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ITV abandons the South Bank

(February 2017)

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SE
Square Eyes Founding member
Whataday posted:
GoldenDays posted:
Now not tx'ing until Christmas by which time the whole place will probably have been demolished.


That to me suggests that the show turned out much better than they were expecting. Saving it till Winter is a big upgrade.


Or it’s a dogs breakfast and needs some work.
WH
Whataday Founding member
They could have easily hidden it during the summer if it wasn't that great.
AN
Andrew Founding member
It might turn up in that week between Christmas and New Year, probably on the Saturday, when the schedules on ITV tend to be a bit random and not the most expensive.
JK
JKDerry
Andrew posted:
It might turn up in that week between Christmas and New Year, probably on the Saturday, when the schedules on ITV tend to be a bit random and not the most expensive.

On a side note, ITV have never really embraced Christmas television, so this farewell to the studios would be a nice cheap filler for them over Christmas.
GD
GoldenDays
Waiting for the shot of the wrecking ball hitting The Tower to add to the end of the programme to ruin everyone's Christmas.
JK
JKDerry
GoldenDays posted:
Waiting for the shot of the wrecking ball hitting The Tower to add to the end of the programme to ruin everyone's Christmas.

They will have made the special by now, and will spend the next months editing it into a two hour special. It is a shame they have waited so long. The BBC aired a proper live special to say farewell on the last main day of TV Centre in 2013. ITV just could not be bothered.
WH
Whataday Founding member
JKDerry posted:
GoldenDays posted:
Waiting for the shot of the wrecking ball hitting The Tower to add to the end of the programme to ruin everyone's Christmas.

They will have made the special by now, and will spend the next months editing it into a two hour special. It is a shame they have waited so long. The BBC aired a proper live special to say farewell on the last main day of TV Centre in 2013. ITV just could not be bothered.


Although to be fair, it sounds like they shot backstage footage of the studios' last days, so it couldn't have been aired around the same time as it closing. Goodbye Granadaland did something similar. If you're going to air a show like this it either should be at the time the studios close, or at the end of the year to reflect on the studios closing in the year.

Also, BBC FOUR aired a PRE-RECORDED special to say farewell to TVC. The main farewell was The One Show special which is akin to the ITV Daytime tributes aired on the day they moved.
JA
james-2001
There was the live Madness performance outside the studios which was on BBC4 as well.
DE
DE88
JKDerry posted:
Andrew posted:
It might turn up in that week between Christmas and New Year, probably on the Saturday, when the schedules on ITV tend to be a bit random and not the most expensive.

On a side note, ITV have never really embraced Christmas television, so this farewell to the studios would be a nice cheap filler for them over Christmas.


Well, it's certainly true that they put in next to no effort on Christmas Day 1993... Wink

http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/oldott/www.offthetelly.co.uk/indexaf35.html?page_id=3866
VM
VMPhil
If we'd not had the BBC I don't think Christmas Day TV would be as big a thing as it is. I believe in America the Christmas specials always air in the run up to Christmas and the day itself isn't special (as obviously the advertising is to get you to buy things for the day)
IS
Inspector Sands
The same here of course, hence the likes of X Factor and I'm a Celebrity are on in the autumn.
JK
JKDerry
VMPhil posted:
If we'd not had the BBC I don't think Christmas Day TV would be as big a thing as it is. I believe in America the Christmas specials always air in the run up to Christmas and the day itself isn't special (as obviously the advertising is to get you to buy things for the day)

That is right, all of their Christmas specials air on the lead up to Christmas, with Christmas Day just filled with Christmas movies.

Last year, Christmas Night on the four main networks was just awful, clogged up with sport and repeats of Christmas movies. They feel that people do not want to watch television then, but spend time with their family and friends.

They also know the large advertising revenue comes on the lead up to Christmas, which is why their big shows air their festive editions on the week before Christmas, to attract the millions of dollars in ad revenue.

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