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OK! TV Format Entertainment and celebrity news magazine Created by OK! Magazine
Channel 5Presented by Jeff Brazier, Jenny Frost, Josie Gibson
(Current hosts)
Matt Johnson & Kate Walsh
(Former hosts)Country of origin United Kingdom Language(s) English No. of series 2 No. of episodes 193 (to 23 November 2011) (List of episodes) Production Producer(s) 5 News/Sky News Editor(s) David Kermode Running time 30-35 minutes Broadcast Original channel Channel 5 Picture format 16:9 Original run 14 February 2011 – 16 December 2011 Chronology Related shows Live from Studio Five External links Website OK! TV is an early evening magazine programme, broadcast on Channel 5 as a brand extension of celebrity title OK! Magazine. It replaced Live from Studio Five on 14 February 2011,[1] and was presented by Kate Walsh and Matt Johnson, both of which have since left the programme. Jeff Brazier and Jenny Frost are the current presenters and debuted on 17 August 2011.[2] The show is made by the 5 News team and produced by Sky News for Channel 5. On 8 November 2011, it was announced that the show has been cancelled by Channel 5 and the show will its last edition on 16 December after just nine months on air.[3]
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Previous series
The show's first series was broadcast in 1999 on ITV.[4]
Overview
OK! TV airs on weekdays from 18:25 to 19.00, and features a mix of news, celebrity gossip, interviews, and chat. It replaced Live from Studio Five which was axed on 4 February 2011. Denise van Outen and Matt Johnson were announced as presenters of the programme on 3 February 2011.[5] However, the following week, van Outen pulled out of presenting the show and was replaced by former Live from Studio Five host Kate Walsh.[6][7]
On 5 April 2011, Walsh and Johnson announced that the launch of OK! TV Sunday from 10 April 2011, showing highlights of the previous week's episodes.[8] This was similar to that of This Morning on ITV1 who broadcast a weekend highlights edition of the flagship magazine show.
OK! TV: When 'Bruv Takes Over
On Wednesday 17 August 2011, Brazier and Frost presented the first edition of this new spin-off show devoted to Big Brother 2011 news and interviews. It made its debut on the eve of the launch of Celebrity Big Brother 2011.
Opening titles and set
The opening titles use the same logo as OK magazine and feature various celebrities including Cheryl Cole and Kate Moss.[9] The original set included a blue built in sofa where guests were interviewed and with a large ornamental OK! logo. For the duration of Big Brother 2011, the studio has been moved to Elstree Studios on the Big Brother compound and the colour scheme is dominated by blue sofas.
Debut show
The debut show on 14 February 2011 contained an interview in the studio with Louis Walsh with Jenson Button acting as celebrity reporter.[10]
Reception and ratings
Stuart Heritage of The Guardian was unimpressed with the programme's first edition. He dubbed it, "a remedial level One Show" and "colossally vapid".[11] The ratings for the debut show showed an improvement on Live from Studio Five's low audience figures gaining 449,000 viewers (2.1%).[12]
The show received less positive reactions from critics and fans, during the time of Big Brother, as most of the show goes into gossip of the show, stepping away from the days celebrity news.
Cancellation
In November 2011, it was announced that OKTV is to be axed from Channel 5's schedules as part of negotiations for ITN to take over as news producer for the channel in early 2012. It airs its final edition on 16 December 2011.[13]
On air team
Presenters
Tenure Presenter Position 14 February 2011 – 16 August 2011 Matt Johnson Main presenter(s) Kate Walsh 17 August 2011 – 16 December 2011 Jeff Brazier Jenny Frost Guest presenters
Dates Presenter Related note(s) 13–17, 20 June 2011 Jenny Frost Kate Walsh holiday cover 4–5, 11-15 July 2011 Jeff Brazier Matt Johnson absence 28 July; 4, 11 August 2011 Michael Underwood 30 August – 2 September 2011 Josie Gibson Jenny Frost holiday cover Reporters
Tenure Presenter Notes 14 February 2011 – 16 December 2011 Josie Gibson Social networking reporter Minnie Stephenson Showbiz reporter Serene Branson United States reporter 30 June 2011 – 16 August 2011 Jeff Brazier Entertainment reporter Episodes
Main article: List of OK! TV episodesReferences
- ^ Five axes Live from Studio Five BBC News, 19 January 2011.
- ^ JENNY FROST EXCLUSIVE: MEET HOT NEW OK! TV HOST Jennifer Dunkerley, Daily Star, 15 August 2011
- ^ 'Channel 5 axe OKTV'
- ^ Fiona Phillips, OK! TV, 9 May 2011
- ^ Plunkett, John (3 February 2011). "Denise Van Outen to host Channel 5's OK! TV". guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/03/denise-van-outen-ok-tv. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ Something's not OK! Denise Van Outen pulls out of Channel Five's new show just three days before it starts Mail Online, 11 February 2011.
- ^ Denise Van Outen pulls out of new Channel Five show BBC News, 11 February 2011.
- ^ OK! TV Sunday UK TV Guide, 10 April 2011.
- ^ OK!TV opening titles YouTube, 14 February 2011.
- ^ Channel 5's new tea-time offering is not OK and barely TV Radio Times, 15 February 2011.
- ^ Stuart Heritage OK! TV. It's neither. Channel 5's new show aims low and misses guardian.co.uk, 14 February 2011.
- ^ BBC One's 'Outcasts' slumps to 2.9m Digital Spy, 15 February 2011.
- ^ 'Channel 5 axes OKTV after ITN news deal' Digital Spy 2011
External links
Categories:- 2011 British television programme debuts
- 2010s British television series
- Channel 5 (UK) television programmes
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