I watched ITV1 for the first time since the World Cup last night for The Beatles: The Night That Changed America. Missed it first time but great programme.
I watched ITV1 for the first time since the World Cup last night for The Beatles: The Night That Changed America. Missed it first time but great programme.
Re: Cilla - speaking as someone who watched it ...
I was surprised at how it kept me entertained. If you actually ignored the fact it was about Cilla Black and just viewed it as a story of a 60's working class girl, it worked even more.
I only intended to have a quick look and then switch over to The 100, stuck with it. I think credit definitely goes to Jeff Pope and Sheridan Smith for keeping me/viewers interested.
With the right people working on a show, it proves that audiences will watch.
Surprise! Surprise! Cilla got a bloody good rating indeed & hopefully this is the beginning of some decent drama overnights across the channels.
Glue did pretty alright- you only have to look at that 500k consolidated figure for Misfits to see the extent that e4 dramas grow throughout their run. The premises of the murder mystery should secure that it should at least maintain viewers!
If ITV can generate enough interest in 'Grantchester' (I know I'm sorry) then it could premiere with a good rating. Its all very well ITV getting good figures for 3-4 parters, but they ultimately need a mixture of new returnable hits with one-off dramas.
It does also suggest that Downton Abbey apart from drama competition doesn't have much excuse to be heavily down YOY (between 700k-1m).
Channel 4
15:10: Countdown - 0.43m (7.0%)
16:00: Deal or No Deal - 0.74m (9.0%)
17:00: Come Dine with Me - 0.85m (6.9%)
18:30: Hollyoaks - 0.821m (4.9%)
20:00: Jamie's Comfort Food - 1.12m (5.2%)
* +1 - 172k (0.8%)
20:30: Gadget Man - 1.10m (5.0%)
* +1 - 135k (0.6%)
21:00: Britain's Benefit Traders - 1.16m
* +1 - 264k (1.7%)
22:00: Jon Richardson Grows Up - 0.734m (4.8%)
* +1 - 142k (1.8%)
Channel 5
13:15: Home and Away - 0.195m (3.0%)
13:45: Neighbours - 0.748m (11.7%)
17:30: Neighbours - 0.866m (6.5%)
18:00: Home and Away - 0.684m (4.5%)
* 5*’s First Look at 18:30 - 384k (2.3%)
20:00: Ultimate Police Interceptors - 0.831m (3.8%)
21:00: Age Gap Love - 0.75m (3.3%)
22:00: Under the Dome - 0.598m (3.8%)
ITV 2
21:00: Film: Tomorrow Never Dies - 0.588m (3.5%)
BBC 3
21:00: Oscar Pistorius: The Truth - 0.51m (2.3%)
22:30: EastEnders - 0381m (2.8%)
BBC 4
21:00: Lost Kingdom's of Central America - 0.584m (2.6%)
E4
18:00: The Big Bang Theory - 0.538m (3.5%)
18:30: The Big Bang Theory - 0.662m (4.0%)
19:00: Hollyoaks - 0.787m (4.4%)
* +1 - 188k (0.9%)
21:00: The 100 - 0.681m (3.0%)
* +1 - 145k (1.0%)
22:00: Glue - 0.482m (3.2%)
* +1 - 133k (1.7%)
Dave
22:00: Room 101 - 0.469m (2.8%)
Sky Sports 1
19:00: Live Ford Monday Night Football - 0.573m (2.9%)
Re: Cilla - speaking as someone who watched it ...
I was surprised at how it kept me entertained. If you actually ignored the fact it was about Cilla Black and just viewed it as a story of a 60's working class girl, it worked even more.
I only intended to have a quick look and then switch over to The 100, stuck with it. I think credit definitely goes to Jeff Pope and Sheridan Smith for keeping me/viewers interested.
With the right people working on a show, it proves that audiences will watch.
I wonder whether ITV have offered Jeff Pope and Sheridan Smith the chance to do a returnable series? Maybe they don't want to do one but it could work out well for ITV.
I wonder whether ITV have offered Jeff Pope and Sheridan Smith the chance to do a returnable series? Maybe they don't want to do one but it could work out well for ITV.
Well Jeff Pope is Head of factual Drama at ITV so if he wants to do one he can.
An interesting clash over on multichannel tomorrow night. It's not often you see two pilot episodes of new US dramas go up against eachother:
DRAMA: Legends On: Sky1 Date: Wednesday 17th September 2014 (starting in 1 day) Time: 22:00 to 23:00 (1 hour long)
Pilot. Series 1, episode 1.
From the creators of 24 and Homeland comes a twist-filled thriller starring Sean Bean as an undercover FBI agent whose life is turned upside down.
