Maybe it means, those who actually decide it's fate don't actually watch it.
That makes sense, the network is fairly unwatchable. Are there any programmes worth watching now on ITV?
Not much. I have even lost patience with The Premiership now. It was okay, or at least, bearable last season. I think matters are only going to get worse this year - bit of a MOTD sydrome when they lost the rights.
Otherwise, Champions' League notwithstanding, there's not a thing I watch on the channel.
In fact, I watch more on BBC THREE. If we want to really push the boat out, I watch more on ITV2 than the main channel ..........!!!
The only time I watch ITV is in the middle of the night if I can't sleep! Mind you, exciting new dramas starting this week, as if that'll help.
I can imagine ITV executives being rather coy with their Chablis-swilling media friends about exactly what their job is. "Er... yes, I work for ITV... but not *for* them as such, more like an outside consultant..." I'd certainly be embarrassed if I was responsible for the breakthtaking amount of bilge they produce. I think I'd have to remove the "3" button from my remote control at home so I didn't have to be reminded of it outside of work hours.
Maybe it means, those who actually decide it's fate don't actually watch it.
That makes sense, the network is fairly unwatchable. Are there any programmes worth watching now on ITV?
Not much. I have even lost patience with The Premiership now. It was okay, or at least, bearable last season. I think matters are only going to get worse this year - bit of a MOTD sydrome when they lost the rights.
Otherwise, Champions' League notwithstanding, there's not a thing I watch on the channel.
In fact, I watch more on BBC THREE. If we want to really push the boat out, I watch more on ITV2 than the main channel ..........!!!
If you're not a sports fan, that translates to nothing. I haven't watched anything on ITV for years. I used to be a fan of Frost, Taggart, even The Bill used to be OK, there were a few good programmes on the channel, but they now seem to have been replaced by nonsense.
Let's have a look at tonights Sunday Night family schedule:
6:30 Steve Irwin: Leaping with lemurs
7:30 Coronation Street
8:00 Alright on the night's All Star
9:00 Rosermary and Thyme
10:00 Into the danger zone
10:30 ITV News
10:45 The South Bank Show
11:55 Faultines
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6:30: Cheap import? I just want to hit that bloke.. Can't stick his pointless trying to wrestle big animal rubbish
7:30: Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooring
8:00: It wasn't funny in 1988, and it isn't funny now - just an excuse to recycle some old rubbish clips instead of putting the effort into a new programme
9:00 Don't know what this is, the synopsis on Sky describes something about undercover gardeners, not my cup of tea
10:00 Don't know what this is, sounds like a dodgy import, and very boring
10:45 The South Bank Show, never found this very interesting. This is ITV's feeble attempt at "Arts Programming". An instant switch off.
11:55 Religious series about an orthodox church in russia seeking political and religious power. Ok, this might be quite interesting, but it's on so late, I probably won't be watching it.
So there you, a nice family night in and ITV1 shows how much of a desperate state it's in...
So on account of Dyke's speech in Edinburgh, is it time ITV was released from it's regional obligations to it can invest in decent primetime programming?
To be honest, it will die if it isn't. The BBC is our public service broadcaster, so, instead of pumping money into crap like Fame Academy, it should be forced to make more programmes specific to the regions and involve more people from the community to highlight causes and so forth. At present, other than our regional news magazine, there is little evidence of this from the BBC. (there is little evidence of this from our regional ITV broadcast either, it has to be said)
I think it should. The trouble with the BBC is that it has become too commercial. It tries to rival commercial channels, and at the end of the day, that's not what it is for. Most of the arts and culture programming is inaccessible to many people, because it is stuck on BBC4 - a channel that many people do not have - the same goes for the political stuff. Sure, the BBC has a duty to entertain, but it seems that populist programming is shown disproportionably across the entire network.
Well I suppose you can half blame the BBC for ITV's downfalling - if the BBC filled it's schedules with factual programmes, and ITV focused on entertainment then there wouldn't be as many cheap fillers and more original programming on both networks?