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So it's goodbye to the 9pm dramas then - probably the most important part of ITV's schedule.
The actual strategy seems to be what ITV needs - only thing I think most of us would argue with is the soaps, but to be honest until they strengthen the schedule across the board they probably can't afford to mess too much with the soaps.
Talking of which - random idea, but with the soaps rather than cutting the number of episodes how about taking them off air for short periods.
We've often talked about things like taking them off at Christmas and for events like the World Cup - but I'm thinking more about taking them off for short period of 1-2 weeks for event programming - therefore limiting the risk of losing the audiences when they're off air.
Britain's Got Talent would be the best example, stripped across a week or two at 7pm - while a similar strategy could be employed for The X Factor audition stage, or even I'm a Celebrity could move to that slot.
Random idea, which has the advantage of keeping the 9pm slot free for the drama - but of course it;s a disadvantage too as I'm sure it saves more money to take the drama off air than it is the soap.
But on that line anyway, I do think on ITV anyway programming like Britain's Got Talent and even I'm a Celebrity would be more suited to 8pm as part of a more balance schedule.
P.S. Scheduling reality and ITV1 have a new quiz format sometime next year - Duel, which is some head to head game of nerves. It's made by Gallowgate productions - so expect Ant and Dec to be hosting - but it be good if it went out on a weeknight rather than Saturday nights.
Though talking of Saturdays, Ant and Dec have piloted a new version of You Bet in the USA - so could that make a UK return? And talking of returns, Gladiators are back in Australia next year too.
dvboy posted:
The main points are moving Emmerdale and Coronation Street to 7:30 and 8:00, allowing the regional slots and Tonight etc to follow the news, and making 8:30 a common start time across the week. The new soap commissions will go in on Friday making it soap night, whichever is the most lighthearted of the two would be the later, leading into comedy. Tuesday programmes still allow for the football to interrupt and I have included a consumer programme the likes of which we haven't seen on ITV in a long time. The South Bank Show is cut to 45 minutes but is followed by a programme that is related to its subject somehow. Finally, I've put in a few quiz shows, something else that's missing from the schedule (I've axed Millionaire!)
So it's goodbye to the 9pm dramas then - probably the most important part of ITV's schedule.
Square Eyes posted:
Well this is the official recovery plan :
Accelerate
Long running, sustainable dramas
Factual & Entertainment formats
Sketch comedy & sitcom
Grow
Long running formatted documentary series
Lifestyle programming
Gameshows and quizzes
Sustain primacy
Soaps
Daytime magazine / Talk
Reduce
One-off dramas
9pm Strategy
More 60 minute drama at 9pm
Fewer repeats
More football
More comedy
and now of course News at Ten.
Accelerate
Long running, sustainable dramas
Factual & Entertainment formats
Sketch comedy & sitcom
Grow
Long running formatted documentary series
Lifestyle programming
Gameshows and quizzes
Sustain primacy
Soaps
Daytime magazine / Talk
Reduce
One-off dramas
9pm Strategy
More 60 minute drama at 9pm
Fewer repeats
More football
More comedy
and now of course News at Ten.
The actual strategy seems to be what ITV needs - only thing I think most of us would argue with is the soaps, but to be honest until they strengthen the schedule across the board they probably can't afford to mess too much with the soaps.
Talking of which - random idea, but with the soaps rather than cutting the number of episodes how about taking them off air for short periods.
We've often talked about things like taking them off at Christmas and for events like the World Cup - but I'm thinking more about taking them off for short period of 1-2 weeks for event programming - therefore limiting the risk of losing the audiences when they're off air.
Britain's Got Talent would be the best example, stripped across a week or two at 7pm - while a similar strategy could be employed for The X Factor audition stage, or even I'm a Celebrity could move to that slot.
Random idea, which has the advantage of keeping the 9pm slot free for the drama - but of course it;s a disadvantage too as I'm sure it saves more money to take the drama off air than it is the soap.
But on that line anyway, I do think on ITV anyway programming like Britain's Got Talent and even I'm a Celebrity would be more suited to 8pm as part of a more balance schedule.
P.S. Scheduling reality and ITV1 have a new quiz format sometime next year - Duel, which is some head to head game of nerves. It's made by Gallowgate productions - so expect Ant and Dec to be hosting - but it be good if it went out on a weeknight rather than Saturday nights.
Though talking of Saturdays, Ant and Dec have piloted a new version of You Bet in the USA - so could that make a UK return? And talking of returns, Gladiators are back in Australia next year too.
