Pilots will have been made. Some series even commissioned. But nothing will have emerged where those in charge say “yes, it’s time to move HIGNFY to another timeslot/price because this newer thing will bring in more viewers”.
(Also it may have other revenue streams, for HatTrick to make it cheap)
I think TOTP used to cost the BBC almost nothing, because Worldwide made so much from it. Top Gear may have been heading slightly the same way before the big schism.
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(Also it may have other revenue streams, for HatTrick to make it cheap)