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The Irish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Loose Women DROPPED from ITV schedule as This Morning is extended in huge shake-up today
LOOSE Women has been pulled off air today with This Morning extended by half an hour. ITV has once again made changes to its daytime schedule, removing 2 Loose Women bosses are also reportedly axing a huge part of the show amid ITV budget cuts Credit: Shutterstock Editorial The talk show typically airs every weekday from 12:30pm to 1:30pm, but will be off the air for the next six days. In its place, This Morning, hosted today by Following that, viewers will see the ITV Lunchtime News and ITV News London, before coverage of Royal Ascot begins at 1:30pm and continues until 6pm. It comes as READ MORE ON LOOSE WOMEN Producers have decided to drop the live studio audience next year as part of a series of cost-cutting changes to its daytime programming. The show will return in 2026 with a reduced run of just 30 episodes - and without the 100-capacity crowd. It follows broader budget reductions across the channel, which also include halving Lorraine's airtime to 30 minutes and airing it only during school term times. Producers' decision to drop the audience is understood to be a cost-saving measure, as it is managed by an external company that provides security and a warm-up act. Most read in News TV However, the change has prompted concern among production staff and presenters, including Ruth Langsford, Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha and A source told Watch as Kaye Adams breaks silence on Loose Women cuts "It's what sets the series apart from the rest of ITV daytime and now there are massive fears that viewers will switch off completely. "The only concern now is to cut costs and having a live studio audience can be expensive, with the added need for security and a warmup artist. "Presenters already know how it feels to broadcast the show without an audience because that's what happened during the pandemic, and they all know it creates low mood and lack of atmosphere." An ITV source tells The Sun: "While there is a proposal to not have a studio audience for Loose Women from 2026, that doesn't necessarily mean that we'll never have a studio audience again, it just won't be in the same way as it is now. "At this stage we are still exploring new ways of working and producing the show when we move to a new studio next year." Last week, Speaking on her podcast, The 62-year-old confessed: 'It did come out of the blue. "I didn't anticipate it, which is probably stupid in retrospect. You get into a sort of rhythm of life. "I had a couple of sleepless nights I have to say, because it's just like the rug's been pulled from under your feet – what has been familiar.' Kaye, who is one of Loose Women's main anchors, said: 'It's going to have an impact. Lots of people will lose their jobs completely which is terrible. It's a huge change. 'But I gave myself a talking to and I listened to my own advice for once – change is hard, but it can be good. 'The past is a trap, don't fear the future – I'm telling myself all these things. And maybe this is the nudge that I needed to make some changes in my life and I'll just have to go with it.' It has been rumoured that the pool of Loose Women panellists will be reduced as part of the cutbacks, which will be introduced from January. So far none of the hosts know if their livelihoods are at stake. It is not yet known whether younger panellists, such as former Love Island contestant Kaye who joined the Loose Women panel from its first series in 1999, said: 'It's well documented of course. They're having to make cuts and it will affect Loose Women and to be perfectly honest we have no idea at this point what is going to happen.' 2 Producers have decided to drop the live studio audience next year Credit: ITV
The Irish Sun
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Carol McGiffin hits out at Loose Women's ‘exhausting' wardrobe rules as she reveals body part they banned from showing
CAROL McGiffin has blasted Loose Women again as she revealed its strict wardrobe rules - and slammed ITV bosses amid budget cuts. The broadcaster, 65, officially left the ITV Daytime show in 2023 following a contract dispute. 3 Loose Women has a strict wardrobe policy, according to a former pannelist Credit: Rex 3 Carol McGiffin says the panel were told what to wear and everything needed to be 'coordinated' Credit: Rex While she's still pals with her former co-stars, she hasn't got many good things to say about the higher ups. Taking a swipe at her former employers, Carol wrote in her Best magazine column: "If those in charge had spent less time obsessing over wardrobe policy and allowed presenters to be themselves, allowing them to say what they think rather than what they wanted them to think, they might not be losing 200+ jobs." She went on: "TV bosses, in my experience, love telling their 'on-screen talent' what to wear, as well as what to say. "I did Loose Women for almost 20 years and the mandated dress codes used to exhaust me." READ MORE ON LOOSE WOMEN Carol, who first appeared on the series in 2000 before she quit in 2023, said one fleeting rule they enforced was a ban on bare arms being shown on screen. She said: "We went from wearing our own clothes to being bought