The show is in it's 11th year, pulls in around 7 million viewers and wins awards pretty much every year too. So a lot of people seem to like it.. even if you don't.
This is actually only it's 9th year as there was no series from 2010 - 2012.
ITV haven't changed their basic format since the 70's. They assume families still all sit round the tv and watch their shows because there is no other form of entertainment.
Neither have the BBC for that matter. That time on a Saturday has always been a 'family entertainment' slot.
Tonight's SNT just proves why ITV is the master of big production TV. The BBC may beat ITV in ratings overall, but the BBC would never be able to put on a show like Takeaway tonight.
They don't need to. They already did it (and better!) back in the 90swith Noel's House Party. (Until Blobby turned up, that is )
Here's an idea. Find some shows you do like (maybe on at unsuitable times for yourself in the week) or shows you might like and record them and watch them on Saturday night. That's what me and the hubby do. ;-)
That's a shocking idea, how could you suggest such a thing, when the OP could have a moan instead.
As there's no analogue anymore, I'd guess the OP has a freeview box, fair number of channels to select from.
Box set of Lost sorted the crap saturday night viewing for me..xmas pressie and a great one..!
Bleedin Lost, what an utter swizz that was.
Couldn't watch in now, knowing all those 'promising' storylines are going nowhere.
I'm still peed off with it, but thankful that I didn't get right into it like some, reading and writing reams of stuff online, trying to make out the messages and hidden meanings from the whispering voices in the wind, etc.
The punters came up with better plots than the writers.
Lost, lol Prince, I am on series 3 now, ahem, season 3,spot the botox and nose job series, should be a drinking game! It is turning out like young and restless on an island, but I am hopefull with the dharma initiative stuff...meh, hopefully more sci fi than mythology...
Better than minogue on the voice so...Think i might rewatch the prisoner next, patrick mcgoohan one!
Odd post from the OP who has written off the whole of Saturday night based on the output of one programme on one channel.
With dozens of channels available, on demand services and PVR's Saturday night TV is what you make it.
Even in the era of multi channel it's still possible to find certain days completely full of tat tv, I have had a few Saturdays off and the tv has been off as I preferred to listen to music or read, it's true to say that tv is dire but only if stating it from a personal point of view.
The show is in it's 11th year, pulls in around 7 million viewers and wins awards pretty much every year too. So a lot of people seem to like it.. even if you don't.
7m people is just over 10% of the population.
If you imagine a bell curve of intelligence in the population, this could easily be represented before even reaching -2 standard deviations.
In other word - the mindless and drunks of Saturday night viewing a show does not mean it is good. It just means there are enough mindless and drunks around to watch it.
Always have switched off from Friday night through to Sunday evening. Thought I'd give tonight a try out.
Had Chinese dinner delivered. Another first.
So is this it? Those two little men children who's punchlines I mouth along with them as they are so predictable, (from IACGMOOH)? Plus the best voice owned by the goofiest, least cool guy in all the World?
Aargh! Now the pair have been borrowed from This Morning..
That's it done. I'll switch off until at least tomorrow night and every week in future.
I gave it a go.
Oh well, never mind. Was the Chinese takeaway ok ?
Weekend tv has been rubbish for a long time, as other posters have said. The excuse used to be that all the important viewers (18-35 year olds) would be doing something else. The middle classes would be busy preparing dinner parties or eating out at the latest in vogue restaurant. The lower classes would be out binge drinking, fighting and throwing up in the gutter. Now times are hard, Granny is no longer available as a free babysitter, she's probably got more disposable income than you and is out enjoying herself. More people are stuck at home looking for something decent to watch and they just haven't woken up to that fact yet.
The Voice was very very popular last night, and on BBC1 there were good ratings all night from pointless to the lottery to casualty. Ant and Decs House party, sorry, Noel's takeaway, sorry Ant and Decs Saturday Takeaway, was beaten by The Voice.
When people say Saturday TV is not what it used to be, it's unclear what they want, it seems a moan, but no answers of what they want is posted.
The main issue isn't TV but lack of good talent, the funny entertainers of yesteryear are no longer around and haven't been replaced with any quality entertainers of today. You can't make a good entertainment show, without someone good to present it.
Look at these, and you will see it's better now.
The latest developments concerning the war in the Gulf.
0705
Open University
0730
Babar
0800
Gulf News
0810
Eggs 'n' Baker
0850
Cartoons
0900
Gulf News
0905
Going Live!
Phillip and Sarah officially unveil the new BBC One globe.
