If YOU were the boss of ITV...?

Posted this a while back at another forum (un TV-related)...

Imagine I'm in charge of ITV1's schedule...this is how it would look with a mix of the old, the new and the brand new...

Before regional programmes, the regions former ident will appear (e.g Central’s ‘cake’) above…All other programmes the ITV1 ident will appear.

itv:‘CARLTON LONDON’ (FORMERLY CARLTON & LWT)
itv:‘CENTRAL’
itv:‘GRANADA’
itv:‘YORKSHIRE’
itv:‘MERIDIAN’
itv:‘BORDER’
itv:‘WESTCOUNTRY’
itv:‘TYNE TEES’
itv:‘HARLECH WALES‘ (FORMERLY HARLECH/HTV WALES/ITV WALES)
itv: ’HARLECH WEST’ (FORMERLY HTV WEST/ITV WEST)

MONDAY

06:00 GMTV
09:25 CHAIN LETTERS/SUPERMARKET SWEEP
09:55 THIS MORNING
12:25 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
12:30 ITV NEWS
13:00 ITV SCHOOLS PROGRAMMES
14:00 THE JEREMY KYLE SHOW
15:00 ITV NEWS
15:30 CHILDRENS ITV
17:00 THE PAUL O’GRADY SHOW/DES AND MEL/RICHARD HAMMOND’S 5 O’CLOCK SHOW
17:30 REGION INVESTIGATES (e.g BORDER INVESTIGATES…)
The latest events in your part of the world.
18:00 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
18:30 ITV NEWS
19:00 WISH YOU WERE HERE
19:30 CORONATION STREET
20:00 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
20:30 WORLD IN ACTION
22:00 ITV NEWS AT TEN
22:30 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
22:40 COCA COLA CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS/I’M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE
23:40 COCA COLA CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL
Or 23:10 - ITV CLASSIC
Featuring the likes of Minder, Inspector Morse, Boon etc…
FOLLOWED BY QUIZMANIA

TUESDAY

06:00 GMTV
09:25 CHAIN LETTERS/SUPERMARKET SWEEP
09:55 THIS MORNING
12:25 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
12:30 ITV NEWS
13:00 ITV SCHOOLS PROGRAMMES
14:00 THE JEREMY KYLE SHOW
15:00 ITV NEWS
15:30 CHILDRENS ITV
17:00 THE PAUL O’GRADY SHOW/DES AND MEL/RICHARD HAMMOND’S 5 O’CLOCK SHOW
17:30 BLOCKBUSTERS
18:00 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
18:30 ITV NEWS
19:00 EMMERDALE
19:30 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL/ITV MOTOROLA MOVIE
21:30 THE BILL
22:00 ITV NEWS AT TEN
22:30 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
22:40 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS/I’M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE
23:40 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL or 23:10 ITV CLASSIC
FOLLOWED BY QUIZMANIA

WEDNESDAY

06:00 GMTV
09:25 CHAIN LETTERS/SUPERMARKET SWEEP
09:55 THIS MORNING
12:25 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
12:30 ITV NEWS
13:00 ITV SCHOOLS PROGRAMMES
14:00 THE JEREMY KYLE SHOW
15:00 ITV NEWS
15:30 CHILDRENS ITV
17:00 THE PAUL O’GRADY SHOW/DES AND MEL/RICHARD HAMMOND’S 5 O’CLOCK SHOW
17:30 BLOCKBUSTERS
18:00 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
18:30 ITV NEWS
19:00 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
19:30 CORONATION STREET
20:00 ITV DRAMA
The likes of Poirot, Inspector Lewis, Prime Suspect or Cracker.
22:00 ITV NEWS AT TEN
22:30 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
22:40 I’M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE/ITV CLASSIC
FOLLOWED BY ITV CLASSIC
FOLLOWED BY QUIZMANIA

THURSDAY

06:00 GMTV
09:25 CHAIN LETTERS/SUPERMARKET SWEEP
09:55 THIS MORNING
12:25 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
12:30 ITV NEWS
13:00 ITV SCHOOLS PROGRAMMES
14:00 THE JEREMY KYLE SHOW
15:00 ITV NEWS
15:30 CHILDRENS ITV
17:00 THE PAUL O’GRADY SHOW/DES AND MEL/RICHARD HAMMOND’S 5 O’CLOCK SHOW
17:30 BLOCKBUSTERS
18:00 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
18:30 ITV NEWS
19:00 EMMERDALE
19:30 THE KRYPTON FACTOR
20:00 ITV MOTOROLA MOVIE
22:00 ITV NEWS AT TEN
22:30 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
22:40 I’M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE/
23:40 CINEMA, CINEMA, CINEMA
FOLLOWED BY QUIZMANIA

