03-05-2024, 03:14 PM
(02-05-2024, 02:07 PM)eyeTV Wrote: ITV are a big show short in the schedule. The Voice isn't it, no matter how many attempts at a revival, changing personnel or format. With the current crisis in TV production, I can't see it being a situation that turns around anytime soon. They just seem happy to bumble along in Q4 with 3rd tier entertainment shows.
As we’ve said before they’ve never really replaced The X Factor, and at this point I can’t imagine it would do any worse than The Voice is. It’s difficult because they need to find something for the Autumn, but I can also see why they don’t want to launch a new format there against Strictly. So they need to be launching new stuff in the first half of the year with a view to it then moving into Autumn once established but that doesn’t seem to be happening either. They could do with a big splashy play but I’ve no idea where that comes from and they must be kicking themselves that they missed out on Gladiators.
(02-05-2024, 05:49 PM)Brekkie Wrote: Not definite but this is listed as episode 10 and earlier in the series episodes were listed as x/10.
ITV PI lists the celeb specials of Beat the Chasers as episode 6-9/9 so not sure if those first 5 are previous celeb episodes largely shown as one offs or a series of 5 civilian episodes which may or may not have been shown.
Thanks - there will only be two post-BGT Saturday slots left after Eurovision so does make sense to hold some 1% Club back. Not sure what those two lead-ins will go on though and it does seem odd to not put Fortune Hotel there in some form.
Those Beat the Chasers episodes are a 5 part civilian series which hasn’t aired yet. Guessing that’ll be for Autumn, could be stripped but also another option for Saturday nights. Quite funny though that 3 of next week’s celebrity specials were filmed last year as part of series 6, but the fourth (airing on Thursday) is a holdover from series 4, which aired all the way back in Autumn 2021. No idea why it’s taken this long to air.