14-02-2023, 02:28 PM
The right call on both. Masked Dancer can always be bought back at a later date if needs be - it was always on a suicide mission against Strictly. It would probably have held up OK as summer filler, but ITV seem to have backed out of summer content now.
The Ninja Warrior revival was a poor production compare to the original - just didn't work at all. Indeed scheduling wise both might have benefitted from switching around - although Masked Dancer would have been a bit early at 5.30pm having it largely out of the way before Strictly would have offset the early start, then Ninja is more of an alternative to Strictly at 7pm. What I found odd with Ninja Warrior though was how it was often at 5.30pm on the Saturday then repeated at 5.30pm on the Sunday too.
The Ninja Warrior revival was a poor production compare to the original - just didn't work at all. Indeed scheduling wise both might have benefitted from switching around - although Masked Dancer would have been a bit early at 5.30pm having it largely out of the way before Strictly would have offset the early start, then Ninja is more of an alternative to Strictly at 7pm. What I found odd with Ninja Warrior though was how it was often at 5.30pm on the Saturday then repeated at 5.30pm on the Sunday too.