Where did they go? Loose women

Wish she would, so over rated.

@springvegetables When they announced all the cuts they offered Lorraine a chance to break her contract to go earlier, she turned them down. She is being let go. She had a long tenure, never understood why tv bosses liked her so much. Bit like Steve Wright DJ - RIP - how he clung on so long at Radio 2.

Why are people bothered either way if they hate it so much

There are programmes I'd never watch.
But I just choose not to watch them. I don't think thank god it's not on anymore if it stops cos I don't care if other people watch them

Thank heavens for small mercies. Can’t bear this program.

I think programmes like This Morning and Lorraine have their place. Magazine shows are important to many people. As they are current and live they give a feeling of time and place to people that are at home daily. I think they are actually very under appreciated because they talk about lots of different things and interview a wide range of people that allows people to grow the general knowledge and come across things they would else never have thought about. This kind of thing is being lost for the younger population as they can chain watch their own things and end up having very narrow general knowledge. Something I have noticed recently as well, is that the hosts of such shows do very well on quiz shows as they have usually discussed various topics or issues on their programme.

ITVs live magazine programmes give light relief (mostly) to people's day to day life and keep then engaged in current events without the full doom and gloom of the world. They help you to give markers to the time of day and to give varied and interesting background noise that isn't too taxing and means you dont have to do the constant decision making of what should I watch next. I don't always like the content or what people are saying on these shows but I do think they have a very important part to play in today's society as we loose many things to streaming. The familiarity of hosts and the routine is comforting to many as well. I think it would be quite sad if they cut back on them too much.

I don't but remember there is still an audience for Mrs Brown's Boys.

Loose Women is advertised as a chat show which it is, Mrs Brown's Boys as a comedy which the transphobic foul mouthed disgrace it is no comedy by any definition.

TV advertising revenue I expect is reducing given the smaller audience and other ways of marketing.

I'm guessing it still has ratings. I dont watch it but i'd take that over sports. Its just people chatting after all

I do wonder if Lorraine now wants to stop working so she can spend time with her granddaughter

my own elderly mother wouldnt dream of watching tv in the morning. she didnt believe in it.
but plenty of people who have carers are put in front of TV with no choice.

Must be because my mother died. She watched both every day religiously, one to slag off the clothing and assorted guests and one to find out what she was supposed to think about everything and pretend she'd made up the comments herself.

Who watches rubbish like that?

Hopefully, this is the beginning of the end. It’s a dreadful programme. Not sure why it’s still limping on.

Awful programme, full of screeching stroppy women. 👎

I’m baffled as to how anyone could bear any of it.

Oh yes Sons and Daughters my step grandmother loved too! She was Irish and apart from back to Ireland didn’t travel at all. Whereas my nana travelled all around Europe and went to Spain quite a lot.

I don't think this is sudden or out of nowhere. I don't live in the UK but I do read the papers online. A few months back this was in the news for weeks. Itv cutting the budget and all these shows getting SLASHED!!. How will poor Loraine manage on a part time wage!!..

Lorraine HAS outstayed her welcome all right. By about 15 years IMO. She seemed bulletproof. DH and I always wondered if she knew where the bodies were buried! 😬👀

That's a blast from the past! Young Doctors. I loved that! And Sons and Daughters, and Neighbours, and Home and Away of course. And Take The High Road.

But yeah, my mum (possibly the same generation as your nan, born late 1930s, sorry if I am wrong!) enjoyed snooker, tennis, athletics, and even football. Also nature shows (she had a soft spot for David Attenborough!) And she enjoyed travel shows. She never had a passport and the furthest she went from home (West Midlands) was Rhyl, Barmouth, and Abersytwyth... So she enjoyed seeing travel shows, like Wish You Were Here with Judith Chalmers....

My dad used to watch the same sports, but he also watched wrestling and boxing (and I used to watch them with him,) We all used to enjoy a few game shows like 3-2-1 (cheeeezy, but a decent watch! 😆) and also The Golden Shot and The Generation Game. (showing my age!) Oh, and Family Fortunes which was good back in the day.. And we all loved Gladiators in the 1990s which was great. The reboot is good too.

So I am. But I’m allowed to criticise this.

It’s pure shite. Bin

Yet here you are in a forum of women talking about women's issues...

And I’m sure loads still do @purpleme12 but You Tube overtook ITV in terms of viewers last year.

I still watch all the 'normal' channels

Way more than I watch any streaming services