ITV News

ITV can get away with dropping the weekday lunchtime bulletin 2 or 3 days in a year when there is a major football or rugby tournament that has matches being played in the early afternoon. Obviously, dropping the bulletin for most of a week would cause a great deal of consternation.

"Viewers OUTRAGED as Loose Women is AXED and replaced by Horse Racing" is my guess at the click bait headline.

They won't mention it's just for 4 days in the headline!

ITV replace Nags with real ones. that more like it for the Express.

I would rather watch Horse Racing than Loose Women. Lunchtime News back in it's former slot for a few days.

If there is such an article would it be a dig at the Express's rival, whose owners holds 20& of ITN?

Anyone know how the Lunchtime bulletin rates now - would be interesting to see if it benefits from an earlier slot.

12,30pm has always seemed the more natural time for the lunchtime news, ive always thought 1.30pm was a bit too late, especially the regional news at 1.55pm as there is a big gap from 8.15ish on GMB until 13.55 for regional news. Its a shame they did away with the mid morning bulletin at 10.55am. Also ive noticed in recent years the regional lunchtime news has been around 4 mins long including the weather. Hardly ever do they have a report or a live link up with a reporter, its usually 4 or 5 storys read by the newscaster and then onto the weather. It deserves at least a 10 minute bulletin IMO given there is no other regional news since GMB and then nothing until the main 6pm news.

Im glad ITV are showing the Cheltenham races on the main channel. Its a big meeting and deserves to be.

The Sun have beaten The Daily Express to mock outrage about Loose Women's cancellation tomorrow for The Budget coverage.

'WHAT WILL I DO NOW?' Loose Women fans left devastated as tomorrow’s show is cancelled for an ITV Budget Special

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/3031659/loose-women-fans-left-devastated-as-tomorrows-show-is-cancelled-for-an-itv-budget-special/

Turns out the whole story is based on 1 persons tweet.

Somebody should break the news gently about Cheltenham week.

And true to form the Daily Express version :

Loose Women viewers RAGE as ITV CANCEL beloved show for THIS reason

http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/776210/Loose-Women-Cancelled-Axed-Budget-ITV-Ruth-Langsford-Coleen-Nolan-Janet-Street-Porter

The show hasn't been cancelled, or axed, or pulled. It was never in tomorrow's schedule in the first place!

Also note "Ant forced to step in as Dec threatens to SMASH IN Andi Peters' face"

And "Ant and Dec's takeaway RUINED by MASSIVE BLUNDER" on the same page

National newspaper taken DOWNMARKET with the use of RIDICULOUS HEADLINES that have NO TRUTH WHATSOEVER

Indeed.

Somebody should also remind Loose Women (LW) fans that ITV, regardless of the dumbing down that took place from 1999, is still a public service broadcaster.

Perhaps the LW fans might enjoy watching Tom tomorrow (He is the housewives' choice - so I've heard).