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The Neighbourhood Bumped From Its Primetime Slot After Falling Viewing Figures

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Graham Norton’s reality show The Neighbourhood has been pulled from its primetime TV slot just weeks after its big launch.

According to this week’s ITV schedule, The Neighbourhood has been bumped from its regular 9pm slot on Thursdays and Fridays back to 10.45 pm, in a huge blow for the struggling series.

The competition show sees real-life friends and families move into a community to compete against each other for a life-changing amount of money.

In Thursday’s schedule, it’s been replaced by an old episode of Davina McCall‘s Long Lost Family, which originally aired two years ago.

On Friday, meanwhile, the 9pm slot is now occupied by an episode of Beat The Chasers, which was first shown in 2021.

An ITV rep told The Sun: “The full box set of The Neighbourhood is now available to stream on ITVX. Additionally, the show will continue to air in an evening slot on ITV.”

Graham Norton cosies up to a gnome on the set of his new series The Neighbourhood
Graham Norton cosies up to a gnome on the set of his new series The Neighbourhood

Despite its starry presenter, a huge promotional push by ITV and prime-time slot, The Neighbour was met with poor reviews when it premiered towards the end of April, and had reportedly only pulled in 500k viewers by its third episode.

This follows a trend of poor ratings for recent ITV shows they hoped would rival the success of The Traitors, with Genius Game and The Fortune Hotel also suffering from disappointing viewing figures, and both having since been cancelled by the channel.

Despite its poor performance, Graham had previously spoken enthusiastically about The Neighbourhood, insisting: “It leans into our curiosity about what’s behind closed doors and there’s something really compelling and addictive about seeing the way the existing households interact with each other.

“I thought, ‘I’d watch that’ – and I’d never want to work on something I wouldn’t watch. I thought, ‘this show would hook me!’.”

The Neighbourhood continues at 10.45pm on Thursday and Friday on ITV1, with the full series available to stream on ITVX now.

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Jimmy Bullard Sets The Record Straight On I’m A Celebrity Exit And Final Plans

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Former I’m A Celebrity star Jimmy Bullard has spoken out amid rumours he was planning on swerving the show’s upcoming live final.

Earlier this month, I’m A Celebrity: South Africa viewers saw Jimmy become embroiled in a heated bust-up with campmate Adam Thomas, after the former footballer chose to cut a Bushtucker Trial short, effectively sending them both home in the process.

In the end, it was decided that Adam would be allowed to remain in camp, but not before he let Jimmy have it in a blazing row, which reportedly culminated in the soap star branding him a “cunt” in unaired scenes.

Since then, it was reported that Jimmy would not be attending Friday’s live final as he and Adam are still not on speaking turns.

Adam Thomas and Jimmy Bullard had it out on I'm A Celebrity earlier this week
Adam Thomas and Jimmy Bullard had it out on I’m A Celebrity earlier this week

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However, he’s now set the record straight on his exit – and whether or not he will be reuniting with his former co-stars later this week.

On Wednesday, Jimmy reposted a clip of I’m A Celebrity star Sinitta on Instagram, in which she claimed that he was struggling in camp after his friend Gemma Collins’ elimination, and that he was also worried about his father’s health back home, which motivated him to quit.

“Shame that wasn’t shown!” he wrote alongside the clip, before telling his followers: “My version will be told Friday! Can’t wait to see you all – well some of yous!!”

In an on-camera interview, Jimmy also admitted that “letting Adam down” by eliminating himself was a “killer”, but that his dad not being “too well” motivated his decision.

He also confirmed that losing both Gemma and David Haye simultaneously had left him feeling that his “time was up in the game”.

I’m A Celebrity: South Africa was filmed last year, and is now airing on ITV, meaning viewers have had no say in who stays and goes.

Viewers will choose their winner during Friday’s final, though, with a public vote deciding who will follow Myleene Klass to become the next crowned I’m A Celebrity “Legend”.

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Adam Thomas Tearfully Shares How I’m A Celebrity Rows Have ‘Changed’ Him

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Adam Thomas has opened up about the toll that his second stint on I’m A Celebrity has taken on him.

Last year, the Emmerdale actor was one of 12 former campmates to return to I’m A Celebrity for its latest all-star series, which was filmed in South Africa and is currently airing on ITV.

Over the course of the season, it’s fair to say that Adam hasn’t had the easiest time, first being moved to tears a spat with David Haye, and later having a much more explosive row with Jimmy Bullard.

During the latest instalment of his podcast At Home With The Thomas Bros, Thomas became emotional as he claimed that the former heavyweight champion “fucked” with his head during their time on the show.

“It was like being back in school again,” he claimed to his brothers Ryan and Scott Thomas. “It wasn’t physical bullying or anything like that – and I’m not saying it was bullying – but he was just mind fucking me.”

David Haye
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He lamented: “I just never stuck up for myself whilst I was in there, and I was like, ‘shit bro, I wish I stuck up for myself’. That was beating me up more than anything.”

Adam also disclosed that since leaving I’m A Celebrity, he’s been seeing a therapist, as he felt so changed by his experience.

“I’m not the same person,” he continued. “Like, I know for a fact I am not the same person as I was when I went into the jungle to when I came out. It’s changed me – and that’s no over-exaggeration.”

He added: “I’m in therapy now because, like, it’s fucked with me mentally. I just thought, ‘How is this happening? I’m a 37-year-old man’. Like, ‘How am I letting some other person do this to me in here?’.”

Adam later became tearful as he told his siblings: “If I saw that happening to anyone else, I’d stand up for them, man. But I just couldn’t do it for myself. I just became like a little kid again.”

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Since his spat with David aired, Adam told his Instagram followers: “He broke me in there, he pushed me to my limits, and I’ve told David this and he’s apologised and that’s that! I’ve moved on now, am not one to hold a grudge.”

I’m A Celebrity hosts Ant and Dec also agreed that David’s conduct had “crossed the line”, while the retired boxer himself has also shared his side of the story following his elimination.

“[There’s] no bad blood from my side,” he was quoted as saying, adding: “When a grown man tells me that a fun TV show – where we’re being paid handsomely every single day – is the hardest thing he’s ever been through, it’s just not a frequency I recognise.”

After Adam’s latest podcast interview was made public, David then responded with some somewhat questionable comments in The Sun.

“If a few comments breaks him, how soft is he? How weak, how brittle-spirited is he?” he said of Adam, claiming: “It’s probably £20,000-£25,000 per day for being in that jungle. So to get up and do some trial or doing whatever, how is that hard?”

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