20-05-2024, 08:01 PM
(20-05-2024, 07:44 PM)Larry the Loafer Wrote: Richard talks about how Granada beat the other regions and won the contract for This Morning, but it just got me wondering. IIRC this predated the ITV Network Centre by a few years, so who actually had the say on who got the new daytime slot?
There used to be a 'top table' of the 5 biggest/ influential companies that agreed the schedule. That's why you would get more than one network documentary strand, different dramas and LE etc. In my opinion it was better for the viewer, if not for the smaller TV companies like Border or Westward.