter.


At first I thought maybe the Mayday protestors had gotten in.
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A former member
Channel 5 now showing cooking programme
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Brekkie
ELM 2011 posted:
I don't see why people get so up in arms about News at Ten moving slot? It's not like it's a regular move, it's a once off. And like said it's a documentary about a major world news story. Yes if ITV keep changing it around for a 'Corrie Special' then it does get a bit silly, and theres no where else to put it during the week. Wednesday is the soap awards, Friday is Life Stories, so Thursday is the only day but new Long Lost Family is on then which is doing okay. So I don't see an issue with this really.

Exactly. It's being moved for a show which in theory is of interest to viewers of News at Ten, and ITV are giving it a decent slot. 8-10pm wouldn't be suitable for such a documentary, while it deserves better than airing at 10.35pm.
WA
watchingtv
Shaun Linden posted:
Channel 5 now showing cooking programme


Any caps of the matt ending the programme early?
GH
George Hill
Brekkie posted:
ELM 2011 posted:
I don't see why people get so up in arms about News at Ten moving slot? It's not like it's a regular move, it's a once off. And like said it's a documentary about a major world news story. Yes if ITV keep changing it around for a 'Corrie Special' then it does get a bit silly, and theres no where else to put it during the week. Wednesday is the soap awards, Friday is Life Stories, so Thursday is the only day but new Long Lost Family is on then which is doing okay. So I don't see an issue with this really.

Exactly. It's being moved for a show which in theory is of interest to viewers of News at Ten, and ITV are giving it a decent slot. 8-10pm wouldn't be suitable for such a documentary, while it deserves better than airing at 10.35pm.


Just a thought, but could they not have made the documentary as an hour long News at Ten special.
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itsrobert Founding member
Brekkie posted:
ELM 2011 posted:
I don't see why people get so up in arms about News at Ten moving slot? It's not like it's a regular move, it's a once off. And like said it's a documentary about a major world news story. Yes if ITV keep changing it around for a 'Corrie Special' then it does get a bit silly, and theres no where else to put it during the week. Wednesday is the soap awards, Friday is Life Stories, so Thursday is the only day but new Long Lost Family is on then which is doing okay. So I don't see an issue with this really.

Exactly. It's being moved for a show which in theory is of interest to viewers of News at Ten, and ITV are giving it a decent slot. 8-10pm wouldn't be suitable for such a documentary, while it deserves better than airing at 10.35pm.


You have to ask yourself, though, what would the BBC do? In its 12 year history I'm really struggling to remember an instance of the BBC News at Ten being scheduled to start late. It's practically always scheduled at 10pm and starts absolutely on the dot every single night, documentary or no documentary. No matter what spin you put on it, the fact remains that ITV are far happier to delay News at Ten than the BBC is, even if it is only every now and then. Considering ITV faffed around for much of the 2000s with News at When, they really ought to have learnt their lesson. This documentary will undoubtedly appeal to those who would watch News at Ten, but not every single one of them. There will have been quite a substantial number of viewers tonight who aren't interested in Bin Laden and who wanted the news at 10pm. Chances are they went to the BBC.
CF
CatsFast101
itsrobert posted:
Brekkie posted:
ELM 2011 posted:
I don't see why people get so up in arms about News at Ten moving slot? It's not like it's a regular move, it's a once off. And like said it's a documentary about a major world news story. Yes if ITV keep changing it around for a 'Corrie Special' then it does get a bit silly, and theres no where else to put it during the week. Wednesday is the soap awards, Friday is Life Stories, so Thursday is the only day but new Long Lost Family is on then which is doing okay. So I don't see an issue with this really.

Exactly. It's being moved for a show which in theory is of interest to viewers of News at Ten, and ITV are giving it a decent slot. 8-10pm wouldn't be suitable for such a documentary, while it deserves better than airing at 10.35pm.


You have to ask yourself, though, what would the BBC do? In its 12 year history I'm really struggling to remember an instance of the BBC News at Ten being scheduled to start late. It's practically always scheduled at 10pm and starts absolutely on the dot every single night, documentary or no documentary. No matter what spin you put on it, the fact remains that ITV are far happier to delay News at Ten than the BBC is, even if it is only every now and then. Considering ITV faffed around for much of the 2000s with News at When, they really ought to have learnt their lesson. This documentary will undoubtedly appeal to those who would watch News at Ten, but not every single one of them. There will have been quite a substantial number of viewers tonight who aren't interested in Bin Laden and who wanted the news at 10pm. Chances are they went to the BBC.


But yeah, but what's the problem. For a documentary about a major news story I don't see any problem with News at Ten being moved. Apart from last night when was the last time news at Ten was moved, apart from extra time footie? There wouldn't be all this fuss if the 6:30, 1:30 or 5:30 were delayed, so why NaT?! I know it's a historic programme but I really can't see the fuss!
AM
amosc100
Wouldn't it have been better to show the Bin Laden documentary on Sunday between 9pm and 11pm?
JW
JamesWorldNews
#NewsQ's over on Twitter from Matt (our ITNCameraman) is quite an interesting conversation, Tweeps.

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