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The TV Podcast
by Chuck Thomas
Join Chuck Thomas and Mike Smith every month for the comedy podcast about the TV industry.
Episodes
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Episode 51: Strictly's Presenter Fiasco, Tom Jones Slams ITV After Axe
🎯 Strictly causes controversy with three presenters 🎯 ITV postpones a number of primetime shows 🎯 Tom Jones slams ITV after axe 🎯 BBC removes eleven Mitchell & Webb sketches from iPlayer 🎯 BBC reboots Play School 🎯 RTE launches The Random Driving Test 🎯 ITV begs companies for free…
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Episode 50: Holly Willoughby's YouTube Disaster, Disney+ Reboots Blind Date
August 2026: Holly Willoughby's YouTube disaster, Strictly Come Dancing returns with worst line-up ever, Christmas TV channel launches in August, Ann Droid named BBC's biggest comedy of 2026, ITV's Voice UK drops under two million, Netflix launches Last Person On Earth dating show, Disney+…
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Episode 49: Sky Buys ITV For £1.6BN, Holly Willoughby's YouTube Gamble
July 2026: Holly Willoughby's YouTube gamble, Sky buys ITV for £1.6bn, ITV sends the The Neighbourhood packing, Bradley Walsh launches The Chase Around The World, Rebekah Vardy's ITV reality show flops, ITV plans I'm A Celebrity spin-off, Channel 5 orders Britain's Best Service Station, UKTV...
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Episode 48: SNL UK Costs £2M Per Episode, BBC Sacks Scott Mills
March 2026: Saturday Night Live UK costs £2M per episode, Scott Mills sacked by the BBC, Paramount+ commissions Celebrity Ex On The Beach, ITV orders another wine series from Gary Barlow, Sarah Ferguson develops corgi-cloning reality show, BTS comeback concert on Netflix pulls in over 18M viewers.
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Episode 47: ITV In Crisis As Britain’s Got Talent Flops, QVC Faces Bankruptcy
February 2026: ITV in crisis talks as Britain’s Got Talent hits an all-time low, ITV cancels You Bet, Jeopardy, the Fortune Hotel and the British Soap Awards, Netflix builds the largest talk show network in television, QVC on the brink of bankruptcy, Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit...
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Episode 46: Nigella Lawson Saves Bake Off, Celebrity Traitors Revealed
January 2026: Nigella Lawson joins the Great British Bake Off, Channel 4 sends Francis Bourgeois to space, Britain’s Got Talent returns for its 19th series with Stacey Soloman, Bruce Forsyth’s abandoned mansion, Disney+ buys a castle for Alan Carr, ITV criticised for dropping Loose Women…
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Episode 45: Strictly's Thomas Skinner Sues BBC Over Voting Allegations, David Walliams Scandal
December 2025: Strictly's Thomas Skinner sues BBC over voting allegations, David Walliams scandal, ITV plans Love Island movie, Sky commissions documentary on X Factor scandals, Channel 4 launches Britain's Favourite Railway Station, Ofcom reveals most complained-about shows of 2025, ITV launches...
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Episode 44: Donald Trump Sues BBC For $5BN, Celebrity Traitors Breaks Records With 15M Viewers
November 2025: Celebrity Traitors breaks records with 15M viewers, I'm A Celebrity returns for its 25th series, ITV commissions Blind Matchmakers, BBC Children In Need criticised for wasting money, Channel 4 launches puppet show with Mel Giedroyc, Kim Kardashian's legal drama All's Fair voted…
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Episode 43: The Inbetweeners set for epic comeback, MTV closes all music channels
October 2025: The Inbetweeners set for epic comeback, MTV closes all music channels, Channel 4 orders Find The Foreigner, ITV flogs memorabilia on eBay after budget cuts, Disney+ quietly hikes prices again, Channel 4 launches 'Killer' protein bar with Joe Wicks, ITV faces financial challenges due...
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Episode 42: ITV drops Saturday night line-up, Channel 4 brings back Brookside
September 2025: ITV replaces Saturday night line-up with repeats, Stranded On Honeymoon named BBC One's biggest flop ever, Simon Cowell joins Netflix for The Next Act, Channel 4 brings back Brookside, Mel & Sue's comeback flops with Win Win, Alison Hammond launches new singing contest for Channel...
