October 6, 200816 yr CD:UK was hench. It had that more 'teenage' appeal. Short interviews, live performances, wider range of genre etc. TOTP was just lame. :/ Instead of digging up old formats (CD:UK/TOTP) and revamping them, why not just a whole new Music Show? Like TSP said, somewhere on ITV for about an hour before or after the X-Factor is over. With live performances and interviews, a good host (not fukking Fearne Cotton), just something cool. Like T4. That's cool. By "After X Factor is over" i think it'd be better actually after the series ends. It'll just get overloaded with music.
October 6, 200816 yr Be great to see TOTP back or some sort of music programme, I think a Saturday Evening slot is much more better than during the week around 5:30pm, Sunday it would not work, that's what happened when they moved it to Sundays on BBC2 or was it BBC3 I can't remember and killed it off. We do need a music flagship programme, for acts to promote their music.
October 6, 200816 yr Thursday night at 8pm for TOTP's and Saturday nights at 8pm for something similar to CD:UK.
October 7, 200816 yr And have TOTP Reloaded on straight after TMI with Sam, Mark and Caroline presenting!
October 7, 200816 yr have a decent time spot like 7.30 on a day that's not connected to the weekend. Will never happen of course. When TOTP first started it was on Wednesday evenings but that changed to Thursday evenings which was its slot for most of its life. Anyone intersted in the whole story of TOTP can view it HERE I didn't really rate CD:UK. It catered mainly for under 14s. Pushing the likes of Pestlife, S Club Juniors, McFly, Busted, Steps etc. I didn't rate the presenters either. Ant & Dec :puke2: and then there was Cat (I love myself) Deeley. Edited October 7, 200816 yr by Euro Music
October 7, 200816 yr And have TOTP Reloaded on straight after TMI with Sam, Mark and Caroline presenting! But WHY would anyone want that? Why a TOTP Reloaded? TOTP stopped working for a reason, it lost millions of viewers for a reason, it was shit! TMI with Sam & Mark? Who's going to take that seriously? What we need is a GOOD credible music show that will list good credible acts with good credible presenters, something that TOTP never had.
October 7, 200816 yr Yes, it should come back. And (a) not have any revamps a couple of years afterwards - the one that happened in 2003 was when I started to lose interest in it - and (B) keep it at the same time every week unless something big warrants its move.
October 7, 200816 yr I agree! We need something like this back. I'm sick of the c**p clogging our charts at the moment, and the band-wagon jumpers getting the limelight. TOTP needs to be bought back the basic way it was in the 90s. Not having unfunny tossers like Rufus Hound presenting, Sluttoria Beckham videos and the Star-Bar with hangers on interviews. Just 100% music!
October 7, 200816 yr I completely agree with most points made here, and it completely links in with the kids TV debate Saturday morning TV is just abysmal, there is next to nothing for kids. SM:TV used to cheer me up hugely when I was at school, I knew to be up and dressed by 9:25, I'd watch SM:TV, then CD:UK at 11.30, have my lunch about 12.15 whilst watching the Saturday chart rundown No's 10-2 and then the No.1 performance, and then I'd go into town in the afternoon with my friends and we'd talk about the performances we just saw and sometimes buy one or two singles that were in the top ten! Now the only way a lot of people hear music is through the X Factor, so we get old 90's/early 00's ballads clogging up the low end of the chart every week as re-entries. Imagine now if we had a prime time music show, which supported new and fresh music, with songs which were instantly available to download on iTunes, it would greatly boost singles sales and it would be something decent and different to watch on the TV. Saturday morning kids TV and music shows are dying for a comeback, and I can only assume it will happen one day as these sorts of things go in cycles... incidentally, what DO kids watch on a Saturday morning now?
