Tony Ball Turns Down ITV - Katie Price Responds On ITV2
MORE bad news for ITV as Tony Ball, the former boss of Sky, has no interests in becoming ITV’s chief executive.
In the first half of 2009, the broadcaster made a pre-tax loss of £105m. The only shows worth watching are the X Factor – because it makes money – and soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale. Without them ITV has nothing.
Time for Simon Cowell to be given full control over the channel, with Katie Price working under him, or just dry humping his chair – oh, the ratings.
In the meantime, here are those ITV schedules in full:
ITV 1: Coronation Street; Emmerdale; Coronation Street; Soap Bloopers III; The Tony Ball Interviews
ITV 2: Coronation Street: Behind The Scenes; The Making of Soap Bloopers; Literally Me, The Dermot Leary Story
ITV 3: Real Emmerdale – Live Footage of Cows Being Milked; Holly Willoughby On Sarcasm; The Making Of ITV4
ITV 4: The Making Of ITV 3; Child Minding With Holly Willoughby – live action feed of Holly’s baby sleeping as she presents out for the ITV Awards show; 1,000 Top Adverts
Posted: 25th, September 2009 | In: Media Comments (7) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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September 26th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Not David Frost. David Jason. Dur.
September 26th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Spooks! Yeah, brilliant show. BUT if it was made by ITV (in fairness it’s made by an indie company not the Beeb itself), it would have David Frost playing Harry, Robson Green would be the Tom/Adam character and probably Jane Horrocks as the female lead. In other words, CRAP!!!
Poor ol’ ITV.
September 26th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I’ve developed an addiction to Come Dine with Me, was telling my mother about it, and she said so I should, one of the Producers is the daughter of friends of hers.
Have to say I love Midsomer Murders, Silent Witness and Waking the Dead and Spooks. Emmerdale is a must..
Did enjoy Last Night of the Proms too
September 26th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Shameless and I know he can be an annoying git but Jamie Oliver’s new programme is really good as well.
September 26th, 2009 at 11:55 am
There’s one good thing about ITV though. It can never be as shite as Sky and their endless repeats of Road Wars (which is hardly the most expensive programme to make, surely). I’m a C4 man myself, fab shows on there such as The In Betweeners, How Clean is Your House, Come Dine with Me… TV Magic.
September 26th, 2009 at 10:30 am
I rarely watch mainstream TV any more.
Daytime I’ll flick through Animal Planet. (Animal Cops mostly)
Evenings Hallmark.
agree with Eggman about same old faces playing same old characters with golden handcuff deals. But BBC is as bad… Ross Kemp and Stephen Fry seem to be everywhere.
September 26th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Sad to say, but I just don’t think ITV will be around in a few years’ time. Too many boring dramas, nostalgic dramas, murder mysteries etc starring the same pool of actors (Sarah Lancashire, Caroline Quentin, Martin Clunes, etc)and weird gameshows.
I only watch the X Factor, TV Burp and sometimes Jeremy Kyle (which seems to be the same show over and over).