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Many of ITV's prime-time flagships have received a lot of viewer attention but very little critical success, such as ''Pop Idol'' (and its successors ''[[The X Factor]]'' and ''[[American Idol]]'') and ''[[Britain's Got Talent|Britains Got Talent]]''. It has also found a (justified) reputation for celebrity-reality rubbish like ''Celebrity Wrestling'' and ''Celeb Air''. Its biggest [[Long Runners]] are soaps ''[[Coronation Street]]'' and ''[[Emmerdale]]'', and there are concerns that ITV is losing any new quality programming.
The children's department closed a couple of years back, its last production being [http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Scratch_%27n%27_Sniff%27s_Den_of_Doom a show involving two child-eating hyenas.] Regional studio centres were shut down and sold off, leading to ''[[The Street (UK TV series)|The Street]]'' (which it makes for [[The BBC]]) being cancelled despite winning Emmys.
For a brief period, STV went through a phase of dropping network programming (it opted out of showing ''[[The Bill]]'' and ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'') in favour of showing its own productions and acquired content (such as ''[[Underbelly]]'' and ''[[South Park]]''). It looked like withdrawing fully and form a rival setup, but counter lawsuits between ITV and STV have seen this fall by the wayside. The disputes have been settled.
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