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Speaking of ITV's crime dramas - Does anyone know what night Vincent, the Ray Winstone thing from about 10 years ago, was on? I think it was midweek and it always rated well, not sure why they never did any more of them.
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DCI Banks has always done enough to justify a renewal but I think now it's older and likely more expensive after five series and it's made by an indie and not an ITV Studio company, ITV don't need to renew it anymore especially now ratings have fallen under 4m.
Part of the reason he left was due to an argument over "The Queen" which was an ITV studios TV movie, originally. He didn't feel like ITV were really taking it seriously and so got Pathe to back it with ITV still retaining a stake in it. Obviously, ITV were kicking themselves when it got nominated for Oscars and made millions, so they just wanted to be back in business with Harries again, especially after they saw how well his Strike Back series did for Sky. DCI Banks is, like you said, something that always did just well enough to not show itself up. But I think it was mostly a bit of an enticement to get Harries to offer more stuff to ITV and it's worked, actually. The Tommy Cooper film being an example, which did alright for ITV, and they've got The Halcyon from them as well. The weirdest thing is how "The Crown" (same writer/director/producer as The Queen) went to Netflix. I think ITV did bid for it but couldn't make the budgetary commitment that Netflix could, and they went with Victoria instead. Thankfully it's worked out OK for them, but it'll be interesting to see if they could've had a monster hit with The Crown, which does seem like it has more potential to be a long runner. |
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SEPTEMBER 9TH 2006 1. The X Factor (SAT, 1900hrs) 7.96m 2. The National Lottery - In it to Win It (SAT, 2000hrs) 6.58m 3. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? (SAT, 2045hrs) 6.4m 4. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? (SAT, 1900hrs) 4.76m 5. Last Night of the Proms (SAT, 2115hrs) 4.5m 6. Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (SAT, 2000hrs) 4.24m 7. Deal or No Deal? (SAT, 1800hrs) 2.59m |
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I think part of the reason DCI Banks kept getting renewed is down to who made it. Andy Harries' Left Bank Pictures produced it and it was a bit of a passion project for him. He used to be an executive at Granada and shepharded Cold Feet and The Grimleys to ITV, and was a big backer of The Royle Family which started out as a Granada production but went to the BBC when they retooled it from a multi-camera studio show to a single camera one. He was pretty instrumental in getting Helen Mirren back to do Prime Suspect as well.
Part of the reason he left was due to an argument over "The Queen" which was an ITV studios TV movie, originally. He didn't feel like ITV were really taking it seriously and so got Pathe to back it with ITV still retaining a stake in it. Obviously, ITV were kicking themselves when it got nominated for Oscars and made millions, so they just wanted to be back in business with Harries again, especially after they saw how well his Strike Back series did for Sky. DCI Banks is, like you said, something that always did just well enough to not show itself up. But I think it was mostly a bit of an enticement to get Harries to offer more stuff to ITV and it's worked, actually. The Tommy Cooper film being an example, which did alright for ITV, and they've got The Halcyon from them as well. The weirdest thing is how "The Crown" (same writer/director/producer as The Queen) went to Netflix. I think ITV did bid for it but couldn't make the budgetary commitment that Netflix could, and they went with Victoria instead. Thankfully it's worked out OK for them, but it'll be interesting to see if they could've had a monster hit with The Crown, which does seem like it has more potential to be a long runner. Left Bank has been hugely successful with Wallander, Outlander to name but a few successful shows as well as Andy Harries' own venture producing The Audience which was hugely successful in the West End and Broadway. I wonder had Sony not bought Left Bank if ITV would have acquired them like they did with Mammoth. I do think DCI Banks is on its last legs and I think if Harries could offer a new crime drama to ITV, they could justify axing it |
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The Crown does look good but I imagine the budget was simply too high for ITV and the BBC to commit to.
