26-01-2023, 04:45 PM
(26-01-2023, 04:25 PM)Brekkie Wrote: I have thought for a while now that Newsnight might do a better job for BBC News at 9pm on the news channel than 10.30pm on BBC2, with perhaps a repeat at 11pm on BBC2 so it doesn't disappear from their schedules completely.Not so sure about this, both moving it down the EPG and backwards into the night on BBC Two would be expected to reduce ratings - higher performing News channel hours tend to be in the 100-150k bracket, while Newsnight at present averages about 300k. Plus, though I don't have an exact figure, I would estimate that Newsnight's budget is around the £5m mark, if not a bit higher - which would stick out on the News channel budget and make it more vulnerable.