FRIDAY

06:00 GMTV
09:25 CHAIN LETTERS/SUPERMARKET SWEEP
10:30 THIS MORNING
12:25 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
12:30 ITV NEWS
13:00 ITV SCHOOLS PROGRAMMES
14:00 THE JEREMY KYLE SHOW
15:00 ITV NEWS
15:30 CHILDRENS ITV
17:00 THE PAUL O’GRADY SHOW/DES AND MEL/RICHARD HAMMOND’S 5 O’CLOCK SHOW
17:30 CATCHPHRASE
18:00 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
18:30 ITV NEWS
19:00 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
19:30 CORONATION STREET
20:00 FAMILY FORTUNES
20:30 TONIGHT WITH TREVOR McDONALD
21:30 THE BILL
22:00 ITV NEWS AT TEN
22:30 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
22:40 PARKINSON/I’M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE
23:40 THE ITV MUSIC SHOW OR 23:10 PARKINSON, FOLLOWED BY 00:10 THE ITV MUSIC SHOW
FOLLOWED BY QUIZMANIA

SATURDAY

06:00 GMTV
09:25 CHILDRENS ITV
12:00 ITV NEWS
12:10 ITV REGIONAL NEWS & WEATHER
12:20 ON THE BALL
13:30 KOJAK
14:30 ITV MOTOROLA MOVIE
16:30 ITV SCORETIME
All the football results and analysis.
18:00 ITV NEWS
18:20 ITV REGIONAL NEWS & WEATHER
18:30 ANT AND DEC’S TAKEAWAY
19:30 X-FACTOR
20:30 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
21:00 THE BIG FIGHT LIVE
22:30 ITV NEWS
22:45 ITV REGIONAL NEWS & WEATHER
22:55 ITV MOTOROLA MOVIE
00:55 I’M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE OR THE ITV MUSIC SHOW (Repeat)
01:55 PARKINSON (Repeat) OR 01:25 - PARKINSON
FOLLOWED BY ITV CLASSIC
FOLLOWED BY QUIZMANIA

SUNDAY

06:00 GMTV
09:25 CHILDRENS ITV
10:25 COCA COLA CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS
11:25 ITV NEWSWEEK
A look at the top headlines this week
12:25 ITV NEWS
12:40 ITV REGIONAL NEWSWEEK
A look at the top headlines this week from your region
13:00 PARLIAMENT ON ITV
14:00 CATCHPHRASE (Repeat)
14:30 HIGHWAY
15:00 CORONATION STREET OMNIBUS (Repeat)
16:30 EMMERDALE OMNIBUS (Repeat)
17:30 ITV NEWS
17:45 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
18:00 HEART OF THE COUNTRY
18:30 BULLSEYE
19:00 HEARTBEAT
20:00 THE TREVOR McDONALD SHOW - New chat show
21:00 ITV DRAMA
23:00 ITV NEWS
23:15 REGIONAL NEWS AND WEATHER
23:25 I’M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE OR CINEMA, CINEMA, CINEMA (Repeat)
23:55 ITV CLASSIC - MINDER (Repeat)
FOLLOWED BY QUIZMANIA

You never realise how hard scheduling is until you try it yourself

Seems the 80's have well and truly returned.. can't see a clear explaination as the schedule is still crammed with garbage.

I feel the thead title is misleading as the boss of ITV has a lot better and signifigantly more important things to deal with than the schedules. "If YOU were the Scheduling Department of ITV1...?" maybe?

If I were the boss of ITV...... id axe pop idol, x-factor, emmerdale, coronation street, dancing on ice ..... and get sacked somewhere in the middle there

What do you think about replacing the title music of The West Tonight with a rousing rendition of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau ? After all, it would fit in well with their new identity.

Yes but if you were the boss of ITV you could insist the scheduling dept did what you wanted.

Yeah, there always was that problem...hence why it changed to just HTV.

Maybe they could just be ITV: CARLTON WEST ENGLAND...then again nah!

ITV isn't run by one person you know

Can anyone explain the point of this thread. People go to the effort of typing up a made up schedule, and then nobody comments on it, the next person just posts their schedule, and then the next person their schedule. It's not so much a thread, just a load of posts

Yes I do know that. But what the OP said was "if you were the BOSS of ITV". The boss can do whatever they like.

Instead of complaining all the time why dont you post a schedule of what you'd like to see on ITV, Andrew?

I think Andrew is right about these threads.

To slap a hypothetical question on the top of it is neither here nor there.

Schedules come from people who study the market data to try and reach as many people as possible in that slot.

It becomes irrelevant what the "individual" would like to see, because the decisions are based on holding the masses.

With that in mind, coming up with a "dream schedule" is nothing more than saying what your favourite programmes are; and its not particularly fascinating reading.

But for the record I rather liked Fame and Wonder Woman when I was a youngster. May I have my own channel with that, please?

Good post, though I have to say that hardly any of them programmes are my favourites or anywhere near that. Your points know are very valid.

I'd Cut Both Corrie and Emmerdale to 3 Episodes Weekly,Put Des and mel back on at five and put Richard in Des's slot.

P.S-Stop using Corrie at every chance you have,its laughable

I agree ITV should put Corrie back to 3 times a week - but people dont like me saying that on this forum.