BBC Programming Thread

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Jools is not really for the general public given its scheduling and some of the artists he has on. A mainstream music show that isn't linked to the charts has to lean towards artists people know, which limits who can be booked and with no apparent reason for them being there it can be seen as just some performances. At least being chart-based widens the net and people may give artists they haven't necessarily heard of a chance because they are in the charts.

The charts are largely irrelevant nowadays, hence why any kind of TOTP revival wouldn't work.   A TikTok following is probably more important than charting top ten in the industry today.

You could say anything is irrelevant but even though the vast majority of viewers don't go dancing, fine dining or walk around junk shops they still exist as entertainment on TV.

Don't the charts often feature old music now instead of new releases? It's not uncommon to see songs rise up it when the singer dies (and of course if a song charts for that reason, you wouldn't be able to get them to perform on TOTP). That wouldn't have been possible before digital releases became the norm.

Any track can chart if it's popular enough. While the singles chart isn't as varied as it once was, the albums chart sees more indie and rock acts due to fans of those genres buying albums outright rather than cherry-picking songs off them.

Albums is what TOTP in its latter years should have focused more on rather than music that hadn't yet been released or showing clips of acts that were no longer relevant.