[Jon]

But that's already happening and will continue happening with or without a permanent successor. It's going to be a long time before the tabloids put their knives away and delaying appointing a permanant successor is only going to prolong that imo. 

Tbh I didn't anticipate the tabloids and what's best for them being the biggest concern In all of this.

I just think a channel’s presenter choices tend to fair better when someone is eased into the roll rather than being given a big build up. Schofield only got the role because he happened to be in the right chair at the right time and it seemed to work so they stuck with it. The same as Matt Baker and Christine Bleakley on The One Show there are tons of examples and I’d say Colin Murray is one. They choose Anne Robinson because they thought she would draw the biggest audience whereas they’d have been better off just letting Colin Murray run with it once Nick left then announce him as permanent once he was in situ and there were no complaints. It’s literally letting the audience decide rather than picking someone then being forced into an embarrassing climb down if things don’t work out.