Ellie Kahn
Ellie Kahn is a senior reporter at Broadcast covering entertainment across television and radio, with a particular focus on programme launches, scheduling and the strategic decisions behind them. Her regular trail pieces and industry news reports are written for a professional audience inside broadcasting, linking individual shows to the business and commissioning contexts that shape them. Alongside listings-style coverage she contributes critics work such as Invasion of the Parakeets, bringing a qualitative view of how new formats land on screen.
Trail coverage of new and returning series
A substantial share of Kahn’s output consists of “Trail” articles introducing upcoming programmes across major channels and platforms.
These pieces typically set out the core premise, the key talent involved and the production company, giving a concise snapshot of what the show is and how it fits into the wider schedule. Recent trails span BBC entertainment formats like The Apprentice and Blankety Blank Christmas Special, factual and drama titles such as SAS Rogue Heroes and Chess Masters: The Endgame, and feature documentaries including David Frost Vs… on Sky Documentaries.
She also covers specialist and niche programming, from esports series like Fight for First: Excel Esports on BBC3 to climate and history-led projects airing on BBC4 and other channels. Across these pieces the emphasis is on clarity and key facts: slot, channel, format, core narrative and producer, giving commissioners, producers and buyers a quick but specific read on what is coming up.
Her trail coverage extends beyond the core UK public service broadcasters to streaming and co-produced projects, such as Doctor Who’s presence on BBC1 and Disney+ and other series that sit between broadcast schedules and global platforms. By grouping shows under familiar headings and channels while consistently naming the production companies, she anchors entertainment titles to the commercial entities behind them and the strands they serve. This combination of programme summary and production detail distinguishes her trails from generic listings and makes them a practical reference for those tracking formats, rights and suppliers.
Broadcaster strategy and audience performance
Beyond programme trails, Kahn regularly reports on how broadcasters and streamers perform, with stories on viewership, social media metrics and key commercial milestones.
Her coverage has included pieces on South Korean content overtaking UK titles in global Netflix viewership, the first time an ad-supported streamer has reached a significant quarterly landmark, and particularly strong performance for ITV News’ social accounts. She links these numbers to individual shows and strands, showing how specific commissions and digital strategies contribute to broader audience trends. Kahn also writes on initiatives such as returning strands seeking unscripted digital singles from diverse-led indies, highlighting how broadcasters are using entertainment formats to reach new creators and audiences.
This set of stories positions her firmly at the intersection of entertainment and business, where programme decisions are judged by their impact on reach and engagement rather than just creative ambition.
BBC and ITV entertainment output
Kahn’s reporting frequently concentrates on BBC and ITV, charting their entertainment slates, commissioning decisions and internal debates. Her work includes coverage of BBC Radio 3’s International Women’s Day output, major BBC1 entertainment formats and long-running soaps marking anniversaries with interactive storylines that involve viewers directly in character outcomes. She reports on ITV’s ambitious slate of upcoming entertainment shows through interviews with commissioning leaders and on competitive processes where ITV Studios labels secure high-profile documentary commissions.
Across these pieces she treats BBC and ITV’s entertainment output as a connected ecosystem, linking daytime, primetime and special formats to the commissioning strategies and brand positions behind them.
Her articles also follow internal debates around representation, regional production and perceptions of bias within the BBC’s commissioning structure. Recent coverage has highlighted Screen Scotland’s pushback against corporate stances, Scotland and Wales leading the way in efforts to change perceptions of bias, and senior figures rebutting reports that London shops dominate Scottish commissioning. She reports on leadership-level developments such as headhunters being appointed to find successors for key BBC roles, connecting corporate change to future entertainment and factual output.
Taken together, this strand of her work shows a reporter who treats the entertainment slate as a direct outcome of institutional decisions and regional politics.
Industry analysis and broadcast commentary
Alongside her written reporting, Kahn brings an analytical perspective to broadcast industry issues through her role on Broadcast’s Talking TV podcast, where she discusses documents such as the BBC’s annual report and the results of the Broadcast Digital Awards.
In this context she moves beyond straight news into discussion, examining what corporate reports and award wins mean for channels, producers and formats. Her written pieces on bursary schemes for writer-performers, emerging comedy and entertainment scribes, and docuseries projects about business figures show similar attention to how talent pipelines and individual stories feed into the wider entertainment landscape.
This combination of trade-focused analysis, talent coverage and critical writing, exemplified by critics pieces like Invasion of the Parakeets, marks her out as a reporter whose entertainment beat is defined by structure and strategy as much as by shows themselves.
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