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I do think rather than launch a new show in the slot ITV will rejig the schedule a bit. As Brekkie said, Masked Singer could easily sustain a couple more episodes and would benefit from not having to launch over Xmas/New Year which never works that well. I also think BGT could benefit from running a few weeks earlier, taking straight over from Masked Singer, maybe with the lives running from May Day rather than the Bank Holiday at the end of May. It would avoid that run of clashing with Eurovision/Champions League final etc.

It would also mean A&D could be spread better across the year rather than having almost all their shows in the first half of the year. I suspect whatever they do instead of Takeaway might be for September time rather than Feb/March.

I mean they could just jig things around and absorb the loss of the show, but it's another tent-pole show that's not being replaced. 

How about ITV come up with some new shows, they've never yet managed to replace XF in the autumn.