Vanessa Feltz has reassured followers about the way forward for her Channel 5 chat present following experiences of an “prolonged break” forward of Christmas.
Chatting with GB Information on the London Life-style Awards, the 63-year-old mentioned: “My Channel 5 present has simply been re-commissioned, that comes again on January 5 each weekday for the entire of subsequent yr.
"So extremely excited and totally wanting ahead to it.”
The broadcaster launched the programme in March this yr, positioning it as competitors to ITV’s Free Ladies, which airs on the identical time.
Earlier experiences advised the present would take an "prolonged break," with a supply telling The Solar: “It’s been an actual blow to everybody who has been working so onerous to make the present successful.”
Figures present the 70-minute programme presently attracts round 50,000 viewers, whereas Free Ladies — which options the likes of Janet Road-Porter, Denise Welch, Ruth Langsford and Coleen Nolan — pulls in roughly half one million.
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A Channel 5 consultant confirmed: “Vanessa will not be being axed or placed on an prolonged break attributable to scores.
"Vanessa is constant to air as scheduled. Throughout November and December, Channel 5 is broadcasting its annual Christmas motion pictures because it all the time does."
In Could, experiences advised the present’s future was “unsure in the intervening time" simply two months after its debut.
“Disaster talks” had been mentioned to be happening behind the scenes and the mission was described as a “complete catastrophe".
Vanessa isn’t any stranger to internet hosting her personal programme. She famously fronted The Vanessa Present for ITV within the Nineties earlier than being changed by Trisha Goddard.
She later moved to the BBC and returned with a short-lived revival of The Vanessa Present on Channel 5 in 2011, which was cancelled attributable to low viewership.
Regardless of these challenges, Vanessa collected the distinguished Discuss Present award on the Nationwide Actuality TV Awards in July, beating BBC’s The Graham Norton Present and ITV’s The Jonathan Ross Present.
Vanessa had been a daily face on ITV’s This Morning for greater than 30 years earlier than stepping all the way down to give attention to her personal present.
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She beforehand instructed The Each day Star: “I’ve been on This Morning since 1992.
"It’s been a very long time. However I’m now doing my very own present and I can’t do each.”
Followers can now sit up for Vanessa returning to Channel 5 on January 5.
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