I would have had John and Ranvir covering from Scotland.
Agree regarding with what boksbox said about Susanna,just think this show is killing the credibility and her journalistic past,same for charlotte as well.
I would have had John and Ranvir covering from Scotland.
Agree regarding with what boksbox said about Susanna,just think this show is killing the credibility and her journalistic past,same for charlotte as well.
Agree with you. GMB's problem is, they've hailed Susanna and Ben as the main presenters. John and Ranvir would have been excellent this morning. However, if they'd presented, then it would have been like admitting that S&B weren't up to the job. Vicious circle, in a way.
Agree with you. GMB's problem is, they've hailed Susanna and Ben as the main presenters. John and Ranvir would have been excellent this morning. However, if they'd presented, then it would have been like admitting that S&B weren't up to the job. Vicious circle, in a way.
IMO I think Ben is the problem john and Susanna work well together
IMO I think Ben is the problem john and Susanna work well together
I quite like Ben on Tipping Point but it just feels wrong when you have a light entertainment guy doing serious news stories like Beheadings etc.. #MixedMessages.
On the recent GMB survey they asked if you preferred 3 rather than 4 presenters which could be bad news for Sean who I guess is likely to be demoted to just a roving reporter?
I quite like Ben on Tipping Point but it just feels wrong when you have a light entertainment guy doing serious news stories like Beheadings etc.. #MixedMessages.
On the recent GMB survey they asked if you preferred 3 rather than 4 presenters which could be bad news for Sean who I guess is likely to be demoted to just a roving reporter?
That means Sean's toast. Even when he's there it feels like 3 people presenting rather than 4. He contributes little as they give him little outside of sport
I quite like Ben on Tipping Point but it just feels wrong when you have a light entertainment guy doing serious news stories like Beheadings etc.. #MixedMessages.
Ben has no gravitas when it comes to news, always comes across as a lightweight.
Ranvir is the presenter I relate to the best. She comes from an ordinary working class Preston Family and is well grounded with different life experiences to most media middle class types. She got an assisted place at Kirkham Grammar School (100% fees paid because from low income family) and as made the most of it. In my opinion she is under used.
In my opinion Susanna Reid is an Ill fitting shoe for ITV, she is BBC material -posh plummy pushy head girl stuff (which she does well). I think it is too big of a job to try & reinvent herself as a more light entertainment 'down with it & cool person', it doesn't seem genuine and people from more ordinary backgrounds see through the act.
In my opinion Susanna Reid is an Ill fitting shoe for ITV, she is BBC material -posh plummy pushy head girl stuff (which she does well). I think it is too big of a job to try & reinvent herself as a more light entertainment 'down with it & cool person', it doesn't seem genuine and people from more ordinary backgrounds see through the act.
I think people started to see through her when she was on SCD, when she started believing the hype, and before that the interview flirting, I think the rot set in as a series presenter before she left the Beeb, and I really see her future on fluffy daytime programme or local news, not main ITV or Beeb morning shows.
I quite like Ben on Tipping Point but it just feels wrong when you have a light entertainment guy doing serious news stories like Beheadings etc.. #MixedMessages.
agree it does seem odd, in much the same was as I still see Simon Parkin who presents Meridian Weather as a kids TV presenter - it's a totally different environment - you wouldn't see Trevor McDonald or Mark Austin presenting a fluffy daytime quiz show would you?
In my opinion Susanna Reid is an Ill fitting shoe for ITV, she is BBC material -posh plummy pushy head girl stuff (which she does well). I think it is too big of a job to try & reinvent herself as a more light entertainment 'down with it & cool person', it doesn't seem genuine and people from more ordinary backgrounds see through the act.
Charlotte is the only one who I really have time for, and you only have to look at her journalistic CV to see the sort of programmes she has covered, and actually starting out as a main news anchor on Meridian, I would say is a pretty good start, plus some of the stuff she has done for ITV, so although some people might mock "regional news" as lightweight, I would rate that equal with mainstream ITV, breakfast TV actually seems a waste of her talents.
So let's think, Charlotte's had her baby, 6 months later a position comes available alongside Mark Austin on ITN... who could I see in the role, Susanna or Charlotte...:D
BBC1 averaged 1.80 million (35%) between 6 and 10 am yesteday, with a peak at 8 am of 2.83 million (41.1%). No figures yet for ITV - The Ratings Thread
Although the bare figures were good, the share was still around the normal for GMB.
And I would not expect to see those figures going into next week, Friday was a special day after all. barring the premature fall of this Government, the next one that might perk up the figures will be Friday 8th May 2015.
Those figures will include STV viewers just as the BBC figures include BBC Scotland viewers, we don't have the breakdown between the two .BBC Scotland was claiming a 40.6% share for its overnight results programme against STV's 14.8%.It seems viewers in Scotland voted heavily in favour of the BBC coverage.
I honestly thought their viewing figures would completely collapse.
So, what does this tell us?
That potentially if they got the balance right, they could improve the viewing figures?
