Originally Posted by H of De Vil:
“Well if the BBC final series is so poor, its going to look excellent on ITV then. I imagine there is likely to be interest in what its like on ITV I would have thought, so the opning ep should be 7m+.
Really can't see production trying to sabotage this just because its moving to ITV, why would the BBC damage their own January share and producer a big trailer for this if this is the case?”
Well its going be a big story next January. Iirc the show skews pretty old on BBC1, and it just might be that the bad press over Sir Tom Jones demise has had some effect together with ITV punching a bit stronger and the new coaches not taking off. As far as coaches are concerned that can be rectified as ITV have a blank canvas and the gimmick is still very strong imo. Its still easily ballsed up but the fact that its flagging on BBC1 doesn't mean its necessarily going to continue that way on ITV- in the short term at least. ITV can present it in a different way.
No issue with the BBC, the show has had its promotion and its prime slot, though I don't blame them if their secretly not all that bothered given the show is still producing primetime wins.