ITV ‘takes extreme measures after facing crisis’ over This Morning and Good Morning Britain
ITV ‘takes extreme measures after facing crisis’ over This Morning and Good Morning Britain
Posted by Dale_Winton
ITV ‘takes extreme measures after facing crisis’ over This Morning and Good Morning Britain
ITV ‘takes extreme measures after facing crisis’ over This Morning and Good Morning Britain
Posted by Dale_Winton
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“Horse stables take extreme measures after facing motorised carriage crisis”
If they’re worried about Baby Reindeer and Grand Tour then why not make shows like this
A show like Grand Tour on a terrestrial broadcaster would go down a treat especially as Top Gear has been effectively axed
It became more and more obvious to just be a weird platform to mask how terrible things are going. Weird games to win “your energy bills paid for for 3 months”, hosting politicians after scandals with easy feel-good questions, etc. etc. Somewhat encouraging to see people stopped watching.
Very odd to be comparing the ratings of magazine shows like This Morning et al. with Baby Reindeer of all things. I’d imagine that’s half the problem of these execs.
When they have Alison Hammond as one of their key presenters you know something’s went wrong.
It’s full of adverts for shows previously been on TV… Competitions that cost you money to enter, lame TV spots that are rehashed previously. It’s simply stale TV. The presenters are there to promote themselves and not interesting TV. More importantly we now have choice with the streaming platforms offering what I like to see.
Man I love to watch brainrot and propaganda while im eating my breakfast
ITV is doing a great job containing the idiots tho. If they werent sat staring at the box entering insane competitions they would be wild on the internet, or even roaming the streets.
Let ITV keep them distracted by dangling trips to Corfu or one month free electric
Their financial situation is more related to the overall drop in ad revenue across the industry. Channel 4 have the same problem and it’s not just in the UK, the big US conglomerates are also having issues with ad revenue on linear channels. ITV Studios is doing well but not enough to prop them up entirely.
Doesn’t help that the daytime programmes ITV largely depends on have hit fatigue point (making them less desirable to advertisers), as well as that they’re clearly having issues getting their house in order (Schofield scandal, This Morning retool, over-reliance on the same on-screen “talent” like Ant & Dec with no “stars of the future” lined up, dependency on premium rate phone-ins).
Outside of a decent hard-hitting drama every so often, they may be the worst network given their general output of reality shows, arguably next to Channel 5 and Discovery.
The audience size of people happy to have pleasantly bland background TV must’ve plummeted since This Morning’s peak years, given streaming, broader forms of entertainment, and more need for parents to both be working.
Has it ever passed through their tiny minds that shows like This Morning are well past their expiry date or that some of the presenters are one step above GBeebies ? They need a total overhaul.
Can’t remember the last time I ever watched anything on ITV. No wonder it’s failing.
The quality of British TV has seemingly plummeted as it has started to face more competition from streaming platforms. Shameless, Peep Show, The Thick of It… when did they (ITV, C4, BBC) last make something that was actually good? Even documentaries seem to have turned to shit over the last ten years, and the bar was never especially high there.
When I think of the BBC, I can think of Doctor Who, Peeky Blinders, Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, Countless classic sitcoms. When I think of Channel 4 I think of Peep Show, IT Crowd, Spaced, Darkplace but ITV? Thunderbirds? *Thats it.* There’s zero cultural relevance for me from ITV from the last 30 years for anything except Thunderbirds and other Gerry Anderson ilk, which basically last existed as CG Captain Scarlet in the early 2000s and was very much a kid thing. I never gave a flying fuck about Primeval, and thats really the only other vaguely scifi concept I can think ITV ever did. I can’t say I’ve remembered any ITV comedy. There’s no ITV scifi or action I can think of. Its police drama after police drama after police drama after police drama. How on earth can a major variety broadcaster get away with zero variety?
As people have said, it’s the choice that’s killing them. The rise of smart TVs was the beginning of the end. On that point, YouTube is likely hurting them a lot. 99% of what they show is drivel and any “highlights” can be found in short YT clips instead. Not to mention that people may just choose to watch…anything else instead.
I don’t know anyone who watches morning tv. Wake up, quickly eat breakfast in silence, leave for work
With itv churning “the chase” 6 days a week no wonder it’s views are turning off
GMB, Lorraine, This Morning all peddle the same thing throughout each show so by 1:30 you can be thoroughly sick of them going on about Taylor Swift, Meghan & Harry, or some cunt off Emmerdale.
Seems only to be entertaining to those sat at home off sick tweeting along with the show. Phil & Holly weren’t good enough. Cat & Ben aren’t good enough. Dermot & Allison aren’t good enough, etc etc.