Looks like they've axed scratches cupboard as I didn't spot it this week, despite it being a rollover. Extra Ram Ray this week presumably as they didn't have any interviewing left to do, though they still insist on showing a cartoon. Looks like Holly wasn't dressed properly for the final extra game involving gunge, judging by the way she ended up saying goodbye.
I noticed they stayed on the guests for a while until Holly "sorted out her top" I liked the bit they added on the phone jingle nice touch there. It looks like they've replaced Scratches cupboard with play your farts right (its much better) Does anyone else think this show is getting better?
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A former member
I agree it is getting better!!!!
I was laughing half the morning
especial at russin guy interaction with holly
It definitely is getting better, this mornings felt like an MOM. And also, the guests have began to get a little bit better too having people associated with kids on (ie Jeff Brazier, "Lara Croft"), also getting people on who appeal to an older audience (ie Shayne Ward, Soap Stars) and finally people who appeal to all ages such as Girls Aloud, Dancing on Ice stars etc. I agree with the post above regarding studio space, I think they could use it a bit more constructively for example building a small section of tiered seating which could perhaps fit the "not quite chosen ones" from the pervious week and maybe around 20 more people just to build a small audience. Just something like that would enhance it so much more.
I wonder if an open plan flat would work? that way if they had bands in they would have more room to perform even room for an audience to stand in. By open plan i mean getting rid of the wall that divides the living room and kitchen. When girls aloud performed in the kitchen they looked so cramped in the space they had to perform.
The fish tank has no use, they should just get rid of that, it is a really bad eye-sore, and also, I think they could do an sm:tv style balcony at the top of that wall
so ITV no longer care about the younger generation moving CITV to between 3pm and 430pm. How are they ever going to get brand loyalty by doing that??????
As their major channel there should be 2 hours of children's programming between 4pm and 6pm (starting off with a 10 minute pre-school programme, then a 20 minute pre-school programme then some decent animation - like the Real Ghostbusters, Gargoyles, Dangermouse etc... - and then programmes aimed at children between ages of 10 and 14 between 5pm and 6pm.
My CITV weekday schedule would look like....
1600 - 1608 Britsh Pre-school seriies (different programme each day)
1608 - 1611 BIrthday greetings
1611 - 1615 Commercial Break
1615 - 1633 Britsh Pre-school series (different programme each day)
1633 - 1637 Commercial Break
1637 - 1658 Animation (different programme each day - no commercial break during the programme)
1658 - 1702 Commercial Break
1702 - 1727 :- (Programmes with 3 minute commercial breaks)
Monday - British Factual Series'
Tuesday - British Gameshows
Wednesday - British Current Affairs/Reality/Fly-on-the-wall Series'
Thursday - British Gameshows
Friday - British Factual Series'
1727 - 1731 Commercial Break
1731 - 1756 :- (Programmes with 3 minute commercial breaks)
Monday - British Drama Series'
Tuesday - Magpie, Splash, Freetime
Wednesday - British Comedy Series', British Drama Series'
Thursday - Magpie, Splash, Freetime
Friday - British Comedy Series'
1756 - 1800 Commercial Break
Monday to Friday would have In-vision continuity announcers
Saturday:-
0925 - 1230 Saturday Showdown or even something like the old Motormouth type programme (or even do a "Swap Shop" style programme!!!). CITV would operate an hour longer (to 1230)
Sunday:-
0925 - 0933 British Short Animations
0933 - 0937 Commercial Break
0937 - 0958 Sooty, Zzzap, Bernard's Watch, other young children's programmes (NO commercial break during the programmes)
0958 - 1002 Commercial Break
1002 - 1024 Classic British Animation (e.g. The Dreamstone, Watership Down, Avenger Penguins etc.. - NO Commercial Break during the programme)
1024 - 1028 Commercial Break
1028 - 1053 Mad For It, Children's Stars In Their Eyes, Bad Influence, Other Children's Entertainment Series' (3 minute commercial break during programme)
1057 - 1101 Commercial Break
1101 - 1126 Movies, Games and Videos, Children's Stars In Their Eyes, Record Of The Year - The Contender, The Brits Are Coming (3 minute commercial break during programme)
1126 - 1130 Commercial Break
1130 - 1158 Classic Children's Drama e.g. Black Beauty, Follyfoot, The Campbells, Press Gang, Worzel Gummidge, etc (3 minute commercial during programme)
1158 - 1202 Commercial Break
1202 - 1226 Foreign Comedies
1226 - 1230 Commercial Break
Sunday's - In-vision Continuity
With this sort of CHildren's schedule I would, hopefully, bring back dceent programmes, higher ratings for CITV and most of all have a decent brand that will stay and even grow.
Do ITV seem to forget that they do have a second enteratinment channel in which to compete with Channel 4???? And anyway they way ITV have their daytime schedule at the moment - it is very uninspiring, compared to when ITV Daytime first started and when This Morning started a couple of years later !
