TV
Cowell: 'Let's resolve scheduling clash'
Published Saturday, Sep 19 2009, 09:37 BST | By Anisa Kadri
Rex Features
The BBC One dance show will be broadcast at 7.25pm this evening, while the singing contest airs on ITV1 at 8pm tonight.
According to The Sun, the X Factor judge has offered to chair a meeting with representatives from the BBC and ITV so that the two shows no longer clash.
He said: "As a producer, I have to protect our programme. But if you look at it sensibly, these are the two most popular programmes on TV at the moment. I'm happy to chair a meeting with someone from the BBC and someone from ITV and I genuinely think we could solve this within 20 minutes.
"I'll try to persuade ITV to move it back or forward, whatever they need to do. I don't care who goes first, by the way. I'm prepared to do everything to give the public what they want.
He added that he is a fan of both shows, and that he can't understand why the BBC want "a ratings battle" when it is funded by licence payers.
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