(Stereo, New Series, Widescreen, 2014, 4 Star)
Director: David Semel
Starring: Sean Bean, Ali Larter, Tina Majorino, Amber Valletta, Mason Cook, Steve Richard Harris
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Marked By: 'New Dramas' and 'Category: Drama' markers
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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=87587
SCIENCE FICTION SERIES: The Strain On: Watch Date: Wednesday 17th September 2014 (starting in 1 day) Time: 22:00 to 23:40 (1 hour and 40 minutes long)
Night Zero. Series 1, episode 1.
Creepy supernatural series. An investigation is mounted after a plane is found which is full of dead passengers.
(Editor's Choice, New, Widescreen, Subtitles, Dolby Digital 5.1, 2014, 4 Star)
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Starring: Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Mía Maestro, Kevin Durand, Richard Sammel, Sean Astin
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Marked By: 'New Sci-Fi Series' marker
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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=87587
Both sound watchable but arguably The Strain has a more intriguing premise and Del Toro's name in the credits catches the eye.
Legends will enjoy a stronger lead-in from UEFA Champions League Football.
Ofcom has rejected London Live’s much-criticised proposals to radically reduce its commitments to local content.
The media regulator published its decision on Tuesday following a consultation in which the likes of Channel 4, Channel 5 and UKTV raised serious concerns about London Live’s plans. Each of the proposals submitted by London Live in July were rejected, including its bid to slash its primetime local content by two thirds - from three hours, to one hour a day.
London Live’s chief operating officer Tim Kirkman said he was “disappointed” by the Ofcom’s decision, but confirmed the company will continue to operate.
“The changes would have allowed us to produce an even better product for Londoners; we had no plans to reduce the volume of fresh local content or news and current affairs, just the times we broadcast it,” he said. “Not being allowed these changes is not critical, but will continue to challenge us.”
over 6.5m for Cilla? Have they got that right lol. Wasn't expecting anything like that. Sad for NT being so low. It seems the BBC are having a weekly Monday 9pm ratings crisis
But to be serious, 6.6m is a great if unexpected rating.
It does show there is an audience out there and 9pm mainstream dramas should be closer to 6m.
On that note: "The unofficial estimated time of the result is around 7am on Friday morning, but the lack of precedent makes this hard to predict. The fact that there are only two options on the ballot paper should make the count easier than with other elections (the papers can either be counted as yes, no or invalid). But turnout is expected to be huge, so there will be more votes to count than usual. Some 97% of Scotland’s population (4.29 million adults) are registered to vote, the largest electorate the nation has ever known."
Still slightly off topic , but what I should have said is this:-
Population of Scotland = 5.3m
Eligible to vote = 4.3m
Registered to vote in referendum (97%) = 97% of 4.3m = 4.1m
Expected turnout = 85% = 85% of 4.1m = 3.5m
In the quote above, the Guardian statement is inaccurate - it should have read "97% of those eligible to vote have registered". 97% of Scotland's population is 5.1m, not 4.3m!
Anyway , good to hear about that Cilla rating - still to watch it as I recorded it last night.
Isn't this supposed to be a big week for EastEnders as well?
Not a good start to the week with only 29% share.
I'm an EastEnders fan but when people say it's especially bad for Corrie with over 7m and EastEnders can't manage that I scratch my head. I honestly think some people are delusional. It's like a football team laughing at their rivals even though they're doing worse. Don't think about the competition, sort yourself out first.
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Staying off-topic briefly just to say: long-established international principle of self-determination. :-)
It's called just ITV now Dancc.
I was surprised at how it kept me entertained. If you actually ignored the fact it was about Cilla Black and just viewed it as a story of a 60's working class girl, it worked even more.
I only intended to have a quick look and then switch over to The 100, stuck with it. I think credit definitely goes to Jeff Pope and Sheridan Smith for keeping me/viewers interested.
With the right people working on a show, it proves that audiences will watch.
Fair point - but it still irks.
Glue did pretty alright- you only have to look at that 500k consolidated figure for Misfits to see the extent that e4 dramas grow throughout their run. The premises of the murder mystery should secure that it should at least maintain viewers!
It does also suggest that Downton Abbey apart from drama competition doesn't have much excuse to be heavily down YOY (between 700k-1m).
