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Loose Women stars odds on to go?

'Loose Women' TV Programme, London, Britain. - 27 Sep 2013
Is Carol Vorderman counting down the days to a Loose Women exit? One bookmaker is giiving odds of 2-1 that she is for the chop. Photograph: Ken McKay/Rex

It's not often you find an all-women panel show appearing in a tabloid's betting section – but the woes of Loose Women have achieved just that. With ratings down two thirds on the halcyon days of 10 years ago, the Daily Mirror reports on a story from the Sunday People that ITV producers may be prepared to wield the axe on some top names and the Mirror is giving odds on who's most likely to be cut loose. Lisa Maxwell stands at a pessimistic 1-5, Jamelia fares slightly better at 4-6, and the show's top earner, Carol Vorderman, is on a precarious 2-1 to be subtracted from the panel. Poor ratings and dodgy odds, that's some number crunching Carol could do without.

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