1212
Weather
1215
Grandstand
1710
News and Weather
1730
Sport/Regional News
1735
Say Tooned!
1750
Jim'll Fix It
1825
'Allo 'Allo!
1855
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
1940
Bergerac
2035
Don't Wait Up
2105
News; Sport; Weather
2135
Midnight Caller
2225
The Full Wax
Starring Ruby Wax.
2300
Match of the Day
Highlights of today's FA Cup matches.
0010
Gulf News
0015
Film: Cat Low
0155-0200
Weather and Close
BBC One27 January 1990
0630
Commonwealth Games
Overnight coverage from day three of the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
0900
Going Live!
With Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene.
1212
Weather
1215
Grandstand
Including highlights from the Commonwealth Games.
1705
News and Weather
1715
Regional News and Sport
1720
The Flying Doctors
1805
Jim'll Fix It
1840
Bob's Full House
Starring Bob Monkhouse.
1915
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
2000
Waterfront Beat
2050
News; Sport; Weather
2110
Midnight Caller
2200
Dave Allen
2230
Match of the Day
FA Cup 4th round highlights with Desmond Lynam.
2340-0630
Commonwealth Games
The live coverage includes five swimming finals beginning at 0330 and athletics which includes the 400m finals at 0445 and the 100m finals at 0550.
BBC One07 July 1984
0620
Open University
[UHF Transmitters Only].
0825
Interval
0840
The Saturday Picture Show
With Mark Curry.
1050
Film: Powdersmoke Range
Western.
1200
Film: The New Adventures of Tarzan
Bruce Bennett stars in the title role.
1257
Weather
With Ian McCaskill.
1300
Grandstand
Desmond Lynam introduces live coverage of the ladies' singles final from Wimbledon.
1755
News and Weather
With Jan Leeming.
1805
Sport/Regional News
1810
Film: Mackenna's Gold
Starring Gregory Peck, Telly Savalas and Omar Sharif.
2015
The Val Doonican Music Show
Last in the present series.
2100
Dynasty
2150
News, Sport, Weather
2205
Wimbledon 84
Highlights of today's finals and a look ahead to tomorrow's men's singles final.
2305
Bird of Prey
Third part of a four-part thriller for the electronic age.
2355
Film: Yesterday's Hero
Starring Ian McShane and Adam Faith.
0130-0135
Weather and Close
ITV 109 February 2002
0600
GMTV
0925
SM:TV Live
1130
CD:UK
1230
ITV News
Followed by Regional News.
1240
On the Ball
Football preview with Gabby Logan.
1330
The New Addams Family
1400
Film: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Comedy.
1620
The Goal Rush
With Angus Scott, continued from the ITV Sport Channel.
1705
Regional News
1710
ITV News and Sport
1735
The Brits Are Coming
S Club 7 host the second of three shows previewing this year's Brit Awards.
1810
You've Been Framed
With Lisa Riley.
1840
Home Alone
A one-off programme in which children have the chance to change their family home to suit themselves.
1910
Pop Idol Live Final
Will Young and Gareth Gates sing to become the Pop Idol of 2002. Hosted by Ant and Dec.
2010
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
2045
ITV Weekend News
With Katie Derham.
2100
Pop Idol Live Final
Voting update.
2105
Another Audience with Ken Dodd
2205
Pop Idol Live Final Result
Ant and Dec reveal the winner.
2230
The Premiership
With Des Lynam.
2345
Club Reps
Series following Club 18-30 reps in Rhodes.
0015
Film: Sea of Love
Erotic thriller.
0225
Veronica's Closet
0250
Popped In, Crashed Out
Music quiz.
0315
Box Office America
0340
ITV at the Festivals
Coverage of V2001 from Chelmsford.
0435
World Sport
0500
ITV Nightscreen
0530-0600
ITV Morning News
ITV 1 - Anglia17 February 1996
0600
GMTV
0925
Teleganticmegavision
1025
It's Not Just Saturday
1130
The Chart Show
1230
Movies, Games and Videos
1300
ITN News/Weather
1305
Anglia News
1310
The Big Byte
1335
Warner Cartoons
1350
Time Trax
1445
Film: Splash
1645
ITN News/Sports Results/Sport
1705
Anglia News
1720
New Baywatch
1815
Barrymore
1915
Blind Date
2015
Beadle's Hot Shots
2045
ITN News/National Lottery Update/Weather
2100
Prime Suspect 3
2300
Film: Bonnie and Clyde - The True Story
Starring Tracey Needham.
