ITV Cancels Love Island
ITV bosses have announced today that they will not be commissioning a third series of its summer reality show ‘Love Island’.
The announcement came as the network unveiled its winter and spring schedule in London.
Mr Shaps said he had “nothing but admiration” for the production team and the show had been “brilliantly made”.
“But I just don’t think the public appetite… was strong enough for us to bring it back for a third year,” he continued.
I am quite disappointed by this decision as I actually quite enjoyed this years Love Island. However ITV would have got much better ratings if they had not pitched the show as a rival to Channel 4’s Big Brother. Love Island just wasn’t exciting enough and Big Brother is almost a reality TV institution. Maybe they should have aired the show a month earlier, or earlier in the evening. I’m sure that if they experimented in this way they could have attracted a much larger audience.
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July 8th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
I have just read that itv have cancelled Celebrity
Love Island, I think it is an absolute disgrace, its was
great to watch and much more entertaining than Big Brother
which I think should be abolished, how much longer do we
have to suffer this programme, its on 24/7 and it is boring
nothing but a bunch of freaks who are not that amusing to
watch. I really do think its time to call it a day and put
some new and interesting programmes on. I am not alone in
my quest to have this disgusting programme taken off our
screens, it is time No 9 is really pushing it and the
calibre of the housemates hasn’t improved any. I don’t expect
a reply to this, as I have complained before and no one ever
acknowledges my concerns. Its no wonder the young of today
carry on as they do, they do not need to see people
performing badly on the screen. It is appalling and not very
good television, please change your views on what we need to
watch. Thank you Chris Millar