All Entertainment articles – Page 90
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NewsBBC pilots Mrs Brown’s Boys spin-off
Hungry Bear Media is to pilot a talk-show spin-off of Mrs Brown’s Boys in which Agnes throws open the doors of her home to a string of celebrity guests and members of the public.
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NewsX Factor back as ITV seals deal
ITV’s deal to renew The X Factor comes as the entertainment juggernaut’s back-to-basics format appears to have stemmed the show’s declining audiences.
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NewsRemarkable makes senior hires
Remarkable has bolstered its senior team by creating head of factual and head of entertainment roles.
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NewsYoungest snares Victory exec
Youngest Media, the indie established by former Endemol execs David Flynn and Lucas Church, has hired a former Victory Television executive as its entertainment boss.
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NewsHow C4 cooked up its Bake Off deal
Channel 4 secured board approval for its audacious and controversial capture of The Great British Bake Off over the weekend, and pounced within hours of Love Productions’ Richard McKerrow calling Tony Hall to notify him that the show’s BBC tenure was over.
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NewsITV to strip Late Late Show-style format
ITV is making a multi-million pound move into late-night comedy with a stripped show that it hopes can replicate the success of The Late Late Show with James Corden.
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NewsMel & Sue to leave Bake Off
Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc will step down as hosts of The Great British Bake Off when the show moves to Channel 4 next year.
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NewsYoungest woos E4 for debut commission
Youngest Media, the indie established by former Endemol execs David Flynn and Lucas Church, has secured its first commission - an E4 dating show featuring 10 “clones”.
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NewsPoll: the future of Bake Off
Was Love Productions right to take The Great British Bake Off from the BBC to Channel 4?
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NewsMTV seeks extreme ideas and big personalities
Geordie Shore and Ex On The Beach broadcaster MTV is looking for “bigger cast members and more and more extreme situations”, but producers warned of the health and safety risks associated with reality TV.
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NewsChannel 4 refreshes Crystal Maze
RDF-backed entertainment indie Fizz is to make its reboot of cult Channel 4 gameshow The Crystal Maze “relevant and refreshed” for a younger generation.
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NewsAnt and Dec 'on brink' of signing ITV deal
Ant and Dec are on the brink of renewing their three-year contract with ITV, according to reports.
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NewsGogglebox-inspired Gold format leads UKTV slate
A Gogglebox-inspired show in which some of the UK’s best-loved comedy duos watch their favourite classic comedies is among a raft of commissions unveiled by UKTV.
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NewsDavid Mortimer to leave NBCU
David Mortimer is to leave NBC Universal after three years spent leading its international formats charge.
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NewsITV to televise diversity awards
ITV is to televise a new awards ceremony celebrating the achievements of influential BAME public figures.
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RatingsVictoria triumphs over Poldark
WEEKEND: Victoria reigned over Poldark in the Sunday drama battle as The X Factor piled on 1.5m viewers on Saturday evening and Strictly scored its highest rated-launch.
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NewsHungry Bear scores Alan Carr show for C4
Alan Carr is opening his own social club in a four-part entertainment series for Channel 4.
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NewsRDF indie lands Crystal Maze order
RDF’s fledgling entertainment indie Fizz is to produce the return of cult gameshow The Crystal Maze for Channel 4.
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NewsBake Off launch is most-watched show of 2016
The opening episode of The Great British Bake Off has become the most-watched show of the year after over 14m viewers watched Love Production’s behemoth.
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RatingsGBBO cooks up 10m
WEDNESDAY: The Great British Bake Off continued to dominate with more than 10m viewers for its second outing, while DCI Banks returned to ITV with 4.2m.