I hardly watch any telly, and George just watches bad BBC programmes so he can complain about them.
I'm spoilt for choice
I do think BBC1 should be airing the F1 build up and race on Sunday, with tennis build up and opening couple of games on BBC2, moving to BBC1 when the race finishes, with the F1 post race moving to BBC2 The two events will overlap for probably 15 mins, and BBC1 could air both.
why not go the whole hog and put them both on BBC1 with a split screen?
Perhaps they might look to moving QOS back to a proper primetime slot; it never lets them down when it does appear away from the soaps. Better than DIY SOS and the like.
They could restore it to Thursdays at 8.30 when Coro moves?
Or even Thursday at eight opposite Emmerdale as it'd offer a suitably male-skewing alternative for twenty weeks a year, and then allow both channels to hit the 8.30 junction.
I dunno if I mentioned it here but this show was supposed to be an hour long and was chopped down to half an hour in the edit, which explains why the rounds all seem to last about five seconds. I dunno why, maybe after The Mad Bad Ad Show flopped they decided they couldn't bear to have another hour long panel show (and rightly so, they're usually half an hour for a reason, so the material isn't stretched to breaking point).
Also, it was consistently billed as a four part series even though they filmed six, but now they've seemingly decided to show the other two, but at 11pm on Fridays, which in many ways appears a slightly better slot. What a strangely scheduled show this has been. But no great tragedy, because it's bloody awful, and C4 should not be doing contrived and derivate panel games. Someone pointed out it's the same premise as Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, only for real.
I do think BBC1 should be airing the F1 build up and race on Sunday, with tennis build up and opening couple of games on BBC2, moving to BBC1 when the race finishes, with the F1 post race moving to BBC2. The two events will overlap for probably 15 mins, and BBC1 could air both.
aren't GP races usually 90-100mins, plus the risk of safety car slowing timings. It wouldn't be that unrealistic to have the race finish at 3pm (missing around one hour's play on centre court)
not sure Beeb want that hassle, besides before ITV nicked F1 off Auntie it was always on BBC2
Wednesday 25th July 2012 - Olympics
- 15:30 to 18:00 - BBC One
- 19:00 to 21:00 - BBC Three
Thursday 26th July 2012 - Olympics
- 14:30 to 19:00 - BBC Two
- 19:00 to 22:00 - BBC One
Friday 27th July 2012
19:00 to 24:30 - Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony
- The eyes of the world are focused on the Olympic Stadium as the 30th Olympiad is officially declared open by Her Majesty the Queen. Film director Danny Boyle is set to produce a stunning show ahead of the athletes parade - over 200 countries are expected to be represented, the official opening, the arrival of the torch and the lighting of the cauldron. The Ceremony officially starts at 900pm but the BBC team of sports experts and reporters will be in place from 700pm to capture the atmosphere around London and the UK. They'll reflect the activity around the Olympic Park as dignitaries and crowds arrive to take their seats and will look forward to 16 days of world class sporting competition. Including, at 800pm, News & Regional News. Commentary: Huw Edwards, Hazel Irvine and Trevor Nelson
- Absolutely Fabulous: Olympics (BBC One)
- Tom Daley: Diving for Britain (BBC One)
- Victoria Pendleton: Cycling’s Golden Girl (BBC One)
Also:
- Casualty #HolbyRiots (two parts)
Was I the only one that completely forgot about the Ab Fab special?
