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Who would even watch these films with adverts anyway? Ridiculous.
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#77 |
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A few will defend ITV whatsoever, but there are other threads complaining about exactly the same thing.
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The sooner ITV gets wound up the better.
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So after you were proved incorrect yesterday about Corrie being displaced, you've ignored what others have said and just gone off with the usual spiel. You clearly don't want a discussion.
As I was saying yesterday, you ignore what everybody has to say (as you've literally just done) and repeat the same old arguments. You've literally already made this post, why are you posting it again? A combination of trolling and baiting I suspect. Quote:
Well considering its nearly winning every slot against the BBC schedule this Christmas, I'd say its doing really well.
I notice despite your ranting about ITV showing The Lion King against Frozen on Christmas Day, you haven't mentioned anything about how well TLK did against the modern day animated film Frozen which didn't even av. over 5m. Clearly its annoyed you that it did do well, and that when ITV compete with BBC1, they can pull in decent ratings on Christmas Day. ITV gave viewers another choice, and it paid off. As you highlight here: "I agree ITV is having a very poor Christmas most agree,. The Lion King whilst a good film was made in 1994, and shown on Channel 4 in July 2016. Frozen is the top grossing animation and first time on terrestrial TV and three years old." I think in the grand scheme of things, ITV has had a pretty good Christmas and most of it down to their film choices. ![]() Quote:
I struggle to comprehend why it bothers you at all. From what I see, you're not a fan of Harry Potter or ITV so why keep banging on about it?
Also, have you completely ignored a lot of the points made previously in this thread?
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This is what this poster does - best (or worst) example being his endless anti X Factor posts including the infamous and totally irrelevant "comedy sketch" last year.
You've nailed it there H! But are you sure you've got your figures right? After all this poster has told forum members elsewhere in discussions he has a maths qualification oh and a business degree... ![]() You have not had the pleasure of his company while you have been away - see what you have been missing? ![]() ![]() If the user in question actually wanted a discussion rather than mindless bashing of anything ITV there wouldn't be a problem. However, the user has proved multiple times they do not care whatsoever about actually discussing something, they just want to rant. Any mention of this results in being labelled a "stalker" by the user, even if I have merely commented in a thread they've posted in, having not even spoken to them! |
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This is what this poster does - best (or worst) example being his endless anti X Factor posts including the infamous and totally irrelevant "comedy sketch" last year.
You've nailed it there H! But are you sure you've got your figures right? After all this poster has told forum members elsewhere in discussions he has a maths qualification oh and a business degree... ![]() You have not had the pleasure of his company while you have been away - see what you have been missing? ![]() Have leanings to BBC/ITV - that's not a problem. It becomes a problem when it completely dominates the discussion to the point all that happens is argument after argument. His posts are deliberately inflammatory, I can see that and so can others. He shouldn't be surprised if his posts generate the strong reaction that they do. I remember when I first started posting on the ratings thread. My posts were repetitive and tedious looking back and other posts rightly called me out on it. However, instead of accusing them of making personal attacks and taking offence to what was being said, I set out to change it and improve the quality of my posting. I kind of feel that's what this poster needs to do. |
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I enjoyed watching them all and I'm far from the biggest fan.
One point that has been overlooked - these films are not available on Netflix, Amazon Video, Sky Cinema etc. Unless you go out and buy them, ITV is your best chance of seeing them. I didn't notice too many people complaining about BBC making a huge deal of their premier of The Winter Soldier, which has been available on Netflix for over a year. |
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Very low ratings last night, seems many have given up now,
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Very low ratings last night, seems many have given up now,
Do you think it was more to do with the fact it was New Year's Eve or is that a logical explanation? |
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I think thoose supporting the showing of HP films, are giving ITV a massive excuse to show these again, next Christmas in exactly the same slots.
End of year report for Christmas ITV:- Could do better. Where was, It will be alright on the night? Music specials? Comedy, sitcoms, - I include Birds of a feather. It seems ITV did Christmas on the cheap this year. |
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I think thoose supporting the showing of HP films, are giving ITV a massive excuse to show these again, next Christmas in exactly the same slots.
End of year report for Christmas ITV:- Could do better. Where was, It will be alright on the night? Music specials? Comedy, sitcoms, - I include Birds of a feather. It seems ITV did Christmas on the cheap this year. ITV put out a lot of new programming last Christmas and I don't remember you praising that schedule. Most of those shows flopped and obviously they've not tried it again. I still don't get your obsession with ITV showing Harry Potter. It seems it's only you who takes a real issue with it. |
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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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Im suprised they didnt bother with James Bond.
