eyeTV post_id=63887 time= user_id=1517 Wrote:Starstruck I think will get its launch immediately after The Masked Singer Final on 12th Feb, so it should be on a decent lead in.
Then it will follow Saturday Night Takeaway every week which I presume will start the weekend after The Masked Singer finishes?
I think that's right. They'll both have to take a week off for the Six Nations on 19th March but otherwise they'll run through to April. BGT is back filming now so it should then be that with some combination of In For a Penny, Romeo and Duet and Epic Gameshow.
Guessing Masked Dancer might run weekly through June/July this time as they don't need another entertainment strip in the Spring with BGT week and The Real Games. That possibly with Rolling in It and any of the shows listed for Spring that don't get used will I guess take them through the Summer.
Then possibly The Voice in Sept/Oct, then an an earlier I'm a Celeb in Nov before the World Cup.
The 1% Club possibly then for Sundays at 7pm once Dancing on Ice is done? They've still got loads of Family Fortunes episodes on the shelf that could fill gaps as well, I would have thought they'd want to be on episodes with an audience and no social distancing by the Autumn.
Talking of Sundays putting The Good Karma Hospital head to head with Call the Midwife seems like scheduling suicide - surely they could hold it back until it finishes.
Very good point Brekkie.
The best alternative they could have had would have been to split DOI as they used to do for Wild at Heart; end the first part at 7:30 for The Good Karma Hospital and return for the results at 8:30. Though DOI brought in more viewers back then.
Catchphrase seems to be a never ending run at 6pm on Saturdays. Although it doesnt have an adverts usually (same as weeknights 6pm-7pm) so i guess its more of a filler.
I think The Good Karma Hospital was popular enough to pull viewers in on Sundays, plus it follows DOI so will get viewers from that.
SRO have sent an audience invite out for Romeo + Duet with quite a detailed description of the format
Quote:Romeo + Duet is a light-entertainment, singing & dating format hosted by Oti Mabuse; where single contributors, aka “pickers”, nab themselves a date off the back of a suitor’s song.
Divided into four rounds, with a picker in each, they’ll get to hear up to 4 singers serenade them, but crucially the picker cannot see the singer. Their decision must be based solely on whether the suitor strikes the right chord.
Set in a studio, our pickers reside on top of a bespoke balcony, in a blind spot to the performance area. The picker will only get to see the performer if they walk all the way down the balcony, passing “the step of no return”. And from there, it triggers the curtain drop to reveal their match.
After picking their perfect match, each newly formed pairing will leave the main stage and head to the greenroom. With the clock ticking, they’ll learn to sing a duet together, all whilst getting to know each other a little better.
The show culminates in the Duet Off, where we welcome back the four couples to perform their duets. Power is then handed over to our studio audience, as they’ll vote for their winning couple of the episode, sending them on a romantic getaway.
The show will record at 5.45pm on Fri 28th, Sat 29th & Mon 31st January, Tue 1st, Wed 2nd, Thur 3rd & Fri 4th February 2022 at Dock 10 Studios, Manchester.
So basically Blind Date: The Musical.
To be fair the format sounds much stronger than the title suggests.
On screen countdown on ITV2 just now for Trigger Point’s first episode. Counting down the 47 hours odd.
Appeared in the top left with the ITV logo in colour with the words “Trigger Point” overlapping the ITV2 DOG.
https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/voiceuk-2022prerecord
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar...-Line.html
The Voice reduced to nine episodes and Walk The Line apparently not coming back.
A problem faced by both shows and which blighted The X Factor in its latter years is that the public don't want another Leona Lewis because they've seen it before but anyone who sings something upbeat can be seen as too cocky. Contestants know this so play safe with ballads, which doesn't make great TV unfortunately.
Possibly Starstruck has a chance then as singers have no option as to what they sing and have to go for it, as long as they don't overdo it and appear disrespectful to who they are impersonating.
Ash101 post_id=64353 time=1642801945 user_id=936 Wrote:On screen countdown on ITV2 just now for Trigger Point’s first episode. Counting down the 47 hours odd.
Appeared in the top left with the ITV logo in colour with the words “Trigger Point” overlapping the ITV2 DOG.
This has happened on ITV as well as ITV2 on several programmes including Fridays Corrie. Seems ridiculous IMO, They have had trailers for 'Trigger Point' since well before Christmas, I think everyone knows when it is on ITV. The countdowns during the programmes are a distraction, i don't want to see them when im watching Corrie!
For all the build up it's a bit underwhelming- just a dull episode of The Bill.
7x blind auditions for The Voice and just 2x episodes to wrap up does indicate the problem with the show. We tend to watch the blinds but then rarely watch the remaining episodes, presumably from that split we’re not alone.
Brekkie post_id=64637 time= user_id=976 Wrote:For all the build up it's a bit underwhelming- just a dull episode of The Bill.
Did you think?
Yes there was a lot of talk between the characters, but it’s episode 1, and you need to get to know them. I found the first episode of Mare of Easttown a little dull last year, but the full series was brilliant.
I have faith in Trigger Point after that first episode.. I hope I’m not let down.
As an aside it’s nice to see it airing weekly with no bingeable option; some may say it’s not how viewers like to watch nowadays, but for me it allows people to discuss it and builds anticipation for the next episode.
I was really underwhelmed. Agree though it is nice it isn't being thrown up on demand as everything seems to be now, but think it would probably have benefitted from a two night premiere to kick start the series.
We all knew an explosion was coming tonight, but really think nowadays given the standard set by shows such as Line of Duty new shows need to pull such stunts in the first few minutes of the premiere, not the last couple of minutes, to get things off with a bang so to speak. The characters weren't engaging enough to hook you in from that regard - and it's tricky to get past this being anything other than Kate Fleming undercover.
Brekkie post_id=64637 time= user_id=976 Wrote:For all the build up it's a bit underwhelming- just a dull episode of The Bill.
Brekkie post_id=64657 time= user_id=976 Wrote:I was really underwhelmed. Agree though it is nice it isn't being thrown up on demand as everything seems to be now, but think it would probably have benefitted from a two night premiere to kick start the series.
We all knew an explosion was coming tonight, but really think nowadays given the standard set by shows such as Line of Duty new shows need to pull such stunts in the first few minutes of the premiere, not the last couple of minutes, to get things off with a bang so to speak. The characters weren't engaging enough to hook you in from that regard - and it's tricky to get past this being anything other than Kate Fleming undercover.
I thought it was a decent start, will certainly be tuning in next week, don't read the spoiler tag if you are going to watch on ITV Hub
Regarding the spoiler:
If Peaky Blinders gets the Sunday slot from 6 Feb (The Tourist finishes next week) then it might be game over for Trigger Point.