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The Irish Sun
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Loose Women star lands huge new job just days after ITV daytime cull amid cash crisis
LOOSE Women star Judi Love has landed a huge new job just days after ITV announced their daytime cull. The ITV show's line-up had been left in the dark about 3 Lose Women star Judi Love has landed a huge new job amid ITV's daytime cull Credit: Rex So, it's a good job The comedian announced on Instagram today that the first episode of Our Table will be released tomorrow. Fellow Loose Woman read more on Judi Love She wrote: "Our Table will launch on Friday, the 30th, on YouTube and all major podcast platforms! "We have an exciting series lined up, featuring incredible guests and engaging conversations. Join us at Our Table!! #Ourtable #JudiLove." A second post saw the Strictly star posed with her special guests ahead of the series premiere. The Sun previously revealed how Most read in News TV An insider told us: 'It's very tense backstage as the cast are all fuming. It's like they're putting on a brave face and doing the show through gritted teeth. 'Some people's pay could be cut by 60% as some get paid by the episode and they'll be slashed next year. ITV Daytime Shake-Up: Major Changes to Lorraine and Loose Women Revealed 'For some it's their main source of income and it's worrying to everyone.' This comes after an ITV source revealed: "We are not planning any radical changes to the panel. "All of our Loose Women are hugely valued and we celebrate each and every one and the experience and opinions they bring to the show every day. "Many of our long standing panellists have appeared on the show for the majority of its 25 year run on screens and those stalwart, Loose legends are at the core of the show's success and hugely popular with the audience. "The show remains a big priority within our daytime slate, having secured a BAFTA nomination, launched a podcast and celebrated a milestone anniversary in the last year alone." MORE ITV CUTS Loose Women isn't the only show affected by recently announced changes at ITV, that will come into play in 2026. 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. 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. 3 She's bagged herself a lucrative podcasting gig Credit: Instagram 3 Our Table will include a selection of special guests Credit: Instagram
Leader Live
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha criticises ‘out of the blue' ITV daytime cuts
The changes are expected to cause job losses across ITV's morning offering including This Morning, Lorraine and Loose Women, which will be broadcast from a new location in central London while still being produced by ITV Studios. Good Morning Britain is to be extended by half an hour from January, while Lorraine Kelly's morning talk show will be reduced to 30 minutes for 30 weeks of the year, ITV said earlier this month. This Morning, hosted by Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, will remain in its 10am-12.30pm slot on weekdays through the year, with panel show Loose Women on from 12.30pm to 1.30pm. On her YouTube channel, Sawalha said Loose Women had been 'highly successful' along with the Lorraine show, and called conversations about the cuts 'misogynistic'. The actress, who was in EastEnders and The Bill and appeared on ITV competition show Dancing On Ice in 2011, said: 'What people don't realise at Loose Women is that we're self-employed, I am self-employed. Every contract is a new contract. 'I could be let go tomorrow, I could be let go in five years, you don't know because we're not employees.' Sawalha added: 'What's been brutal, absolutely brutal, over the last week, honestly I feel tearful about it, is that hundreds of people… are going to be made redundant out of the blue, these are all the people behind the scenes that support us in every way.' She accepted that inflation was 'insane, and cuts have to be made', before becoming emotional. She said: 'A lot of my friends and colleagues on this show and have worked for ITV have been there for decades… and I can't tell you how upsetting it was to see people walking around numb with shock and fear about what they are going to do… (when) television is coming very slowly to its natural end.' She added that the announcement had 'been so awful, it has been worse than whatever trolls have been saying about our shows that we feel really protective of'. Sawalha 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. 'So to all my friends and colleagues behind the scenes that have just got a huge shock out of the blue, I'm so sorry. 'And (my husband) Mark (Adderley) knows just how upset I've been at home about it. I just can't bear it. So just be f****** kind (to) people.' Scottish presenter Kelly has fronted Lorraine since 2010 and, under the new 2026 schedule, on weeks when the show is not on air, Good Morning Britain will be further extended by another half-hour, airing from 6am to 10am. Kevin Lygo, managing director of ITV's Media and Entertainment Division, said the changes will be 'generating savings which will allow us to reinvest across the programme budget in other genres'. He said: 'These changes also allow us to consolidate our news operations and expand our national, international and regional news output and to build upon our proud history of trusted journalism at a time when our viewers need accurate, unbiased news coverage more than ever.' Lygo added: 'I recognise that our plans will have an impact on staff off screen in our Daytime production teams, and we will work with ITV Studios and ITN as they manage these changes to produce the shows differently from next year, and support them through this transition.' Earlier this month, ITV chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall said the company was making 'good progress' on a cost-cutting drive, and she expected to make £30 million of non-content savings during 2025. Other changes to the channel include making Coronation Street and Emmerdale only half-hour instalments, and Dancing On Ice being 'rested'. Dancing On Ice previously took a break after the ninth series in 2014 before making a comeback in 2018. Coronation Street currently airs for three hour-long episodes a week, while Emmerdale has four 30-minute episodes and one hour-long instalment.
