Last years launch show was when Big Brother had hit rock bottom imo. I liked the new approach very much and people are speaking about Big Brother again! CBB7 was but more due to the celebs, but my Facebook news feed is currently full of BB and BBBM chat. Last year there was nothing at all, the odd post maybe.

It makes me sad that CBB7 and BB11 both had 2 completely different takes on the launch show and its beggars belief why Endemol & Channel 4 didn't step in sooner to save the show.

How offensive.

I've made my feelings on ITV and the gun crime fiesta known in recent days. ITV did call it right last week by ditching the week's episodes of Corrie - even though many on here on Wednesday afternoon were in near despair at ITV having to reschedule one or more episodes 'because some people got shot' (or words to that effect). But if it was wrong to air them last week, it hardly seems better to show them this week - pre-watershed as well - in tandem with a new gun crime drama which could have been shelved until later in the year.

And then a week after the tragedy, ITV airs a Tonight documentary on the events, which runs into an hour of Corrie siege and another hour of Father & Son.

I think it's inappropriate. Others don't. Fair enough - it's a free country. I can air my views, can't I? Might as well close DS Forums down otherwise...

some of your posts the other day about it were fair enough, but your last post was quite distaceful. You seemed to be making a joke about ITV by using the murder's - aka " The Gun Network!

Firstly, BBC also had a Cumbria Murder's special the other day.

Secondly, there've got to air the episodes of Corrie sometime and Father and Son has been very little anywhere to go because of the World Cup.

I can imagine you was 1 of those 30 or so people that complained about Corrie being shown!

Agree with the posters about Robbie, there is being funny and ironic and then there is being offensive and moronic and Robbie has certainly crossed that line and using the shootings as a way to put down ITV is just disgracful; I'd noticed it for a while but didn't bother to bring it up as i really didn't think he was actually worth it, glad others have noticed as well.

Back to ratings, BB seems to have had a postive reaction everywhere, so 6m is entirly possible, although i am actually quite let down. Great show but i feel a really poor selection of housemates had been picked, out of the 80 there seemed at least 30 great housemates and about 2 have actually been picked. I can see JA being hit more than Father and Som

Not sure about BB yet. Seems a little more promising than last year. Going to give it a few more nights before I pass judgement and decide whether or not to commit.

(To watching it every night for the duration of the summer that is, rather than, well, the other!)

I suspect it will rate at or just above 5m and beat The Apprentice by around 1m viewers.

No, I was getting at ITV1's 2.5 hours of guns-related programming tonight and week of Corrie and Father & Son...

The timing is just unfortunate thats all. There was nowhere else Corrie could go and Father & Son has been planned for months

well the 2nd and 3rd are no fault of their own - they would have been a week apart if the Cumbria murder's hadn't taken place!

Really I think you must love people disagreeing with you - as that's all you seem to come on here to do!!

Seven
18:00 Seven News 1.55m
18:30 Today Tonight 1.50m
19:00 Home and Away 1.06m
19:30 Border Security (R) 1.20m
20:00 Surf Patrol 0.97m
20:30 Police Under Fire: Mad Max 0.82m
21:30 Maneaters: Sharks 0.45m

Nine
18:00 Nine News 1.33m
18:30 A Current Affair 1.23m
19:00 Two and a Half Men (R) 1.15m
19:30 Hey Hey it's Saturday 1.00m
21:30 20 to 1: Greatest Aussie Chart Toppers 0.86m

Ten
18:00 The Simpsons (R) 0.65m
18:30 Neighbours 0.66m
19:00 The 7pm Project 0.94m
19:30 MasterChef Australia 1.80m
20:30 Lie to Me (12/22) 1.22m
21:30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (4/16) 0.90m

ABC1
20:30 Spicks and Specks 1.24m

Shares
Ten - 26.2%
Nine - 24.8%
Seven - 23.0%
ABC1 - 13.8%
SBS One - 5.0%

Seven posted one of their worst 9.30 results in a long time, with their heavily factual lineup failing to excite viewers, but helping to meet some quotas!

