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 34: ITV to replace producers with AI, 500k cancel BBC licence fee

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

Episode 35: BBC reveals Celebrity Traitors, Netflix launches Meghan Markle show

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 36: ITV cancels Gino D'Acampo, Noel Edmonds returns to prime time

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 the secrets making behind TV Burp

Episode 37: Apple TV loses $1 billion a year, Channel 5 changes name again

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 within ten years, Channel 4 axes Naked Attraction, Britain’s Got Talent accused of fakery

Episode 38: Sky launches UK version of Saturday Night Live, ITVBe replaced with ITV Quiz

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 the world's weirdest reality show, Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain

Episode 39: The truth behind ITV's daytime 'bloodbath', ITV Quiz launches

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?

Episode 40: MasterChef dropped after Gregg Wallace scandal, Channel 4 orders Bonnie Blue special

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 Chuck Thomas and Debbie King revisit ITV's late night phenomenon with Greg Scott and Flash Sawyer.

Episode 41: Quizmania 20th anniversary reunion

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 4, Sky poaches Gemma Collins, Gary Lineker beats Ant & Dec at the NTAs, Channel 4 orders dating show for blood donors.

Episode 42: ITV drops Saturday night line-up, Channel 4 brings back Brookside

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 to succession of flops, Baywatch returns, the ghost of Bruce Forsyth haunts the London Palladium, Hallmark Channel announces 28 brand new Christmas movies, Sky History goes witch-hunting with Rylan Clark.

Episode 43: The Inbetweeners set for epic comeback, MTV closes all music channels

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 worst show of all time, Channel 4 investigate Hitler's DNA, Donald Trump sues the BBC for $5 billion.

Episode 44: Donald Trump Sues BBC For $5BN, Celebrity Traitors Breaks Records With 15M Viewers

9th February 2014: Kyle Minogue joins The Voice, Simon Cowell returns to The X Factor, ITV renews Take Me Out, BBC2 renews The Great British Sewing Bee, Channel 4 renews First Dates.

Episode 1: Kylie joins The Voice, Simon returns to X Factor

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.

Episode 2: Bruce quits Strictly, Noel wants to buy BBC

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.

Episode 3: Good Morning Britain launches, Eurovision returns

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.

Episode 4: X Factor musical closes, Tommy Cooper biopic

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.

Episode 7: Celebrity Big Brother returns, ITV launches Judge Rinder

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.

Episode 13: Jeremy Clarkson axed from Top Gear, MTV orders Judge Geordie

2nd May 2015: BBC2 orders Phone Shop Idol, ITV orders BBQ Champ, E4 shuts down for election day, BBC1 launches Car Share.

Episode 14: BBC2 orders Phone Shop Idol, BBC1 launches Car Share

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.

Episode 15: ITV2 launches Love Island, Channel 4 orders The Changing Room

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.

Episode 16: BBC gives free TV licences, Sky 1 orders King Of The Nerds

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 The Box with Gary Lineker, BBC fails to find celebrities for Celebrity Mastermind, Fremantle develops Christmas dating show with super-sized Advent Calendar.

Episode 45: Strictly's Thomas Skinner Sues BBC Over Voting Allegations, David Walliams Scandal

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.

Episode 19: Jeremy Clarkson joins Amazon, Chris Moyles launches Radio X

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.

Episode 20: ITV orders Top Gear rival, Danny Cohen quits the BBC

12th November 2015: BBC1 loses The Voice, Channel 4 brings back Sex Box, Channel 5 orders Lip Sync Battle UK, ITV launches Pick Me.

Episode 21: BBC1 loses The Voice, ITV launches Pick Me

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.

Episode 23: Sky 1 orders Dogs Might Fly, Olly Murs quits The X Factor

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.

Episode 26: Chris Evans quits Top Gear, BBC1 orders Take That talent show

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

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

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 29: ITV orders All Star Musicals, BBC1 axes Crimewatch

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

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

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