0050
Pyjama Party
0215
Funny Business
0240
Film: The Green Berets
0500
Wanted Dead or Alive
0530
ITN Morning News
ITV 1 - Central01 February 1992
0530
Morning News
0600
TV-am
0925
Motormouth
1130
The ITV Chart Show
1230
The Munsters Today
1300
News and Weather
1305
Central News
1310
Saint and Greavsie
1355
Great Planes
1455
Film: The Disorderly Orderly
[1964]. Starring Jerry Lewis.
1635
Cartoon Time
1645
Results Service
1700
News and Weather
1705
Central News
1715
Central Sports Special - Goals Extra
1725
Baywatch
1815
Best of Blind Date
1915
Barrymore
2000
The Worst of It'll Be Alright on the Night
2100
Boxing
WBO Super Middleweight Championship. Chris Eubank v Tholane Malinga.
2200
News and Weather
2220
Aspel and Company
2305
Film: The Stone Killer
[1973]. Starring Charles Bronson.
0055
Loose Cannon
0150
CinemAttractions
0220
America's Top Ten
0250
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
0320
WCW Pro Wrestling
There's other things to put in the mix. Just because the TV is "on" doesn't mean anyone is watching it. Previous TVs of ours when you turned them on found BBC1, but both our present TVs like most now, will come on tuned to the last station selected before it was turned off.
Quite often I might be watching something, then when it's finished or if I'm sick of it, I'll mute the sound but leave the TV on and go and do something else.
I think a lot of people "multi-task" when the TV is on as they can engage in other activities, like reading the paper and still be able to follow a programme on the TV, because they can hear the dialogue. That's why I won't watch "average" Continental dramas that are subtitled.
I remember my dad once, watching the boxing on TV, over a book, with his headphones on listening to a Gilbert and Sullivan LP.
My wife thinks I'm a bit like him, in that I can watch football on TV, if it's not a brilliant game, with the sound muted, whilst I'm playing my tenor sax.
Quote:
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway returned to ITV to 6.05 million viewers last night (February 22), according to overnight data.
25.9% of the audience share tuned in to the first instalment of the entertainment show's 11th series when it aired at 7pm.
In the same timeslot on BBC One, The Voice UK continued to top Saturday night ratings, with 7.25m (31.2%) watching as Kylie Minogue, Tom Jones, will.i.am and Ricky Wilson completed their teams in the final round of blind auditions.
National Lottery: Who Dares Wins quizzed 5.37m (25.5%) at 8.30pm, while Casualty's latest episode attracted 4.83m (23.4%) at 9.20pm.
On BBC Two, 1.51m watched the highlights of Sochi 2014's penultimate day on Winter Olympics: Today at the Games at 7.10pm.
Top Gear followed at 8pm with 1.15m (5.15%), while The Culture Show pulled in 1.01m (4.85%) at 9pm.
Back on ITV, Take Me Out's current series came to an end with 3.67m (17.44%) hoping to find out which couples would be whisked off to the Isle of Fernando's.
2.83m (15.03%) watched interviews with McBusted, Jack Whitehall and Bradley Walsh on The Jonathan Ross Show at 9.50pm.
On Channel 4, Tony Robinson's Walking Through History once again pulled in the channel's biggest primetime ratings with 1.22m (5.47%). Thriller Hostages continued with 540k (2.61%) at 9pm.
The most successful programme of the night for Channel 5 was the last in a triple-bill of NCIS. The final episode of the evening pulled in 761k (3.65%) at 8.30pm.
BBC Three's showing of Ben Stiller's comedy sequel Little Fockers topped the multichannel ratings with 1m (4.9%) at 9pm.
If you imagine a bell curve of intelligence in the population, this could easily be represented before even reaching -2 standard deviations.
In other word - the mindless and drunks of Saturday night viewing a show does not mean it is good. It just means there are enough mindless and drunks around to watch it.
Well the 'mindless and drunks' pay their license fee, buy things from shops in great numbers, 7 million apparently.
You're nobody on this scale, so go and find something for the 'intelligent and sober' to watch on a different channel.
Another kvetching thread, like there aren't enough of those about...
You can always watch Channel 5 on a Saturday and imagine you're in America in the seventies and eighties as all they seem to have on are ancient Columbo and Diagnosis Murder repeats, which weren't very good first time round.
However, of the main channels, ITV Saturdays are just low rent, low brow junk and the BBC has the equally boring alternative of The Voice, game shows and Casualty.