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They did music specials this year. If they'd put out an It'll Be Alright on the Night special you'd be calling them lazy.
ITV put out a lot of new programming last Christmas and I don't remember you praising that schedule. Most of those shows flopped and obviously they've not tried it again. I still don't get your obsession with ITV showing Harry Potter. It seems it's only you who takes a real issue with it. The user's questions have been explained countless times, so why are they still being asked? You can't attempt to use logic and common sense. |
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It's 100% trolling now. It wasn't to begin with, but that's what it's turned in to. The user keeps repeating the same posts for no reason and refuses to discuss it. The user's posts aren't adding anything to the discussion.
The user's questions have been explained countless times, so why are they still being asked? You can't attempt to use logic and common sense. |
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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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Uhmm.....is that age or IQ you are talking about?....surely no-one over the age of 18 would really admit to watching this kids stuff, would they?!
Whilst HP is popular it's always been aimed at a teen market. A few posters here " support" HP, only as it's on ITV, and get very very heated defending ITV, If BBC1 tried this stunt there would be outcry from the very same posters and additionally from the tabloids. ITV can get 7 million with its soaps, far less with HP, and annoys its regular viewers. HP could gave been in, during the late afternoons. It's interesting some posters are so passionate about HP, or defending ITV, but with a few threads on the same issue, I think the time has come to say no more reruns of HP at Christmas now. Maybe on a dedicated Sky channel, where thoose who love HP can pay to watch it. |
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Uhmm.....is that age or IQ you are talking about?....surely no-one over the age of 18 would really admit to watching this kids stuff, would they?!
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I agree.
Whilst HP is popular it's always been aimed at a teen market. A few posters here " support" HP, only as it's on ITV, and get very very heated defending ITV, If BBC1 tried this stunt there would be outcry from the very same posters and additionally from the tabloids. ITV can get 7 million with its soaps, far less with HP, and annoys its regular viewers. HP could gave been in, during the late afternoons. It's interesting some posters are so passionate about HP, or defending ITV, but with a few threads on the same issue, I think the time has come to say no more reruns of HP at Christmas now. Maybe on a dedicated Sky channel, where thoose who love HP can pay to watch it. No I bet you didn't. I bet you wouldn't watch ITV, even if they had the best schedule on TV. I said last year, when the expensive dramas ITV put out last year were all under 2m, they wouldn't invest as much in 2016. And look, it happened. But the bonus for them being, the Harry Potter films rated about 2m higher and won most of their slots. I think the fact the Harry Potter films had such an impact on the BBC schedule, its really wound you up. And add to the fact, The Lion King dented Frozen. |
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Uhmm.....is that age or IQ you are talking about?....surely no-one over the age of 18 would really admit to watching this kids stuff, would they?!
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I think those supporting the showing of HP films, are giving ITV a massive excuse to show these again, next Christmas in exactly the same slots.
End of year report for Christmas ITV:- Could do better. Where was, It will be alright on the night? Music specials? Comedy, sitcoms, - I include Birds of a feather. It seems ITV did Christmas on the cheap this year. |
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Uhmm.....is that age or IQ you are talking about?....surely no-one over the age of 18 would really admit to watching this kids stuff, would they?!
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I agree.
Whilst HP is popular it's always been aimed at a teen market. A few posters here " support" HP, only as it's on ITV, and get very very heated defending ITV, If BBC1 tried this stunt there would be outcry from the very same posters and additionally from the tabloids. ITV can get 7 million with its soaps, far less with HP, and annoys its regular viewers. HP could gave been in, during the late afternoons. It's interesting some posters are so passionate about HP, or defending ITV, but with a few threads on the same issue, I think the time has come to say no more reruns of HP at Christmas now. Maybe on a dedicated Sky channel, where thoose who love HP can pay to watch it. BIB 2 - Not your decision thankfully BIB 3 - Or maybe keep them as they are on the terrestrial channels as not everyone has, or wants, Sky and ITV keep getting good ratings for them. Why is it so hard for you to process that people actually enjoy watching these films? Is you own self importance that high that you think 3-4 million people should be denied the chance to watch something they clearly enjoy just to satisfy your own selfish requirements? |
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Age. Harry Potter is for all ages.
BTW, ITV overkill everything. I also see BBC One slowly morphing into what ITV1 was ten years ago, so I think it's safe to say both channels are on the way down. Ten years from now it will be Harry Potter and YBF repeats on ITV and Indiana Jones and cheap LE on BBC1, with EE and CS pulling in around 3-4m but still on every night of the week.
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See that surprises me a little, because from what I've seen of them, they seem like kids films, but each to their own..
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