You're absolutely right. C5 has no news and no sport!
Hilarious mate.
What's C4 got to offer in this genre exactly? Apart from horse racing which I love that is being served well but doesn't have much of a following outside of the big meets, I'm struggling to think of anything. There's the American football but apart from the Superbowl nobody really cares about that over here. And C4 News despite being vastly superior and on in a much better timeslot somehow gets worse figures a lot of the time than 5 News at 5.
23:10 - Cuckoo (first shown on BBC Three): 922k (10.9%)
Nice to see they are expanding it to a wider audience by giving it a BBC One repeat. If that's for the second episode, then it's higher than the original airing's overnight of 748k but being BBC1 that was to be expected.
FA Cup replay date and time now set for Easter Monday at 12.30 pm. Rather disappointing that it won't be in prime time, but depending on weather it should still do very well. I'd guess overage starts at 12.00 and wraps up at 3pm, unless it goes o extra time and penalties.
Was Robbie involved in the negotiations? Considering both teams play on the Saturday I'd have thought they'd favour a later kick off.
Does anyone really care that much about Pope Idol?
Amazing really how the concept of locking people in a back to basics house until a winner has decided dates back hundreds of years. All complete with almighty pause between the result coming in and the winner being announced.
This new Pope is boring. All he wants to do is pray. Not something worth delaying corrie for.
And what's he pray for - not world peace or an end to poverty, but his first action is to ask for people to pray for him.
It was a shame ITV cut off after half an hour waiting for the result, but having followed the coverage over on C4 they didn't really miss much. It's just nice though to have the option to view such events without the bottom third of the screen being coverage in red!
Nice to see they are expanding it to a wider audience by giving it a BBC One repeat. If that's for the second episode, then it's higher than the original airing's overnight of 748k but being BBC1 that was to be expected.
Was Robbie involved in the negotiations? Considering both teams play on the Saturday I'd have thought they'd favour a later kick off.
I presume Bank Holiday public transport dictated the kick off time there, with less available in the evening than during the day. Why on Earth they made a decision today when Chelsea could be knocked out of Europa League tomorrow, freeing up the midweek, is anyone's guess.
The replay date has also affected Sky's coverage - Southampton v Chelsea was scheduled to be one of their Sunday matches but has now been brought forward to Saturday, 3pm kick off. I'm sure they're desperately trying to find a replacement as we speak.
No comments from Robbie today. Presumably he's laughing too hard to type on his keyboard.
ITV will be hoping for a very wet Easter Monday.
Bit of a bummer for Itv. Not only does the FA Cup semi final draw mean that they will only have one big club in the Europa league next season instead of two, their replay for the much anticipated Chelsea v Man united game will be in early afternoon daytime and obviously not get the kind of ratings they wouldve been hoping for in a tea time or prime time slot.
What's C4 got to offer in this genre exactly? Apart from horse racing which I love that is being served well but doesn't have much of a following outside of the big meets, I'm struggling to think of anything. There's the American football but apart from the Superbowl nobody really cares about that over here. And C4 News despite being vastly superior and on in a much better timeslot somehow gets worse figures a lot of the time than 5 News at 5.
C4 has quite a lot of sport;
Horse Racing
American Football
KOTV Boxing Weekly
Sailing
Beach Volleyball
Volleyball
Motor Sport
Poker
...and compared with C5's offering of temperamental offering of boxing and MMA, I'd say Channel 4 has a really good sport slate.
As for news, I was wondering if you could remind me of what happened to Natasha Kaplinsky at 5 News?? In regards to your timeslot comment, I wouldn't say that competing with The One Show/Emmerdale/Coronation Street/Eastenders is a 'much better timeslot'.
Who knows. It's clearer than ever now that it was a monumental **** up letting it go, not so much because of how this season of the EL has turned out as that is down to luck more than anything, but shares are down more than even I had feared. It's not just the ratings on Thursdays that get affected as it drew in an audience the channel struggles normally to attract, and so now they can't point them in the direction of other things they are doing whether it be new season CSI or top documentaries like Bomb Patrol. The former last year for example did well over 3m for the season premiere, but (amongst other factors like Ted Danson joining the cast and no head-to-head with Death in Paradise) it helped launching in a week that was franked either side by high rating Manchester United matches.
You need appointment-to-view telly like that to showcase what else is on offer for that demographic and in turn increase reach in other slots.