Wednesday 27th July 2012 - Olympics
- 15:30 to 18:00 - BBC One
- 19:00 to 21:00 - BBC Three
Thursday 28th July 2012 - Olympics
- 14:30 to 19:00 - BBC Two
- 19:00 to 22:00 - BBC One
Friday 29th July 2012
19:00 to 24:30 - Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony
- The eyes of the world are focused on the Olympic Stadium as the 30th Olympiad is officially declared open by Her Majesty the Queen. Film director Danny Boyle is set to produce a stunning show ahead of the athletes parade - over 200 countries are expected to be represented, the official opening, the arrival of the torch and the lighting of the cauldron. The Ceremony officially starts at 900pm but the BBC team of sports experts and reporters will be in place from 700pm to capture the atmosphere around London and the UK. They'll reflect the activity around the Olympic Park as dignitaries and crowds arrive to take their seats and will look forward to 16 days of world class sporting competition. Including, at 800pm, News & Regional News. Commentary: Huw Edwards, Hazel Irvine and Trevor Nelson
- Absolutely Fabulous: Olympics (BBC One)
- Tom Daley: Diving for Britain (BBC One)
- Victoria Pendleton: Cycling’s Golden Girl (BBC One)
Also:
- Casualty #HolbyRiots (two parts)
Was I the only one that completely forgot about the Ab Fab special?
Those dates are wrong the wednesday is the 25th, thurs 26th and Friday is the 27th.
Wonder if the 8pm news update will allow BBC1 to split its Opening Ceremony coverage into two reported blocks? If not, the 7-12.30 average won't be great.
Then again, I didn't think the wedding or river pageant would over 5 hours either..
The peak of the Opening Ceremony is going to annihilate the Euro 2012 peak.
The entire country - literally everything - is going to be completely overwhelmed by the Olympics. I expect the Olympics will be the lead story on the BBC1 6pm and 10pm news on the Wed and Thur beforehand - all the final preparations, people arriving, speculation re who will light the flame, security, transport issues etc etc.
The average rating for the Opening Ceremony is going to be depressed by the late finish but I think a peak of 25m is easily possible.
The peak of the Opening Ceremony is going to annihilate the Euro 2012 peak.
The entire country - literally everything - is going to be completely overwhelmed by the Olympics. I expect the Olympics will be the lead story on the BBC1 6pm and 10pm news on the Wed and Thur beforehand - all the final preparations, people arriving, speculation re who will light the flame, security, transport issues etc etc.
The average rating for the Opening Ceremony is going to be depressed by the late finish but I think a peak of 25m is easily possible.
Entire country overwhelmed?
Bit dramatic. There'll be a lot in the media but it won't be at the forefront of the majority of people's plans
Bit dramatic. There'll be a lot in the media but it won't be at the forefront of the majority of people's plans
I went to see the torch relay on Sunday, and I think as it gets even closer the media will go into overdrive, irrespective of whether it's BBC, Sky or ITV.
It's the biggest event of our generation, even if you don't like the Olympics, chances are you will tune in just to see some of it.
I think it was trickytree1979 who told us that the Royal Wedding reached over 30 million people, I expect the Opening Ceremony to do the same.
Why shouldn't they show the Aussie soaps - they're not showing the Olympics.EastEnders will continue on BBC2 as well.Apparently Coronation Street won't be mentioning the Olympics although EE will.
Actually they were criticised in the media for not promoting it - though why they would given that it is 200 miles away, not sure. Just like East Enders did not promote the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002 (though Corrie built a Norris story line around it).
Anyhow, obviously not in response to the media complaints, Corrie last night DID mention the Olympics. Basically one character spoke of her school's sports day and not being interested in sport and was told that the Olympics were coming soon and would she not be interested then either.
I half expected her to say something like - nah,TOWIE will be on the other side. But she kept to a respectful reply that the Olympics were different.
