Originally Posted by Glenn A:
“I am not against an ITV region like STV operating independently of ITV1, obviously the SNP government in Holyrood would try to block and ITV takeover, it's more a case that they put low rating regional shows on instead of ratings hits that far more people want to see. STV would be better employed showing its regional shows in the afternoon and in weak rating night time slots such as 8.00 pm and after 10.30. I could imagine the uproar if Take The High Road was still existing on life support and they showed it over the Coronation St tram crash. ( TTHR is still the image many people outside Scotland have of STV, producer of slow parochial dramas aimed at the elderly, or at the other extreme no punches pulled, violent cop dramas like Taggart).”
STV home of the "elderly" and "violent"

also I am sure STV management never heard of "low rating" shows but have heard of "popular" programming .... The only programme that was a "success" originally at 5pm was "the hour"

but after being on for 2 years it became annoying, repetitive and as for its presenters .... I rather be on a desert island with my own drink!
Dont say that Glenn regarding "High Road" we dont want STV to end up digging that up also from the grave....STV cannot make programmes they did back then sadly (the only real success and from one member on the forum liked was "vet school" but thats it!). They already revived "scottish passport" but that programme ended up being "for more info check the site"

. If STV was
seriousin making programmes in "replace" of then fine I would back it but what the "replacement" is just cheap/tacky and buying in from
other networksseems to be this management thinks....so really this bunch have got
no clue and as for their
strategy lets just say comes across as pointless

....they make us think we dont want half of these programmes not shown and I am sure as fate these programmes had massive followers up here but remember this is STV they know whats right for the scottish viewers
example "scotland tonight" because of timeslot makes me think "newsnight" by BBC they "try" and be another network and copy ideas and it fails ... I watched that programme once and could never watch again.....