Future of celeb version of hit ITV reality show hanging in the balance as boss gives update after months of rumours

ITV bosses have addressed the future of Celebrity Big Brother after months of speculation it might be axed. Kevin Lygo, Managing Director, Media and Entertainment, was asked about the reality TV show’s fate at the Edinburgh TV Festival. ITV bosses have addressed the future of Celebrity Big Brother Credit: ITV Support for the celebrity spin off would depend on how the main show continues to perform, pictured show hosts AJ Odudu and Will BestCredit: Refer to source And though his response was supportive of Big Brother, he said the celebrity spin off would depend on how the main show continues to perform. Kevin said: “We’re committed to it, but it is ITV and it’s brutal out there. As long as its delivering we’ll continue it. Sign up for the TV newsletter Thank you! “It is the most extraordinary show of the last 20 years. It’s influenced so much. It was the first big reality show and showed people in all their vulnerability. “It’s great its still on British TV and it will continue…as long as it can.” In June The Sun revealed how, with months to go before it was expected to air on ITV2, key staff working behind the scenes on CBB are already operating on the basis that it won’t be coming back. We also revealed in January that ITV were pushing back the air date of the third series of CBB on ITV until next year. They’d already had to shell out a significant sum on the 2025 serieswhich had controversial movie star Mickey Rourke, 73, topping the bill. Last summer, ITV boss Kevin admitted the channel was “in a battle about the price” with CBB production company Endemol. Most read in TV The “civilian” version of the show – which has already had three series on ITV – is expected to go ahead this autumn as planned. At the time ITV said: “We are committed to both Celebrity Big Brother and Big Brother beyond 2025, and scheduling for any new series will be confirmed in due course. “The show remains a priority reality format for us.” But when approached about the show being axed imminently, an official spokesman simply said: “Big Brother returns to ITVX and ITV2 later this year. “No decisions have been made for 2027 as yet.” Rooney Toons The teaser for Disney+ fly-on-wall docu-series The Real Rooneys has been released The ten-parter gives viewers a glimpse of the ‘hectic’ life of the Rooney family DISNEY+ has scored a real winner with fly-on-the-wall docu The Real Rooneys. The teaser trailer for the ten-parter gives viewers a glimpse of Wayne, Coleen and their four sons’ “hectic” life at their Cheshire mansion. In a longer trailer released at Edinburgh TV Festival, the couple are seen chatting to Robbie Williams and Danny Dyer. And Coleen is heard saying her focus was always her family – until the infamous Wagatha case against arch nemesis Rebekah Vardy. The Real Rooneys, out on September 24, is also set to capture the aftermath of Wayne’s sacking as Plymouth Argyle manager. The trailers certainly leave you wanting more. Coleen on the show The Real Rooneys is out on September 24 GARY: MY JOY BEING A SLOB Gary Oldman told Edith Bowman that playing flatulent slob and spy Jackson Lamb in Apple TV’s Slow Horses had been a ‘pleasure’ Credit: Getty THE word icon can be overused, but that’s not the case with Sir Gary Oldman. The acting legend has been a trailblazing talent for more than five decades and yesterday he received the Festival’s Global Icon Award. Looking back over his career, he told Edith Bowman that playing flatulent slob and spy Jackson Lamb in Apple TV’s Slow Horses, had been a “pleasure”. He added: “He’s a man who has single-handedly lowered the public’s expectation of personal hygiene”, and added: “He has not filter, he is direct, he can’t be a**ed with social norms – that’s the fun of playing him.” Gary said he felt that the show, which returns for its sixth series next month, “fell from the sky at this time in my life”. Tony’s in Badd’ shape David Tennant, as Lord Baddingham in Rivals Credit: PA THINGS take a dark turn in the upcoming series of Rivals, if a new clip of Tony is anything to go by. It features David Tennant, as Lord Baddingham, laughing and chatting while watching TV on the sofa with his wife Monica. At first, viewers assume the snippet is a flashback, as fans of the Disney+ show know Monica, played by Claire Rushbrook, died in series two when a tree fell on her car as she fled after hearing about Tony’s latest infidelity. But the camera then pans to Tony and back to the vacant end of the sofa, revealing he has been talking to her ghost. And in the spine-chilling next scene, he is shown cocking a shotgun that has been resting on his lap. MASTER of deadpan Jack Dee is set to host a new comedy game show. Help Me Tiny Big Brain will see three junior Einsteins paired with three household names, including Lucy Beaumont and Johnny Vegas. The four-parter is due to go out on U&Dave and U later this year. DESPITE picking up mixed reviews, Disney+ comedy drama Alice And Steve is getting a second series. The Split’s Nicola Walker and What We Do In The Shadows star Jemaine Clement will return as the pals whose friendship is blown apart when he starts dating her daughter. Comment now