![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/itv-shuts-down-channel-today-after-17-years-on-screens/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/newspress-collage-23743410-1693561095221.jpg&description=GOODBYE FRIENDS! Published : 10:52, 1 Sep 2023 The iconic children's channel will shut down later today to make way for ITV's new kids streaming service ITVX Kids. 5 CITV will cease broadcasting at 9pm tonight and fans are utterly devastated Credit: ITV 5 Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern were the first presenters to appear n the channel in 2006 with Saturday Showdown Credit: Rex According to TV Zone UK , CITV will shut down tonight at 9pm, following their last day of broadcasting. ITV said in a statement, via Sky News , that the decision to close down the channel comes as a result of falling viewership. Fans have been left devastated as a result of the move by the commercial network and they took to social media in droves to pay tribute. One fan said: "It's a shame CITV is closing down at 9pm tonight for the last time." A second noted: "Today is a sad day for us nostalgic fans." "I was a CITV kid, and proud of it. What a shame," noted a third. As a fourth user gushed: "I'm very sad. Today we say goodbye to CITV." Meanwhile, a fifth wrote: "The last day of #CITV End of an era){kind=link}
AFTER 17 years broadcasting to living rooms up and down the country, viewers are about to say goodbye to CITV.
The iconic children’s channel will shut down later today to make way for ITV’s new kids streaming service ITVX Kids.
According to TV Zone UK, CITV will shut down tonight at 9pm, following their last day of broadcasting.
ITV said in a statement, via Sky News, that the decision to close down the channel comes as a result of falling viewership.
Fans have been left devastated as a result of the move by the commercial network and they took to social media in droves to pay tribute.