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JA
jay Founding member
Jon posted:
Joshua posted:
So, ITV have announced some new Sunday programming today. It sounds very interesting and its nice to see them making an effort.

Stephen Mulhern will host 'Sunday Side Up' with showbiz chat and celeb guests, while afterwards Nadia Sawalha and Kaye Adams will host 'Sunday Scoop' with debates and cookery.

These commissions sound similar to Sunday Brunch. I assume Mulhern will be leaving his Heart show with Emma Willis on Sundays.

Interesting that Nadia Sawalha will be teaming up with Kaye Adams wonder if she could also return to Loose Women ultimately. Presumably this was part of the package they offered Kaye to get her to rejoin Loose Women, I wonder if they may be trying Sunday Scoop out as potential replacement for Loose Women in the long term, the debate element sounds interesting and not very ITV for that to air on Sunday mornings. It would be easy for Sunday Scoop to become just the 'The Scoop' and it sounds a bit like The View.


I like the fact they are live - not sure why, but it always makes me think 'Gosh, they're actually really trying with these shows'.

I hope 'Sunday Side Up!' isn't as cheesy as the title suggests.
BB
BruceBBC
God, Steven Mulhern... I'm really getting fed up with him. I really don't think he's all that good. Always makes jokes that aren't funny at all and also quite big headed. ITV need to realise that they have a lot more talented people that could take the helm.
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GMc
Bruce12345 posted:
God, Steven Mulhern... I'm really getting fed up with him. I really don't think he's all that good. Always makes jokes that aren't funny at all and also quite big headed. ITV need to realise that they have a lot more talented people that could take the helm.


You've just described half of all TV presenters there...
SW
Steve Williams
Jon posted:
These commissions sound similar to Sunday Brunch.


Everyone forgets this now but when ITV poached Saturday Kitchen for the disastrous Saturday Cooks in 2006, they also did Sunday Feast with Andi Peters and Anneka Rice which was a blatant spoiler for Something For The Weekend which had already been commissioned, to the extent they even did Food Heaven Food Hell in it, apparently having heard about it in the Beeb's press release. I remember in Broadcast as well there was a story about the Beeb and ITV both wanting Andi Peters to present it. Anyway, it was axed after about six weeks, before Something For The Weekend even started.
RI
Rijowhi
Hmm so that's three Cooking shows on Sunday daytime TV then...on BBC2,ITV and Channel 4...

Something new would be nice...
CA
Cando
Steve Williams posted:
Jon posted:
These commissions sound similar to Sunday Brunch.


Everyone forgets this now but when ITV poached Saturday Kitchen for the disastrous Saturday Cooks in 2006, they also did Sunday Feast with Andi Peters and Anneka Rice which was a blatant spoiler for Something For The Weekend which had already been commissioned, to the extent they even did Food Heaven Food Hell in it, apparently having heard about it in the Beeb's press release. I remember in Broadcast as well there was a story about the Beeb and ITV both wanting Andi Peters to present it. Anyway, it was axed after about six weeks, before Something For The Weekend even started.


That was extraordinary not only did they poach Anthony Worrall Thompson from Saturday Kitchen but they also took the entire production team. 'Saturday Cooks' was moved to 12pm after a few weeks, while Sunday Feast rated worse than the religious programmes it replaced.

Coming full circle last year they hired the current production team behind Saturday kitchen - Cactus tv to make the near identical 'Saturday Cookbook' which aired in the 8.30 slot. Hosted by...Nadia Sawalha

Rijowhi posted:
Hmm so that's three Cooking shows on Sunday daytime TV then...on BBC2,ITV and Channel 4...

Something new would be nice...


ITV really missed a trick by not picking up the 'Something for the weekend'/Sunday brunch team when BBC 2 axed it due to DQF. They were in the bidding.
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robertclark125
Why not bring back Food and Drink?
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tweedledum
I might of been the very few who liked Saturday Cooks. I was gutted when it was axed.
CA
Cando
Didn't BBC 2 bring back Food and Drink earlier this year on Monday nights.
WA
watchingtv
Saturday Cookbook was on this morning was it not?

EDIT: yes at 09:25
TW
tweedledum
The Jonathan Ross Show is back, with a new set. It is bigger, and brighter, and has lots of elements from the old set. Not liking it.
CA
Cando
watchingtv posted:
Saturday Cookbook was on this morning was it not?

EDIT: yes at 09:25


Saturday Cookbook which aired last year was definitely at 8.30am when it launched.
The old 'Saturday cooks' show aired at 9.55 originally and was then moved to 11.30 after a few months.

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