Channel Five are reportedly planning to axe Vaessa Feltz’s morning show, because of poor ratings.
The Vanessa Show show has only been on air for three months and has averaged 100,000 viewers since its launch at the beginning of 2011.
A few weeks ago Five shifted it from it’s 11am slot to 2.15pm – claiming that they had carried out “audience research” and were sure it would perform better at the later time.
Channel Five has secured an exclusive deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution to acquire a raft of new and continuing series and blockbuster films, it was announced today (THURS).
The channel has acquired exclusive terrestrial and digital rights to the third season of the critically-acclaimed hit drama The Mentalist, starring Emmy® and Golden Globe Award nominee Simon Baker as Patrick Jane, an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation who has a remarkable track record for using his razor sharp skills of observation and psychological manipulation to solve serious crimes. The series, created by Bruno Heller (Rome), averaged 2.5 million viewers on Five this year, ranking as the #1 US series on UK television between February – July.
Zoe Salmon has been announced as the presenter of Five’s newest dating show Love Bus.
On the speed dating show, contestants looking for love will only have the time before the next coach stop to impress their date. If they fail, the driver will throw them off at the nearest hospital.
Five have axed both of Justin Lee Collins TV shows, after they failed to pull in more than one million viewers.
The channel signed the bearded star on a two year deal worth £1 million, but both his quiz show Heads or Tails and his chat show Good Times failed to score decent ratings. Heads or Tails peaked with one million viewers, while Good Times struggled with only 500,000.
It seems that channel Five are keen to get stars of hit US comedy Glee to appear as judges in a new series of Don’t Stop Believing.
The talent show, hosted by Emma Bunton, aims to find the UK’s “best musical performance group”.
The Sun reports that Five bosses are hoping to land Glee stars such as Jane Lynch who of course plays acerbic coach Sue Sylvester in the show.
A show insider told the paper, “Producers have approached some Glee stars… Read more & comment »
I’m not entirely sure what this film was for…
Was it to cause the viewing public to sit and give thanks that the navy is being so vigilant out in the Antarctic? Maybe so, but it was never really made clear what the men and women onboard HMS Endurance are guarding us against…
Polar bear attack maybe? Perhaps, unbeknownst to us civilians, the bears have armed up and formed a united front to overthrow the government… Read more & comment »
After a very public row between Live From Studio Five presenter Ian Wright and his former colleague Melinda Messenger, Five have appointed a replacement for the former model.
Emma Willis, who presented extra coverage of the recent Celebrity Big Brother series will be joining the nightly news show.
Golden Globe and recent Emmy® Award nominee Simon Baker stars in The Mentalist as Patrick Jane, an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his razor sharp skills of observation.
On Thursday 17th December 2009, London will play host to an epic Guinness World Record attempt as Covent Garden comes to a standstill for the ‘Most Coins Flipped Simultaneously’ in Heads or Tails: The Big Flip. Participants are expected to flock to the West Piazza at 10am laden with loose change where Justin Lee Collins, host of FIVE’s new game show, Heads or Tails, will compere the proceedings and join in with the synchronised spectacle.
ABC has reportedly suspended production on FlashForward.
The Hollywood Reporter states that the show will take a six-day hiatus but will hopefully resume filming next week,
A rep for the network is quoted as saying: “They want to maintain the high quality of the show, and this gives the writers the opportunity to do so.”
FlashForward’s executive producer David Goyer has revealed that we will meet a host of new characters later in the first season.
Goyer confirmed that the Somalian boy we saw in episode three will return as an adult.
“We have already written that character as an adult,” he told MTV news. “We’re hoping to have a certain actor play him. We haven’t nailed it down yet, but we’re crossing our fingers.”
Mark abandons his romantic getaway with Olivia when he receives a tip-off concerning the tattooed assassin who appeared in his flash forward. Elsewhere, Simon and Lloyd settle a debate over a game of poker, Aaron learns the truth regarding daughter Tracy’s accident, and Janis returns to work, but is unsure about her future with the department.
Monday 16th November 9PM on Five
MI6 agent Fiona Banks helps the detectives investigate the Blue Hand Club, which could have appeared in Mark’s vision and might be connected to a recent spate of suicides. Nicole helps Bryce uncover the meaning of his flash forward while volunteering at a hospital, Aaron receives a surprise visit from his daughter’s former army friend and Demetri reveals the truth about his lack of a blackout to Zoey. Guest starring Alex Kingston
TV presenter Justin Lee Collins has hinted that once his two year deal with Five ends, he may consider retiring.
Speaking to the Daily Record, the 35-year-old explained: “I am not so in love with this job that I just want to carry on doing it forever. The money is nice and I enjoy what I do. But family is more important – and so too is my health.
Olivia struggles to accept Bryce’s suggestion that a patient’s flashforward holds the key to a correct diagnosis and treatment. Meanwhile, Demetri accuses Mark of waiting for the future he saw in his flashforward to come true without incident, while Mark feels Demetri is letting his fear of what he witnessed envelop his life; and Nicole returns to work as Mark and Olivia’s daughter’s baby-sitter, and discloses her shocking future vision — involving a murder.
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