Big Brother Kate to host Ri:se
Big Brother winner Kate Lawler is reportedly hired to co-host Channel 4's breakfast show Ri:se with Iain Lee, replacing Edith Bowman, who quit.…
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Boys and Girls could get shunted to Friday
Channel 4 is considering moving Chris Evans' Boys and Girls to late-night Fridays after critical panning and poor ratings.…
RI:SE may well be dropped during war
Channel 4 may cut its RI:SE breakfast show to make room for extended war news bulletins if a conflict begins.…
Unwelcome awards for Bashir and Britney
Britney Spears's film Crossroads has won a NAFTA worst-film award, and Martin Bashir ranks just ahead of Tony Blair in a Channel 4 poll of the worst living Britons.…
ITV go interactive on Sky
ITV has signed a deal with Sky allowing it to add interactive services to its channels on Sky Digital, starting with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? this Saturday.…
Gibb brother hits out at Norton
Bee Gee Robin Gibb has attacked Graham Norton on ITV's This Morning over remarks about brother Maurice's death, and Channel 4 has apologised.…
BBC 3 launch considered a success
BBC 3's first night peaked at around 270,000 viewers, far above BBC Choice's previous week, though it fell to 19,000 by midnight.…
RI:SE rapped for Christianity jokes
TV watchdog the ITC has condemned Channel 4's RI:SE for jokes about Christian beliefs in a December sketch, ruling the comments broke programme rules.…
No rise in ratings for RI:SE
The revamped RI:SE drew only around 200,000 viewers for its launch edition, well below the original show's audience and half that of BBC 2's children's programmes.…
Channel 4 hope Mel and Sue will help them rise
Mel and Sue will host the final half hour of Channel 4's relaunched RI:SE breakfast show, alongside Iain Lee and Edith Bowman.…
Norton Bee Gee gag causes complaints
Graham Norton drew complaints after joking that Maurice Gibb's life support was beeping to Staying Alive, and the ITC will check for breaches.…
Moyles TV show axed
Channel 5 has axed Chris Moyles's teatime show after it missed audience targets, and will replace it with a programme fronted by Christian O'Connell.…