Channel 4 Content Boss Criticizes Channel 5 For Failing To Challenge Phillip Schofield On ‘Cast Away’
deadline.comPhillip Schofield‘s swift return to TV on Channel 5 over the weekend has generated plenty headlines and the move has clearly dominated chatter at rival broadcasters.
Speaking at the Channel 4 annual results briefing today, programs boss Ian Katz criticized Paramount-owned Channel 5 for failing to appropriately challenge the ex-This Morning presenter, who resigned in disgrace earlier this year following an inappropriate relationship with a much younger runner.
Phillip Schofield Cast Away launched on Sunday to a healthy 1.4 million UK viewers and there are still two more eps to go. The show features the former morning show host taking on physical and mental challenges while dwelling on his own controversial story.
During the first ep, Schofield criticized the way he had been treated by his former ITV stablemates without challenge, including former co-host Holly Willoughby, with whom he was very close before his departure. “When you throw someone under a bus, you’ve got to have a really bloody good reason to do it,” he says in the ep.
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