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ITV and the great Harry Potter Overkill
Enough is enough! Every bloody night a HP movie (and not so long since they were last shown). While I do get how popular the series is with a lot of people, is it not overkill subjecting the entire nation to this over such a condensed period? If I thought ITV would then rest them for a while I might just about accept it but you just know they won't.
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They can't compete with the BBC at Christmas so they don't even bother trying. I watched the new "Blankety Blank" earlier and it didn't have a single actual 'advert' in it; just show promos!
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It is filler and other channels and other entertainment mediums are available. You have a remote control and you are not forced to watch the films a la clockwork orange style.
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The commercial channels just thank the lord that so many films are soooooooooooooo long.
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Sky had a whole bloody channel showing it wall to wall earlier in the year
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ITV and the great EVERYTHING overkill.........haven't watched or recorded one show on ITV over Christmas yet
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Well its rating better than specially commissioned programming last year and I would guess you didn't watch the dramas they showed last year, with no Harry Potter in sight.
The fact is, the films are delivering ITV a solid audience during the festive period, between Christmas & New Year when they usually struggle and ad revenue is low. Each film is delivery the biggest 16-34 audience of the night on any channel (1m last night 26% skew - TOTAl audience 3.8m). Its also running BBC1 close for their own programming. |
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They can't compete with the BBC at Christmas so they don't even bother trying. I watched the new "Blankety Blank" earlier and it didn't have a single actual 'advert' in it; just show promos!
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Ditto everything said above, but, i never really watched the Potter movies, which are quite good, and am making recordings for later timeshifting....... It's been a successful and competent franchise, not least thanks to j k rowling, good luck to her .......
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Hoping they re-run the films through Easter week & Christmas 2017 just to annoy the op
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ITV show the same movies constantly these days across their 4 channels, God knows how many times King Kong and The Mummy have been on this year, but just don't watch them if you don't want to. Plenty of other channels.
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ITV haven't even had the Harry Potter films for 18 months, so they've not aired recently. Plus OP you appear to be in the minority as they have rated well.
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Except for the first one I haven't seen any of the other movies. So it has been a nice daily treat for me. I can't remember the last time I tuned into ITV on a daily basis.
Maybe I'm getting old as my overriding view so far is that health & safety at Hogwarts is absolutely shocking. |
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ITV haven't even had the Harry Potter films for 18 months, so they've not aired recently. Plus OP you appear to be in the minority as they have rated well.
The OP is not in the minority, how many households can watch TV in the U.K.? But only 3 million watch the repeated HP overdose. The statement is ridiculous. |
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So " Three million" is " Rated well"?
The OP is not in the minority, how many households can watch TV in the U.K.? But only 3 million watch the repeated HP overdose. The statement is ridiculous. Like previously mentioned, these films have been rating higher than some of the original content over the Xmas period so OF COURSE they're going to show them. You don't have to watch them, but as 3 million people are tuning it - it obviously shows people want to watch them. Unless you have lost the batteries in your remote, why doesn't anybody who doesn't wanna watch them, just change the channel?
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So " Three million" is " Rated well"?
The OP is not in the minority, how many households can watch TV in the U.K.? But only 3 million watch the repeated HP overdose. The statement is ridiculous. |
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3 million people consistently tuning in to watch a film most people have undoubtedly seen many times before? Yes, it's incredibly good.
Like previously mentioned, these films have been rating higher than some of the original content over the Xmas period so OF COURSE they're going to show them. You don't have to watch them, but as 3 million people are tuning it - it obviously shows people want to watch them. Unless you have lost the batteries in your remote, why doesn't anybody who doesn't wanna watch them, just change the channel? ![]() |
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Some perspective is needed here I think. The BBC would be hung out to dry with a primetime Christmas schedule like ITV have gone for, and in another era so would ITV. That's because in the past ITV was as much a public service as BBC and was basically duty bound to provide a varied schedule. As far as ITV are concerned that is long gone, they are a commercial operator in a market, not of 2 or 3 (or indeed 1), but scores of other commercial operators all wanting a slice of the pie. Last year they tried with some drama and fantasy and it pretty much bombed, so in a current market which provides pretty much everything anyway, they have chosen a way to bring in more solid audience and to promote new season shows.
I was quite shocked when I saw the initial schedule, it is lazy and part of me thinks its a bit sad given ITV's great history, but it is not as though there are only 4 viewing choices anymore, its approaching limitless. We might as well get used to it. |
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They can't compete with the BBC at Christmas so they don't even bother trying. I watched the new "Blankety Blank" earlier and it didn't have a single actual 'advert' in it; just show promos!
In order to maximise revenue ITV have 12 minutes per hour in the later hours, but have zero (or very little) in the 6-7pm hour. This keeps the peak time average down to 8 minutes. |
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This is because the Ofcom requirement is for the average per hour advertising (peak time) on PSB channels to be 8 minutes, but the maximum per hour is 12 minutes.
In order to maximise revenue ITV have 12 minutes per hour in the later hours, but have zero (or very little) in the 6-7pm hour. This keeps the peak time average down to 8 minutes. 4.1m tuned in for last night's Harry Potter movie which is very good considering ITV supposedly "can't compete" with the BBC at Christmas. |
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So " Three million" is " Rated well"?
The OP is not in the minority, how many households can watch TV in the U.K.? But only 3 million watch the repeated HP overdose. The statement is ridiculous. I'm sure you said before they would only have a 'loyal 2m' watching. Well last night was double that. Given the excellent Ethel & Ernest got 3.8m (deserved more in my opinion) and Jonathan Creek 5.1m. 4.1m for 3hrs of Harry Potter is excellent in the grand scheme of things, at Christmas when the BBC usually dominate. Also of note, how well The Lion King did against Frozen. |
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So " Three million" is " Rated well"?
The OP is not in the minority, how many households can watch TV in the U.K.? But only 3 million watch the repeated HP overdose. The statement is ridiculous. At least show some different films. The point is, for years now, Harry Potter takes up a large part of Christmas primetime on ITV. |
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I agree with this. Then thing is, yes they may have not been on ITV for 18 months, but to constantly fill up primetime with the same films year in year out is lazy, whether they pull in a decent audience or not.
At least show some different films. The point is, for years now, Harry Potter takes up a large part of Christmas primetime on ITV. They would get swallowed up by BBC1. Films are one of the few ways ITV can gener a good audience at Christmas during this period between New Year & Christmas. Just look at the dire programming last year when they didn't have Harry Potter. |
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I agree with this. Then thing is, yes they may have not been on ITV for 18 months, but to constantly fill up primetime with the same films year in year out is lazy, whether they pull in a decent audience or not.
At least show some different films. The point is, for years now, Harry Potter takes up a large part of Christmas primetime on ITV. |
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So " Three million" is " Rated well"?
The OP is not in the minority, how many households can watch TV in the U.K.? But only 3 million watch the repeated HP overdose. The statement is ridiculous. |
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