Not sure if this was known either:

https://www.skymedia.co.uk/opportuni...-jimmy-fallon/

Tonight Show is coming to E! from Q4 2016. Could be big for them.

Can't Pay is doing great, I wouldnt be surprised if it hits 2m in the overnights soon. Bake Off seems to have benefited a bit from the publicity of the move to Channel 4.

Despite the increase from last week, I think Our Girl won't be renewed same with DCI Banks

It's been on CNBC for years. I'm guessing it won't be on there anymore?

Not sure if this has been posted but Text Santa has been axed

This Jay Hunt who didn't really rate Mel and Sue as mainstream presenters.

Am I correct it was her who appointed the God Awful Alyesha Dixon to the judging panel of Strictly, where she was way out of her league. The situation was only fixed when Simon Cowell took her to BGT, which is much more her stryle.

It's much harder after the statement Mel and Sue put out. Now it's perceived as a betrayal of the BBC and a money-grubbing whereas they might feel loyalty to the people who actually created the show and made them famous.

I do love what the BBC have done because they've portrayed themselves as the little guy. This is like afarmer deciding to sell his fruit to the CoOp rather than Sainsbury's and Sainsbury's winning the public support over the farmer.

As someone who has worked in marketing, this is a lesson in how to win the PR war. Take note, Starbucks.

From what I'm being told, negotiations are over for today. Not a clue what that means as of yet but considering negotiations were ongoing until really late last night, I'd guess it means someone has either signed a deal or taken themselves off the table.

Yep, the very same! And considering Alesha's hiring came hot off the heels of Miriam O'Reilly's sacking from Countryfile, it just added fuel to the flames with the speculation that Jay Hunt was ageist. (I agree actually!)

The Butterman Speaks!!

http://www.bigissue.com/the-mix/news...e-to-channel-4

He loves M&S and Mary:

Natasha Kaplinsky spent a good chunk of her time on Channel 5 News on maternity leave and ratings with the stand ins did the same as when she was on it, it's no surprise that they didn't renew her contract.

When Channel 4 poaches talent, sometimes it works like with Mary Portas, Jamie Oliver, George Clarke etc but some like Ruth Watson failed badly 5 were very lucky to get a strong replacement with Alex Polizzi who has become a key talent for them as well as her shows on BBC Two.

Thank's very much Nakatomi. Oh I had forgotten about the Miriam O'Reilly situation. She was behind that as well. Wow she's done quite some damage over the years.

If Mel and Sue chose not to switch, I'm not sure why they are owed any loyalty. That was their decision and good luck to them. But it's not like they were fired.

That's assuming C4 did actually want them. Which you suggested might not be totally the case if the offer was 'derisory'. If that's true, Mel and Sue have cleverly misled everyone.

Incidentally, if they had no idea about the negotiations then they need new agents.

Hunt's proof that mediocrity rises to the top (with the helping hand of nepotism along the way) failing as she goes and being handsomely rewarded for that failure. I fully expect C4 to give her a bonus for nabbing GBBO even if P&M refuse to come with. That's the way the world works now with companies chucking money at inept execs as part of some ludicrous face-saving exercise.

Great news. It was a pathetic excuse for a charity tv event. No more cringeworthy Corrie 'sketches' then.

I think the opening offers were very derisory but I think it was always clear that Mel and Sue were not going to go to another channel, otherwise Channel 4 might have made a realistic offer. Don't think their agents even went to them with it, they knew what the answer would be.

It's why ITV didn't bid - they wanted the whole package including Mel and Sue. Channel 4 clearly think they can squeeze a show out of the leftovers.

If what I'm being led to believe is true, nobody outside of the two execs in charge of Love Productions and Jay Hunt, as well as their lawyers, knew about the negotiations with Channel 4. I know some people who are pretty high up in the list at Channel 4 and they had no clue until shortly before the story broke.

Negotiations for talent weren't even due to begin until October, so it really came as a shock that the show had been moved to another channel.

Could they now return to Children In Need as noticed that since Text Santa started the rival soaps didnt do any sketches for CiN

I see. So Mel and Sue decided that their careers are better served being on the BBC. Probably correct.

What is clear is that Mary does not owe them any loyalty and she certainly doesn't need their blessing. She needs to do what Mel and Sue did and do what she wants to do.

Well Mel is already confirmed as host of the new Take That talent show on prime time Saturday Night on BBC 1 - so if she went to CH 4 would it have been an exclusive contract and if so that would have ruled her out for that job

Oh I agree that she doesn't owe them anything. However they're very close friends and Mary has always been very open about how important she feels Mel and Sue are. I'm not sure a lot of people know but Sue has known Mary for at least 15 years and Mary was one of the behind the scenes researchers and test chefs for the Supersizers TV series that Sue did with Giles Coren.

Mary has said that Mel and Sue make her feel comfortable as normally she wouldn't be that comfortable judging someone else's baking. Mary's said to be heartbroken as well because she loves the BBC and how supportive they have been. She doesn't think she'd be given the same slots and nurturing on a commercial channel that the BBC give her, especially at her age.

How close a format could the BBC do to make a show as similar to Bake Off as possible? do they have any leeway over the format at all?

Now those are good reasons not to move/stay. She needs to decide if she thinks she will still enjoy being on GBBO. She might never get to work with Mel and Sue again anyway. They do seem to be finding their own projects like French and Saunders did.

She could try to get a Claire Balding contract and stay mobile. C4 could offer that.

One thing I do know, Paul and Mary must ensure that if they do stay with the show, they must insist that there is no third judge. Once you get a third judge, you start to lose your power.

And would the BBC board allow it or would it be seen as going against their charter?

They lost the Voice so came up with the Take That show. I suppose that's as close as they felt they could be.

Dredd is available apparently.

Was announced in about April that it wouldn't be returning