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DO
dosxuk
Mike W posted:
PATV Scunthorpe posted:
This is just my opinion but I would prefer the 2013 titles but the 2009 music elsewhere, because I find it weird how the 2013 music has only been on a year and yet now it has gone. I find this weird but it's my opinion

I don't know what that post means. It's your opinion, fair enough - you find it weird that some music was introduced a year ago and reverted. It's weird and it's your opinion?

Do you actually think before you type and post?


The 140 character limit for all opinions and comments is a bit of a bugger really.
MA
mannewskev
So what's been the thinking with all the changes on This Morning then?:

Hub dropped,
Paper review dropped,
2013 - 14 theme music dropped,
References to "Coffee Time" guests reintroduced along with separate interview area for them,
Gardening features reintroduced,
Lighter coloured faux brickwork reintroduced,
"Days of the week" menus reintroduced.

The show feels different now and I'm wondering if it's a conscious repositioning or something. There hasn't been any problem with the ratings over the last year as far as I know, so what's driving this?
RD
RDJ
The only necessary change was the set in my opinion and that's been fixed (bar the dodgy former hub sofa area).

I keep expecting a paper review and the hub and I feel it's fallen a bit flat without it as especially with the hub it gave a purpose for the bits between items. Still mystified about the music change, especially as they started the series off with the current theme which was fine in my opinion. I don't know why they have changed it.

I'm guessing Helen Warner has just changed it for changes sake, much like Loose Women and look what's happened to that now!
BA
bazinga
RDJ posted:
The only necessary change was the set in my opinion and that's been fixed (bar the dodgy former hub sofa area).

I keep expecting a paper review and the hub and I feel it's fallen a bit flat without it as especially with the hub it gave a purpose for the bits between items. Still mystified about the music change, especially as they started the series off with the current theme which was fine in my opinion. I don't know why they have changed it.

I'm guessing Helen Warner has just changed it for changes sake, much like Loose Women and look what's happened to that now!

I agree, i keep expecting to see the hub. The show doesn't feel right without it. Presentation wise, it seems much more limited to what they had before. I actually prefer the older theme. Hopefully the hub will be reintroduced. The balance of the show doesn't feel right. I always thought it was great how much they involved viewers for their own opinions. The lorraine show also stopped the reviews, and it feels like she's wondering about the studio Wink. Back to the point though, i read somewhere that Helen warner said 'people couldn't tell the difference between lorraine, loose women and this morning ' so maybe, the axing of 'news' features had a play to part in this.
LL
London Lite Founding member
The first segment of TM remains topical, yet will feature one story as part of the interview. Friday they spent 1030-55 discussing the Pistorius trial verdict.
NW
nwtv2003
Bic Basher posted:
The first segment of TM remains topical, yet will feature one story as part of the interview. Friday they spent 1030-55 discussing the Pistorius trial verdict.


From what I had seen during the first week in September this was the case, and I hope that coninues, especially next Friday morning considering they're on for an extra half an hour in the morning, one would hazard a guess that the first hour they'll be talking about the result of the Scottish referendum.
MA
mannewskev
Have Eamonn and Ruth done any interviews in that new area yet?
ME
meridiantvfan
I just want HD please or do we have to wait for Ultra HD ?!
DO
dosxuk
If only it was as simple as just pushing a "HD [ON]" button somewhere and you could want no more.
MA
mannewskev
So has that new Coffee Time area (ex hub) just disappeared now? It never seems to be in use anymore.
ME
meridiantvfan
I noticed the 2013 theme was used for a few days into September, then it was dropped
IS
Inspector Sands
mannewskev posted:
So what's been the thinking with all the changes on This Morning then?:

Hub dropped,
Paper review dropped,
2013 - 14 theme music dropped,
References to "Coffee Time" guests reintroduced along with separate interview area for them,
Gardening features reintroduced,
Lighter coloured faux brickwork reintroduced,
"Days of the week" menus reintroduced.

The show feels different now and I'm wondering if it's a conscious repositioning or something. There hasn't been any problem with the ratings over the last year as far as I know, so what's driving this?

Maybe it's just to provide more variety across the morning? The newspaper review did tend to cover ground that GMB, Lorraine and Loose Women also covered. And of course there's The Wright Stuff doing similar fare on Channnel 5

The changes do seem to have taken it back to it's roots, the loss of 'tweets read out by some z-list reality TV star' really isn't a big loss

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