ITV cancels comedy hypnotism show You're Back In The Room
- You're Back In The Room, the comedy hynotism TV show, has reportedly been cancelled
- The programme ran for two series on ITV, hosted by Phillip Schofield with Keith Barry as the hypnotist
- The Sun newspaper reports that declining ratings were the reason the format won't return for Series 3
ITV has cancelled You're Back In The Room, the comedy hypnotism show hosted by Phillip Schofield.
The format, in which experienced hypnotist Keith Barry put contestants in a trance and then got them to compete in comedy games, launched in March 2015, with a second series airing earlier this year.
The Sun now reports that the show has been axed due to falling ratings.
The programme launched with over 4 million viewers as part of ITV's Saturday night schedule early in 2015, however the last episode of Series 2 was down to 3.02 million, according to overnight figures.
The newspaper says: "Viewing figures slipped to just over three million by series two, as producers struggled to find decent celebrity names who were keen to make a fool of themselves on primetime telly. Now bosses have put the show out of its misery entirely."
Speaking to the paper, an unnamed source said: "The show got mixed reviews but not bad ratings at first but ultimately the balance between great names and keen people couldn't keep going.
"They only really managed to twist the arms of ITV stars onto the show - with the likes of Joey Essex, the Loose Women ladies and the cast of Coronation Street all making an appearance.
"ITV thought Phillip did a brilliant job as host. His commentary was hilarious and he loved doing the show but he's got some new formats coming up for the channel and sadly something had to make way.
"They're sad it's dying a death as there's not really a show of its kind on telly right now, but after two series it had done its job."
Below is the trailer that was used to promote the show: