19-05-2023, 09:34 AM
Amazed You Bet has never been bought back - Ant and Dec gave it a try stateside. I don't think they'd do a revival show though - they should be above that. Would suit Vernon Kay though if ITV are willing to throw a bit more work his way again now his star is rising again.
The reality nowadays is when a gap opens up in the schedule they tend to look at filling it at minimal cost rather than opening it up to creative to pitch for. They could just push Masked Singer back a couple of weeks and potentially add a couple more episodes, work the FA Cup games which were on ITV4 into the calendar and as BGT tends to have a double episode one week now bring that forward a week and the gap could be filled at virtually no cost.
I suspect though Ant and Dec will have their hours to make up and like last time they took a hiatus they'll get first dibs on the slot.
The reality nowadays is when a gap opens up in the schedule they tend to look at filling it at minimal cost rather than opening it up to creative to pitch for. They could just push Masked Singer back a couple of weeks and potentially add a couple more episodes, work the FA Cup games which were on ITV4 into the calendar and as BGT tends to have a double episode one week now bring that forward a week and the gap could be filled at virtually no cost.
I suspect though Ant and Dec will have their hours to make up and like last time they took a hiatus they'll get first dibs on the slot.