Weekend Television
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What a load of c**p,can't we have drama's etc instead of mind numbing the Voice etc.>:(
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spudato
Posts: 1,596 spudato
Posts: 1,596 spudato
Posts: 1,596 spudato
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Don't think theyd ever comtemplate putting drama on at prime time Saturday night in The Voice slot...it couldn't try to compete with Ant n Dec's type audience figures. They tend to shoehorn most weekend serial drama into Sunday evenings a la Cranford/Midwife/Downton stuff. I agree with you theres not much choice if you don't like the current menu.
Anyhow here's an ITV schedule from Sunday July 26, 1981:
6.00 ITN News
6.15 Appeal by Patrick Moore on behalf of Refresh
6.20 Moses - The Lawgiver (TV film starring Burt Lancaster)
7.15 Prince Charles talks about the Transglobe Expedition
7.45 Vegas (US series)
8.40 Bless Me Father - comedy with Arthur Lowe as a priest
9.10 Tales of the Unexpected starring Andrew Ray,Elaine Paige
9.45 ITN News
9.55 Noddy(drama about a backward boy) A practical joke backfires
10.55 The New Avengers
11.50 Faith for Life
11.56 Close
Agree 100% it really is awful, just rubbish like the voice and ant and dec's Saturday night takeaway. All the best TV is always during the week, I'm not really sure why they feel the need for saturday night tv in particular to be completely different to the rest of the week.
That looks better to me, especially Bless Me Father, Tales Of The Unexpected and The New Avengers, than most of the crud ITV put out now.
Tonight they've got :
News
Dancing On Ice
Mr Selfridge
News
Birds Of A Feather
Football
Rugby
- none of which interests me in the slightest.
I honestly don't understand the appeal of them. It's the same sort of thing every time.
The Voice is highly successful, seven million watched last night on a quite warm night against seven million on ITV..
Some other Saturday night shows can't even get two million.
A drama on ITV Friday night was under one and a half million.
The BBC has had an excellent start yo the year on Drama there is a lot about and the BBC takes up most of the top drama ratings slots.
There is a lot of choice, there are hundreds of channels and IPlayer if you do not want to watch it turn over.
It's always the same few moaning and dictating to the rest what we should watch,
After The voice last night was a great episode of Casualty a drama, so there is a mix.
There is a lot of sport on this afternoon, I do not like it but I do not complain as there are alternatives and everyone's tastes need to be covered.
Going back a few years, from January to August it was Saturday night at the movies shoeing true grit snd batman, people forget that and only recall The Two Ronnie's and Mike Yarwood.
I think a chunk of those ratings have to do with lack of real choice. I know I only watched a few minutes of The Voice because the choice was limited. It's a lot of repeats and old stuff on other channels. If you want fresh UK TV you don't get many options on a Saturday night. Talent shows have killed weekend TV for me.
Nah .. Top Gear is my only watch tonight..
You have to consider how long these shows are on. The Voice was on for 2 hours last night
Weekend tv has always been a bit rubbish. When I was a kid there was dross like Baywatch, Gladiators and Blind Date etc
If the drama on ITV was Edge of Heaven, its a wonder its getting any viewers.
If someone only has freeview and doesn't have a smart TV there are not hundreds of channels.
I only watch iPlayer on my computer if its something that I am gutted I missed.
Yes I can watch DVD's or do something else, but a lot of people just want something different and decent without flicking relentlessly on their remote.
At the moment If I want a lazy effort free slouch in front of the TV on a Saturday, I watch 3-2-1, celebrity squares and Stars in Their Eyes on Challenge.
Old crap but a lot easier to watch than the wailing and screeching on the Voice and the poor man's Morcambe and Wise that are Ant and Dec.
Looking forward to Catchphrase coming back next Sunday though.:) Rude suggestion time again.
I only have freeview and can't get all the channels (have 15 channels), have never watched X Factor, Big Brother and there is no way I'm going to watch Ant n Dec, I really do not know what the appeal is with these 2 ?! Must be appealing to women.
Weekend telly has always been a hit and a miss affair but I just turn the telly off when theres nowt worth watching.
Was Wogan ever on Saturday nights ?