Wednesday 4th July 2012 BBC One
13:45 - Wimbledon 2012: 3.14m (31%)
* peak: 5.1m
18:00 - BBC News at Six: 3.79m (22%)
18:30 - Regional News and Weather: 3.92m (21%)
19:00 - Wimbledon 2012: 5.29m (25.5%)
* peak: 7.1m (32.86%) at 19:35
20:00 - A Question of Sport: 3.57m (18%)
20:30 - EastEnders: 5.42m (24.5%)
21:00 - When I Get Older: 3.46m (15.5%)
* slot average: 5.41m (22.33%)
22:00 - BBC News at Ten: 4.99m (25%)
BBC Two
12:55 - Wimbledon 2012: 920k
17:50 - Wimbledon 2012: 4.09m (23%)
19:00 - The One Show: 2.09m (10.4%)
20:00 - Today at Wimbledon: 1.58m (7.4%)
21:00 - The Secret History of Our Streets: 1.52m (6.8%)
BBC Three
21:00 - Cherry Healey: How to Get a Life: 570k (2.5%)
22:00 - EastEnders: 998k (5.0%)
23:00 - Family Guy: 640k (5.5%)
23:20 - Family Guy: 692k (7.4%)
23:45 - American Dad: 600k (8.1%)
Dave (inc +1)
22:00 - Dave's One Night Stand: 350k
E4
18:30 - The Big Bang Theory: 578k (3.0%) inc +1
19:00 - Hollyoaks: 464k (2.3%), +1: 183k (0.9%)
20:00 - FILM: The Devil Wears Prada: 598k (2.8%) inc +1
Film4 (inc +1)
21:00 - FILM: The Day The Earth Stood Still: 568k
ITV2 (inc +1)
21:00 - FILM: Hulk: 678k (3.9%)
ITV4 (inc +1)
19:00 - Tour De France 2012 Highlights: 573k (2.8%)
Looking at BBC One's figures, I think they will regret moving Murray to BBC Two at 18:00 when you consider that BBC Two beat BBC One in the 18:00 hour. Chances are it would have peaked a lot higher than 7.1m had it stayed on BBC One throughout, with the Regional News at 20:00.
Pretty poor for EE, the vile storyline regarding Kat must be revolting viewers galore.
Had the BBC had any common sense (as i mentioned yesterday) they would have started EastEnders at 8. It was away from the other soaps and of course Midsomer had a 30min lead on it too.Not only was the Lead in Weak but once again the BBC failed to mention EastEnders airing in a 8:30pm slot on a day it doesn't normally air . Will be Back to normal tonight
I went to see the torch relay on Sunday, and I think as it gets even closer the media will go into overdrive, irrespective of whether it's BBC, Sky or ITV.
It's the biggest event of our generation, even if you don't like the Olympics, chances are you will tune in just to see some of it.
I think it was trickytree1979 who told us that the Royal Wedding reached over 30 million people, I expect the Opening Ceremony to do the same.
The different predictions for the Opening Ceremony are really interesting. I've seen them as low as 6-8m and as high as 30m.
Personally I think it will peak in the 20 millions, if not 30 millions.
If 20m peak watch an BGT/X Factor final, an England game, you can expect similar levels as a starting point - but the scope of this audience is much wider than those - this more than any other big event will attract audiences from 5 to 95 and will build steadily from 7pm onwards.
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I'm spoilt for choice
why not go the whole hog and put them both on BBC1 with a split screen?
Or even Thursday at eight opposite Emmerdale as it'd offer a suitably male-skewing alternative for twenty weeks a year, and then allow both channels to hit the 8.30 junction.
I dunno if I mentioned it here but this show was supposed to be an hour long and was chopped down to half an hour in the edit, which explains why the rounds all seem to last about five seconds. I dunno why, maybe after The Mad Bad Ad Show flopped they decided they couldn't bear to have another hour long panel show (and rightly so, they're usually half an hour for a reason, so the material isn't stretched to breaking point).
Also, it was consistently billed as a four part series even though they filmed six, but now they've seemingly decided to show the other two, but at 11pm on Fridays, which in many ways appears a slightly better slot. What a strangely scheduled show this has been. But no great tragedy, because it's bloody awful, and C4 should not be doing contrived and derivate panel games. Someone pointed out it's the same premise as Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, only for real.
aren't GP races usually 90-100mins, plus the risk of safety car slowing timings. It wouldn't be that unrealistic to have the race finish at 3pm (missing around one hour's play on centre court)
not sure Beeb want that hassle, besides before ITV nicked F1 off Auntie it was always on BBC2
The very idea of a nearly nude Miss Polizzi will surely make Hotel Inspector the most watched programme in the History of Channel 5!