stuff to adhere to ludicrous wardrobe policies like 'no arms on show' ... "Presumably because our ageing biceps were morphing into bingo wings which the (male) boss at the time had decided were offensive. "Another female(!) boss once ordered all the women to wear high heels as well. Most read in Reality "I always loathed being 'dressed' or 'styled' as they preferred to call it. "You always had to be coordinated up to the eyeballs in nice slacks, wrap dresses or boiler suits." Watch as Kaye Adams breaks silence on Loose Women cuts She continued: "It used to make me shudder, nearly as much as the insane amount of waste on unimaginable amounts of clothes that had mostly only been worn once." Carol sparked a feud with bosses when she left the show, making multiple rebukes i ncluding . It comes as ITV announced redundancies across its Daytime TV shows. The reshuffle comes amid a 3 Carol time on Loose Women came to an end in 2023 Credit: Rex
The Irish Sun
04-06-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Loose Women's Kaye Adams breaks silence on ‘sleepless nights' amid cuts saying ‘it's been horrific'
KAYE Adams has broken her silence on the chaos at Loose Women and admitted she has had sleepless nights over the cuts to the show's airtime. ITV announced dramatic changes to their daytime TV schedule last month, axing more than 220 jobs and making cuts to shows including Loose Women and Lorraine. 5 Kaye Adams has broken her silence over ITV's cuts Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 5 Loose Women is affected by the dramatic changes Credit: Rex Speaking on her podcast How to be 60 Kaye said she felt as though 'the rug had been pulled' from underneath her. Kaye, 62, confessed: 'It did come out of the blue. "I didn't anticipate it, which is probably stupid in retrospect. You get into a sort of rhythm of life. "I had a couple of sleepless nights I have to say, because it's just like the rug's been pulled from under your feet – what has been familiar.' READ MORE ON LOOSE WOMEN Under the changes, Kaye, who is one of Loose Women's main anchors, said: 'It's going to have an impact. Lots of people will lose their jobs completely which is terrible. It's a huge change. 'But I gave myself a talking to and I listened to my own advice for once – change is hard, but it can be good. Most read in News TV 'The past is a trap, don't fear the future – I'm telling myself all these things. And maybe this is the nudge that I needed to make some changes in my life and I'll just have to go with it.' It has been rumoured that the pool of Loose Women panellists will be reduced as part of the cutbacks, which will be introduced from January. Nadia Sawalha in tears as she breaks silence on chaos at Loose Women offices after 'hundreds' of shock redundancies So far none of the hosts, including big name stars Ruth Langsford, 65, Denise Welch, 67, Coleen Nolan, 60, and Nadia Sawalha, 60, know if their livelihoods are at stake. It is not yet known whether younger panellists, such as former Love Island contestant Kaye, 62, who joined the Loose Women panel from its first series in 1999, said: 'It's well documented of course. They're having to make cuts and it will affect Loose Women and to be perfectly honest we have no idea at this point what is going to happen.' The popular presenter revealed that she has been planning to downsize from the family home she shares in Glasgow with her husband, tennis coach Ian Campbell, since their two daughters Charly, 22 and Bonnie, 18, moved out. She said the Loose Women changes might give her the opportunity to concentrate on the move. Speaking on the Midweek Catchup episode of How to be 60, out today, she told co-host Karen McKenzie: 'I've been going on and on I'm going to downsize and make changes to my house. 'Maybe it's going to give me a bit of time to focus on that and really spend some time on it. 'Funnily enough, I agreed ages ago to do this programme where they get people like me who are ready to get rid of big bits of furniture and downsize and they take them to an auction house and they sell them off and they film it. 'They asked me to earmark bits of furniture and different things that I was prepared to get rid of and so I agreed at the time, because I thought this is going to give me the impetus to really get going on the down-sizing.' ITV's daytime TV schedule changes in full Good Morning Britain will be extended by 30 minutes to run from 6am to 9.30am daily. Lorraine will run from 9.30am-10am, on a seasonal basis for 30 weeks of the year. During the weeks Lorraine is not on air, Good Morning Britain will run from 6am to 10am. This Morning will remain in its 10am-12.30pm slot on weekdays throughout the year. Loose Women will be in the 12.30-1.30pm slot, again on a seasonal basis for 30 weeks of the year. The changes will take effect from January 2026. Kaye joked that she hadn't yet told her husband. 'They're coming with a truck and I haven't told Ian. For the last week I keep going to start the conversation with him – 'by the way, there's a film crew coming and I've told them that they can have that sideboard, that chair, that desk.' I haven't told him yet! 