Overall a quiet night but Ten will be delighted to see that MasterChef bounced back again after that small problem caused by AGT yesterday.

well ive just been to the Glasgow auditions today. An interesting bunch from what i've seen. Some really promising contestants!

But just when i saw ur comment on Geri, just thought id say that she really annoyed me today! and it wasnt just me she annoyed...practically the whole crowd! She was continually butting in and talking far longer than any of the other judges. Personally, I think Simon was getting iritated by her but that could just be speculation.

It will be interesting to see how she comes across on TV and how they will make her look as from her actions today, I think she could become a very unpopular person!

Ooh. Could she be the next Kelly Brook?

Could be a perfect story for the producers if she has done as badly as suggested, so long as they actually show it. Better to be awful than bland (as most guest judges usually are).

Are the auditions just 1 day or do they have another set tomorrow?

It will keep the tabloids amused.

Honestly, i don't no. I'm just glad shes just a 'guest' judge! Everyone around me felt the exact same way and i think when some of the crowd started geering 'Shut it Geri!' just confirmed my speculation!
If Simon has any sense, he will have a new guest judge lined up tomorow for the next set of auditions in Birmingham!

just after reading ur comments...she wasnt a 'bad judge' because she was giving good constructive critisim to the contestants. It was just she was talkin far too long, taking up too much time and constantly interupting the other judges when it was their chance to speak! sorry but after today geri has kinda got me wound up, mainly because I thought she would be an alright judge!

I'm sure Sinitta is waiting in the wings

Don't know about the rest of the U.K. but the Glasgow auditions only last one day. One session in the afternoon and one at night. But they did mention they were going to Birmingham next so i'd assume it must be pretty soon!

This run of guest judges will certainly be interesting. It does disprove the notion that Simon can just fire of the current judges, stick anyone in their place and the show will be just as successful and the judge well-received. That doesn't seem to be the case and you would have thought Geri was a safe pair of hands.

I've said it already and I'll say it again, the current foursome are a great, popular bunch and it'll be a shame when, eventually, one or more of them choose to leave in future series.

I totally agree! I really couldn't have put it better myself!

Thats exactly what i thought bout Geri being safe as she has experience from before but after today I now really dislike her personality. However, I could be wrong and she may come across on tv as a savour!

apologies for this turing into an xfactor thread lol

Just 1 day in Glasgow.

Last around a month. Going to Dublin for the first time this year. Coincidentally Leona Lewis is playing the same venue the day before and day after...

I doubt it, the tabloids are going to have a field day with this so the X Factor producers will have no choice but to edit her in a bad light imo.

I'd like to see them ask Sharon Osbourne to guest judge, I'd love to see how her & Cheryl get on (very well I'd imagine).

Do you mean my comments or the whole audiences opinion? lol

dont want my comments appearing in the sun! ha!

ooo now that would be an interesting combination! I would def make sure i tuned in to watch that ep!

Just the whole day in general, I bet the press can't wait. Most people who were there seem very negative about Geri. Some of the papers might lift some quotes from forums though, they do sometimes

There's already a couple of threads in the XF forum. As for The Sun, they'll probably just write whatever the publicity team tell them to!

And great singer as she is, I don't see Leona Lewis being great as a judge. Sharon should really return for a one-off. Her and Louis were great together and it would get loads of attention. However, I wouldn't want her back on a permanent basis, the show has moved on (and she seems to be living in LA fulltime so I doubt she'd come back anyway).

Looking more unlikely that Christine Bleakley will be joining GMTV.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/...5875-22322694/

is a shame if it's true!
Although there have been many newspaper reports about it - this does seem the most genuine - whether the quotes are from her I don't know!
The only thing that is suggesting she'll leave to go to GMTV is her parting company with her agent.

Also (from a very relaible source ) the new name for GMTV will be "Daybreak."

EastEnders did well against Emmerdale beating even before it started

I think Emmerdale will come out top Thursday though as it will take viewers by surpise that it's airing for 1 hour.

Noticed that Corrie was down for 2 30min slots in the Newspapers today so it didn't air as 1 hour then?.

Not sure how an EastEnders wednesday episode will go so i expect it to be lower tonight with Corrie coming out top but even that at 8:00pm on a weds is rare