BBC Two(inc HD)
06:05 - Homes under the Hammer (r): 80k (3.1%)
07:05 - Real Rescues (r): 84k (1.5%)
07:50 - Caught Red Handed (r): 99k (1.5%)
08:20 - A to Z of TV Gardening (r): 63k (1.1%)
09:05 - Great British Menu (r): 85k (1.6%)
10:35 - HARDTalk: 69.5k (1.3%)
11:00 - BBC News: 106k (2.0%)
11:30 - BBC World News: 155k (2.9%)
12:00 - The Daily Politics: 238.5k (3.7%)
13:00 - The One Show (r): 71k (0.9%)
13:30 - The Super League Show (shown yesterday on BBC One North): 88k (1.1%)
14:15 - Coast (r): 91k (1.3%)
14:25 - Mastermind (r): 113k (1.5%)
14:55 - Britain's Heritage Heroes (r): 193k (2.6%)
15:25 - Great British Food Revival (r): 309k (3.5%)
16:25 - The Trials of Life (r): 341k (2.9%)
17:15 - Vintage Antiques Roadshow (r): 736k (4.8%)
18:00 - Eggheads: 1.48m (7.9%)
18:30 - Country Show Cook Off: 819k (4.0%)
19:00 - Great Continental Railway Journeys (revised r): 1.18m (5.4%)
19:30 - Great British Menu: 2.19m (9.45%)
20:00 - Alex Polizzi: The Fixer: 2.45m (10.3%)
21:00 - The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track: 2.05m (8.75%)
22:00 - Heading Out: 678k (3.7%)
22:35 - Newsnight: 703k (6.0%)
23:20 - This World: A History of Syria with Dan Snow (r): 298k (4.7%)
24:20 - SIGN ZONE: Brain Doctors (r): 110k (3.5%)
25:20 - "Close": 60k (3.0%)
...and compared with C5's offering of temperamental offering of boxing and MMA, I'd say Channel 4 has a really good sport slate.
Poker isn't sport. C4 really could do with something alongside racing just to boost it's portfolio - though obviously they've now got Paralympic sport in the mix. I just hope that outside of the Paralympics over the next 4 years they give events coverage in decent slots, not an hour of highlights at silly o clock three weeks later. Now T4 has been axed too it would be nice to see the Saturday morning sports block reinstated - bring back Trans World Sport!
The Voice Series Two had a big press launch a couple of days ago, reviews on twitter that I can find were very good:
Mark Jefferies @mirrorjeffers
Not supposed to talk about The Voice press launch,but 1st round auditions identical with judges more confident & animated.
JAMES INGHAM @JAMESINREHAB
Loving the screening of #thevoiceuk - the talent & show certainly seems to have upped the ante! @BBCTheVoiceUK
JAMES INGHAM @JAMESINREHAB
All #thevoiceuk coaches say they are lot more confident this year. Judging from the preview it certainly looks that way.
heat & heatworld @heatworld
We can't reveal too much about the @BBCTheVoiceUK press launch but if you thought @iamwill would run out of crazy expressions...think again
All signs are very good for this series. I think it will come back strong in the ratings and prove the doubters wrong, not losing viewers after the auditions like last year but being much more stable.
All signs are very good for this series. I think it will come back strong in the ratings and prove the doubters wrong, not losing viewers after the auditions like last year but being much more stable.
I think it'll pretty much pick up where it left off - it'll hover around the 6m mark, but not have the drop it had last year so as you say be more stable, but still below par for a series of this nature.
I'm not convinced by any of the changes really - I think the BBC completely missed the point in the complaints about the live shows by halving them to just three (one of the biggest complaints was we didn't get to see enough of the contestants singing live). I also think it loses something by having both the Battle and the Knock-out elements pre-recorded months in advance. All the "knock out" essentially is is the same as the first round of live shows last year, but ditching the public vote and being pre-recorded months in advance of broadcast.
I think it'll pretty much pick up where it left off - it'll hover around the 6m mark, but not have the drop it had last year so as you say be more stable, but still below par for a series of this nature.
I'm not convinced by any of the changes really - I think the BBC completely missed the point in the complaints about the live shows by halving them to just three (one of the biggest complaints was we didn't get to see enough of the contestants singing live). I also think it loses something by having both the Battle and the Knock-out elements pre-recorded months in advance. All the "knock out" essentially is is the same as the first round of live shows last year, but ditching the public vote and being pre-recorded months in advance of broadcast.
It will be interesting to see how it performs without BGT on the same night. Both shows undoubtedly boosted each other.
It will be interesting to see how it performs without BGT on the same night. Both shows undoubtedly boosted each other.
I think BGT was denting the Voice a little last year because BGT would start 20mins before the Voice ended so a few Voice viewers would tune over to BGT. Also because of BGT, the Voice had to start at 7pm which is quite early for spring. I hope BBC schedules the Voice series two launch for 7.45pm/8pm so it can claim that timeslot before BGT returns two weeks afterwards. A 7.45/8pm start is much better than 7pm, and also means clash against Saturday night takeaway is smaller. BGT would then have to start either early at 7pm or late at 9pm to avoid the Voice, neither times are good for a family audience.