I can remember going back to 1979 and having Doctor Who, The Two Ronnies, Jim'll Fix It( I know it's off limits now, but then it was a good show) and Mike Yarwood to watch, all shows that attracted at least 16 million viewers. At other times of the year on Saturdays there was The Generation Game, Seaside Special, Secret Army, All Creatures Great and Small and Parkinson.
5.40 pm Chips (California Highway patrol)
6.35 The Video Entertainers: Vince Hill, Frank Carson
7.05 Russ Abbot's Saturday Madhouse with Dustin Gee,Michael Barrymore
7.35 TV Movie: Hellinger's Law, a renowned criminal lawyer
9.20 Seagull Island with Jeremy Brett,Nicky Henson ''Barbara continues the search for her blind sister''
10.20 ITN News and sport
10.35 House on the Hill: Life in a house in Glasgow in the 1930s with Annette Crosbie
11.35 Let's Rock: Lulu, Joe Brown,Alvin Stardust, Shakin' Stevens
12.05 Tennent's Golden Arrow Darts highlights
12.35 Epilogue, close
BBC1 July 25, 1981:
6.15 Pop Quiz with Mike Read
6.45 Film: Carry On Follow That Camel: Phil Silvers,Jim Dale,Kenneth Williams
8.20 Summertime Special from Brighton with Faith Brown,Randy Crawford
9.05 News and sport with Kenneth Kendall
9.20 Royal International Horse Show from Wembley
10.30 Roots part 11 (TV miniseries)
12.00 House Calls (US comedy) with Lynn Redgrave,Wayne Rogers
12.25 Weather,close
BBC2 July 25, 1981:
4.10 Cricket Benson and Hedges cup final from Lord's
7.35 News and sport
7.55 Cloch - the work of Irish sculptors
8.20 Spirit of Asia: Hinduism
9.20 Film: Isle of the Dead, Boris Karloff (horror)
10.30 Film: The Telephone Box: Spanish film with English subtitles
11.05 News
11.10 Cricket highlights
11.40 Film: The Crazies (horror)
1.25 am Close
If you imagine a bell curve of intelligence in the population, this could easily be represented before even reaching -2 standard deviations.
In other word - the mindless and drunks of Saturday night viewing a show does not mean it is good. It just means there are enough mindless and drunks around to watch it.
How many people do you think are drunk at 7pm on a Saturday?
I know some very intelligent people who like mindless, undemanding TV. If you use your intellect in your profession, you don't necessarily want to have to use it to be entertained too. Some like to just switch off and be entertained in a very undemanding way. I happen to prefer more demanding TV but that's my choice, not a result of my IQ or education.
Intelligence isn't a very good guide to taste. And saying unintelligent people are the main audience is really quite an insult. I think it's mainly said by people trying to imply they are far too intelligent to be entertained by such things. Intellectual snobbery, nothing more.
Takeaway and Take Me Out are typical lowest common denominator fodder that ITV excels at churning out. Easy enough to avoid though I find, mercifully ;-)
I hate both of the above.
We finished up watching the Winter Olympics, Tony Robinson walking around Norfolk (C4 I think) and That'll Be The Day on one of the drama channels.
Well the 'mindless and drunks' pay their license fee, buy things from shops in great numbers, 7 million apparently.
You're nobody on this scale, so go and find something for the 'intelligent and sober' to watch on a different channel..
Unfortunately, your argument cuts both ways. The "top" (in intelligence terms, taste, sobriety or whatever other phrase you want) 10% pay their TV licence, too. So why shouldn't there be just as many programmes that are attractive to them, as well? They have the same entitlement as everyone else, but are much more poorly served by the disproportionate number of soaps. reality, celeb and chat shows.
The point that those people could watch"ordinary" TV can also be turned around: why wouldn't your "7 million" watch more stimulating or mind-stretching programmes?
I don't know the answer, but TV does always seem to go for the lowest common denominator, where programmes quality is concerned.
Although it's an old, old phenomenon [ ref: Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public, it's a shame that nobody ever takes the opportunity to look up from their shoes and try to improve things - too risky, I suppose.
Unfortunately, your argument cuts both ways. The "top" (in intelligence terms, taste, or whatever other phrase you want) 10% pay their TV licence, too. So why shouldn't there be programmes that are attractive to them, as well? They have the same entitlement as everyone else, but are much more poorly served by the disproportionate number of soaps. reality, celeb and chat shows.