BBC 1
12:15: Bargain Hunt - 1.99m (36.1%)
13:00: BBC News at One - 2.52m
13:30: BBC Regional News - 2.43m
13:45: Doctors - 1.33m (21.1%)
14:15: Pressure Pad - 0.67m (12.0%)
16:30: Flog It! - 1.77m (18.7%)
17:15: Pointless - 2.99m (23.1%)
18:00: BBC News at Six - 4.28m (28.0%)
18:30: BBC Regional News - 5.13m (31.0%)
19:00: The One Show - 3.74m (21.0%)
19:30: Inside Out - 3.11m
20:00: EastEnders - 6.29m (29.1%)
20:30: Scotland's Decision - 2.08m (9.4%)
21:00: New Tricks - 4.22m (18.8%)
22:00: BBC News at Ten - 3.96m (23.0%)
BBC 2
18:00: Two Tribes - 1.18m (7.7%)
18:30: Eggheads - 1.11m (6.6%)
19:00: Celebrity Antiques Road Trip - 1.35m (7.1%)
20:00: University Challenge - 2.55m (11.8%)
20:30: Only Connect - 1.90m (8.6%)
21:00: Traders: Millions By the Minute - 0.814m (3.6%)
ITV
14:00: Dickinson’s Real Deal - 0.72m (12.5%)
16:00: Who’s Doing the Dishes? - 0.82m (9.9%)
17:00: The Chase - 2.39m (19.4%)
18:00: ITV Regional News - 3.03m
18:30: ITV News - 2.88m
19:00: Emmerdale - 5.65m (27.8%)
* +1 - 122k (0.6%)
19:30: Coronation Street - 7.16m (36.1%)
* +1 - 146k (0.7%)
20:00: The Undriveables - 2.74m
* +1 - 122k (0.5%)
20:30: Coronation Street - 7.35m (33.1%)
* +1 - 150k (0.7%)
21:00: Cilla - 6.12m (27.2%)
* +1 - 557.9k (3.7%)
22:00: ITV News at Ten - 2.44m
Channel 4
15:10: Countdown - 0.43m (7.0%)
16:00: Deal or No Deal - 0.74m (9.0%)
17:00: Come Dine with Me - 0.85m (6.9%)
18:30: Hollyoaks - 0.821m (4.9%)
20:00: Jamie's Comfort Food - 1.12m (5.2%)
* +1 - 172k (0.8%)
20:30: Gadget Man - 1.10m (5.0%)
* +1 - 135k (0.6%)
21:00: Britain's Benefit Traders - 1.16m
* +1 - 264k (1.7%)
22:00: Jon Richardson Grows Up - 0.734m (4.8%)
* +1 - 142k (1.8%)
Channel 5
13:15: Home and Away - 0.195m (3.0%)
13:45: Neighbours - 0.748m (11.7%)
17:30: Neighbours - 0.866m (6.5%)
18:00: Home and Away - 0.684m (4.5%)
* 5*’s First Look at 18:30 - 384k (2.3%)
20:00: Ultimate Police Interceptors - 0.831m (3.8%)
21:00: Age Gap Love - 0.75m (3.3%)
22:00: Under the Dome - 0.598m (3.8%)
ITV 2
21:00: Film: Tomorrow Never Dies - 0.588m (3.5%)
BBC 3
21:00: Oscar Pistorius: The Truth - 0.51m (2.3%)
22:30: EastEnders - 0381m (2.8%)
BBC 4
21:00: Lost Kingdom's of Central America - 0.584m (2.6%)
E4
18:00: The Big Bang Theory - 0.538m (3.5%)
18:30: The Big Bang Theory - 0.662m (4.0%)
19:00: Hollyoaks - 0.787m (4.4%)
* +1 - 188k (0.9%)
21:00: The 100 - 0.681m (3.0%)
* +1 - 145k (1.0%)
22:00: Glue - 0.482m (3.2%)
* +1 - 133k (1.7%)
Dave
22:00: Room 101 - 0.469m (2.8%)
Sky Sports 1
19:00: Live Ford Monday Night Football - 0.573m (2.9%)
I wonder whether ITV have offered Jeff Pope and Sheridan Smith the chance to do a returnable series? Maybe they don't want to do one but it could work out well for ITV.
Well Jeff Pope is Head of factual Drama at ITV so if he wants to do one he can.
Both sound watchable but arguably The Strain has a more intriguing premise and Del Toro's name in the credits catches the eye.
Legends will enjoy a stronger lead-in from UEFA Champions League Football.
http://m.broadcastnow.co.uk/5077604.article
The phrase "tell it to the marines" springs to mind.
Thanks haha! Fully updated the roundup
Can see why no-one does it anymore, takes ages!
Especially Corrie? When EastEnders doesn't hit 7m and over 30% share? Seriously? SERIOUSLY?
The Strain looks pretty intriguing and it'd be nice to see Watch gain a hit.... Does anyone have access to Watch's highest rated broadcasts???
It does show there is an audience out there and 9pm mainstream dramas should be closer to 6m.
Not a good start to the week with only 29% share.
Still slightly off topic
Population of Scotland = 5.3m
Eligible to vote = 4.3m
Registered to vote in referendum (97%) = 97% of 4.3m = 4.1m
Expected turnout = 85% = 85% of 4.1m = 3.5m
In the quote above, the Guardian statement is inaccurate - it should have read "97% of those eligible to vote have registered". 97% of Scotland's population is 5.1m, not 4.3m!
Anyway
I'm an EastEnders fan but when people say it's especially bad for Corrie with over 7m and EastEnders can't manage that I scratch my head. I honestly think some people are delusional. It's like a football team laughing at their rivals even though they're doing worse. Don't think about the competition, sort yourself out first.