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Episode 41: Quizmania 20th anniversary reunion
This month, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of ITV's Quizmania. Launched on the 12th August 2005, Fremantle's Quizmania went on to become the world's most successful interactive game show, with international versions in Australia, Poland, Colombia, France, Portugal and China. Quizmania creators...
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Episode 40: MasterChef dropped after Gregg Wallace scandal, Channel 4 orders Bonnie Blue special
July 2025: The BBC drops Gregg Wallace's final series of MasterChef, Channel 4 orders The Bonnie Blue Story, the BBC reboots Hole In The Wall, ITV launches Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters, ITVX merges with Disney+, Amazon gives Phoebe Waller-Bridge $100M for nothing, who killed Saturday morning TV?
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Episode 39: The truth behind ITV's daytime 'bloodbath', ITV Quiz launches
June 2025: ITV cuts hundreds of jobs in daytime 'bloodbath', ITV Quiz reveals launch schedule, Britain's Got Talent loses 15 million viewers, Channel 4 commissions Handcuffed with Jonathan Ross, BBC launches Love At First Laugh, Genius Game named ITV's biggest flop ever, BBC documentary explores...
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Episode 38: Sky launches UK version of Saturday Night Live, ITVBe replaced with ITV Quiz
May 2025: Sky launches UK version of Saturday Night Live, ITVBe replaced by ITV Quiz, Channel 4 commissions Virgin Island, Gavin & Stacey voted most overrated show ever, ITV cancels Pictionary, Simon Cowell tops TV Rich List, Celebs Go Dating announces line-up, AI predicted to replace presenters...
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Episode 37: Apple TV loses $1 billion a year, Channel 5 changes name again
April 2025: Apple TV loses $1 billion a year, Channel 5 changes its name again, ITV commissions Win Win with Mel & Sue, Dermot O'Leary returns with Silence Is Golden, Channel 4 reboots Bad Dog Academy, Gwyneth Paltrow slams intimacy co-ordinators, BAFTA winning producer Spencer Millman reveals…
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Episode 36: ITV cancels Gino D'Acampo, Noel Edmonds returns to prime time
March 2026: ITV cancels Gino D'Acampo, Sky opens a caravan park with Danny Dyer, ITV joins Noel Edmonds’ Kiwi Adventure, Channel 4 commissions Nepo Island, Amazon axes Neighbours (again), 70% of people watch TV with the subtitles on, Vladimir Putin launches his own anti-woke version of…
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Episode 35: BBC reveals Celebrity Traitors, Netflix launches Meghan Markle show
February 2025: BBC reveals Celebrity Traitors, Netflix goes Bear Hunting with Holly Willoughby, Katie Price 'makes babies' for Channel 4, Dancing On Ice flops on ITV, BuzzFeed sells Hot Ones for $82 million, OnlyFans launches TV channel
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Episode 34: ITV to replace producers with AI, 500k cancel BBC licence fee
January 2025: ITV uses AI to generate show ideas, 500k cancel BBC licence fee, Paddy McGuinness replaces Gregg Wallace, ITV reboots Bullseye with Freddie Flintoff, Phillip Schofield’s comeback flops on Channel 5, BBC sabotages Mrs Brown’s Boys
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Episode 33: ITV plans new theme park, BBC Three buys Hot Property
30th May 2019: ITV plans new theme park, BBC Three buys Hot Property, Channel 4 launches When I Grow Up, Netflix orders Killer Ratings, Reginald Perrin returns as a musical, BBC Two orders spoof chat show with Vladimir Putin.
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Episode 32: ITV orders X Factor All Stars, Fawlty Towers named best British sitcom
1st May 2019: ITV orders X Factor All Stars, Fawlty Towers named best British sitcom, Channel 5 buys first ever docu-sitcom, ITV orders Little Chefs with John Bishop, Basil Brush returns, Channel 5 picks up Old Wife, New Wife, Channel 4 commissions Banged Up: Teens Behind Bars.
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Episode 31: Jonathan Ross revives This Is Your Life, Channel 5 considers Bullseye
20th March 2018: Jonathan Ross revives This Is Your Life, Channel 5 orders Bad Teen To Ballroom Queen, Channel 5 considers Bullseye, E4 launches Five Star Hotel, Fox orders Man Vs Robot, Christopher Eccleston regrets Doctor Who, Fox reduces commercials, ITV orders Change Your Tune.
