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ITV Programming Thread
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31-01-2022, 07:04 PM
Brekkie post_id=66018 time=1643643578 user_id=976 Wrote:The 7-day figure for Trigger Point took it to just short of 9m viewers - the most popular programme on TV that week. 7.39m is a very impressive rating for “The Apprentice ” after so many years on air.
01-02-2022, 12:21 PM
It is, but to bring it back to ITV, I've seen comparisons being made with BGT and predictions that it will similarly get a boost for being off-air for an extended period of time. I don't agree because the standard of contestants won't be much different and unlike with The Apprentice, it's very easy for viewers to say they've seen something before with BGT so the show seems repetitive and not as good as before.
01-02-2022, 03:26 PM
Because The Apprentice is so fresh and different every series?
@Brekkietweets
01-02-2022, 07:21 PM
If you know the ins and outs of every single episode then maybe it isn't but there's a lot more going on which helps it to appear fresh to the average viewer. Another factor which hampers BGT is that the audience are expected to be OK with contestants being bigged up only for them to fall and their dreams being quashed, so a way out of that is not watching at all.
At least those taking part on The Apprentice can be successful afterwards whereas those from BGT find it an impossible task because they have to count upon a public that already see them as a failure.
02-02-2022, 01:31 AM
Simon Cowell's had another accident. Broke his arm.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/17513969/sim...ike-smash/
02-02-2022, 08:39 AM
tellyblues post_id=66233 time= user_id=1333 Wrote:If you know the ins and outs of every single episode then maybe it isn't but there's a lot more going on which helps it to appear fresh to the average viewer. Another factor which hampers BGT is that the audience are expected to be OK with contestants being bigged up only for them to fall and their dreams being quashed, so a way out of that is not watching at all. We get it, you don’t like BGT. I would argue The Apprentice makes the contestants who don’t win look far worse than BGT does these days. I don’t think anyone has said BGT will get a big ratings boost. It’s a very different show to The Apprentice that goes out in a different slot and time of year. And there’s been no shortage of talent shows since it went off air. BGT will be returning into a very different viewing climate to the one it aired its last normal series in 2019 in and it could well be down quite sharply on that one, as a lot of shows are vs 2019. But I expect it’ll still be one of the biggest shows on ITV.
02-02-2022, 12:44 PM
Score post_id=66503 time= user_id=1126 Wrote:tellyblues post_id=66233 time= user_id=1333 Wrote:If you know the ins and outs of every single episode then maybe it isn't but there's a lot more going on which helps it to appear fresh to the average viewer. Another factor which hampers BGT is that the audience are expected to be OK with contestants being bigged up only for them to fall and their dreams being quashed, so a way out of that is not watching at all. Wrong. I replied to a post which invited my opinion about whether The Apprentice was repetitive or not. Absolutely nothing wrong with trying to explain why I think BGT is different nor is it worthy of the absurd accusation that was subsequently posted. Score post_id=66503 time= user_id=1126 Wrote:I don’t think anyone has said BGT will get a big ratings boost. They have. Not on this forum but on others. Anyway, that is my last post on this subject.
02-02-2022, 04:51 PM
It does feel a bit late for that sort of show but then again I think Stars in their Eyes used to air around that time - think it was around 8.15pm for many years. Should benefit from being off the back of The Masked Singer final. I assume Saturday Night Takeaway follows the next week but not heard much about it so far. That should really benefit from having a full audience back.
@Brekkietweets
02-02-2022, 05:29 PM
If I was ITV, I'd be seriously considering renaming the series, due to Starstruck also being on the BBC at the moment.
Maybe call it "Starstruck: Double Takes" or something. Considering its been sat on the same dusty shelf as Walk the Line, it's not a good start for 2 shows of the same name being on in the same month.
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Gillian Porter, UTV (2nd April 2020; 5:59am)
02-02-2022, 06:38 PM
This is UTV post_id=66594 time=1643819370 user_id=1188 Wrote:If I was ITV, I'd be seriously considering renaming the series, due to Starstruck also being on the BBC at the moment. Or Treble Takes as it's performances by trios on the show.
02-02-2022, 06:51 PM
Brekkie post_id=66582 time=1643817110 user_id=976 Wrote:It does feel a bit late for that sort of show but then again I think Stars in their Eyes used to air around that time - think it was around 8.15pm for many years. Should benefit from being off the back of The Masked Singer final. I assume Saturday Night Takeaway follows the next week but not heard much about it so far. That should really benefit from having a full audience back.I was in the virtual audience for an edition of Starstruck last April, it’s a really fun show, surprised that it’s taken so long to be shown though. We’d have normally had the trailer for Saturday Night Takeaway by now, but I guess they want to promote Starstruck as much as they can.
02-02-2022, 07:06 PM
This is UTV post_id=66594 time= user_id=1188 Wrote:Considering its been sat on the same dusty shelf as Walk the Line, it's not a good start for 2 shows of the same name being on in the same month.Walk The Line was filmed a few weeks before airing. In fact it wasn't even commissioned until a few months before it even aired, it was an unusually short turnaround.
02-02-2022, 07:51 PM
This is UTV post_id=66594 time= user_id=1188 Wrote:If I was ITV, I'd be seriously considering renaming the series, due to Starstruck also being on the BBC at the moment.All recorded though so other than on the EPG it would be a pointless change. I don't think they are two shows people can really get mixed up.
@Brekkietweets
02-02-2022, 11:02 PM
Google it and you just get the BBC show. Even Wikipedia doesn't have a page for the ITV one, the BBC show's page has a note at the top saying "For the ITV game show format, see Stars In Their Eyes". Might as well just call it that!
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