[cub]

Very odd set-up today. Just Jayne (Why eye, man!) Middlemass and Kate Walsh - no Wrighty. At the start they said Ian wasn't on the programme tonight and at the end of it hastily saying he would not be returning. Looks like the beginning of the end for this show.

Shame 'cos I like it. My little guilty pleasure ...

[ILoveTRW]

Wouldn't be surprised if the girls got him kicked off, Melinda Messenger left because of him and Emma Willis was probably quick to jump to BBLB because of him.

[cub]

I think it was more like the new controller of Channel 5 - he'd sacking some top execs yesterday so he was probably in the mood for more.

I think someone said Wrighty was seen to be yawning at the end of one of their Don't Stop Believing promos on the show. Some wannabe X Factor rubbish.

I daresay all will be revealed in the next day or so. He won't go quietly.

[BB_Eye]

I think this might be good for him. He just seemed so... I dunno... undignified presenting a show like that. I felt bad for him.

[Stacey.]

Can't believe that.

He was good aswell, I really liked him.

[spitfire]

Maybe he quit.

[Shaun]

A live at Studio Five thread not made by arista!?

[Lewis.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

A live at Studio Five thread not made by arista!?

I wish TiBB had a "Like" button

[Patrick]

Ikr Shaun I was like 'I bet Arista is so pissed he didn't get to post this first'

I reckon Live @ Studio Five will be axed anyway once Richard puts his plans into action.
It's a sh*tty show anyway.

[arista]

I bet Arista is so pissed he didn't get to post this first'

No Pat not at all
as I needed to get a Proper link.

A friend of the veteran sportsman – who has been capped 33 times for England – said: ‘Ian is not a puppet. Don’t Stop Believing has lost nearly a million viewers and he was told to come on air and say how great the show was, but he refused.’

"Wright had hosted the chat show from its launch last year. But he was taken off air last night following his dispute with new executive producer Chris Shaw, who has made a series of harsh changes to the programme."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...#ixzz0wTBJd79o


He had a Point
about pushing a show he did not like,
but on the 30mins shorter show
his banter with the girls had to go.


Sign Of The Times.

[GiRTh]

Ian Wright axed by Live From Studio Five

Footballer-turned-presenter Ian Wright has been axed from TV show Live From Studio Five.

Broadcaster Five said his contract had been "coming to an end and the decision was taken not to renew it".

Viewers watched on Thursday evening as co-presenters Jayne Middlemiss and Kate Walsh announced his departure.

Wright said that he was against a decision to reduce the programme's running time from an hour to 30 minutes.

He told Absolute Radio: They've just literally cut the show in half, there's no banter, there's no talk, and for the last couple of weeks where they've been trying it out I've been saying 'this is pointless, this is not what I'm doing it for.'"

"It's just been arguments for the last couple of weeks," Wright added, saying that he had been concerned about the future.

A source close to Wright said he had fallen out with the show's bosses after refusing to promote Five talent show Don't Stop Believing on the programme.

The source told BBC News the former footballer was not a fan of the Saturday night talent show, described by Five as a "showcase of choirs, musical performance groups and singing extravaganzas".

"His contract was due to end in the middle of September but they decided not to renew it," the source said.

"It was a combination of the two things - he wasn't prepared to go on and lie and, as a result, they decided not to renew his contract."

Middlemiss, speaking at the end of Thursday's show, said: "Before we go, we have to give you some sad news - Ian won't be joining us again here on Studio Five."

Former Apprentice contestant Walsh added: "We've had a brilliant time working with Ian and he's been ace to spend time with every evening.

"Ian, loads of luck for the future."

The first episode of the show on 14 September, 2009 - hosted by the original line-up of Wright, Walsh and former model Melinda Messenger - was watched by an average audience of 490,000 viewers.

Wright's final appearance, on Wednesday, was seen by 140,000 viewers, according to early figures.

The magazine show, which is aired on weekdays at 1830, was cut down from an hour to a 30-minute slot at the beginning of last week.

In the previous one-hour format, the second half of the programme had clashed with the BBC's The One Show, which begins at 1900.

Earlier this week, it was announced that Five's chairman and chief executive Dawn Airey was to leave in a shake-up of senior management after Daily Express and Daily Star owner Richard Desmond bought the channel.

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