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Is that the word? I'm mean I'm happy being atheist and everything... But... you know, try anything once.
What's C4 got to offer in this genre exactly? Apart from horse racing which I love that is being served well but doesn't have much of a following outside of the big meets, I'm struggling to think of anything. There's the American football but apart from the Superbowl nobody really cares about that over here. And C4 News despite being vastly superior and on in a much better timeslot somehow gets worse figures a lot of the time than 5 News at 5.
BBC One
06:00 - Breakfast: 1.66m (35.1%)
09:15 - Heir Hunters: 1.28m (23.8%)
10:00 - Homes under the Hammer (r): 1.51m (27.4%)
11:00 - Caught Red Handed: 1.35m (25.9%)
11:30 - Real Rescues: 1.31m (24.1%)
12:15 - Bargain Hunt (r): 2.09m (30.9%)
13:00 - News: 2.93m (37.8%)
13:30 - Regional News: 2.95m (36.4%)
13:40 - Doctors: 1.58m (20.1%)
14:10 - Only Fools and Horses (r): 1.13m (15.6%)
15:00 - Beat the Pack: 844k (11.1%)
15:45 - Escape to the Country (r): 1.31m (13.8%)
16:30 - Flog It!: 2.02m (17.1%)
17:15 - Pointless: 3.43m (22.3%)
18:00 - News: 5.02m (26.7%)
18:30 - Regional News: 6.57m (31.9%)
19:00 - The One Show: 5.20m (23.7%)
* tape-checked to 19:00-19:25; actual slot 18:58-19:27. Screenwatch's 5.52m (which would be a share of 25.1%) is for the full slot of 19:00-19:30 including the first minute of EE.
19:30 - EastEnders: 7.66m (33.2%)
20:00 - Holby City: 4.73m (19.9%)
21:00 - MasterChef: 4.23m (18.1%)
22:00 - News: 4.93m (26.8%)
22:25 - Regional News: 4.47m (27.5%)
23:10 - Cuckoo (first shown on BBC Three): 922k (10.9%)
23:40 - Who Do You Think You Are? USA: 475k (8.5%)
24:20 - FILM: Racing for Time (2008): 253k (8.8%)
25:45 - Weatherview: 177k (9.4%)
Nice to see they are expanding it to a wider audience by giving it a BBC One repeat. If that's for the second episode, then it's higher than the original airing's overnight of 748k but being BBC1 that was to be expected.
Amazing really how the concept of locking people in a back to basics house until a winner has decided dates back hundreds of years. All complete with almighty pause between the result coming in and the winner being announced.
And what's he pray for - not world peace or an end to poverty, but his first action is to ask for people to pray for him.
It was a shame ITV cut off after half an hour waiting for the result, but having followed the coverage over on C4 they didn't really miss much. It's just nice though to have the option to view such events without the bottom third of the screen being coverage in red!
It was indeed the second of six episodes.
Im disappointed that Bishop Brennan missed out............better luck next time.
1.10m (4.6%).
I presume Bank Holiday public transport dictated the kick off time there, with less available in the evening than during the day. Why on Earth they made a decision today when Chelsea could be knocked out of Europa League tomorrow, freeing up the midweek, is anyone's guess.
The replay date has also affected Sky's coverage - Southampton v Chelsea was scheduled to be one of their Sunday matches but has now been brought forward to Saturday, 3pm kick off. I'm sure they're desperately trying to find a replacement as we speak.
Thanks - DSPRG update coming up...
No comments from Robbie today. Presumably he's laughing too hard to type on his keyboard.
ITV will be hoping for a very wet Easter Monday.
C4 has quite a lot of sport;
- Horse Racing
- American Football
- KOTV Boxing Weekly
- Sailing
- Beach Volleyball
- Volleyball
- Motor Sport
- Poker
...and compared with C5's offering of temperamental offering of boxing and MMA, I'd say Channel 4 has a really good sport slate.As for news, I was wondering if you could remind me of what happened to Natasha Kaplinsky at 5 News?? In regards to your timeslot comment, I wouldn't say that competing with The One Show/Emmerdale/Coronation Street/Eastenders is a 'much better timeslot'.
You could say the same about MMA on Channel 5. And the Poker tournaments normally average around 100k, not 10!
What happened to the Europa League on 5 anyway?
Who knows. It's clearer than ever now that it was a monumental **** up letting it go, not so much because of how this season of the EL has turned out as that is down to luck more than anything, but shares are down more than even I had feared. It's not just the ratings on Thursdays that get affected as it drew in an audience the channel struggles normally to attract, and so now they can't point them in the direction of other things they are doing whether it be new season CSI or top documentaries like Bomb Patrol. The former last year for example did well over 3m for the season premiere, but (amongst other factors like Ted Danson joining the cast and no head-to-head with Death in Paradise) it helped launching in a week that was franked either side by high rating Manchester United matches.
