They better not make a half-assed attempt at this then which is what ITV's all about just lately. The reason News at Ten failed in 2003 was that it was just another news bulletin and thats not what it should be.
It was different from the rest as it was different graphics, different set and a more serious tone to the rest of the days news. So if it just becomes 'Yet another ITV News bulletin with Trev & Jul then you can be sure it won't be lasting long.
Just thinking - how will Britain's Got Talent etc work? They have notoriously been 90 minutes to include results. Would it go:
9pm BGT
10pm News at Ten
10.30pm BGT Results?
BGT is apparently going to air weekly on Saturdays next series so this shouldnt be an issue.
I haven't heard this. Actually, quite the opposite. ITV's head of entertainment was quoted as saying it would be difficult to have it weekly because of Simon's busy schedule and so the only way would be to keep it as a week long, stripped show.
They did say about it being a Saturday night show - but if Simon's scheduling is a problem they might keep it over a week next year. I think in 2009 though it'll probably replace The X Factor in the Autumn.
I imagine though they'll just run it earlier in the schedule rather than have the results after the news if it stays stripped across a week.
No news yet over whether News at Ten will air on Fridays either - keeping the Weekend News (like last time) would be wise IMO as it adds the little bit of extra flexibility - and ITV usually do pretty well with their detective drama repeats on Friday nights.
Ben posted:
Perhaps he will do what he does on Tonight and appear briefly at the start and for the end... "Gooodbyee and thank you for watching"
Genius.
Anyhow, less about Sir Trev and more about Julie - undoubtedly a good, if not unexpected, move for her considering she's been pretty much sidelined by Sky News in recent times, regularly switching slots and not really making an impact.
There has to be some irony in there somewhere though - I'd have much rather ITV had poached Dermot Murnaghan for the relaunched News at Ten.
P.S. If Michael Grade really was serious about news, it would be the ITV News Channel, not News at Ten, which was returning!
I think it'll get slaughtered in the ratings and provide a convenient excuse to cut back news programming as DSO approaches. Sir Trev won't have a long-term contract.
It'll just depend whats on before and after it - if, for example the schedule looks like this...
9.00 Britains Got Talent
10.00 News
10.30 BGT Results
... then it will get massive ratings. Ratings for the news all depend on the programmes around them, most people dont really care what channel they watch it on. It'll do better than whats in the 10pm slot at the mo anyway, so in that respect its a good move. But it was a disaster when they moved it in the first place - allowing the BBC to move theirs was scheduling suicide.
I still find it hard to believe that Trevor McDonald is returning.
Anyway, I suspect that Sir Trevor will be reading the main stories and closing with Julie presenting the sport and, perhaps, market reports, which would explain why Mary and Katie wouldn't have been in the frame for the role. I wonder if they considered trying to get Felicity Barr back?
I think it'll get slaughtered in the ratings and provide a convenient excuse to cut back news programming as DSO approaches. Sir Trev won't have a long-term contract.
why would they go to all that expense and upheaval just for an 'excuse' to cut back? The 10.30 isn't exactly doing brilliantly in the ratings so your theory doesn't really make any sense.
I'm surprised the mocks haven't started to appear yet!
Don't think there is alot to mock - I expect it'll look basically the same as the bulletins do now - though the forthcoming "tweaks" may now be a little bit bigger than previously expected.
Thinking about it though and if any ITV News bulletin needs to return to it's more traditional slot, surely it's the Lunchtime News.
This move to me does feel like it's sending ITV back 15 years - I think it's just a case of ITV being able to say "we've got two presenters, you've only got one"
Though I wonder if the Lunchtime News will lose a host to pay Julie's salary?
P.S. And let's be grateful for small mercy's - at least it's not Kay Burley. Having said that though, bringing in Jeremy Thompson rather than resurrecting Trevor would have been better.
I think it'll get slaughtered in the ratings and provide a convenient excuse to cut back news programming as DSO approaches. Sir Trev won't have a long-term contract.
why would they go to all that expense and upheaval just for an 'excuse' to cut back? The 10.30 isn't exactly doing brilliantly in the ratings so your theory doesn't really make any sense.
Didn't the same paper report on 'tweaks' earlier on this autumn?
From just sitting down and graphics tweaks to new presenters and programmes makes 'tweak' seem rather understated.
As for Alex's comments - well if the Media Guardian is correct, Julie would be a co-presenter which IMO means a bit more than reading the markets and giving a sports roundup.
I doubt she would have left a weekday four hours slot - during which there is loads of developing news - to a four minutes a day roundup slot - it just does not add up.
As for Alex's comments - well if the Media Guardian is correct, Julie would be a co-presenter which IMO means a bit more than reading the markets and giving a sports roundup.
I doubt she would have left a weekday four hours slot - during which there is loads of developing news - to a four minutes a day roundup slot - it just does not add up.
Julie will basically be Trevor's carer - doing all the things he can't do like walking around the studio and standing up! She's also neatly positioned as his successor as Trevor won't be around too long.
Julie has effectively found herself the number two at ITV News - probably a couple of places higher in the pecking order than she was at Sky - and in prime position for the top job when Trevor quits again a year or two down the line.
As for Alex's comments - well if the Media Guardian is correct, Julie would be a co-presenter which IMO means a bit more than reading the markets and giving a sports roundup.
I doubt she would have left a weekday four hours slot - during which there is loads of developing news - to a four minutes a day roundup slot - it just does not add up.
Julie will basically be Trevor's carer - doing all the things he can't do like walking around the studio and standing up! She's also neatly positioned as his successor as Trevor won't be around too long.
Julie will basically be Trevor's carer - doing all the things he can't do like walking around the studio and standing up!
That may be the case - but I thought they were getting their presenters to sit down - co presenting or solo presenting??
Would it not make more sense for her to co-present than be a filling time presenter?
Usually co-presenting means having roughly the same duties as the other presenter - especially if she is being 'groomed' to for ITV News domination (there aint many threads where we can discuss successors before the programme gets air time!)