Left Bank has been hugely successful with Wallander, Outlander to name but a few successful shows as well as Andy Harries' own venture producing The Audience which was hugely successful in the West End and Broadway. I wonder had Sony not bought Left Bank if ITV would have acquired them like they did with Mammoth. I do think DCI Banks is on its last legs and I think if Harries could offer a new crime drama to ITV, they could justify axing it Yes, I think if Left Bank had an idea, ITV should probably give them a commitment and cancel DCI Banks. It's clear Left Bank make stuff people want to see, so it's a good idea being in business with them. They definitely need to move quick though, because they're forming relationships with Netflix and Amazon now, and ITV might be a small fish in a big pond if they can't get a show off them. |
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I do think ITV buying Mammoth Screen last year was a bit of a response to them not being in a financially viable bid to acquire Left Bank in 2012, which they were keen on. Having said that, I think Mammoth Screen was a good buy, especially with Poldark selling so well abroad. I think they would've gone for Carnival as well if it hadn't been bought by NBC. I think Carnival would've been a bad buy though, other than Downton and The Last Kingdom, their output has been middling.
Yes, I think if Left Bank had an idea, ITV should probably give them a commitment and cancel DCI Banks. It's clear Left Bank make stuff people want to see, so it's a good idea being in business with them. They definitely need to move quick though, because they're forming relationships with Netflix and Amazon now, and ITV might be a small fish in a big pond if they can't get a show off them. ITV already had a stake in Mammoth so it as inevitable that they would be acquired by them, Mammoth has produced a lot of big hitters both for ITV and other broadcasters with ITV seeing the financial benefit when they distribute it worldwide. They have a few projects coming up like Witness for the Prosecution as well as the long in development adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities for Channel 4 as well as a number of ITV commissions. I've noticed Cold Feet is made by Big Talk rather than ITV Studios themselves, they've done that to a number of shows like The Chase which is made by Potato and Come Dine With Me at Shiver, wonder why they do that? |
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![]() BARB's website has the ratings from mid-1998. My old ratings are mostly for the years 1983-2002.
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Paranoid Thursday 29 September at 9pm ITV according to digiguide - opposite The Fall?
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ITV already had a stake in Mammoth so it as inevitable that they would be acquired by them, Mammoth has produced a lot of big hitters both for ITV and other broadcasters with ITV seeing the financial benefit when they distribute it worldwide. They have a few projects coming up like Witness for the Prosecution as well as the long in development adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities for Channel 4 as well as a number of ITV commissions.
I've noticed Cold Feet is made by Big Talk rather than ITV Studios themselves, they've done that to a number of shows like The Chase which is made by Potato and Come Dine With Me at Shiver, wonder why they do that? Shiver was a merger of the Tyne Tees and Yorkshire TV factual departments, so it's always been an ITV company. I think using the "shell" companies allows ITV to sell formats easier abroad and things like that. Not sure why Big Talk are producing Cold Feet though. Must just be for sales purposes or something. EDIT: Just remembered that Big Talk's CEO, Kenton Allen, worked for Granada in the late 90s and I'm fairly certain he worked on Cold Feet, so that could explain it. |
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Paranoid Thursday 29 September at 9pm ITV according to digiguide - opposite The Fall?
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Well Potato is a subsidiary of ITV, but the usual reason they set up these companies is if they want a refresh of executives and producers, they let them go off and make a production company which usually takes over production of the show they commissioned originally, plus some original stuff.
Shiver was a merger of the Tyne Tees and Yorkshire TV factual departments, so it's always been an ITV company. I think using the "shell" companies allows ITV to sell formats easier abroad and things like that. Not sure why Big Talk are producing Cold Feet though. Must just be for sales purposes or something. EDIT: Just remembered that Big Talk's CEO, Kenton Allen, worked for Granada in the late 90s and I'm fairly certain he worked on Cold Feet, so that could explain it. |
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Of course they need filler 8:00 on Monday and Friday is filled on ITV and always will be because of Eastenders.