That's true. The viewing figures also presumably take into account those people who just leave anything on as a background ( as a previous poster said)..we fall into that category, The Voice and The Lottery Game show (or half of it) was on, but I can't remember much about them. I didn't bother watching intently until Salamander came on, but that has been a disappointment compared with the other European dramas we've had in recent years.
A programme can have good viewing figures, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the audience wouldn't prefer something different. I mean, who wouldn't want to see a gripping drama series or a brilliant new comedy show on a Saturday night ?
Unfortunately, your argument cuts both ways. The "top" (in intelligence terms, taste, sobriety or whatever other phrase you want) 10% pay their TV licence, too. So why shouldn't there be just as many programmes that are attractive to them, as well? They have the same entitlement as everyone else, but are much more poorly served by the disproportionate number of soaps. reality, celeb and chat shows.
The point that those people could watch"ordinary" TV can also be turned around: why wouldn't your "7 million" watch more stimulating or mind-stretching programmes?
I don't know the answer, but TV does always seem to go for the lowest common denominator, where programmes quality is concerned.
Although it's an old, old phenomenon [ ref: Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public, it's a shame that nobody ever takes the opportunity to look up from their shoes and try to improve things - too risky, I suppose.
The "top" 10% do get value for their licence fee, or their commercial spending. They get BBC2, BBC4, Channel4, etc. Smaller audience, minority tastes. You can't expect low rating shows to be put on the main channels at peak times.
If your taste only commands 10% of the viewing public it will not get on the high audience rating channels. It's not that ITV and BBC go for the lowest common denominator, they go for what pleases the most people.
How many people do you think are drunk at 7pm on a Saturday?
I know some very intelligent people who like mindless, undemanding TV. If you use your intellect in your profession, you don't necessarily want to have to use it to be entertained too. Some like to just switch off and be entertained in a very undemanding way. I happen to prefer more demanding TV but that's my choice, not a result of my IQ or education.
Intelligence isn't a very good guide to taste. And saying unintelligent people are the main audience is really quite an insult. I think it's mainly said by people trying to imply they are far too intelligent to be entertained by such things. Intellectual snobbery, nothing more.
ITV is a business and in these cut throat times, 7 million is very good and Takeaway provides an alternative to The Voice. Yes I think it's mindnumbing dross, but could ITV really justify showing something like Question Time in peak time, which would be lucky to get 2 million viewers. There's always BBC Four for the more sober viewer.
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Reminds me of an e-mailed joke involving a female Native American guide named, Ucan Tuchum. It's on Google.
This is actually only it's 9th year as there was no series from 2010 - 2012.
They don't need to. They already did it (and better!) back in the 90swith Noel's House Party. (Until Blobby turned up, that is
Great minds think alike
That's a shocking idea, how could you suggest such a thing, when the OP could have a moan instead.
As there's no analogue anymore, I'd guess the OP has a freeview box, fair number of channels to select from.
I haven't watched the main channels for 20+ years on a Saturday night.
I wouldn't say it's rubbish, it's just not for me anymore.
Bleedin Lost, what an utter swizz that was.
Couldn't watch in now, knowing all those 'promising' storylines are going nowhere.
I'm still peed off with it, but thankful that I didn't get right into it like some, reading and writing reams of stuff online, trying to make out the messages and hidden meanings from the whispering voices in the wind, etc.
The punters came up with better plots than the writers.
Better than minogue on the voice so...Think i might rewatch the prisoner next, patrick mcgoohan one!
Even in the era of multi channel it's still possible to find certain days completely full of tat tv, I have had a few Saturdays off and the tv has been off as I preferred to listen to music or read, it's true to say that tv is dire but only if stating it from a personal point of view.
7m people is just over 10% of the population.
If you imagine a bell curve of intelligence in the population, this could easily be represented before even reaching -2 standard deviations.
In other word - the mindless and drunks of Saturday night viewing a show does not mean it is good. It just means there are enough mindless and drunks around to watch it.
Oh well, never mind. Was the Chinese takeaway ok ?
Weekend tv has been rubbish for a long time, as other posters have said. The excuse used to be that all the important viewers (18-35 year olds) would be doing something else. The middle classes would be busy preparing dinner parties or eating out at the latest in vogue restaurant. The lower classes would be out binge drinking, fighting and throwing up in the gutter. Now times are hard, Granny is no longer available as a free babysitter, she's probably got more disposable income than you and is out enjoying herself. More people are stuck at home looking for something decent to watch and they just haven't woken up to that fact yet.
