The TV Podcast

Mar 01 2025 36 ep. 12 mins 279
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Nobody is safe as Chuck Thomas and Greg Scott reveal the inner workings of the television industry. Listen on Spotify or watch on YouTube.

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Episode 36: ITV cancels Gino D'Acampo, EastEnders' 40th anniversary flops

Mar 01 2025 28 mins  
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 Eurovision, 'Net Zero' BBC slammed after Amanda Holden takes 28 flights

Episode 35: BBC picks Celebrity Traitors, BuzzFeed sells Hot Ones for $82 million

Jan 24 2025 30 mins  
February 2025: BBC picks 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

Episode 34: ITV uses AI to generate show ideas, 500k cancel BBC licence fee

Dec 21 2024 18 mins  
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

Episode 33: ITV plans new theme park, BBC Three buys Hot Property

May 30 2019 11 mins  
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.

Episode 32: ITV orders X Factor All Stars, Fawlty Towers named best British sitcom

Apr 30 2019 11 mins  
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.

Episode 31: Jonathan Ross revives This Is Your Life, Channel 5 considers Bullseye

Mar 20 2018 11 mins  
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.

Episode 30: Channel 5 unwraps Britain's Favourite Biscuit, ITV reveals Britain's Favourite Dogs

Jan 27 2018 13 mins  
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 Four Weddings And A Funeral, Channel 4 commissions Famous And Fighting Crime.

Episode 29: ITV orders All Star Musicals, BBC1 axes Crimewatch

Nov 02 2017 14 mins  
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.

Episode 28: BBC1 relaunches Crimewatch, ITV orders Go For It

Sep 07 2016 6 mins  
5th September 2016: BBC1 relaunches Crimewatch, ITV orders Go For It, Helen Skelton wows the BBC at the Olympics.

Episode 27: Alan Carr's Grease Night flops, Channel 4 unzips Naked Attraction

Aug 07 2016 17 mins  
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.