JE
I suppose the problem that ITV have is do they heavily schedule Christmas Day or just fill it with the soaps and Midsummer Murders?
If I was running ITV then I would go with the latter
I know people will say 'If ITV showed something half decent then viewers would tune in' but I don't think this is the case, hour long soaps and new drama would be classed as ratings winners at any other time
Harry Hill's TV Burp aired last year and underperformed, brand new Midsummer would be a hit at any other time, lackluster episodes of the likes of My Family on BBC1 gets about 3m more than they would at any other time, plus of course there is the Christmas Day EastEnders situation
It's best for ITV to show any major highlights on the other days
Maybe they should try a Christmas edition of The X Factor where a load of past contestants perform Christmas hits. The judges vote for who is the winner of that show and the winner wins nothing. I know it would be criticised for being a load of cheap rubbish with no point, but BBC1 have been trotting out SCD specials for years now
it will be interesting to see what ITV come up with for Christmas Day this year. I am not expecing anything different to the usual hour long episodes of Corrie and Emmerdale plus the News and films/2 hour drama in peak time.
It would be nice if they did show the Dancing on Ice Special on Christmas Day - possibly between the Emmedale and Corrie episodes. e.g;
6.20pm News
6.30pm Emmerdale
7.30pm Dancing on Ice
8.30pm Corrie
9.30pm Film
Jez
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Andrew posted:
fanoftv posted:
I suppose the problem that ITV have is do they heavily schedule Christmas Day or just fill it with the soaps and Midsummer Murders?
If I was running ITV then I would go with the latter
I know people will say 'If ITV showed something half decent then viewers would tune in' but I don't think this is the case, hour long soaps and new drama would be classed as ratings winners at any other time
Harry Hill's TV Burp aired last year and underperformed, brand new Midsummer would be a hit at any other time, lackluster episodes of the likes of My Family on BBC1 gets about 3m more than they would at any other time, plus of course there is the Christmas Day EastEnders situation
It's best for ITV to show any major highlights on the other days
Maybe they should try a Christmas edition of The X Factor where a load of past contestants perform Christmas hits. The judges vote for who is the winner of that show and the winner wins nothing. I know it would be criticised for being a load of cheap rubbish with no point, but BBC1 have been trotting out SCD specials for years now
it will be interesting to see what ITV come up with for Christmas Day this year. I am not expecing anything different to the usual hour long episodes of Corrie and Emmerdale plus the News and films/2 hour drama in peak time.
It would be nice if they did show the Dancing on Ice Special on Christmas Day - possibly between the Emmedale and Corrie episodes. e.g;
6.20pm News
6.30pm Emmerdale
7.30pm Dancing on Ice
8.30pm Corrie
9.30pm Film