Wednesday 25th July 2012 - Olympics
- 15:30 to 18:00 - BBC One
- 19:00 to 21:00 - BBC Three
Thursday 26th July 2012 - Olympics
- 14:30 to 19:00 - BBC Two
- 19:00 to 22:00 - BBC One
Friday 27th July 2012
19:00 to 24:30 - Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony
- The eyes of the world are focused on the Olympic Stadium as the 30th Olympiad is officially declared open by Her Majesty the Queen. Film director Danny Boyle is set to produce a stunning show ahead of the athletes parade - over 200 countries are expected to be represented, the official opening, the arrival of the torch and the lighting of the cauldron. The Ceremony officially starts at 900pm but the BBC team of sports experts and reporters will be in place from 700pm to capture the atmosphere around London and the UK. They'll reflect the activity around the Olympic Park as dignitaries and crowds arrive to take their seats and will look forward to 16 days of world class sporting competition. Including, at 800pm, News & Regional News. Commentary: Huw Edwards, Hazel Irvine and Trevor Nelson
- Absolutely Fabulous: Olympics (BBC One)
- Tom Daley: Diving for Britain (BBC One)
- Victoria Pendleton: Cycling’s Golden Girl (BBC One)
Also:
- Casualty #HolbyRiots (two parts)
Was I the only one that completely forgot about the Ab Fab special?
Those dates are wrong the wednesday is the 25th, thurs 26th and Friday is the 27th.
Have changed
Then again, I didn't think the wedding or river pageant would over 5 hours either..
The entire country - literally everything - is going to be completely overwhelmed by the Olympics. I expect the Olympics will be the lead story on the BBC1 6pm and 10pm news on the Wed and Thur beforehand - all the final preparations, people arriving, speculation re who will light the flame, security, transport issues etc etc.
The average rating for the Opening Ceremony is going to be depressed by the late finish but I think a peak of 25m is easily possible.
Entire country overwhelmed?
Bit dramatic. There'll be a lot in the media but it won't be at the forefront of the majority of people's plans
I don't mean that everyone is going to be personally overwhelmed.
What I mean is that it is going to completely overwhelm all other news / media stories.
I went to see the torch relay on Sunday, and I think as it gets even closer the media will go into overdrive, irrespective of whether it's BBC, Sky or ITV.
It's the biggest event of our generation, even if you don't like the Olympics, chances are you will tune in just to see some of it.
I think it was trickytree1979 who told us that the Royal Wedding reached over 30 million people, I expect the Opening Ceremony to do the same.
Pretty poor for EE, the vile storyline regarding Kat must be revolting viewers galore.
Actually they were criticised in the media for not promoting it - though why they would given that it is 200 miles away, not sure. Just like East Enders did not promote the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002 (though Corrie built a Norris story line around it).
Anyhow, obviously not in response to the media complaints, Corrie last night DID mention the Olympics. Basically one character spoke of her school's sports day and not being interested in sport and was told that the Olympics were coming soon and would she not be interested then either.
I half expected her to say something like - nah,TOWIE will be on the other side. But she kept to a respectful reply that the Olympics were different.
So glad that I'll be away on holiday.
I do feel that the media have decided we must all be whipped into a compulsory frenzy.