'But if I didn't tell him and he came back tomorrow night, he wouldn't notice. He might if the sofa was gone or the television, but that's about it!' Kaye set up the How to be 60 podcast three years ago with friend and former BBC colleague Karen McKenzie. The weekly podcast features interviews with big name guests including Alan Cumming, Michelle Collins and The midweek catchup episode features chat and banter between the two co-hosts as well as reflections on their lives. Kaye, who also presents a daily show on BBC Radio Scotland, added that she was now trying to put a positive spin on the Loose Women cutbacks, rather than worry about them. She said: 'So, all change. It's good for us. I'm going to embrace it.' Kaye is the third Loose Women panellist to break cover and speak out about the impact of the cuts. Last month panellist Nadia Sawalha "These are all the people behind the scenes that support us in every way.' And Sun columnist Jane Moore hit out at the 'snooty reaction' to the announcement of the cuts. Kaye Adams: How to be 60 is available on all podcast providers 5 Kaye admits she's had 'sleepless nights' over ITV's cuts to its daytime shows Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 5 The Scots-born star has appeared on Loose Women since 1999 Credit: Rex 5 Her co-star Nadia Sawalha (second right) has been in tears over the changes Credit: Rex
Scottish Sun
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Nadia Sawalha in tears as she breaks silence on chaos at Loose Women offices after ‘hundreds' of shock redundancies
She revealed the fate of the Loose Women presenters 'SHOCK & FEAR' Nadia Sawalha in tears as she breaks silence on chaos at Loose Women offices after 'hundreds' of shock redundancies DEVASTATED Nadia Sawalha has revealed the turmoil at the Loose Women offices following "hundreds" of shock redundancies - some with just one week's notice. The Loose Women star described scenes of "shock and fear" in the corridors at ITV amid a major cost-cutting drive across its Daytime shows. Advertisement 6 Nadia Sawalha was in tears as she described scenes of 'shock and fear' in the corridors at ITV 6 Loose Women panellists will be saved from the axe - but hundreds of staff have been left in turmoil Credit: Rex Features 6 Nadia has been a regular on Loose Women since 1999 Credit: Rex Nadia became emotional as she shared what's been happening, appearing alongside husband Mark Adderley on her YouTube channel. She said: "Do you know what, at the moment, all of us on screen are in work, and are proud of what we do. "But behind the scenes there are people that are really suffering, and what you don't realise is when you attack the show you attack them, because you never see all the army of people behind the scenes and how hard they work." Choking back tears, she added: "So to all my friends and colleagues behind the scenes who have just got a huge shock out of the blue, I'm so sorry. Advertisement READ MORE ON LOOSE WOMEN ITV 'PANIC' This Morning and Loose Women stars fear huge cull as ITV plans massive cuts "Mark knows how upset I've been at home about it. "I just can't bear it. So just be f*****g kinder people." A furious Nadia spoke out after The Sun columnist Jane Moore blasted "the snooty reaction from some" to the announcement of money saving cuts impacting the all-female show Jane said the misogynistic pile-on from male presenters and other columnists as "hugely disappointing". Advertisement She wrote: "The panellists who are under 40 are sometimes trolled as 'bimbos' or 'airheads' while the older ones like me are called 'old hags' or 'fishwives' by people who really should know better." Nadia said she felt compelled to speak out about the reaction from inside the corridors at ITV. ITV Daytime Shake-Up: Major Changes to Lorraine and Loose Women Revealed She revealed: "What's been brutal, absolutely brutal over the last week. And honestly, terrifying, is that hundreds of people were made redundant and are going to be made redundant out of the blue. "These are all the people behind the scenes, right, that support us in every way. You cannot have one without the other. But it's just the way of the world. Inflation is insane. Cuts have to be made and I know you guys will be feeling this within your families ... Advertisement "But a lot of my friends and colleagues on this on this show ... have been there for for decades. "And I can't tell you how upsetting it was to see people just walking around numb with shock and fear about what they were going to do. "That has been so awful." MORE ITV CUTS Loose Women isn't the only show affected by these changes at ITV. Advertisement Lorraine Kelly's show has been cut to just 30 minutes a day and will also only air for 30 weeks of the year. Good Morning Britain, with hosts including Susanna Reid, Ed Balls and Kate Garraway, will take half an hour from Lorraine and will run from 6am to 9.30am. More than 220 jobs will be lost as part of the shake-up — almost half of the 450 employed on the four flagship shows GMB, Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women. The reshuffle comes amid a desperate cost-cutting drive at the broadcaster, and follows changes already made to its soaps. Advertisement Meanwhile, Lorraine is rumoured to quit ITV altogether next year after turning down an "insulting" offer to merge with Good Morning Britain. A show insider revealed to the publication: "Lorraine was pulled into a meeting with bosses where she was told about Good Morning Britain being taken over by ITN ahead of the public announcement. "It was proposed