BBC1 has two hours of new drama - compared with seven hours of property and home improvement shows, and nearly five hours devoted to antiques
No original drama was scheduled on Channel 4 all week
ITV1 has more news than any other channel. BBC1 is close behind with just under 13 hours
There are nearly 19 hours of soaps - about the same total as children's programming
Antiques shows account for more than 12 hours of programmes a week
Five devotes more time to quizzes than drama, news, sport or children's programmes
Julie Kirkbride MP, shadow secretary for culture, media and sport, said: "It is shameful that so much of the output on terrestrial television is repeats.
"For the BBC in particular, the licence fee puts them under an obligation to ensure high standards are maintained. With the growth of new channels, the challenge for broadcasters is to provide good-quality new programming to fill them."
Professor Curran, of Goldsmiths College, London, said: "The increasing number of channels is leading to market-driven programming, which takes the form of anything that's cheap that has reasonable ratings.
"Two things are happening - costcutting, and increasing reliance on formulaic programmes producing predictable audiences.
"But the whole point of public service broadcasting is precisely to generate-innovation - investment in drama, creativity in programmes that inform."
He added: "For us to be going along the same stony path as the United States, Spain and Italy is deeply depressing.
"Let us hope that the new regime at the BBC will renew and restore depth in journalism and creativity in drama, and that regulator Ofcom protects the public-service tradition in commercial television, because - without a return to public-service broadcasting values the institutions of public-service - broadcasting will be vulnerable to attack."
BBC director of television Jana Bennett recently said the corporation had cut back on home makeover shows because they had been "overdone".