The same can be said for 7:00 on a Sunday unless new episodes of The Chase are airing. This is the thing I think is silly a nice drama could go into this slot such as Wild At Heart. Victoria will be straight onto ITV Encore and will likely be repeated 3 or 4 times before series 2 which I think is pretty much confirmed. The reason movies rate rubbish is because the same movie is shown way to often ITV2 have lost Jurassic Park and Back To The Future now to Sky so we will be seeing less of those, however this week they scheduled Jack And Jill twice!. It might astonish some that back in the day, many people had to wait 5 years or more after cinema release to see premieres of blockbusters-the 23 million audiences for Bond and Jaws testament to the power of film to television in those days. |
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Only 2 or 3 Cracker episodes were on Sunday. It was mainly a Monday drama. A dreadful one off episode after the series finished was on Sunday as was an episode from the 2nd or 3rd series. That was pretty much it.
Prime Suspect was on Sunday more than Cracker. The bizarre thing was that two days later News at Ten was delayed for football, and everyone went "eh?". Because the rules at the time said News at Ten could move for circumstances beyond their control, which a football match was, but not just when they wanted to do it. Quote:
Not sure why Big Talk are producing Cold Feet though. Must just be for sales purposes or something.
EDIT: Just remembered that Big Talk's CEO, Kenton Allen, worked for Granada in the late 90s and I'm fairly certain he worked on Cold Feet, so that could explain it. |
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Most Watched Programmes of 2016 [Top 30 - Officials]
01 - 13.58m - The Great British Bake Off (24/08/16) - BBC 1 02 - 12.27m - Euro 2016: Portugal v France (10/07/16) - BBC 1 03 - 11.94m - Britain’s Got Talent (16/04/16) - ITV 04 - 11.64m - Sherlock (01/01/16) - BBC 1 05 - 11.39m - Euro 2016: England v Iceland (27/06/16) - ITV 06 - 10.89m - Call the Midwife (06/03/16) - BBC 1 07 - 9.40m - EastEnders (01/01/16) - BBC 1 08 - 9.34m - Happy Valley (15/03/16) - BBC 1 09 - 9.25m - Wimbledon 2016: Men’s Singles Final (10/07/16) - BBC 1 10 - 9.12m - The Night Manager (27/03/16) - BBC 1 11 - 8.97m - Coronation Street (04/01/16) - ITV 12 - 8.82m - Mrs Brown’s Boys (23/07/16) - BBC 1 13 - 8.76m - Countryfile (07/02/16) - BBC 1 14 - 8.72m - Silent Witness (05/01/16) - BBC 1 15 - 8.71m - Death in Paradise (07/01/16) - BBC 1 16 - 8.57m - Olympics 2016 (16/08/16) - BBC 1 17 - 8.42m - War and Peace (03/01/16) - BBC 1 18 - 8.11m - Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (20/02/16) - ITV 19 - 8.06m - Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur (24/01/16) - BBC 1 20 - 7.89m - The X Factor (27/08/16) - ITV 21 - 7.87m - The Voice UK (09/01/16) - BBC 1 22 - 7.86m - The Durrells (03/04/16) - ITV 23 - 7.75m - Still Open All Hours (24/01/16) - BBC 1 24 - 7.56m - Marcella (04/04/16) - ITV 25 - 7.51m - Victoria (28/08/16) - ITV 26 - 7.46m - Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute (21/04/16) - BBC 1 27 - 7.45m - Emmerdale (04/01/16) - ITV 28 - 7.44m - The Great Sport Relief Bake Off (03/02/16) - BBC 1 29 - 7.33m - Eurovision Song Contest (14/05/16) - BBC 1 30 - 7.17m - When Ant & Dec Met the Prince (04/01/16) - ITV Most Watched Programmes of 2016 [Top 30 - Officials inc. +1] 01 - 13.58m - The Great British Bake Off (24/08/16) - BBC 1 02 - 12.46m - Britain’s Got Talent (16/04/16) - ITV 03 - 12.27m - Euro 2016: Portugal v France (10/07/16) - BBC 1 04 - 11.64m - Sherlock (01/01/16) - BBC 1 05 - 11.42m - Euro 2016: England v Iceland (27/06/16) - ITV 06 - 10.89m - Call the Midwife (06/03/16) - BBC 1 07 - 9.40m - EastEnders (01/01/16) - BBC 1 08 - 9.34m - Happy Valley (15/03/16) - BBC 1 09 - 9.25m - Wimbledon 2016: Men’s Singles Final (10/07/16) - BBC 1 10 - 9.19m - Coronation Street (26/05/16) - ITV 11 - 9.12m - The Night Manager (27/03/16) - BBC 1 12 - 8.82m - Mrs Brown’s Boys (23/07/16) - BBC 1 13 - 8.76m - Countryfile (07/02/16) - BBC 1 14 - 8.72m - Silent Witness (05/01/16) - BBC 1 15 - 8.71m - Death in Paradise (07/01/16) - BBC 1 16 - 8.69m - Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (20/02/16) - ITV 17 - 8.57m - Olympics 2016 (16/08/16) - BBC 1 18 - 8.56m - The X Factor (27/08/16) - ITV 19 - 8.42m - War and Peace (03/01/16) - BBC 1 20 - 8.20m - The Durrells (03/04/16) - ITV 21 - 8.06m - Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur (24/01/16) - BBC 1 22 - 8.04m - Marcella (04/04/16) - ITV 23 - 8.00m - Victoria (28/08/16) - ITV 24 - 7.87m - The Voice UK (09/01/16) - BBC 1 25 - 7.75m - Still Open All Hours (24/01/16) - BBC 1 26 - 7.69m - When Ant & Dec Met the Prince (04/01/16) - ITV 27 - 7.66m - Emmerdale (04/01/16) - ITV 28 - 7.46m - Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute (21/04/16) - BBC 1 29 - 7.44m - The Great Sport Relief Bake Off (03/02/16) - BBC 1 30 - 7.38m - Vera (31/01/16) - ITV ![]() BBC1 quarter 1 success still very apparent, its interesting that a non England game is the top rated from Euro 2016 and on the non plus 1 list, if Strictly can squeak past BGT BBC could have the three top rated shows of the year which I cant imagine has happened all that often. |
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Just to point out, Big Talk is not a subsidiary of ITV, they are an independent company. I don't know why they're producing Cold Feet and not ITV Studios but presumably it's all been worked out legally. If Mike Bullen and Big Talk wanted to do it, and could come up with an arrangement, it's all fine. Like how TFI Friday used to be a Ginger production, now part of STV of course, but a consortium of other companies made the revival because that's where the production team happened to be working at the moment. Yeah, I knew Big Talk weren't an ITV subsidiary - isn't that the company Nira Park founded and they produce the Pegg/Frost/Wright films? What I was trying to say was that their CEO used to work for Granada at the time Cold Feet was made, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was a bit of a pet project of his to revive it and they produced it through Big Talk because of that. I must admit it did surprise me when their logo popped up at the end, I associate them more with straight sitcoms. |
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Most Watched Programmes of 2016 [Top 30 - Officials]
