Free Ladies has been faraway from screens for the remainder of the week with one of many hosts making a determined plea to viewers.
Free Ladies has been taken off air for the remainder of the week in yet one more scheduling shake up for the broadcaster. The ITV chat present incorporates a host of stars together with Ruth Langsford, Coleen Nolan and Olivia Attwood discussing the new matters of the day, and it usually airs on weekdays at lunchtimes.
Nevertheless, on Tuesday’s episode of Free Ladies, host Christine Lampard welcomed a brand new presenter onto the set alongside her co-stars Denise Welch, Janet Avenue-Porter and Jane Moore, whereas JoJo Siwa later appeared to open up about her relationship with Chris Hughes. In the meantime, Lee Peart, who’s a rise up comic that has acted as the nice and cozy up act for the present’s reside studio viewers for numerous years, was introduced out on reside tv to current the competitions phase for that day.
The function is often coated by the likes of This Morning’s Josie Gibson or Massive Brother winner Kate Lawler amongst others and infrequently is reported on reside from numerous overseas areas. When Lee made his debut on the programme to let viewers understand how they could possibly be in with an opportunity of profitable £60k, he dropped the bombshell that the Free Ladies girls won’t be on screens over the approaching days.
Christine later confirmed his announcement which is as a result of racing, the Mirror experiences.
He mentioned: “Strains shut on Friday and I’ll say, that is truly the final Free Ladies of the week, so get your entry in if you wish to try this!”
It comes amid a sequence of intensive funds cuts for ITV, which is able to see each Free Ladies and the Lorraine present being lower all the way down to 30 weeks a yr.
Earlier this yr, it was revealed that ITV soaps Coronation Avenue and Emmerdale may even be slashing their solid members in an try to chop prices.
Throughout the weeks that Lorraine Kelly shouldn’t be on air, Good Morning Britain will run in her place from 6am to 10am.
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In the meantime, This Morning will stay in its 10am to 12:30pm slot on weekdays all year long and Free Ladies can be within the 12.30-1.30pm slot for a seasonal foundation of 30 weeks too.
Kevin Lygo, Managing Director of ITV’s Media and Leisure Division, defined of the massive modifications: “Daytime is a very essential a part of what we do, and these scheduling and manufacturing modifications will allow us to proceed to ship a schedule offering viewers with the information, debate and dialogue they love from the presenters they know and belief as effectively producing financial savings which is able to permit us to reinvest throughout the programme funds in different genres.
“These modifications additionally permit us to consolidate our information operations and develop our nationwide, worldwide and regional information output and to construct upon our proud historical past of trusted journalism at a time when our viewers want correct, unbiased information protection greater than ever.
“I recognise that our plans will have an effect on employees off display screen in our Daytime manufacturing groups.”
He continued: “We are going to work with ITV Studios and ITN as they handle these modifications to supply the exhibits in another way from subsequent yr, and help them via this transition.
“Daytime has been a core ingredient of ITV’s schedule for over 40 years and these modifications will set ITV as much as proceed to carry viewers award profitable information, views and dialogue as we enter our eighth decade.”
