ITV in another major schedule shakeup as fan-favourite quiz show is pulled off air
ITV HAS announced another major schedule shakeup as they pull a beloved quiz show off air.
The broadcaster has already told Coronation Street fans their Friday visit to the cobbles has been axed.
Instead, its hour-long episode will air on Thursday night at the later time of 9pm.
And now ITV have confirmed Lee Mack’s The 1% Club won’t air this week.
It’s been dropped from the TV guide as bosses clear the schedule on Saturday night for the Brit Awards.
The awards ceremony – which comedian Jack Whitehall will host again this year – kicks off from 8:15pm.
It will run until 10:40pm where the ITV News at 10 will come on air.
Meanwhile, funnyman Jack exclusively told The Sun how he is returning over unfinished business with the Brits.
He said: “The last show I did was in 2021, which had a fair few restrictions due to Covid.
“So it always felt like, due to circumstances beyond my control, I’d maybe gone out with a little bit of a whimper.
“I think the Brits 2025 is going to make up for that and be a really big night.
“When I first started out I was just like ‘Jack, don’t mess this up. This is such a big opportunity’. You don’t want to say the wrong thing and insult someone and then get taken off air.
“Then I got to a point where I was like, ‘It’s probably best now to not outstay my welcome’.
“And now, here I am, back again.”
Hardest Quiz Show Questions
Would you know the answers to some of quizzing TV's hardest questions
- Who Wants To Be A Millionaire – Earlier this year, fans were left outraged after what they described as the “worst” question in the show’s history. Host Jeremy Clarkson asked: “From the 2000 awards ceremony onwards, the Best Actress Oscar has never been won by a woman whose surname begins with which one of these letters?” The multiple choice answers were between G, K, M and W. In the end, and with the £32,000 safe, player Glen had to make a guess and went for G. It turned out to be correct as Nicole Kidman, Frances McDormand and Kate Winslet are among the stars who have won the Best Actress gong since 2000.
- The 1% Club – Viewers of Lee Mack’s popular ITV show were left dumbfounded by a question that also left the players perplexed. The query went as follows: “Edna’s birthday is on the 6th of April and Jen’s birthday falls on the 15th of October, therefore Amir’s birthday must be the ‘X’ of January.” It turns out the conundrum links the numbers with its position in the sentence, so 6th is the sixth word and 15th is the fifteenth word. Therefore, Amir’s birthday is January 24th, corresponding to the 24th word in the sentence.
- The Chase – The ITV daytime favourite left fans scratching their heads when it threw up one of the most bizarre questions to ever grace the programme. One of the questions asked the player: “Someone with a nightshade intolerance should avoid eating what?” The options were – sweetcorn, potatoes, carrots – with Steve selecting sweetcorn but the correct answer was potatoes.