Daily Record
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Nadia Sawalha breaks down in tears over ITV cuts and says 'I could be let go tomorrow'
Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha has broken her silence on the ITV daytime cuts, which will see the show reduced to just 30 weeks a year and the team behind the programme merged with Lorraine and This Morning. Loose Women's Nadia Sawalha has candidly discussed the ITV daytime reductions, expressing her heartbreak for colleagues facing redundancy and sharing concerns over her own future on the show. ITV has announced cuts to their programming, reducing Loose Women to a 30-week annual run and merging the production teams behind Lorraine, This Morning, and Loose Women, resulting in notable job losses. Scots telly favourite Lorraine Kelly's programme will be cut down to half an hour and aired just 30 weeks per year, triggering an extension of Good Morning Britain up to 9.30am each day. While the stars of Loose Women had remained silent about the network's restructuring, sources suggest turmoil behind the scenes. However, Nadia Sawalha broke that silence, opening up about the impact of the cuts in her most recent YouTube video. Speaking honestly in the clip, 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." Sawalha went on to address her unseen colleagues directly, saying: "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. "Mark knows how upset I've been at home about it. I just can't bear it. So just be f*****g kind to people." She then said: "What people don't realise at Loose Women is that we're self-employed, I am self-employed. Every contract is a new contract. "I could be let go tomorrow, in five years, you don't know because we're not employees. So I can't tell you anything except I am on for my next contract. "What has been brutal over the past week and I am getting tearful about it, is that hundreds of people are going to be made redundant out of the blue.' "A lot of my friends and colleagues have been there for decades and I cannot tell you how upsetting it was to see people walking around numb with shock and fear about what they are going to do. "That has been so awful. It has been worse than whatever trolls have been saying about our show that we feel really protective of." Yet sources have refuted claims of significant changes being on the horizon. A source speaking to The Mirror said: "We are not planning any radical changes to the panel. All of our Loose Women are hugely valued and we celebrate each and every one and the experience and opinions they bring to the show every day. "Many of our long standing panellists have appeared on the show for the majority of its 25 year run on screens and those stalwart, Loose legends are at the core of the show's success and hugely popular with the audience. "The show remains a big priority within our daytime slate, having secured a BAFTA nomination, launched a podcast and celebrated a milestone anniversary in the last year alone." Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community!
Irish Independent
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha criticises ‘out of the blue' ITV daytime cuts
The changes are expected to cause job losses across ITV's morning offering including This Morning, Lorraine and Loose Women, which will be broadcast from a new location in central London while still being produced by ITV Studios. Good Morning Britain is to be extended by half an hour from January, while Lorraine Kelly's morning talk show will be reduced to 30 minutes for 30 weeks of the year, ITV said earlier this month. This Morning, hosted by Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, will remain in its 10am-12.30pm slot on weekdays through the year, with panel show Loose Women on from 12.30pm to 1.30pm. On her YouTube channel, Sawalha said Loose Women had been 'highly successful' along with the Lorraine show, and called conversations about the cuts 'misogynistic'. The actress, who was in EastEnders and The Bill and appeared on ITV competition show Dancing On Ice in 2011, said: 'What people don't realise at Loose Women is that we're self-employed, I am self-employed. Every contract is a new contract. 'I could be let go tomorrow, I could be let go in five years, you don't know because we're not employees.' Sawalha added: 'What's been brutal, absolutely brutal, over the last week, honestly I feel tearful about it, is that hundreds of people… are going to be made redundant out of the blue, these are all the people behind the scenes that support us in every way.' She accepted that inflation was 'insane, and cuts have to be made', before becoming emotional. She said: 'A lot of my friends and colleagues on this show and have worked for ITV have been there for decades… and I can't tell you how upsetting it was to see people walking around numb with shock and fear about what they are going to do… (when) television is coming very slowly to its natural end.' She added that the announcement had 'been so awful, it has been worse than whatever trolls have been saying about our shows that we feel really protective of'. Sawalha 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. 