It's looking more and more likely that EE will be starting at 8PM now. Bang goes Samuel's masterplan!
Agut's won the last two games. So it looks like the Murray match will be overunning into the EE slot. So the peak for the Murray game at 8-8.10pm should be excellent. And it will result in EE having a fantastic lead-in to take advantage of, which will damage Coro's 8.30pm episode due to overlapping past 8.30pm.
Sports fans have nothing else to watch either - both cricket matches on Sky it's raining, and it's a rest day in the World Cup. Ratings for Murray should be good.
Agut's won the last two games. So it looks like the Murray match will be overunning into the EE slot. So the peak for the Murray game at 8-8.10pm should be excellent. And it will result in EE having a fantastic lead-in to take advantage of, which will damage Coro's 8.30pm episode due to overlapping past 8.30pm.
Does your whole life revolve around BBC1 out performing ITV1?
Murray match finishes at 20.09, BBC1 coverage still airing with them interviewing him. Should be a strong inflated peak audience for the 20.00-20.05 period.
EastEnders follows "very shortly" says the banner; BBC website says MasterChef runs 20:40-22:00 but this will change unless they've prepared shorter edits.
Even Steve Williams is saying the Beeb has kind of messed up their Round of 16 picks:
Steve Williams @SkillageSteve · 12m
So, that's the Beeb, Sat 5pm, Mon 5pm, Tue 5pm and 9pm, ITV Sat 9pm, Sun 5pm and 9pm, Mon 9pm. Think the Beeb ballsed that up, to be honest. The question therefore is what the hell BBC1 now show between 8.30 and 10.10 on Sunday. I know there are sporting considerations but BBC1 picking three 5pm games seems such a waste of having first pick
Well, thanks for the promotion of my Twitter feed, Samuel, but I'd rather you didn't post my tweets on here please because if I want to make a contribution to this thread I'll come on here and make it. I'd rather take the time to think about what I want to say here, rather than contribute via a few careless tweets. And you don't even follow me to get my bloody numbers up.
I agree with Steve about the BBC1 picks. Better quality matches but rubbish times.
Yes, I think it's amazing the Beeb have got first choice and ended up with three 5pm matches, I know on paper they are all good matches but it seems such a waste, especially on Monday when it'll totally split the audience. The thing that most amazes me is that Germany vs Algeria wasn't at least third choice, they're one of the favourites, the match is quite interesting because of the history and it's in primetime. I can go with Brazil as first choice, and Holland as second choice, but what the appeal of Argentina vs Switzerland at 5pm on a weekday is is beyond me.
Meanwhile, here's something a bit interesting from the Broadcast timeshift chart, ranked by gain in the officials...
3) 'stEnders (Tuesday, 19.30) - 5.53m, 0.87m (18.7%) gain
4) 'stEnders (Thursday, 19.30) - 5.89m, 0.82m (16.2%) gain
6) 'stEnders (Monday, 20.00) - 7.42m, 0.74m (11.1%) gain
13) 'stEnders (Friday, 19.00) - 4.65m, 0.60m (14.8%) gain
19) 'stEnders (Friday, 01.30) - 0.78m, 0.54m (228.3%) gain
So now both Friday showings are in the chart! I also note that the England match took the Pops 79 repeat on BBC4 down to what I think is its lowest ever rating, 150,000.
Will be fascinating to see who wins the Soap Ratings War tonight, with a huge battle between EastEnders v Coro St. In particular, it would be fascinating to see the 20min head to head between 20.30-20.50. We'll finally see which soap the Great British Public prefer watching without one soap starting a full half an hour before another.
Thanks. This is as expected but very interesting news. It means Doctor Who will air on Saturdays this Autumn from 23rd August to 16th November. Doctor Who will probably air around 6.30pm, meaning that Strictly will end up airing in a very nice 7.15pm-ish starting slot. SCD will be airing the latest it has done in years which will help maximise its ratings and overlap more into XF to pull down XF's figures.
Thanks. This is as expected but very interesting news. It means Doctor Who will air on Saturdays this Autumn from 23rd August to 16th November. Doctor Who will probably air around 6.30pm, meaning that Strictly will end up airing in a very nice 7.15pm-ish starting slot. SCD will be airing the latest it has done in years which will help maximise its ratings and overlap more into XF to pull down XF's figures.
