It would probably get put in the 7:30 slot where 'A Question of Sports' currently sits and gets ~3 million and I could easily see TOTP getting similar numbers, I personally would see it getting 4 million!

 

I just think that some music based show is needed on primetime on either BBC One or ITV. Later with Jools Holland is the only real specific music show currently on terrestrial TV and it's not really a place for the majority of mainstream acts. Aside from that, there's only really chat shows/reality shows where music acts can perform.

 

7:30 would be a tough slot to try and grow an audience against Corrie. 8:30 would be better since many people usually don't bother returning for the 2nd Corrie these days, plus it would get the EastEnders lead-in to try and attract some viewers.

At the end of the day, if they choose to bring it back, it'll be aimed at the kids which is what the new show on CBBC is going to do. Everything about music is aimed at a teen audience these days and they are the more likely people to watch. So I can't see at the moment, the BBC bringing this back when another show assumingly just like it is already underway.

CD:UK could never.

 

Seriously though, I'd welcome this so much! I know they're trying to do that CBBC chart thing, but its demographics are pre-teens, so we really need a show like this with a mass audience back. The more music shows, the better! :wub:

Now I'm really sure 'Sugar' used to have an intro.

Now I'm really sure 'Sugar' used to have an intro.

Wrong thread :P

That'll teach me to try and do one last post before dinner.

I think Top of the Pops would do great on Friday. Shame it won't happen. It's perfect background Tv for if you're going out etc.

 

The CBBC idea is ridiculous - ostracising huge amounts of the audience.

I'm all for this happening - particularly if they get Dermot to front it. I know there is the CBBC one happening for when the chart's announced on Radio 1 as well but that is a programme essentially doing the very thing that killed it off - dismissing the chart and pop music as generally being 'for kids' and not to be enjoyed by anyone over a certain age.

 

The beauty of 'Top of the Pops' as I remember it (which for me was the 1998 - 2001 period when I'd just started getting into music, I'm sure it's different for others though) was the wild unpredictability of it all. With the new chart now being announced on Friday I think this element would ramp that factor up even more.

 

This was a show that was quite happy to have more serious acts like Oasis or Embrace on in the same line up as Steps or B*Witched. It was like a mini Now compilation in TV form every Friday night and as others have said it was good TV to have on while you were getting ready.

 

And it also provided some real what you might call 'water cooler' moments - I remember specifically the episode where Robbie Williams' 'Rock DJ' video got played exclusively for the first time and it was all my group of friends could talk about the following Monday - it offered that shared experience and excitement.

 

My point is I'm all for bringing it back, it just needs to be, as with 'Top Gear' and 'Doctor Who', a universal thing that everyone can watch as opposed to being limited to one audience - something the Andi Peters/Tim Kash years of the show got horribly wrong.