BBC One
13:45 - Wimbledon 2012: 3.14m (31%)
* peak: 5.1m
18:00 - BBC News at Six: 3.79m (22%)
18:30 - Regional News and Weather: 3.92m (21%)
19:00 - Wimbledon 2012: 5.29m (25.5%)
* peak: 7.1m (32.86%) at 19:35
20:00 - A Question of Sport: 3.57m (18%)
20:30 - EastEnders: 5.42m (24.5%)
21:00 - When I Get Older: 3.46m (15.5%)
* slot average: 5.41m (22.33%)
22:00 - BBC News at Ten: 4.99m (25%)
BBC Two
12:55 - Wimbledon 2012: 920k
17:50 - Wimbledon 2012: 4.09m (23%)
19:00 - The One Show: 2.09m (10.4%)
20:00 - Today at Wimbledon: 1.58m (7.4%)
21:00 - The Secret History of Our Streets: 1.52m (6.8%)
ITV1
19:00 - Emmerdale: 5.93m (29.4%), +1: 220k (1.1%)
19:30 - Coronation Street: 6.94m (32.6%), +1: 254k (1.1%)
20:00 - Midsomer Murders: 3.99m (18.3%), +1: 230k (1.1%)
* 20:00 to 21:00 - 4.28m (19.94%)
* 21:00 to 22:00 - 3.70m (16.66%)
Channel 4
18:30 - Hollyoaks: 784k (4.1%)
20:00 - River Cottage: 1.49m (7.0%), +1: 243k (1.1%)
21:00 - 24 Hours in A&E: 2.38m (10.7%), +1: 542k (3.0%)
22:00 - A Short History Of Everything Else: 891k inc +1
Channel 4
13:45 - Neighbours: 656k (8.4%)
17:30 - Neighbours: 944k (6.2%)
18:00 - Home and Away: 649k (3.7%)
21:00 - NCIS: 1.65m (7.2%), +1: 134k (0.7%)
22:00 - Big Brother: 1.41m (7.7%)
Primetime Shares
BBC One - 20.8%
ITV1 - 19.4% (+1: 0.9%)
BBC Two - 6.4%
Channel 4 - 6.0% (+1: 1.2%)
Channel 5 - 5.3% (+1: 0.3%)
4Seven - 0.3%
Ratings include HD and are tape-checked where necessary.
Multichannels
4Seven
19:00 - Supersize v Superskinny: 10k (0.05%)
20:00 - Embarrassing Bodies: 47k (0.22%)
21:00 - Gordon Behind Bars: 88k (0.4%)
22:00 - Undercover Boss: 102.5k (0.6%)
5*
18:30 - Home and Away: 411k (2.2%)
Alibi (inc +1)
21:00 - Castle: 190k
BBC Three
21:00 - Cherry Healey: How to Get a Life: 570k (2.5%)
22:00 - EastEnders: 998k (5.0%)
23:00 - Family Guy: 640k (5.5%)
23:20 - Family Guy: 692k (7.4%)
23:45 - American Dad: 600k (8.1%)
Dave (inc +1)
22:00 - Dave's One Night Stand: 350k
E4
18:30 - The Big Bang Theory: 578k (3.0%) inc +1
19:00 - Hollyoaks: 464k (2.3%), +1: 183k (0.9%)
20:00 - FILM: The Devil Wears Prada: 598k (2.8%) inc +1
Film4 (inc +1)
21:00 - FILM: The Day The Earth Stood Still: 568k
ITV2 (inc +1)
21:00 - FILM: Hulk: 678k (3.9%)
ITV4 (inc +1)
19:00 - Tour De France 2012 Highlights: 573k (2.8%)
More4 (inc +1)
23:05 - Embarrassing Bodies: 316.5k
Really (inc +1)
23:00 - New Cheaters: 116k
Sky1
20:00 - Emergency with Angela Griffin: 0.2m (0.8%)
Source: Attentional, Broadcast, C4 Sales, DS (1, 2), ITV Media, Mike Teevee
Looking at BBC One's figures, I think they will regret moving Murray to BBC Two at 18:00 when you consider that BBC Two beat BBC One in the 18:00 hour. Chances are it would have peaked a lot higher than 7.1m had it stayed on BBC One throughout, with the Regional News at 20:00.
Early days of course, but the 4Seven/More4 comparison is embarrassing.
Personally I think it will peak in the 20 millions, if not 30 millions.
If 20m peak watch an BGT/X Factor final, an England game, you can expect similar levels as a starting point - but the scope of this audience is much wider than those - this more than any other big event will attract audiences from 5 to 95 and will build steadily from 7pm onwards.