I think the audience share has always been good, though, and I think the BBC will realise that of the available audience, more than a third tune in to Doctor Who.
I do think the people who schedule these things should have had far more press attention than they did over this decision - moving I'd Do Anything to a prime time slot has been a ratings disaster. It didn't gain any extra viewers for that show, but did lose viewers for Who as RTD predicted.
I would think if they are going to shift Doctor Who, it would probably be more likely to move to a January-March run, rather than a September-December one. The schedules on BBC and ITV are packed in the autumn with Strictly and X-Factor in such a way that trying to schedule Doctor Who without clashing would be a nightmare.
Much better to move to Saturday nights January-March, which has been now been vacated by Dancing on Ice. Doctor Who would have a free run, in the dark, off the back of a much-hyped Christmas special. This would surely be the best option.
The AI for The Unicorn and the Wasp was 86. Another good result, especially for an episode some have dubbed 'marmite'. Clearly not so much with the wider audience....:)
The AI for The Unicorn and the Wasp was 86. Another good result, especially for an episode some have dubbed 'marmite'. Clearly not so much with the wider audience....:)
Hmm... worst of the year, the honeymoon is over. :eek::p
Hmm... worst of the year, the honeymoon is over. :eek::p
lol...depends if you include the Xmas special, which also got 86. ....:D
Seriously though, the AI's this series have been amazing...86-88 throughout. I do think we might see a 90 before the series is out, which would be amazing...:)
lol...depends if you include the Xmas special, which also got 86. ....:D
Seriously though, the AI's this series have been amazing...86-88 throughout. I do think we might see a 90 before the series is out, which would be amazing...:)
Because of the way that the AIs are calculated, from 88 to 90 is actually a bigger jump than going from 86 to 88. It would be nice to see it happen though.
I think I'm right in saying that one BBC Three showing of Doctor Who got an AI of 94 (which is remarkable even with the much smaller audience size).
Because of the way that the AIs are calculated, from 88 to 90 is actually a bigger jump than going from 86 to 88. It would be nice to see it happen though.
well, we have had some 89's in the past, but given the overall higher AI scores this series thus far, it seems feasible to me it might happen at some point, possibly the finale because of the emotional context that tends to apply to them.
But it hasn't actually, DS.....overall I think you'll find when the final figures for episode six come in that the first six episodes of this series have, overall, had higher figures than the first six episodes of series 3. It was really only the two-parter where the figures were really down, and even then it was only the second part which was hugely down on the norm. The point is more that the average could have been considerably higher than it was had it not had the early slot....
Yes they're higher than usual, but they could have been a lot higher in the 7pm slot.
Yes they're higher than usual, but they could have been a lot higher in the 7pm slot.
Possibly it would have done, but given the show has still thus far performed more strongly than this time last year, I don't think we can complain too much...
Possibly it would have done, but given the show has still thus far performed more strongly than this time last year, I don't think we can complain too much...
Given The Apprentice managed to perform strongly against BGT when it wasn't even in it's normal slot, I think we have reason to be cautiously optimistic....:)
Given The Apprentice managed to perform strongly against BGT when it wasn't even in it's normal slot, I think we have reason to be cautiously optimistic....:)
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I do think the people who schedule these things should have had far more press attention than they did over this decision - moving I'd Do Anything to a prime time slot has been a ratings disaster. It didn't gain any extra viewers for that show, but did lose viewers for Who as RTD predicted.
That's a good idea.
Hmm... worst of the year, the honeymoon is over. :eek::p
lol...depends if you include the Xmas special, which also got 86. ....:D
Seriously though, the AI's this series have been amazing...86-88 throughout. I do think we might see a 90 before the series is out, which would be amazing...:)
Because of the way that the AIs are calculated, from 88 to 90 is actually a bigger jump than going from 86 to 88. It would be nice to see it happen though.
I think I'm right in saying that one BBC Three showing of Doctor Who got an AI of 94 (which is remarkable even with the much smaller audience size).
well, we have had some 89's in the past, but given the overall higher AI scores this series thus far, it seems feasible to me it might happen at some point, possibly the finale because of the emotional context that tends to apply to them.
That puts it in 10th place for the week by individual episode and 4th by series.
Which are the three series above it? Is it three soaps?
I think he means the 4th highest of the series.
Two soaps and Britain's Got Talent. DW easily beat every episode of Emmerdale.
So its beating The Apprentice too! That's impressive.
No.
Here's the Top 10 by episode:
CORONATION STREET (MON 2031) 10.73
CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) 10.07
CORONATION STREET (FRI 2029) 8.99
EASTENDERS (MON 1959) 8.92
CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) 8.75
EASTENDERS (THU 1931) 8.62
CORONATION STREET (WED 1930) 8.57
BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (SAT 2000) 8.17
EASTENDERS (FRI 1959) 8.16
DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1844) 7.33
And the Top 5 by series:
CORONATION STREET
EASTENDERS
BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT
DOCTOR WHO
THE APPRENTICE
Then you should make yourself clearer my boy
tsk.
And that compares to 7.19 million for the equivalent episode last year (The Lazarus Experiment).
7th for the week by episode, and once again 4th for the week by series.
Top 10:
CORONATION STREET (MON 2030) 9.78
BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (SAT 2000) 9.11
CORONATION STREET (MON 1933) 9.07
CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) 9.05
CORONATION STREET (FRI 2029) 8.99
EASTENDERS (MON 2000) 8.76
DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1858) 8.41
EASTENDERS (FRI 1958) 8.06
INDIANA JONES & THE LAST CRUSADE 7.53
EASTENDERS (THU 1930) 7.17
Very impressive time shift of around 700,000...:eek::cool:
Up to week 7, this series is up around 300,000 per week on average to last series:
Season 3. 7,515,714
Season 4. 7,858,571
Yes they're higher than usual, but they could have been a lot higher in the 7pm slot.
Possibly it would have done, but given the show has still thus far performed more strongly than this time last year, I don't think we can complain too much...
Given The Apprentice managed to perform strongly against BGT when it wasn't even in it's normal slot, I think we have reason to be cautiously optimistic....:)
Was it the BGT final?
Was it BGT's normal slot?
Perhaps even more caution is advisable!
I'm more impressed that Indy got 7.53 million! Wow!
I have no personal interest in BGT, mr_brearley, so I didn't know, although I suspected as much from the rumours on this forum.
Thus I was noting the fact that The Apprentice was not up against the final, so maybe the two situations can't be compared.