Ahh. There’s nothing like a Saturday night in front of the box after a long week, is there – like, at the moment, Saturday Night Takeaway.
Especially while the evenings are still dark and chilly.
How much do we love putting on some cosy pjs and ordering a takeaway, while we put our feet up and get ready to relax in front of our favourite show?
Only to discover that The Bloody Rugby has replaced it.
Yes, Ant and Dec kicked off primetime for a rugby double header.
I totally get that many, many people like to watch sport.
Leave Saturday Night Takeaway alone
But why do our favourite entertainment shows have to pay the price – on a Saturday night?
It’s one of the few opportunities families get to sit down and watch the same shows together.
There are literally hundreds of other channels out there. This isn’t the 90s anymore. I hear there are even whole channels dedicated to sport.
So what’s up with schedulers always moving stuff around to make room for footie?
Soap fans have had to put up with schedule shake-ups too – missing out on the latest drama so 22 men can run around a field and spit on the ground..
Saturday night entertainment shows are an institution. They have been since the 70s when The Generation Game first burst onto our screens.
They continued to be a touchstone for family bonding throughout the 80s and 90s.
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These days Saturday evenings are the stomping grounds of Ant and Dec, Paul O’Grady and Bradley Walsh.
Please, TV schedulers, think of all those viewers you are annoying yet again by removing their favourite shows.
If they turn to Netflix again for entertainment, you might just find they stop coming back to you.
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