The Games Viewers slam new series for lack of events and too much ‘filler’: ‘Nobody wants to see The One Show with 5 minutes of sport’
Posted by  badge Boss on May 10, 2022 - 08:14AM
The Games returned to its new home on ITV (Picture: REX/ITV)

Viewers of The Games were left disappointed after most of the 90-minute long show was taken up with ‘filler’ content. 

The sports-themed game show returned to a new slot on ITV after originally airing on Channel 4 for four series from 2003 until 2006 on Monday night. 

Fans of the show had tuned in hoping to see their favourite celebs competing in a host of Olympic events, but were left non-plussed to find most of the show was chat-based and in the studio rather than focusing on the actual sporting events. 

The female stars were seen competing in a 100m hurdles event, which was won by Chelcee , with Phoenix Gulzar-Brown coming a very close second. 

The male celebs then competed in a pre-recorded hammer throw event, which was won by Wes Nelson. 

All of the contestants were then paired in a mixed-doubles diving competition, with the first of two disciplines being shown on Monday, with the rest to come, before the men competed in a sprint race, which Wes Nelson won with a large gap between him and the others. 

Viewers wanted to see more of the stars competing and less filler (Picture: ITV)

While viewers did get to see few events on the first evening, much of the hour and a half show was taken up with chat in the studio and VTs from training rather than the live competition. 

Viewers took to Twitter to share: ‘A bit disappointed with on . Lots of hype in the run up and 1 hour in, we’ve only seen the ladies hurdle 100m and the mens hammer throw. Can’t help but think there is a lot more filler here than actual content…’

Others added: ‘Stop the studio chats and it will be half decent’ and ‘Two minutes of action “packed” into a one hour program.’

Another commented: ‘This would be good if we had some actual events to witness. Almost an hour in and 2 events so far? One of them pre-recorded? Yawn.’

The Games continues on Tuesday from 9pm on ITV.