When people say Saturday TV is not what it used to be, it's unclear what they want, it seems a moan, but no answers of what they want is posted.
The main issue isn't TV but lack of good talent, the funny entertainers of yesteryear are no longer around and haven't been replaced with any quality entertainers of today. You can't make a good entertainment show, without someone good to present it.
Look at these, and you will see it's better now.
The latest developments concerning the war in the Gulf.
0705
Open University
0730
Babar
0800
Gulf News
0810
Eggs 'n' Baker
0850
Cartoons
0900
Gulf News
0905
Going Live!
Phillip and Sarah officially unveil the new BBC One globe.
1212
Weather
1215
Grandstand
1710
News and Weather
1730
Sport/Regional News
1735
Say Tooned!
1750
Jim'll Fix It
1825
'Allo 'Allo!
1855
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
1940
Bergerac
2035
Don't Wait Up
2105
News; Sport; Weather
2135
Midnight Caller
2225
The Full Wax
Starring Ruby Wax.
2300
Match of the Day
Highlights of today's FA Cup matches.
0010
Gulf News
0015
Film: Cat Low
0155-0200
Weather and Close
BBC One27 January 1990
0630
Commonwealth Games
Overnight coverage from day three of the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
0900
Going Live!
With Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene.
1212
Weather
1215
Grandstand
Including highlights from the Commonwealth Games.
1705
News and Weather
1715
Regional News and Sport
1720
The Flying Doctors
1805
Jim'll Fix It
1840
Bob's Full House
Starring Bob Monkhouse.
1915
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
2000
Waterfront Beat
2050
News; Sport; Weather
2110
Midnight Caller
2200
Dave Allen
2230
Match of the Day
FA Cup 4th round highlights with Desmond Lynam.
2340-0630
Commonwealth Games
The live coverage includes five swimming finals beginning at 0330 and athletics which includes the 400m finals at 0445 and the 100m finals at 0550.
BBC One07 July 1984
0620
Open University
[UHF Transmitters Only].
0825
Interval
0840
The Saturday Picture Show
With Mark Curry.
1050
Film: Powdersmoke Range
Western.
1200
Film: The New Adventures of Tarzan
Bruce Bennett stars in the title role.
1257
Weather
With Ian McCaskill.
1300
Grandstand
Desmond Lynam introduces live coverage of the ladies' singles final from Wimbledon.
1755
News and Weather
With Jan Leeming.
1805
Sport/Regional News
1810
Film: Mackenna's Gold
Starring Gregory Peck, Telly Savalas and Omar Sharif.
2015
The Val Doonican Music Show
Last in the present series.
2100
Dynasty
2150
News, Sport, Weather
2205
Wimbledon 84
Highlights of today's finals and a look ahead to tomorrow's men's singles final.
2305
Bird of Prey
Third part of a four-part thriller for the electronic age.
2355
Film: Yesterday's Hero
Starring Ian McShane and Adam Faith.
0130-0135
Weather and Close
ITV 109 February 2002
0600
GMTV
0925
SM:TV Live
1130
CD:UK
1230
ITV News
Followed by Regional News.
1240
On the Ball
Football preview with Gabby Logan.
1330
The New Addams Family
1400
Film: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Comedy.
1620
The Goal Rush
With Angus Scott, continued from the ITV Sport Channel.
1705
Regional News
1710
ITV News and Sport
1735
The Brits Are Coming
S Club 7 host the second of three shows previewing this year's Brit Awards.
1810
You've Been Framed
With Lisa Riley.
1840
Home Alone
A one-off programme in which children have the chance to change their family home to suit themselves.
1910
Pop Idol Live Final
Will Young and Gareth Gates sing to become the Pop Idol of 2002. Hosted by Ant and Dec.
2010
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
2045
ITV Weekend News
With Katie Derham.
2100
Pop Idol Live Final
Voting update.
2105
Another Audience with Ken Dodd
2205
Pop Idol Live Final Result
Ant and Dec reveal the winner.
2230
The Premiership
With Des Lynam.
2345
Club Reps
Series following Club 18-30 reps in Rhodes.
0015
Film: Sea of Love
Erotic thriller.
0225
Veronica's Closet
0250
Popped In, Crashed Out
Music quiz.
0315
Box Office America
0340
ITV at the Festivals
Coverage of V2001 from Chelmsford.