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Episode 30: Channel 5 unwraps Britain's Favourite Biscuit, ITV reveals Britain's Favourite Dogs
28th January 2018: Channel 5 unwraps Britain's Favourite Biscuit, ITV commissions Britain's Favourite Walks, ITV orders Britain's Brightest Family, Channel 5 picks up One Night With My Ex, Channel 4 buys Star Boot Sale, ITV reveals Britain's Favourite Dogs, LinkedIn considers TV, Hulu develops…
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Episode 29: ITV orders All Star Musicals, BBC1 axes Crimewatch
2nd November 2017: ITV orders All Star Musicals, ITV2 launches Survival Of The Fittest, Louis Walsh stars in Merry Woofmas, BBC1 orders All Together Now, Simon Cowell produces new sitcom for NBC, BBC1 axes Crimewatch.
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Episode 28: BBC1 relaunches Crimewatch, ITV orders Go For It
5th September 2016: BBC1 relaunches Crimewatch, ITV orders Go For It, Helen Skelton wows the BBC at the Olympics.
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Episode 27: Alan Carr's Grease Night flops, Channel 4 unzips Naked Attraction
5th August 2016: Alan Carr's Grease Night flops, ITV orders Celebrity Home Secrets, Channel 4 picks up First Dates Hotel, Len Goodman quits Strictly Come Dancing, E4 orders Celebs Go Dating, ITV switches off channels, Channel 4 unzips Naked Attraction.
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Episode 26: Chris Evans quits Top Gear, BBC1 orders Take That talent show
8th July 2016: Chris Evans quits Top Gear, Channel 4 launches Celebrity First Dates, ITV picks up Undercover Prisoner, BBC1 orders Take That talent show, E4 picks up Property Boom, Channel 4 orders The Great British Skinny Dip.
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Episode 25: Dermot returns to X Factor, Sky 1 launches Spelling Star
26th April 2016: Dermot returns to X Factor, Sky 1 launches Spelling Star, Channel 4 orders All You Can Eat, Paddy McGuinness joins Travel Channel, Channel 4 orders 24 Hours Inside Your Body, Channel 4 picks up The Threesome, BBC2 launches Caravanner Of The Year.
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Episode 24: ITV launches The Wine Show, Channel 4 orders Dinner In Space
25th March 2016: ITV launches The Wine Show, TLC brings Undressed to the UK, Channel 4 orders Dinner In Space, BBC1 launches Countryfile Diaries, A&E orders 60 Days In.
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Episode 23: Sky 1 orders Dogs Might Fly, Olly Murs quits The X Factor
24th February 2016: Sky 1 orders Dogs Might Fly, Channel 4 injures seven celebrities on The Jump, Ant and Dec might leave ITV, Olly Murs quits The X Factor, ITV orders Sugar Free Farm, ITV2 brings back Love Island.
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Episode 22: BBC1 brings back Hyacinth Bucket, BBC2 orders Ben Elton sitcom
13th January 2016: Channel 4 orders Inside Marks And Spencer, BBC1 brings back Hyacinth Bucket, ITV orders The Next Great Magician, BBC2 orders Ben Elton sitcom, BBC1 plans TOTP revival, NBC brings back The Celebrity Apprentice with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Episode 21: BBC1 loses The Voice, ITV launches Pick Me
12th November 2015: BBC1 loses The Voice, Channel 4 brings back Sex Box, Channel 5 orders Lip Sync Battle UK, ITV launches Pick Me.
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Episode 20: ITV orders Top Gear rival, Danny Cohen quits the BBC
15th October 2015: ITV orders Top Gear rival with Peter Andre, BBC2 launches The Great British Pottery Throw Down, Channel 4 revamps Come Dine With Me, BBC1 orders live episode of Mrs Brown's Boys, Danny Cohen quits the BBC.
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Episode 19: Jeremy Clarkson joins Amazon, Chris Moyles launches Radio X
12th September 2015: Jeremy Clarkson joins Amazon, BBC2 orders Abz On The Farm, Chris Moyles launches Radio X, ITV orders The Nation's Favourite Theme Tunes, Channel 4 orders Bus Pass Body Builders.
