That Antony Cotton Show
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| Genre | Entertainment chat show |
| Presented by | Antony Cotton |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
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| Producer(s) | Granada Television |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Original run | 13 August 2007 – present |
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That Antony Cotton Show is a British comedy chat show on the ITV Network, airing weekdays at 5pm. The show isn't broadcast in Northern Ireland, due to UTV's news programme beginning at 5.30pm. The show is filmed in front of a live audience at the Granada Television studios in Manchester.
The show, starring Coronation Street actor Antony Cotton began on 13 August 2007, and will run for 5 weeks. Preview tapes of the pilot circulated, mainly on YouTube before the series began, and have been panned by critics.[1]
That Antony Cotton Show launched with 2 million viewers (17.6% share of available audience) at 5pm on Monday 13 August. This was significantly up on the slot average of 1.7 million viewers (12.9%). It also attracted more than Channel 4's flagship daytime show, Richard & Judy, which pulled in just 1.1 million viewers (9.7%) at the same time.[2] However, by its third episode, the show had lost 500,000 viewers, drawing 1.5 million and a 13% share.[3] Viewership continued to fall further for Cotton's show. On 24 August 2007, only 1.1 million (11.5%) tuned in. The show's viewership slumped to below 1.1 million (10.4%) on 11 September 2007.[4]
According to Digital Spy, the show had been recommissioned for a second run, with producers saying they will alter the format for the new series,[5] however on 24 January 2008, The Sun reported that the show will not be returning.[6]