0435
World Sport
0500
ITV Nightscreen
0530-0600
ITV Morning News
ITV 1 - Anglia17 February 1996
0600
GMTV
0925
Teleganticmegavision
1025
It's Not Just Saturday
1130
The Chart Show
1230
Movies, Games and Videos
1300
ITN News/Weather
1305
Anglia News
1310
The Big Byte
1335
Warner Cartoons
1350
Time Trax
1445
Film: Splash
1645
ITN News/Sports Results/Sport
1705
Anglia News
1720
New Baywatch
1815
Barrymore
1915
Blind Date
2015
Beadle's Hot Shots
2045
ITN News/National Lottery Update/Weather
2100
Prime Suspect 3
2300
Film: Bonnie and Clyde - The True Story
Starring Tracey Needham.
0050
Pyjama Party
0215
Funny Business
0240
Film: The Green Berets
0500
Wanted Dead or Alive
0530
ITN Morning News
ITV 1 - Central01 February 1992
0530
Morning News
0600
TV-am
0925
Motormouth
1130
The ITV Chart Show
1230
The Munsters Today
1300
News and Weather
1305
Central News
1310
Saint and Greavsie
1355
Great Planes
1455
Film: The Disorderly Orderly
[1964]. Starring Jerry Lewis.
1635
Cartoon Time
1645
Results Service
1700
News and Weather
1705
Central News
1715
Central Sports Special - Goals Extra
1725
Baywatch
1815
Best of Blind Date
1915
Barrymore
2000
The Worst of It'll Be Alright on the Night
2100
Boxing
WBO Super Middleweight Championship. Chris Eubank v Tholane Malinga.
2200
News and Weather
2220
Aspel and Company
2305
Film: The Stone Killer
[1973]. Starring Charles Bronson.
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Loose Cannon
0150
CinemAttractions
0220
America's Top Ten
0250
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
0320
WCW Pro Wrestling
Quite often I might be watching something, then when it's finished or if I'm sick of it, I'll mute the sound but leave the TV on and go and do something else.
I think a lot of people "multi-task" when the TV is on as they can engage in other activities, like reading the paper and still be able to follow a programme on the TV, because they can hear the dialogue. That's why I won't watch "average" Continental dramas that are subtitled.
I remember my dad once, watching the boxing on TV, over a book, with his headphones on listening to a Gilbert and Sullivan LP.
My wife thinks I'm a bit like him, in that I can watch football on TV, if it's not a brilliant game, with the sound muted, whilst I'm playing my tenor sax.
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Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway returned to ITV to 6.05 million viewers last night (February 22), according to overnight data.
25.9% of the audience share tuned in to the first instalment of the entertainment show's 11th series when it aired at 7pm.
In the same timeslot on BBC One, The Voice UK continued to top Saturday night ratings, with 7.25m (31.2%) watching as Kylie Minogue, Tom Jones, will.i.am and Ricky Wilson completed their teams in the final round of blind auditions.
National Lottery: Who Dares Wins quizzed 5.37m (25.5%) at 8.30pm, while Casualty's latest episode attracted 4.83m (23.4%) at 9.20pm.
On BBC Two, 1.51m watched the highlights of Sochi 2014's penultimate day on Winter Olympics: Today at the Games at 7.10pm.
Top Gear followed at 8pm with 1.15m (5.15%), while The Culture Show pulled in 1.01m (4.85%) at 9pm.
Back on ITV, Take Me Out's current series came to an end with 3.67m (17.44%) hoping to find out which couples would be whisked off to the Isle of Fernando's.
2.83m (15.03%) watched interviews with McBusted, Jack Whitehall and Bradley Walsh on The Jonathan Ross Show at 9.50pm.
On Channel 4, Tony Robinson's Walking Through History once again pulled in the channel's biggest primetime ratings with 1.22m (5.47%). Thriller Hostages continued with 540k (2.61%) at 9pm.
The most successful programme of the night for Channel 5 was the last in a triple-bill of NCIS. The final episode of the evening pulled in 761k (3.65%) at 8.30pm.
BBC Three's showing of Ben Stiller's comedy sequel Little Fockers topped the multichannel ratings with 1m (4.9%) at 9pm.
Over on BBC Four, Salamander continued with 763k (3.64%) at 9pm, while the next episode attracted 670k (3.47%) at 9.50pm.
Read more: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/...#ixzz2u9GKg1GK
Well the 'mindless and drunks' pay their license fee, buy things from shops in great numbers, 7 million apparently.
You're nobody on this scale, so go and find something for the 'intelligent and sober' to watch on a different channel.
Another kvetching thread, like there aren't enough of those about...