01 - 13.58m - The Great British Bake Off (24/08/16) - BBC 1 02 - 12.27m - Euro 2016: Portugal v France (10/07/16) - BBC 1 03 - 11.94m - Britain’s Got Talent (16/04/16) - ITV 04 - 11.64m - Sherlock (01/01/16) - BBC 1 05 - 11.39m - Euro 2016: England v Iceland (27/06/16) - ITV 06 - 10.89m - Call the Midwife (06/03/16) - BBC 1 07 - 9.40m - EastEnders (01/01/16) - BBC 1 08 - 9.34m - Happy Valley (15/03/16) - BBC 1 09 - 9.25m - Wimbledon 2016: Men’s Singles Final (10/07/16) - BBC 1 10 - 9.12m - The Night Manager (27/03/16) - BBC 1 11 - 8.97m - Coronation Street (04/01/16) - ITV 12 - 8.82m - Mrs Brown’s Boys (23/07/16) - BBC 1 13 - 8.76m - Countryfile (07/02/16) - BBC 1 14 - 8.72m - Silent Witness (05/01/16) - BBC 1 15 - 8.71m - Death in Paradise (07/01/16) - BBC 1 16 - 8.57m - Olympics 2016 (16/08/16) - BBC 1 17 - 8.42m - War and Peace (03/01/16) - BBC 1 18 - 8.11m - Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (20/02/16) - ITV 19 - 8.06m - Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur (24/01/16) - BBC 1 20 - 7.89m - The X Factor (27/08/16) - ITV 21 - 7.87m - The Voice UK (09/01/16) - BBC 1 22 - 7.86m - The Durrells (03/04/16) - ITV 23 - 7.75m - Still Open All Hours (24/01/16) - BBC 1 24 - 7.56m - Marcella (04/04/16) - ITV 25 - 7.51m - Victoria (28/08/16) - ITV 26 - 7.46m - Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute (21/04/16) - BBC 1 27 - 7.45m - Emmerdale (04/01/16) - ITV 28 - 7.44m - The Great Sport Relief Bake Off (03/02/16) - BBC 1 29 - 7.33m - Eurovision Song Contest (14/05/16) - BBC 1 30 - 7.17m - When Ant & Dec Met the Prince (04/01/16) - ITV Most Watched Programmes of 2016 [Top 30 - Officials inc. +1] 01 - 13.58m - The Great British Bake Off (24/08/16) - BBC 1 02 - 12.46m - Britain’s Got Talent (16/04/16) - ITV 03 - 12.27m - Euro 2016: Portugal v France (10/07/16) - BBC 1 04 - 11.64m - Sherlock (01/01/16) - BBC 1 05 - 11.42m - Euro 2016: England v Iceland (27/06/16) - ITV 06 - 10.89m - Call the Midwife (06/03/16) - BBC 1 07 - 9.40m - EastEnders (01/01/16) - BBC 1 08 - 9.34m - Happy Valley (15/03/16) - BBC 1 09 - 9.25m - Wimbledon 2016: Men’s Singles Final (10/07/16) - BBC 1 10 - 9.19m - Coronation Street (26/05/16) - ITV 11 - 9.12m - The Night Manager (27/03/16) - BBC 1 12 - 8.82m - Mrs Brown’s Boys (23/07/16) - BBC 1 13 - 8.76m - Countryfile (07/02/16) - BBC 1 14 - 8.72m - Silent Witness (05/01/16) - BBC 1 15 - 8.71m - Death in Paradise (07/01/16) - BBC 1 16 - 8.69m - Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (20/02/16) - ITV 17 - 8.57m - Olympics 2016 (16/08/16) - BBC 1 18 - 8.56m - The X Factor (27/08/16) - ITV 19 - 8.42m - War and Peace (03/01/16) - BBC 1 20 - 8.20m - The Durrells (03/04/16) - ITV 21 - 8.06m - Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur (24/01/16) - BBC 1 22 - 8.04m - Marcella (04/04/16) - ITV 23 - 8.00m - Victoria (28/08/16) - ITV 24 - 7.87m - The Voice UK (09/01/16) - BBC 1 25 - 7.75m - Still Open All Hours (24/01/16) - BBC 1 26 - 7.69m - When Ant & Dec Met the Prince (04/01/16) - ITV 27 - 7.66m - Emmerdale (04/01/16) - ITV 28 - 7.46m - Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute (21/04/16) - BBC 1 29 - 7.44m - The Great Sport Relief Bake Off (03/02/16) - BBC 1 30 - 7.38m - Vera (31/01/16) - ITV |
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Well, of course, there was a bit of a hoo-ha over the scheduling of Cracker in 1995 because the first episode of the series was an extended 75 minute episode, and scheduled on Monday, which it was, it would obviously have meant News at Ten being delated. But the ITC vetoed it, because many of the regions had promised to run News at Ten in their franchise applications. So in the end they had to reschedule the first episode to a Sunday.
