ITV1 Schedule changes

Its worth noting there are some small changes to the ITV1 schedule in both daytime and peaktime week commencing 12th March.

The 8pm Monday slot (between the 2 episodes of Corrie) seems to be regional. It seems that this regional slot is in place of the Tuesday 7.30pm one. ITV Wales are effectively losing a regional slot as they usually have both the Monday 8pm and Tuesday 7.30pm for regional programmes with Wales This Week on Monday nights in place of Tonight.

On Tuesday 13th at 7.30pm they have a 1 hour programme "Cops with Cameras" and then Tonight with Trevor McDonald is at 8.30pm.

Also on Wednesday 14th there is no "The Bill" due to UEFA cup football from 8pm.

In daytime, after the lunchtime news at 1.30pm, we have the following schedule from Monday 12th March

2.00pm Midsomer Murders
4.00pm Dancing on Ice Exclusive
4.30pm Poirot
5.30pm Dale's Supermarket Sweep

Hmm.... seems like most of the afternoon is taken up with repeats of peak time dramas.

That's quite an interesting change for ITV, I can see why they want to show the Regional Programmes between Coronation Street, as chance being more people could probably watch them, although I don't think the ratings would be as high as what Tonight With Trevor McDonald gets.

Chance being Jez that ITV Wales will probably take the slot back elsewhere, if they do it the CITV way then they will probably make the time up later on.

It may also only apply for one week. As I mentioned elsewhere, EastEnders and Holby City are moving times in the run up to Red Nose Day, so there's not the usual scheduling techniques taking place

The Monday 8pm slot has been regional on UTV for quite a while. They show Insight in place of Tonight which is shown usually at 11pm. More recently it hasn't been shown until midnight though because UTV are showing Supernatural at 11pm.

Saying that, the latest series of Insight has finished and come next week UTV will be showing Airline in the Monday 8pm slot instead!

ITV Wales usually also have regional programme at 11.00pm on Monday nights too, which means Tonight is pushed back as late as 11.30pm or even Midnight. We usually dont rejoin the network until about 1.30am as everything gets pushed back.

Supernatural seemed to be shown in a network 11pm Monday slot last year but not anymore. ITV Wales used to show this in line with the rest of the network and had Tonight straight after at Midnight.

The is also football on Thursday 15th March from 7.30pm which means no regional programme there either.

if there is football on the Thursday too does that mean no "Bill" that week?

Yes that is correct.

According to DS on Friday 16th March, Tonight with Trevor McDonald is on at 10pm.

it looks like they have A Touch of Frost at 8pm and then Tonight at 10pm.

Looks like they are trying Tonight out in different slots.

Well, thats the end of series two for PokerFace, what a great final it had also! Such a shame that Millionaire will be back next week taking its slot.. I wouldn't mind another series of Family Fortunes instead of Millionaire!

The Monday one is a bit strange, but I think the Friday edition is just complementary scheduling to Comic Relief.

C4 have pulled their entire Friday night line up that week and instead just replaying the last three episodes of Ugly Betty and airing a Balls of Steel repeat.

I wish they'd stop tinkering with scheduling for Thw Bill. Quite often it's down to one episode a week, and a while ago it was off for about 2 weeks IIRC. Surely they could shuffle it to a later slot when there is football,or even have the footie on ITV4.