All Entertainment articles – Page 103

  • ITV News
    News

    Kevin Lygo keen to move ITV News

    2016-09-01T07:01:00Z

    Kevin Lygo has an ambition to push back ITV’s main nightly news bulletin to free up significant space in its schedule.

  • Saturday Night Live
    News

    Sacha Baron Cohen shortlisted for SNL-style BBC2 format

    2016-08-31T13:00:00Z

    Sacha Baron Cohen and Andrew Newman are going head-to-head with Hat Trick and Princess Productions to win a Saturday Night Live-style format on BBC2.

  • Crystal Maze
    News

    C4 eyes return to Crystal Maze

    2016-08-31T10:15:00Z

    Cult gameshow The Crystal Maze is set to return to Channel 4 after a 21-year absence as part of charity special Stand Up to Cancer.

  • Victoria
    Ratings

    Bank Holiday: ratings round-up

    2016-08-30T10:33:00Z

    BANK HOLIDAY: The X Factor returned with an 11-year low, while ITV’s period drama Victoria averaged 5.5m across its first two episodes and BBC1’s sitcom season kicked off with 5m for the remake of Are You Being Served?

  • Carpool Karaoke
    News

    YouTube leads Carpool Karaoke strategy

    2016-08-26T12:11:00Z

    The Late Late Show With James Corden executive producer has revealed that he checks YouTube stats ahead of TV ratings – as 172 of the show’s clips have notched up over 1m online views.

  • Ben Frow
    News

    Ben Frow 'bored' of copycat accusations

    2016-08-25T17:01:00Z

    Channel 5 content chief Ben Frow has hit back at accusations of copycat commissioning and used a raft new of commissions, including the renewal of scripted comedy Borderline, to underline the channel’s distinctiveness.

  • GBBO
    Ratings

    Great British Bake Off storms back with 11m

    2016-08-25T10:27:00Z

    WEDNESDAY: The Great British Bake Off returned with a whopping high of 11m viewers – eclipsing the previous series opener.

  • Taskmaster
    News

    Avalon strikes global Taskmaster deals

    2016-08-24T13:35:00Z

    Taskmaster is being remade internationally for the first time after Avalon struck a deal in Belgium.

  • Ro Newell
    News

    ITV2 hunts stripped event to accompany Love Island

    2016-08-24T12:23:00Z

    ITV2 has ordered a “bonkers and eccentric” scripted comedy series from Big Talk Productions and is hunting a ‘real-time’ event to accompany Love Island.

  • 500 Questions
    Ratings

    Slow start for 500 Questions

    2016-08-23T10:47:00Z

    MONDAY: ITV’s stripped gameshow 500 Questions got off to an underwhelming start – beaten by the fourth series opener of Ripper Street on BBC2.

  • spotless
    Ratings

    Spotless struggles for ITV

    2016-08-22T13:08:00Z

    SATURDAY: ITV’s one-off gameshow Spotless entertained just over 1m viewers in its primetime slot.

  • The X Factor
    News

    ITV 'on brink' of signing £150m X Factor deal

    2016-08-22T12:55:00Z

    ITV is on the brink of signing a £150m deal to keep The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent on-screen until at least 2019, according to reports.

  • Deal or No Deal
    News

    Deal or No Deal axed by C4

    2016-08-19T11:57:00Z

    Channel 4 has confirmed long-running gameshow Deal or No Deal? is to be axed at the end of this year.

  • CBB
    Ratings

    Celebrity Big Brother outmuscles competition

    2016-08-19T10:30:00Z

    THURSDAY: Celebrity Big Brother climbed to its best-performance since its series opener – muscling its way past ITV, BBC2 and Channel 4.

  • warwick_davis
    News

    ITV plots Warwick Davis quiz

    2016-08-15T11:22:00Z

    Life’s Too Short star Warwick Davis is to host a new daytime quiz show for ITV.

  • Blankety
    News

    Blankety Blank to return to ITV

    2016-08-15T10:06:00Z

    ITV is continuing its revival of vintage gameshows by recommissioning retro format Blankety Blank, according to reports.

  • Drop The Mic
    News

    Fulwell lands battle rap format

    2016-08-12T12:14:00Z

    James Corden and Fulwell 73’s march across the US has gathered pace after cable network TBS ordered a format based on The Late Late Show segment Drop The Mic.

  • Fulwell 73
    The Broadcast Interview

    Fulwell 73

    2016-08-11T07:08:00Z

    The small British indie has made a big splash in the US with James Corden’s The Late Late Show

  • First Dates
    Ratings

    First Dates slips below 1m

    2016-08-10T11:23:00Z

    TUESDAY: First Dates struggled to woo 1m viewers on its return to the schedule – up against tough competition from a slot-winning performance from BBC2’s Olympics coverage.

  • carpool_karaoke
    News

    Fulwell 73 strikes US development deal

    2016-08-09T16:00:00Z

    Fulwell 73 Productions, the UK-based producer of The Late Late Show with James Corden, is to further expand in the US after striking a development deal with CBS Television Studios.