October 7, 200816 yr I completely agree with most points made here, and it completely links in with the kids TV debate Saturday morning TV is just abysmal, there is next to nothing for kids. SM:TV used to cheer me up hugely when I was at school, I knew to be up and dressed by 9:25, I'd watch SM:TV, then CD:UK at 11.30, have my lunch about 12.15 whilst watching the Saturday chart rundown No's 10-2 and then the No.1 performance, and then I'd go into town in the afternoon with my friends and we'd talk about the performances we just saw and sometimes buy one or two singles that were in the top ten! Now the only way a lot of people hear music is through the X Factor, so we get old 90's/early 00's ballads clogging up the low end of the chart every week as re-entries. Imagine now if we had a prime time music show, which supported new and fresh music, with songs which were instantly available to download on iTunes, it would greatly boost singles sales and it would be something decent and different to watch on the TV. Saturday morning kids TV and music shows are dying for a comeback, and I can only assume it will happen one day as these sorts of things go in cycles... incidentally, what DO kids watch on a Saturday morning now? There is TMI with Sam, Mark and Caroline which is great! It reminds me of Live and Kicking. But there are two things wrong with it. Its only on for an hour (L&K and SMTV/CD:UK were on for 3 hours) and they need more in the way of music performed. Not just the music videos. And your right it is linked with Saturday morning tv. TMI do have The Saturdays on this saturday. But overall we need a CD:UK/TOTP on a Saturday morning for kids/early teens and then a more adult music show
October 7, 200816 yr I really hope TOTP is back! I used to love watching it, although I hated it when they moved it from a Friday. It was a great way to find out the chart though, just a shame the ratings weren't great. I would love it to come back but with two perm. presenters that don't change every week. A new format would be cool too, but keep the live performances and chart run down. Bring it back, I say! Edited October 7, 200816 yr by Callum24
October 19, 200816 yr Rufus made TOTP watchable in it's last year or so when it may otherwise have died sooner with just Fearne and Reggie. I thought he was very much in the traditions of earlier presenters of the R1 DJ era. Whilst a bit cheesy, it's what made TOTP.
October 19, 200816 yr Author The Ting Tings: 'Bring back Top Of The Pops' NME.com Duo want to be first band to play on revived TV show Oct 17, 2008 The Ting Tings have called for 'Top Of The Pops' to be resurrected, and want to be the first band to play on the revived TV show. Drummer and songwriter Jules De Martino told Absolute Radio the Salford band plan to "force our way onto it." "Bring back TOTP and let us be the first band to play on it," he said. The music TV show, which ran for 42 years, was axed by the BBC in 2006. Andy Burnham MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has already called for the programme's return, saying the programme was "a great thing that was always putting a new mix of music in front of the British public". The Ting Tings, meanwhile, are due to start work on their new album early next year.
October 19, 200816 yr I think it is only now with the music industry in it's present state, that it has been realised what huge effect TOTP and CDUK had on sales. To bring back a similar format of both shows, under new names and with not only a resident presenter, but guest presenters too, seems an idea that may not only be fun to watch, but may help boost the industry .
October 19, 200816 yr TOTP was an institution, and has affection in many people's hearts. It focused on the latest hits in the hit parade which featured a wide range of genres. True, in its last years it had declined, but there is still a place for it, now more than ever in a revised format. I think it should still focus on the chart, but include songs from the top 75 and feature new releases. With the MP Andy Burnham, and the Ting Tings supporting its comeback, i hope it makes the BBC sit up and listen.
October 20, 200816 yr PPFFFTTT!!!!, bring back the ITV Chart Show!!, and it was the beginning of the end for TOTP when they switched it to Fridays just because of the Atlanta 1996 olympic coverage, and said they would change it back to Thursday afters, but never did, this meant a major ITV soap getting in the way, I do have a lot of happy memories watching the show late at night after coming back from the pubs tho, as I couldn't see it on Friday evenings. I remember in August 1999, they shown it on Thursday once, and that was when they did that TOTP tour in which each week it would be from a different city/town. If it does come back, make sure it's on for an hour like the European counterpart. Edited October 20, 200816 yr by Marcus
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