We shall see.im hoping they see sense and show doctor who post 8pm.inthink it would do really well in a later slot
We shall see.im hoping they see sense and show doctor who post 8pm.inthink it would do really well in a later slot
Yeah perhaps. Either way you look at it, whether DW is on at 6.30pm or 8pm, XFactor will be facing tougher competition this year than previous years. So the fact it was struggling against Atlantis last year doesn't really bode well for this series when it either faces more of the tail-end of SCD or Doctor who. The Beeb has got the Autumn scheduling spot on so far, all we need now is the Great British Bake Off on Sundays at 8pm and New Tricks on Mondays at 9pm this Autumn, which will result in a very strong quarter for BBC1.
I can see Tumble starting on the 23rd as well, something like 19:00 - Tumble, 20:15 - Doctor Who. It's six episodes so would finish in time for Strictly to start on 4th October, and on the night of the launch show it can be as above but with Strictly at 6pm.
I can see Tumble starting on the 23rd as well, something like 19:00 - Tumble, 20:15 - Doctor Who. It's six episodes so would finish in time for Strictly to start on 4th October, and on the night of the launch show it can be as above but with Strictly at 6pm.
Excellently planned by the Beeb if they do what you suggest. Tumbled will have significant promotion over the BBC services during the Commonwealth Games. If it launches on the same night as Doctor Who, it can be promoted as a big blockbuster Saturday which will get people tuning into Tumbled. And even if the first couple episodes of Tumbled dont really rate too high, the Strictly Come Dancing Previous Show will give Tumbled a 7.5m+ lead-in to take advantage of. So a 4m rating for Tumbled will suddenly turn into around 5m for that SCD inflated episode. It's all being very well planned by the Beeb imo and Tumbled could become a firm ratings success with audiences.
As much as I would like it to, EastEnders won't win the soap battle at all tonight. For one thing, that post-match interview with Murray went on for a good 5 minutes - sorry but watching Murray being interviewed is frightfully dull and therefore enough ammunition for millions to switch over to Emmerdale - then you had the 90 second news update followed by countless trailers before EastEnders actually began.
EE should be looking at a good 7million+. Corrie was crap for the 1st episode so I imagine many simply didn't bother with the 2nd. ITV's own fault for employing SB.
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Samuels spiked murrays drink! ;-)
Does your whole life revolve around BBC1 out performing ITV1?
It's stupid and shouldn't be happening. It's really unfair on people who watch both of those soaps.
Well, thanks for the promotion of my Twitter feed, Samuel, but I'd rather you didn't post my tweets on here please because if I want to make a contribution to this thread I'll come on here and make it. I'd rather take the time to think about what I want to say here, rather than contribute via a few careless tweets. And you don't even follow me to get my bloody numbers up.
Yes, I think it's amazing the Beeb have got first choice and ended up with three 5pm matches, I know on paper they are all good matches but it seems such a waste, especially on Monday when it'll totally split the audience. The thing that most amazes me is that Germany vs Algeria wasn't at least third choice, they're one of the favourites, the match is quite interesting because of the history and it's in primetime. I can go with Brazil as first choice, and Holland as second choice, but what the appeal of Argentina vs Switzerland at 5pm on a weekday is is beyond me.
Meanwhile, here's something a bit interesting from the Broadcast timeshift chart, ranked by gain in the officials...
3) 'stEnders (Tuesday, 19.30) - 5.53m, 0.87m (18.7%) gain
4) 'stEnders (Thursday, 19.30) - 5.89m, 0.82m (16.2%) gain
6) 'stEnders (Monday, 20.00) - 7.42m, 0.74m (11.1%) gain
13) 'stEnders (Friday, 19.00) - 4.65m, 0.60m (14.8%) gain
19) 'stEnders (Friday, 01.30) - 0.78m, 0.54m (228.3%) gain
So now both Friday showings are in the chart! I also note that the England match took the Pops 79 repeat on BBC4 down to what I think is its lowest ever rating, 150,000.
I feel vindicated now.:)
This is a nul and void arguement now in the days of PVR's, +1s , and players.
We shall see.im hoping they see sense and show doctor who post 8pm.inthink it would do really well in a later slot
And it was a pretty non-event EastEnders tonight.