However, of the main channels, ITV Saturdays are just low rent, low brow junk and the BBC has the equally boring alternative of The Voice, game shows and Casualty.
I can remember going back to 1979 and having Doctor Who, The Two Ronnies, Jim'll Fix It( I know it's off limits now, but then it was a good show) and Mike Yarwood to watch, all shows that attracted at least 16 million viewers. At other times of the year on Saturdays there was The Generation Game, Seaside Special, Secret Army, All Creatures Great and Small and Parkinson.
5.40 pm Chips (California Highway patrol)
6.35 The Video Entertainers: Vince Hill, Frank Carson
7.05 Russ Abbot's Saturday Madhouse with Dustin Gee,Michael Barrymore
7.35 TV Movie: Hellinger's Law, a renowned criminal lawyer
9.20 Seagull Island with Jeremy Brett,Nicky Henson ''Barbara continues the search for her blind sister''
10.20 ITN News and sport
10.35 House on the Hill: Life in a house in Glasgow in the 1930s with Annette Crosbie
11.35 Let's Rock: Lulu, Joe Brown,Alvin Stardust, Shakin' Stevens
12.05 Tennent's Golden Arrow Darts highlights
12.35 Epilogue, close
BBC1 July 25, 1981:
6.15 Pop Quiz with Mike Read
6.45 Film: Carry On Follow That Camel: Phil Silvers,Jim Dale,Kenneth Williams
8.20 Summertime Special from Brighton with Faith Brown,Randy Crawford
9.05 News and sport with Kenneth Kendall
9.20 Royal International Horse Show from Wembley
10.30 Roots part 11 (TV miniseries)
12.00 House Calls (US comedy) with Lynn Redgrave,Wayne Rogers
12.25 Weather,close
BBC2 July 25, 1981:
4.10 Cricket Benson and Hedges cup final from Lord's
7.35 News and sport
7.55 Cloch - the work of Irish sculptors
8.20 Spirit of Asia: Hinduism
9.20 Film: Isle of the Dead, Boris Karloff (horror)
10.30 Film: The Telephone Box: Spanish film with English subtitles
11.05 News
11.10 Cricket highlights
11.40 Film: The Crazies (horror)
1.25 am Close
I know some very intelligent people who like mindless, undemanding TV. If you use your intellect in your profession, you don't necessarily want to have to use it to be entertained too. Some like to just switch off and be entertained in a very undemanding way. I happen to prefer more demanding TV but that's my choice, not a result of my IQ or education.
Intelligence isn't a very good guide to taste. And saying unintelligent people are the main audience is really quite an insult. I think it's mainly said by people trying to imply they are far too intelligent to be entertained by such things. Intellectual snobbery, nothing more.
I hate both of the above.
We finished up watching the Winter Olympics, Tony Robinson walking around Norfolk (C4 I think) and That'll Be The Day on one of the drama channels.
Unfortunately, your argument cuts both ways. The "top" (in intelligence terms, taste, sobriety or whatever other phrase you want) 10% pay their TV licence, too. So why shouldn't there be just as many programmes that are attractive to them, as well? They have the same entitlement as everyone else, but are much more poorly served by the disproportionate number of soaps. reality, celeb and chat shows.
The point that those people could watch"ordinary" TV can also be turned around: why wouldn't your "7 million" watch more stimulating or mind-stretching programmes?
I don't know the answer, but TV does always seem to go for the lowest common denominator, where programmes quality is concerned.
Although it's an old, old phenomenon [ ref: Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public, it's a shame that nobody ever takes the opportunity to look up from their shoes and try to improve things - too risky, I suppose.
That's true. The viewing figures also presumably take into account those people who just leave anything on as a background ( as a previous poster said)..we fall into that category, The Voice and The Lottery Game show (or half of it) was on, but I can't remember much about them. I didn't bother watching intently until Salamander came on, but that has been a disappointment compared with the other European dramas we've had in recent years.
A programme can have good viewing figures, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the audience wouldn't prefer something different. I mean, who wouldn't want to see a gripping drama series or a brilliant new comedy show on a Saturday night ?
If your taste only commands 10% of the viewing public it will not get on the high audience rating channels. It's not that ITV and BBC go for the lowest common denominator, they go for what pleases the most people.
ITV is a business and in these cut throat times, 7 million is very good and Takeaway provides an alternative to The Voice. Yes I think it's mindnumbing dross, but could ITV really justify showing something like Question Time in peak time, which would be lucky to get 2 million viewers. There's always BBC Four for the more sober viewer.