that her show would merge with GMB so that she presented the last 30 minutes of the broadcast, which is what happened when a reduced team were working during lockdown. "But she told them no and said it wasn't even a possibility... fast-forwarded two weeks and the channel announced her show would be cut from an hour to 30 minutes... Advertisement "The entire thing has been an insult and she's certain to leave when the year-long contract ends." 6 Furious Loose Women presenter Nadia hit out at 'misogynistic trolls' who celebrated cuts to the all-female show 6 Lorraine Kelly 'refused an insulting offer from ITV bosses' and is 'set to quit her show next year' Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 6 Lorraine declined the opportunity to merge her daytime show with Good Morning Britain Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
The Irish Sun
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Nadia Sawalha in tears as she breaks silence on chaos at Loose Women offices after ‘hundreds' of shock redundancies
DEVASTATED Nadia Sawalha has revealed the turmoil at the Loose Women offices following "hundreds" of shock redundancies - some with just one week's notice. The Loose Women star described scenes of "shock and fear" in the corridors at ITV amid a major cost-cutting drive across its Daytime shows. Advertisement 6 Nadia Sawalha was in tears as she described scenes of 'shock and fear' in the corridors at ITV 6 Loose Women panellists will be saved from the axe - but hundreds of staff have been left in turmoil Credit: Rex Features 6 Nadia has been a regular on Loose Women since 1999 Credit: Rex Nadia became emotional as she shared what's been happening, appearing alongside husband She said: "Do you know what, at the moment, all of us on screen are in work, and are proud of what we do. "But behind the scenes there are people that are really suffering, and what you don't realise is when you attack the show you attack them, because you never see all the army of people behind the scenes and how hard they work." Choking back tears, she added: "So to all my friends and colleagues behind the scenes who have just got a huge shock out of the blue, I'm so sorry. Advertisement READ MORE ON LOOSE WOMEN "Mark knows how upset I've been at home about it. "I just can't bear it. So just be f*****g kinder people." A furious Nadia spoke out after The Sun columnist Jane Moore blasted "the snooty reaction from some" to the announcement of money saving cuts impacting the all-female show Jane said the misogynistic pile-on from male presenters and other columnists as "hugely disappointing". Advertisement Most read in News TV She wrote: "The panellists who are under 40 are sometimes trolled as 'bimbos' or 'airheads' while the older ones like me are called 'old hags' or 'fishwives' by people who really should know better." Nadia said she felt compelled to speak out about the reaction from inside the corridors at ITV. ITV Daytime Shake-Up: Major Changes to Lorraine and Loose Women Revealed She revealed: "What's been brutal, absolutely brutal over the last week. And honestly, terrifying, is that hundreds of people were made redundant and are going to be made redundant out of the blue. "These are all the people behind the scenes, right, that support us in every way. You cannot have one without the other. But it's just the way of the world. Inflation is insane. Cuts have to be made and I know you guys will be feeling this within your families ... Advertisement "But a lot of my friends and colleagues on this on this show ... have been there for for decades. "And I can't tell you how upsetting it was to see people just walking around numb with shock and fear about what they were going to do. "That has been so awful." MORE ITV CUTS Loose Women isn't the only show affected by these changes at ITV. Advertisement Lorraine Kelly's show has been cut to just 30 minutes a day and will also only air for 30 weeks of the year. Good Morning Britain, with hosts including Susanna Reid, Ed Balls and Kate Garraway, will take half an hour from Lorraine and will run from 6am to 9.30am. This Morning and Loose Women. The reshuffle comes amid a Advertisement Meanwhile, Lorraine is rumoured to quit ITV altogether next year after turning down an "insulting" offer to merge with Good Morning Britain. A show insider revealed to the publication: "Lorraine was pulled into a meeting with bosses where she was told about Good Morning Britain being taken over by ITN ahead of the public announcement. "It was proposed that her show would merge with GMB so that she presented the last 30 minutes of the broadcast, which is what happened when a reduced team were working during lockdown. "But she told them no and said it wasn't even a possibility... fast-forwarded two weeks and the channel announced her show would be cut from an hour to 30 minutes... Advertisement "The entire thing has been an insult and she's certain to leave when the year-long contract ends." 6 Furious Loose Women presenter Nadia hit out at 'misogynistic trolls' who celebrated cuts to the all-female show 6 Lorraine Kelly 'refused an insulting offer from ITV bosses' and is 'set to quit her show next year' Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 6 Lorraine declined the opportunity to merge her daytime show with Good Morning Britain Credit: Shutterstock Editorial Advertisement