The bizarre thing was that two days later News at Ten was delayed for football, and everyone went "eh?". Because the rules at the time said News at Ten could move for circumstances beyond their control, which a football match was, but not just when they wanted to do it. |
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Are these purely overnights? As BARB suggests Episode 1 of The Night Manager got 10.18m including 28 day data. I think it would be much better if the list reflected timeshifting, as it's making up more and more of the audience these days.
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Are these purely overnights? As BARB suggests Episode 1 of The Night Manager got 10.18m including 28 day data. I think it would be much better if the list reflected timeshifting, as it's making up more and more of the audience these days.
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![]() ![]() I was thinking about your schedules yesterday and they do make sense. Still think genres being mixed up on a night rather than genres being restricted to nights can make a great schedule. This BBC1 schedule from Sunday 1st September 1985 is one of the best. Have fond memories of watching this one. Two sitcoms, drama and factual. (We'll gloss over the fact one of the sitcoms was resurrected as it buggers up my argument about bringing back old shows! ) A really nice mix. These figures posted by Ray Tings show how well it worked.19:15 - Open All Hours: 15.69m 19:45 - Howards' Way: 9.77m 20:35 - Whicker's World: Living with Uncle Sam: 11.58m 21:30 - In Sickness and In Health: 15.58m 22:00 - News: 11.45m ITV had a great Sunday for a few years with You've Been Framed followed by Darling Buds. Forget what came after that but it was blockbuster stuff. |
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Just to point out, Big Talk is not a subsidiary of ITV, they are an independent company. I don't know why they're producing Cold Feet and not ITV Studios but presumably it's all been worked out legally. If Mike Bullen and Big Talk wanted to do it, and could come up with an arrangement, it's all fine. Like how TFI Friday used to be a Ginger production, now part of STV of course, but a consortium of other companies made the revival because that's where the production team happened to be working at the moment.
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Just to point out, Big Talk is not a subsidiary of ITV, they are an independent company. I don't know why they're producing Cold Feet and not ITV Studios but presumably it's all been worked out legally. If Mike Bullen and Big Talk wanted to do it, and could come up with an arrangement, it's all fine. Like how TFI Friday used to be a Ginger production, now part of STV of course, but a consortium of other companies made the revival because that's where the production team happened to be working at the moment. Quote:
Yeah, I knew Big Talk weren't an ITV subsidiary - isn't that the company Nira Park founded and they produce the Pegg/Frost/Wright films? What I was trying to say was that their CEO used to work for Granada at the time Cold Feet was made, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was a bit of a pet project of his to revive it and they produced it through Big Talk because of that. I must admit it did surprise me when their logo popped up at the end, I associate them more with straight sitcoms.
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Interesting to look at the way the four channel age worked there, the choices for the evening so apparent with 6 million deserting BBC1 and Howards Way, partially recovered for Whicker and then all back for the second comedy. And just look at the sitcom dominating there!!!! - where did it (almost) all go wrong?
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I've just realised that there are 2 hours of panel quiz shows on BBC One tonight (A Question of Sport, Would I Lie to You? and We Love Sitcom). Then Mock the Week at 10pm on BBC Two.
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Sitcoms used to be the holy grail of television, massive audiences and could go anywhere unlike many dramas of the time. Those sitcoms on BBC1 bookended a successful night. It wasn't complete domination but having two big shows boosts the overall ratings of a channel.
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