Or, maybe, that their viewers are the type of people who couldn't care less about the referendum, were sick and tired of it, and considered GMB to be the dumbed down, less serious version? If it's Stv and GMB combined, it might be added stv viewers that have given them a lift- with south of the border the same as normal.
I honestly thought their viewing figures would completely collapse.
So, what does this tell us?
That potentially if they got the balance right, they could improve the viewing figures?
Or, maybe, that their viewers are the type of people who couldn't care less about the referendum, were sick and tired of it, and considered GMB to be the dumbed down, less serious version? If it's Stv and GMB combined, it might be added stv viewers that have given them a lift- with south of the border the same as normal.
I'm sure it's adding the STV viewers that has given them the lift but we won't know until the officials.I believe GMB was shown in the Border region rather than STV. But whichever way they spin it they're miles behind the BBC.
I honestly thought their viewing figures would completely collapse.
So, what does this tell us?
That potentially if they got the balance right, they could improve the viewing figures?
Or, maybe, that their viewers are the type of people who couldn't care less about the referendum, were sick and tired of it, and considered GMB to be the dumbed down, less serious version? If it's Stv and GMB combined, it might be added stv viewers that have given them a lift- with south of the border the same as normal.
It's interesting. People went to GMB for news only on Friday. And the figures went up. What does that tell producers?
Comments
As she is an accomplished and experienced journalist she'd cope well, as she has done in the past.
Agree regarding with what boksbox said about Susanna,just think this show is killing the credibility and her journalistic past,same for charlotte as well.
GMB 597,000 (15.4%)
Charlotte didn't work that day,so will the same now be said as when Susanna has a day off and figures rise.
Agree with you. GMB's problem is, they've hailed Susanna and Ben as the main presenters. John and Ranvir would have been excellent this morning. However, if they'd presented, then it would have been like admitting that S&B weren't up to the job. Vicious circle, in a way.
IMO I think Ben is the problem john and Susanna work well together
I quite like Ben on Tipping Point but it just feels wrong when you have a light entertainment guy doing serious news stories like Beheadings etc.. #MixedMessages.
Yeah I agree
That means Sean's toast. Even when he's there it feels like 3 people presenting rather than 4. He contributes little as they give him little outside of sport
Ben has no gravitas when it comes to news, always comes across as a lightweight.
Yesterday
GMB 554000 (14.1%)
I think people started to see through her when she was on SCD, when she started believing the hype, and before that the interview flirting, I think the rot set in as a series presenter before she left the Beeb, and I really see her future on fluffy daytime programme or local news, not main ITV or Beeb morning shows.
To confirm- That was Thursday 18th figure.
Friday 19th is going to be the interesting one.
Deprived of Stv's viewers, and the BBC referendum coverage. What do we reckon? 250,000?
Would be interested to know the combined GMB/STV figure as well.
agree it does seem odd, in much the same was as I still see Simon Parkin who presents Meridian Weather as a kids TV presenter - it's a totally different environment - you wouldn't see Trevor McDonald or Mark Austin presenting a fluffy daytime quiz show would you?
Charlotte is the only one who I really have time for, and you only have to look at her journalistic CV to see the sort of programmes she has covered, and actually starting out as a main news anchor on Meridian, I would say is a pretty good start, plus some of the stuff she has done for ITV, so although some people might mock "regional news" as lightweight, I would rate that equal with mainstream ITV, breakfast TV actually seems a waste of her talents.
So let's think, Charlotte's had her baby, 6 months later a position comes available alongside Mark Austin on ITN... who could I see in the role, Susanna or Charlotte...:D
Charlotte and Susanna both left serious news breakfast shows to present GMB,to me that says they no longer want to present serious news shows.
GMB is damaging both their future careers.
GMB 717.000 (14.2%)
Peak 921.000 (14.5%)
Between 6-8.30am 686.000 (13.9%)
And without the STV viewers.
And I would not expect to see those figures going into next week, Friday was a special day after all. barring the premature fall of this Government, the next one that might perk up the figures will be Friday 8th May 2015.
Those figures will include STV viewers just as the BBC figures include BBC Scotland viewers, we don't have the breakdown between the two .BBC Scotland was claiming a 40.6% share for its overnight results programme against STV's 14.8%.It seems viewers in Scotland voted heavily in favour of the BBC coverage.
Well, I am surprised.
I honestly thought their viewing figures would completely collapse.
So, what does this tell us?
That potentially if they got the balance right, they could improve the viewing figures?
Or, maybe, that their viewers are the type of people who couldn't care less about the referendum, were sick and tired of it, and considered GMB to be the dumbed down, less serious version? If it's Stv and GMB combined, it might be added stv viewers that have given them a lift- with south of the border the same as normal.
I'm sure it's adding the STV viewers that has given them the lift but we won't know until the officials.I believe GMB was shown in the Border region rather than STV. But whichever way they spin it they're miles behind the BBC.
It's interesting. People went to GMB for news only on Friday. And the figures went up. What does that tell producers?