I've just seen the new series of Smart on BBC Two. It reminds me of Smile - as they're showing cartoons such as Skunk Fu. They have also introduced a new DOG. They've used TC9 well though - it's looks slighly bigger then the TMi Set. I can't imagine it's live?
As said above, we're lucky to have anything at all. And what we do have is made good by it's presenters - I think Sam, Mark and Caroline make a great trio and you can tell they're actually enjoying it rather than purely just trying to get a leg onto the primetime ladder...or Top of the Pops for that matter (now who could I be talking about there...!)
How ironic how the whole format came to it's knees because of what was once great competition - Live and Kicking, a brill show, but then axed because ITV's SMTV thrashed it, then SMTV ending partly because of a slightly better BBC alternative post Ant & Dec and so on...
Is there any reason why TMi can't involve into a show with an equally cult following? It doesn't help it being on BBC2 rather than BBC1. All you need to do is get some good entertainment, guests with a degree of intelligence to them (ie. TV channel controllers) and, as Emma Forbes suggested, current teen idols you can invite in to take viewers' questions and there you go.
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What I find most strange is ITV's stance on Saturday mornings. Their 2 biggest (and most highly paid) stars came from this part of the schedule...or have they all amnesia at Network Centre.
Don't forget all the clones who have gotten somewhere with primetime TV- Cat Deeley, Tess Daly and Holly Willoughby.
Not to mention half the cast of Coronation Street were sourced from Children's Ward.
Funny how ITV still regards CITV as a great training ground, yet they had no hesitation in ending in-house children's production - now where will their future "talent" come from?
I also miss some of the games they used to do- such as Loot Machine and being able to get people involved from outside the studio, and also the Chinatown Challenge was great with the loser doing a forfeit.
I just don't think it has the same feel as the first series, as they are more limited to what they can do now because of the studio change, etc.
I am hoping that they will still do more outdoor games, such as they could race around the middle outdoor part of the studios, etc.
What they could also do now is have a forfeit for the presenter who has the least amount of friends on the TMi website...
CBBC on One now reminds me of that era of CITV a few years ago when they had presenters but they wouldn't be on every day
There's lots of time for continuity but there isn't any, so they keep playing that 'New CBBC is here' trailer over and over again. They played it twice after Newsround tonight
Just had a look at my recording to see how presentation of Class TV fitted into the new look - and the answer is, there wasn't any! Each programme was followed directly by the next without any continuity, trailers or anything. Even the irritating DOG was absent.
What with Class TV being reduced to just over an hours' worth, it does seem this is increasingly a grudging inclusion into the schedule, and I wonder what they think they're doing broadcasting regular CBBC programmes throughout the morning instead, to an audience which is supposed to be at school! I don't really think that pursuing the 'sick in bed' audience is necessarily a wise use of bandwidth.
And I wonder how our good friend Mr. Deverell will defend the decision to so savagely cut Class TV? One of few things which made the CBBC Channel worthwhile, now that's been shafted. It would be understandable if the Schools hours on BBC2 were increased to compensate for it, but no.
Don't anyone give CBBC the extra two hours it wants if it can't use the existing ones properly.
