"Where the heart is" Axed

They should put T'Northern dramas on a Saturday night, with The X Factor on a Sunday night.

That way, people who actually buy music will be watching live and able to vote for a decent act to win, rather than the old biddies stuck in on a Saturday night picking the one that reminds them most of their grandson.

Why get rid of Flu, it's far less offensive than botulism?

how about merging them to form a new show called 'Where the wild heartbeat is' and using it as a vehicle for ex soap stars

or how about a Sunday show called:

' Where the Heart is Beat-ing in the Wild at Heart Royal Hospital'

ive always wondered if heartbeat and the royal were turned into present day dramas, late trains, and more realism, than staying in 1969 for umpteen years. 'Casualty and Emmerdale' Spring to mind.

Well chances are Heartbeat was originally conceived as an Emmerdale from the 60s as it came out in the middle of the 60s-nostalgia boom of the early 90s (which we've been seeing again with the 70s more recently).

I would think that WTHI's axing is a one off -- yes ITV want the younger audiences, but alienating the one group where they're still really strong (over 50s female) would be a big mistake if the new shows didn't take off -- which is very possible as ITV have thus far repeatedly shown that they don't understand the sophisticated tastes of the people they're going for -- chavvy celeb reality shows are not the sort of stuff the young ABC1s watch, more young C2DEs really.

Or NEDs :lol

I thought the nostalgia cycle ran in cycles of 20 years? Or is that just pop music and fashion, with TV opting for 30-year cycles (because ITV don't seem to have many new ideas!!?)

Does seem to be a bit different for TV/film -- witness Charlies Angels, Starsky & Hutch, Life On Mars etc etc in recent years.

Whereas for music you're right, it's more like 20 years (more like 25 to me). The indie crowd have been into rehashes of early-80s post-punk/electronica in recent years. Late 80s house crap ain't with us yet

We're definately in the nostalgic about the 80s era now - and arguably even the 90s with things like Take That reforming!

Indeed. Case in point, the Hoff releases a single, and drives a replica KITT in the music video!