STARS Ant and Dec will QUIT their hit show Saturday Night Takeaway after the next series following a bitter feud with embattled ITV boss Michael Grade.
They are furious with Grade after he publicly DISMISSED their executive producer roles as a "vanity credit"—created to make them feel they had a say in the programme.
Telly bosses held three-hour crisis talks with the multi-millionaire Geordie duo about the future of Saturday Night Takeaway following this week's phone scams report—ordered after we revealed in March how the show's viewers were being RIPPED OFF.
The report, from independent consultants Deloitte, finally confirmed our damning revelations that viewers were CONNED into ringing premium phonelines for Takeaway's Jiggy Bank and Grab The Ads contests, although the winners had already been PICKED.
ITV chiefs have now decided to completely overhaul the programme when it returns to air next year with new competitions, features and possibly even a different name.
They are furious with Grade after he publicly DISMISSED their executive producer roles as a "vanity credit"—created to make them feel they had a say in the programme.
Telly bosses held three-hour crisis talks with the multi-millionaire Geordie duo about the future of Saturday Night Takeaway following this week's phone scams report—ordered after we revealed in March how the show's viewers were being RIPPED OFF.
The report, from independent consultants Deloitte, finally confirmed our damning revelations that viewers were CONNED into ringing premium phonelines for Takeaway's Jiggy Bank and Grab The Ads contests, although the winners had already been PICKED.
ITV chiefs have now decided to completely overhaul the programme when it returns to air next year with new competitions, features and possibly even a different name.
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