"Normal Weekday programmes in the Holidays"
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Why do the BBC and ITV nowadays continue with normal weekday fodder Jeremy Kyle, This Morning, Homes UNder the Hammer, bargain Hunt etc in the holidays?
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I'm sure those at home now won't be too keen on Jeremy Kyle, This Morning, Homes Under the Hammer, Bargain Hunt et al.
they get a average of 5M viewers per episode
A similar thing happens in Spain now. With most channels having children's channels too, "normal" programming is kept on air even on holidays. Some of the magazine shows will go on air during holidays except Christmas and then these are substituted by multiple movies which normally air back to back.
I got my Christmas break from university last Friday after I finished exams and don't go back til January 10th, but I must admit I'm not really that keen on any of those shows. In fact I prefer to be on the internet or out finishing my shopping.
i wouldn't rate it as highly as four stars myself, but each to their own!
Well perhaps people off work might want to watch as they can't normally?
Channels have a budget it's always been the same usual tv, few Christmas movies and a comedy. That's xmas tv. :rolleyes:
Hardly worth schedule changes when there's so many digital channels these days anyway.
Yep
The markets are still open so get back to CNBC.
BBC 1
6.00 Breakfast News
9.00 CBBC: Goosebumps; 9.25 Snorks; 9.50 Peter Pan & The Pirates; 10.05 Tweenies
10.30 Time Warrior
11.55 Cartoon
12.00 The Magicians House
12.30pm Barking Mad
1.00 News
1.30 Regional News
1.45 Neighbours
2.10 Columbo
3.30 CBBC
5.35 Neighbours
ITV
6.00 GMTV
9.25 CITV
10.30 News
10.35 FILM :Champions
12.20 Regional News
12.30 ITV News
1.00
1.30 Jerry Springer
2.10 Home and Away
2.40 Take Your Pick
3.10 News; Regional News
3.20 CITV
5.05 Home and Away
5,30
For those that like them, have you checked the rest of the EPG for this and next week?
Doctors is off and they've got the seriously poorly dated Allo Allo on then a repeat of the Young Ones show that no-one watched before Father of the Bride
Alas, Jessica Fletcher has survived on BBC2
It would take a nuclear holocaust for the Beeb to omit Murder She Wrote
Whereas BBC 1 would run Scooby-Doo or the excellent WDUSOYTSAGADSLBI or even a film at 10.am there is now such a plethora of channels all these options can be found elsewhere.
Deal or No Deal - it's not four star, it's ****.
Doesn't even deserve one star
In case anybody doesn't know, he was called "Noel" because he was born on December 22nd (he's 62 on Wednesday), and every year he treats himself to a birthday/Xmas gift of some lovely Smoked Salmon, and as the assistant was wrapping it up for him, he asked Noel:
"just one question.....dill or no dill?"
I'll get me coat.....
I think Jessica would survive even that.
Can't believe the Beep's copies of the episodes haven't worn out yet from so many repeated showings. :eek:
Anyway, Christmas telly as a whole is absolutely dire this year. It's usually pretty terrible but something seems even worst this time around. Thank God for DVDs!
I know, I have them all ready as well in case I need them. I know I will. Then of course there's the internet and Youtube
I think you're not much younger than me - remember when you used to get cartoons and old sitcoms and good classic films on the main channels? So much better then.
Sky has ruined telly. Quantity and quality and all that.
Was that in the 90s?
"on the weekend" sounds terrible, I usually just say "at the weekend". "In the holidays" is one I actually use