{"id":5150,"date":"2011-05-24T21:19:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T20:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=5150"},"modified":"2011-05-24T21:19:51","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T20:19:51","slug":"the-x-factor-and-strictly-come-dancing-schedule-should-not-clash-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/5150\/the-x-factor-and-strictly-come-dancing-schedule-should-not-clash-in-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing Schedule Should Not Clash In 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/images\/uk\/logosmall.jpg\" alt=\"Logo\" width=\"101\" height=\"71\" \/>According to reports this year\u2019s two rival reality shows The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing will not clash. The bosses of both the BBC and ITV have agreed to work together to ensure that the two series won\u2019t overlap when they return this autumn on BBC 1 and ITV1.<\/p>\n<p>In previous years the two shows have been scheduled against one another, with The X Factor winning the battle. However this year it seems as though the BBC is going to back down. \u201cIt\u2019s neither in the interests of the viewer or the broadcaster to go head-to-head,\u201d a source said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <em>Daily Express<\/em>, the insider continued: \u201cStrictly Come Dancing will go out slightly earlier, the X Factor will go later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The insider also claimed that ITV programme controller Peter Fincham and BBC boss Danny Cohen were \u201con song with this one\u201d, saying: \u201cIt\u2019s good news for viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile ITV bosses are said to be unconcerned about the impact this year\u2019s new line up will have on the programme\u2019s ratings. \u201cWhat\u2019s interesting is that changes in the make-up of the judges\u2019 panels is having no effect on the ratings. Britain\u2019s Got Talent still has huge figures in the absence of Simon Cowell,\u201d an insider commented.<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* largexfactor 336x280, created 11\/25\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7071761240\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports this year\u2019s two rival reality shows The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing will not clash. The bosses of both \n<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/5150\/the-x-factor-and-strictly-come-dancing-schedule-should-not-clash-in-2011\/\"> [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-x-factor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5150"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5153,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5150\/revisions\/5153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}