'So to all my friends and colleagues behind the scenes that have just got a huge shock out of the blue, I'm so sorry. 'And (my husband) Mark (Adderley) knows just how upset I've been at home about it. I just can't bear it. So just be f****** kind (to) people.' Scottish presenter Kelly has fronted Lorraine since 2010 and, under the new 2026 schedule, on weeks when the show is not on air, Good Morning Britain will be further extended by another half-hour, airing from 6am to 10am. Kevin Lygo, managing director of ITV's Media and Entertainment Division, said the changes will be 'generating savings which will allow us to reinvest across the programme budget in other genres'. He said: 'These changes also allow us to consolidate our news operations and expand our national, international and regional news output and to build upon our proud history of trusted journalism at a time when our viewers need accurate, unbiased news coverage more than ever.' Earlier this month, ITV chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall said the company was making 'good progress' on a cost-cutting drive, and she expected to make £30 million of non-content savings during 2025. Other changes to the channel include making Coronation Street and Emmerdale only half-hour instalments, and Dancing On Ice being 'rested'. Dancing On Ice previously took a break after the ninth series in 2014 before making a comeback in 2018. Coronation Street currently airs for three hour-long episodes a week, while Emmerdale has four 30-minute episodes and one hour-long instalment.
Daily Record
16 hours ago
- Health
- Daily Record
Judy Finnigan reveals two stone weight loss secret after she 'nearly died'
Judy Finnigan has shed two stone after she "nearly died" in 2018 after being rushed to hospital with a stomach ulcer. Former This Morning presenter Judy Finnigan has revealed the heart wrenching moment she "nearly died" after being rushed to the hospital for a ruptured stomach ulcer. Since the horrific health scare, the star has shed two stone. The 77-year-old star, who is married to Good Morning Britain star Richard Madeley, has wowed fans with her weight loss transformation over the years after working closely with her daughter Chloe Madeley, who is a personal trainer, to make better lifestyle choices. The Richard and Judy star previously underwent two life saving blood transfusions in 2018, after she was left with a stomach ulcer from taking ibuprofen. Judy had previously said she felt seriously ill after taking pills like they were "sweeties" for a knee injury, the Mirror reports. She emotionally told the MailOnline: "I nearly died. Totally out of the blue, I have never experienced anything like it before and hope to god I never will again." The star then went on to show appreciation for the skilled ambulance crew after suffering the stomach ulcer, which could have seen her "bleed out within an hour." "'I survived thanks to exceptionally swift arriving and skilled ambulance crew and superb emergency treatment at London's Royal Free Hospital and two major life-saving blood transfusions," she continued. Judy successfully lost an impressive two stone by changing her eating habits and exercising - even impressing her daughter, personal trainer Chloe Madeley. Chloe is said to have created a revised programme for her mum, focussing on a reduced daily calorie intake plan through smaller portions and eating less but more frequently, along with a consistent exercise routine. Her daughter Chloe spoke candidly on Loose Women about her mum in 2018, saying: "Her diet now is amazing. Naturally, her palate has changed, she's gotten really into sushi, raw fish, big multigrain salads and she's dropped loads of weight just naturally from changing the old meat and potatoes to something healthier." Just last week, Judy celebrated her 77th birthday where she looked radiant. The TV star celebrated her special day with those closest to her, as she smiled for some gorgeous snaps. Judy showed off her figure in a floral dress, as she was showered with birthday love from her family and friends - treated to cakes, balloons, presents and flowers. Judy's celebrations follow her husband Richard's 69th birthday in which he spent live on Good Morning Britain, and fans couldn't believe his age. The star was left blushing after the GMB crew started to play Happy Birthday through the studio speakers, as well as lighting it up with flashing lights at six in the morning. The screen behind the hosts displayed a large "Happy Birthday Richard" message, complete with digital balloons floating up and down. Revealing the secret to his youthful appearance, Richard joked that he thinks he seems youthful due to the fact he's aged in front of millions of viewers on TV. He said: "I've been on TV almost every day since the late 1970s. If you look at yourself in the shaving mirror everyday, you can't see yourself getting older. "But if you looked every three months, you'll notice it. So I'm on everyday here, mostly. So of course I'm aging, obviously I am. But because I'm on all the time it's not as noticeable," he continued.