You need appointment-to-view telly like that to showcase what else is on offer for that demographic and in turn increase reach in other slots.
Millwall vs Wigan awaits ESPN in the FA Cup Semi-final.
06:05 - Homes under the Hammer (r): 80k (3.1%)
07:05 - Real Rescues (r): 84k (1.5%)
07:50 - Caught Red Handed (r): 99k (1.5%)
08:20 - A to Z of TV Gardening (r): 63k (1.1%)
09:05 - Great British Menu (r): 85k (1.6%)
10:35 - HARDTalk: 69.5k (1.3%)
11:00 - BBC News: 106k (2.0%)
11:30 - BBC World News: 155k (2.9%)
12:00 - The Daily Politics: 238.5k (3.7%)
13:00 - The One Show (r): 71k (0.9%)
13:30 - The Super League Show (shown yesterday on BBC One North): 88k (1.1%)
14:15 - Coast (r): 91k (1.3%)
14:25 - Mastermind (r): 113k (1.5%)
14:55 - Britain's Heritage Heroes (r): 193k (2.6%)
15:25 - Great British Food Revival (r): 309k (3.5%)
16:25 - The Trials of Life (r): 341k (2.9%)
17:15 - Vintage Antiques Roadshow (r): 736k (4.8%)
18:00 - Eggheads: 1.48m (7.9%)
18:30 - Country Show Cook Off: 819k (4.0%)
19:00 - Great Continental Railway Journeys (revised r): 1.18m (5.4%)
19:30 - Great British Menu: 2.19m (9.45%)
20:00 - Alex Polizzi: The Fixer: 2.45m (10.3%)
21:00 - The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track: 2.05m (8.75%)
22:00 - Heading Out: 678k (3.7%)
22:35 - Newsnight: 703k (6.0%)
23:20 - This World: A History of Syria with Dan Snow (r): 298k (4.7%)
24:20 - SIGN ZONE: Brain Doctors (r): 110k (3.5%)
25:20 - "Close": 60k (3.0%)
Poker isn't sport. C4 really could do with something alongside racing just to boost it's portfolio - though obviously they've now got Paralympic sport in the mix. I just hope that outside of the Paralympics over the next 4 years they give events coverage in decent slots, not an hour of highlights at silly o clock three weeks later. Now T4 has been axed too it would be nice to see the Saturday morning sports block reinstated - bring back Trans World Sport!
Daytime (exc +1)
06:00 - Daybreak: 788k (17.5%)
08:35 - Lorraine: 1.12m (20.6%)
09:25 - The Jeremy Kyle Show: 1.33m (24.3%)
10:30 - This Morning: 1.12m (20.8%)
11:25 - News: 1.05m (20.4%)
11:30 - This Morning: 1.12m (20.0%)
12:30 - Loose Women: 1.08m (14.8%)
13:30 - News: 1.17m (14.7%)
14:05 - Dickinson's Real Deal (r): 1.14m (15.5%)
15:00 - The Alan Titchmarsh Show: 1.02m (13.0%)
16:00 - Ade in Britain: 1.22m (11.7%)
Evening (exc/inc +1)
17:00 - The Chase: 3.16m (21.8%) / 3.48m (23.9%)
18:00 - News: 3.82m (20.5%) / 3.97m (21.3%)
18:30 - Regional News: 3.82m (18.5%) / 3.88m (18.8%)
19:00 - Emmerdale: 7.14m (32.5%) / 7.28m (33.2%)
19:30 - UEFA Champions League: 4.47m (19.0%) / 4.53m (19.2%)
* peak: 5.71m (23.5%) / 5.82m (24.0%) at 21:00
22:00 - News: 1.90m (10.9%) / 2.01m (11.5%)
22:40 - UEFA Champions League: Extra Time: 781k (7.5%) / 827k (7.9%)
23:40 - Piers Morgan's Life Stories (r): 415k (8.0%) / 449k (8.7%)
24:35 - Jackpot247 (to 26:00): 106k (4.3%) exc +1
No time for Channel 4 / 5 tonight.
Voice Series Two Press Launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6KtsnXMjl4
All signs are very good for this series. I think it will come back strong in the ratings and prove the doubters wrong, not losing viewers after the auditions like last year but being much more stable.
I'm not convinced by any of the changes really - I think the BBC completely missed the point in the complaints about the live shows by halving them to just three (one of the biggest complaints was we didn't get to see enough of the contestants singing live). I also think it loses something by having both the Battle and the Knock-out elements pre-recorded months in advance. All the "knock out" essentially is is the same as the first round of live shows last year, but ditching the public vote and being pre-recorded months in advance of broadcast.
It will be interesting to see how it performs without BGT on the same night. Both shows undoubtedly boosted each other.