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Episode 18: Tom Jones axed from The Voice, BBC1 orders The Getaway Car
15th August 2015: Tom Jones axed from The Voice, BBC1 orders The Getaway Car, ITV orders Pick Me!, Katie Hopkins flops on TLC, Peter Dickson quits The X Factor.
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Episode 17: ITV launches Flock Stars, ITV renews You're Back In The Room
25th July 2015: ITV launches Flock Stars, Gemma Collins may return to I'm A Celebrity, ITV renews You're Back In The Room, Big Brother's Simon Gross releases single.
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Episode 16: BBC gives free TV licences, Sky 1 orders King Of The Nerds
11th July 2015: BBC gives free TV licences to over-75s, Channel 4 launches Married At First Sight, BBC1 brings back The Brittas Empire, Sky 1 orders King Of The Nerds.
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Episode 15: ITV2 launches Love Island, Channel 4 orders The Changing Room
6th June 2015: ITV2 launches Love Island, The X Factor reveals format changes, BBC1 orders 5-Star Family Reunion, ITV2 orders Safeword, Channel 4 orders The Changing Room.
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Episode 14: BBC2 orders Phone Shop Idol, BBC1 launches Car Share
2nd May 2015: BBC2 orders Phone Shop Idol, ITV orders BBQ Champ, E4 shuts down for election day, BBC1 launches Car Share.
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Episode 13: Jeremy Clarkson axed from Top Gear, MTV orders Judge Geordie
14th March 2015: Jeremy Clarkson axed from Top Gear, Channel 4 orders Benchmark, Daytime TV ratings, Paddy McGuinness signs new deal with ITV, MTV orders Judge Geordie.
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Episode 12: Mrs Brown wins Christmas TV ratings, ITV renews Celebrity Squares
10th January 2015: Mrs Brown's Boys wins Christmas TV ratings, ITV orders Gemma Collins show, Channel 4 orders Josie Cunningham documentary, ITV renews Celebrity Squares.
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Episode 11: Christmas TV schedules, Phillip Schofield hosts 24 hour marathon
6th December 2014: Christmas TV schedules, Channel 4 orders Domino's Pizza documentary, Phillip Schofield hosts 24 hour marathon for Text Santa, Barry Manilow appears on The Jonathan Ross Show.
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Episode 10: Gemma Collins quits I'm A Celebrity, Local TV
22nd November 2014: Gemma Collins quits I'm A Celebrity, S Club 7 reunite on Children In Need, ITV orders Get Your Act Together, Local TV.
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Episode 9: Christmas TV predictions
5th October 2014: Christmas TV predictions.
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Episode 8: Strictly beats X Factor, ITV screens Cilla Black biopic
28th September 2014: Strictly Come Dancing beats The X Factor, ITV screens Cilla Black biopic, Jason Orange quits Take That, BBC2 orders The Kitchen.
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Episode 7: Celebrity Big Brother returns, ITV launches Judge Rinder
24th August 2014: Celebrity Big Brother returns, Miranda Hart turns down The Generation Game, ITV orders You're Back In The Room, ITV launches Judge Rinder, Strictly Come Dancing returns.
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Episode 6: ITV cancels Splash, Dave orders Hasselhoff sitcom
29th June 2014: ITV cancels Splash, Vernon Kay signs new deal with ITV, Channel 5 renews Benefits Britain, Mrs Brown's Boys hits the big screen, Dave orders David Hasselhoff sitcom, Hoff The Record.
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Episode 5: Good Morning Britain struggles, Channel 4 loses £15m
18th May 2014: Good Morning Britain struggles, Katie Price controversy, Channel 4 loses £15m, Channel 5 orders OAPs Behaving Badly.
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Episode 4: X Factor musical closes, Tommy Cooper biopic
27th April 2014: The X Factor musical closes, Miranda Hart may host The Generation Game, ITV screens Tommy Cooper biopic, ITV orders Who's Doing The Dishes.
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Episode 3: Good Morning Britain launches, Eurovision returns
13th April 2014: BBC2 orders The Battle For Britain's Breakfast, ITV launches Good Morning Britain, Eurovision returns, Jermain Jackman flops after winning The Voice.
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Episode 2: Bruce quits Strictly, Noel wants to buy BBC
6th April 2014: Bruce Forsyth quits Strictly Come Dancing, Noel Edmonds wants to buy the BBC, Channel 4 orders chat show from Gogglebox's Steph and Dom.
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