Contributed by Rachel Hawkins The least surprising X Factor news of the year was announced this week. No, they’ve not decided to bite the bullet and axe the somewhat ailing show. The announcement comes in the shape of a brand new judging line up. Well, I say...
Another week in TV Land is over and that means it's time for another Matt on the Box where I'm struggling again to find many notable highlights. The TV programme that has probably garnered the most headlines this week is Channel 4's Winter Olympic themed competition...
As we're getting into the first down period of the year, this week's Matt on the Box tries to delve around the schedules to find a few new shows that kicked off over the last seven days. I honestly think that this week's instalment should be dubbed a celebrity special...
It's that time of year again when Emma Willis gets all excited and we count try to figure out who the devil the 'celebrities' are. Initially there's a backlash as we fail to recognise anyone outside of former X Factor or Apprentice contestants and maybe the odd soap...
Channel 4 have announced their commitment to dating show First Dates ordering an impressive 24 new hour-length episodes of the popular observational documentary series from Twenty Twenty Productions. The order will take the award-winning series into its fourth year on...
Channel 4 has commissioned Shine TV to make a third series of BAFTA and RTS winning survival show The Island with Bear Grylls. 80,000 people applied to take part in the second series which has seen the creation of two separate Islands. Channel 4 is once again looking...
After nine years on BBC Three, hit show Don't Tell the Bride will make the move to BBC One this summer. In the six-part new series a couple is given fourteen thousand pounds to pay for their wedding day. The catch is that the entire organisation and managing of the...
The BBC have announced that Claude Littner will be replacing Nick Hewer when The Apprentice returns later this year. You may recognize Claude as one of the terrifying people who puts the final few candidates under scrutiny during the interview process. It has been...
The Island returned last week to Channel 4. This time the sadistic Bear Grylls and co have put 14 men on one Island and 14 women on another. In a masterstroke of scheduling Channel 4 have decided to show each episode on consecutive nights. We're only two weeks in but...
It's been yet another eventful week in the world of TV and now it's time to have a look back at some of its many highlights. It's fair to say that Bear Grylls is a rather ubiquitous TV presence at the moment what with his ITV Mission Survive show coming to an end and...
It may have not set the ratings alight, but ITV have confirmed Bear Grylls: Mission Survive will return for a second series next year. The series' consolidated average over the first five eps was 4 million (15 per cent). The final episode on Friday 3rd April saw DJ...
We seem to be slipping into that part of the year where debuting programmes are short on the ground, so this week's Matt on the Box focuses on a couple of shows that came to an end this week. We start with possibly on one of the most successful TV programmes of the...
ITV have announced the eight celebrities who'll be braving the Central American rainforests for new six-part series Bear Grylls' Mission Survive. The famous faces include Silent Witness star Emilia Fox and her cousin, fellow actor Laurence Fox. They'll be joined by...
The BBC have confirmed the return of The Voice to Saturday nights in 2015. The fourth series of the singing competition sees Ricky Wilson reunite with original 'coaches' Sir Tom Jones and Will I AM. This new series sees the arrival of R&B star Rita Ora who...
This week is a very special Matt on the Box as for the first time I focus on a drama that is premièring online before making its way to the TV. That's because this week saw the return of Ripper Street which, following cancellation from the BBC, has found a new...
I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here! promises to start in a very different way this year allowing viewers to decide the celebrities’ fate before the series has even started. The celebrities have been divided into two groups and for the first time ever, the...
Following weeks of speculation ITV have confirmed the first batch of campates for this year's I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! They include an 80's sitcom star, a playboy bunnie and a Coronation Street star and if we've honest we're more than a little underwhelmed...
We’re getting quite used to double firings in this tenth series of Aunty Beeb’s reality show, and this week, it was swimming academy owner Lindsay who sank like a stone. To be fair, you’d hardly notice. But during the easy peasy week three task of making something...
ITV have released the first new trailer for the upcoming return of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. The trailer sees presenters Ant & Dec follow the yellow dirt road on their journey into camp. The trailer is going to air this evening (Wednesday 22nd October on...
So… wearable technology. The smart watch has already been done, and despite Solomon’s wicked smart notion for light-em-up leggings, this week, the boys designed (hahaha) a grim sweatshirt that might be filming you while you’re having a boogie in a dimly lit nightclub,...
Perhaps it's the fact that we've had to wait a lot longer for this new series, or perhaps it's the lack of dramas to get our teeth stuck into of late, whatever the reason I was strangely excited about the return of The Apprentice. Much like the beeb's other...
This morning saw the press launch of the tenth series of BBC1's The Apprentice. The series, which returns next Tuesday is set to be the biggest ever with twenty boardroom competitors all vying for Lord Sugar's investment. One of the joys of The Apprentice are the...
The BBC have confirmed R&B star Rita Ora will replace Kylie Minouge when The Voice returns to BBC One in the New Year. Rita will be joining the team and taking on The Voice. Speaking about her new role as a coach on The Voice, Rita Ora said: "So excited to be part...
BBC One have today announced that The Great British Bake-Off will return on Wednesday August 6th. The fifth series of the baking show will be the first to be aired on BBC One after achieving record ratings on BBC Two over the past four years. Paul Hollywood and Mary...