Extended hours for CBBC - what do you think?

My children watch everything on iplayer, so unless different content would be created, it wouldn't make any difference.

I respectfully request, on behalf of DD2, that CBeebies start before 6am if you please. DH and I are sick of the preview reel.

I don't mind, they can run it for 24 hours if they want to, I switch my tv off when I want to

Are we talking CBBC or Cbeebies or both? I think 7pm is probably okay for cbeebies -CBBC would make sense to go through to 9pm as I don't think all 8/9 plus are going to bed at 7pm. My older dc's enjoy watching things such as Junior bake off on CBBC -I would much prefer that than some of the Disney channel rubbish that is on at that time.

Just because its on till 9pm doesn't mean they have to watch it till 9pm, It could be on 24hrs. It's up to the parents to limit the hours spent watching TV, not rely on the channels.

Could've done with it when we arrived on holiday to settle the boys down a bit while we got everything straight before bedtime. I don't see the harm, its better than the crap on Pop and nick Jr.

I don't think it's necessary to extend it to 9pm tbh.

I'm annoyed they're getting rid of BBC3 and would have loved a BBC1 +1.

I don't really think it matters. My dc 8 and almost 10 watch cbbc.

They don't watch it as it live, they watch it on demand.

I do agree that there's a lack of provision for the 16+ age group but see no issue with CBBC staying on later. There seems to be an awful lot of parents interested in a 7.30 bedtime but I've never really been one of them.

Surely 16-34 is bbc3 territory? The one they are scrapping.
Extending cbbc by 2 hours is not going to fill that gap. I like that it finishes at 7, for the age group it's a good time to stop. I can't imagine 16 year olds would watch cbbc at 6pm or 9pm

It would be nice to have some suitable and acceptable evening viewing for my almost 12 year old. I'm beginning to grow tired of endless re-runs of Pointless, the Chase and Police Interceptors. Endless re-runs of Wolf Blood and Young Dracula would at least mix it up a little.

Extended hours would be great

What age is CBBC targeted at?
It would be nice of the later 2 hours were scheduled with new programmes better suited to older children.
However, it will probably be filled with more endless repeats of bloody Tracey Beaker.
My kids hardly ever watch CBBC live, but watch their pick of programmes on iPlayer.
On the other hand it would be nice of there were more family-friendly programmes for that time slot on the main BBC channels where everyone could watch something together.

Agree. I think 9 pm is also very late for their target audience. I like that it's finished at 7 pm.

Better the Beeb with their higher quality programming and lack of adverts than some of the other kids' channels.

I don't see the need for it at all considering that everything is on iPlayer if they want to watch past 7pm.