2006 - Going back to basics!

I wonder why that is then... blastard Sun cr*ppy press, making a career by killing others!

I think you said it all there then

I'm not too sure if this 'revival' is going to materialise in the way some hope it will.

I for one would love it, but until ITV dramatically reduce the hours given to cheap, sleazy, celebrity-obsessed programming we have become all too familiar with, I will not believe it.

As Challenge themselves say, the 80s and 90s were when Ssturdays were "fun, fun, fun - not dumb, dumb, dumb".

Cheap celebrity-obsessed programmes


hmmm this week on ITV1/2....

Celebrity fit club (or as the original title it chould be called Fat Camp!)
Dancing on Ice (poor mans version of Come Dancing - anyone remember the Ice Warriors - Gladiators on Ice - it bombed!!!!!!)
Soapstar Superstar (enough said)

and coming soon.........

More I'm a Celebrity....Get Me Out Of here
New This Is Your Life!
More Celebrity Hell's Kitchen
More Celebrity Love Island
More Celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
More Celebrity Gameshow Marathon

is ther anything I have missed out with the word celebrity in it?

Possibly ITV Celebrity Evening News?????

Meanwhile over on BBC1 its Celebrity Generation Game followed by Celebrity Hard Spell, and on Channel 4 it's Celebrity Big Brother

Just because ITV aren't the only ones at it doesn't make it any less of a tired and over-used gimmick.

First they replace general entertainment with "people" programmes in the 80s, then these mutate into the reality TV strands we all love so much, then finally someone has the bright spark idea of putting "celebs" into reality programmes -- the same celebs in most cases they sacked in the first place to bring in the people shows.

So we have the frankly ludicrous situation of so-called talent being paid to be members of the public.

The lunatics have taken over the asylum. One day people will get bored of this rubbish and we might get some real TV back, but I'm not holding my breath.

Oh, I'm going to have to plan a holiday of my own when Love Island returns! The most useless, boring reality show ever!

ITV Celebrity Evening News? that sound like a good idea!

I can easly see ITV doing this to cut staffing levels get Z list celb's doing the news on *bog standed days, ( there cut everything else)

* thoses day of non major events,

I actually like the idea of this. Cilla and Barrymore to present live in front of a studio audience who cheer the stories they like and provide 'Ooh's for those more controversial.

So long as we never see Barrymore do a cringeable impression of Hitler again!

That's up there with David Brent's dance.

didn't 5 have ''Clebs' on as news presenters