13-03-2024, 05:00 PM
Like anything to do with broadcasting, it's all about numbers and technicalities. It's likely the BBC would have been able to commission more for older kids because it still counted as children's content and they could repeat more stuff for pre-schoolers because the thought would be that they wouldn't notice as much. It could also be that there were bought-in shows that couldn't be classed as new but fair enough anyway as they were new to kids in the UK.
CBBC moving online next year will make it difficult to know what's new and what's not and that will allow the BBC to scale back even more.
Regarding the posts about the current BBC1 and ITV1 afternoon schedules being successful, of course they are. The kids blocks won't be back because there would be outrage from viewers about their shows being taken away from them even though the shows wouldn't be axed completely, and making it seem as if during the times when the kids shows were on that adults had nothing to do for two hours.
CBBC moving online next year will make it difficult to know what's new and what's not and that will allow the BBC to scale back even more.
Regarding the posts about the current BBC1 and ITV1 afternoon schedules being successful, of course they are. The kids blocks won't be back because there would be outrage from viewers about their shows being taken away from them even though the shows wouldn't be axed completely, and making it seem as if during the times when the kids shows were on that adults had nothing to do for two hours.