There has been zero promotion for the final New Tricks. Lewis will be head to head or ahead of it I reckon.
Not seen the episode yet but rather sad that the ending wasn't heralded and going out on a high rather than having been pulled on the back of a difficult transition series. Thems the breaks I guess.
New Tricks has been doing 5.5m every eek, how would Lewis on ITV Tuesday beat it? I think, in fact I'm sure NT will be over 1m ahead of Lewis. The ITV drama is not as strong anymore.
Would be a big surprise to me if Lewis got near to NT. Would think a lot of people will record both parts before watching as well which wont do it any favours.
This is either going to go down well, or flop hard. It might end up turning away the family audience if its too dark, but as in the article ITV have screened Harry Potter during daytime.
Thats a lot earlier than I thought although I suppose there is not much difference between 6:30/7:00. So it was always intended as a prewatershed show afterall but even so against SCD is not great.
Thats a lot earlier than I thought although I suppose there is not much difference between 6:30/7:00. So it was always intended as a prewatershed show afterall but even so against SCD is not great.
Going up against Strictly is either complete madness or quite clever as ITV know that Strictly gradually moves later as the show shortens. This could give Jekyll a fifty percent head start on Strictly. However it will then face Pointless. It should time shift well, fingers crossed.
As for the quoted success of Primeval in the article - i personally enjoyed it, but didn't it struggle when it was shown.
The numbers for Primeval started with 7 million back in 2007 and finished around 2.9 million for the start of its final series. The figures do look ok by todays numbers but it was a very different tv landscape.
The Guardian report that Piers Morgan is about to complete a deal with Good Morning Britain. I don't think it will make any difference whatsoever ratings wise.
The Guardian report that Piers Morgan is about to complete a deal with Good Morning Britain. I don't think it will make any difference whatsoever ratings wise.
Perhaps the deal is that he guarantees not to appear on it ?
The Guardian report that Piers Morgan is about to complete a deal with Good Morning Britain. I don't think it will make any difference whatsoever ratings wise.
Are ITV trying to seal the fate of GMB ?
At least if he is doing the breakfast show, he might have little time to do his awful evening show - yes I know I am probably expecting too much
Going up against Strictly is either complete madness or quite clever as ITV know that Strictly gradually moves later as the show shortens. This could give Jekyll a fifty percent head start on Strictly. However it will then face Pointless. It should time shift well, fingers crossed.
As for the quoted success of Primeval in the article - i personally enjoyed it, but didn't it struggle when it was shown.
The numbers for Primeval started with 7 million back in 2007 and finished around 2.9 million for the start of its final series. The figures do look ok by todays numbers but it was a very different tv landscape.
Primeval just did not have enough ideas and gradually got worse. I dont know why its being compared to Jeykll though surely (whisper it so as not to upset ITV) it should be compared to Demons.
How well it does is going to depend whether people generally actually want fantasy drama at all.
Primeval just did not have enough ideas and gradually got worse. I dont know why its being compared to Jeykll though surely (whisper it so as not to upset ITV) it should be compared to Demons.
How well it does is going to depend whether people generally actually want fantasy drama at all.
I had forgotten about Demons, which on paper was a good idea. Quite why Glennister had to do an appalling American accent was beyond me - but ITV should have learned a lesson from that show, hopefully.
I think Merlin tapped into the Harry Potter years, Doctor Who is just that, but Atlantis was a step wrong. It had nothing around it, film wise that people could latch on to (im trying to be polite and not say that it was rubbish).
With Jekyll we have the current trend for superheroes, although whether Jekyll can be a monster slayer is another thing.
Beowulf could be considered as ITV looking at Game of Thrones and deciding that they would like their own vision of it, but with a obviously lower budget. I cant remember exactly how much each episode of GoT costs but its huge.
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#hairybikers #NorthernExposure concluded with excellent audience of 2.4m/11.8% at 8pm on BBC2 http://www.overnights.tv
The Guardian report that Piers Morgan is about to complete a deal with Good Morning Britain. I don't think it will make any difference whatsoever ratings wise.
Possibly a split of the audience there with Lewis.
Sad for a show to bow out like it has. It did look like it was doing so well this year. I still believe that they should bring it back for a couple of specials around Christmas each year. A Christmas New Tricks on a Boxing Day once a year would be quite nice.
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Not seen the episode yet but rather sad that the ending wasn't heralded and going out on a high rather than having been pulled on the back of a difficult transition series. Thems the breaks I guess.
Would be a big surprise to me if Lewis got near to NT. Would think a lot of people will record both parts before watching as well which wont do it any favours.
Thats a lot earlier than I thought although I suppose there is not much difference between 6:30/7:00. So it was always intended as a prewatershed show afterall but even so against SCD is not great.
Going up against Strictly is either complete madness or quite clever as ITV know that Strictly gradually moves later as the show shortens. This could give Jekyll a fifty percent head start on Strictly. However it will then face Pointless. It should time shift well, fingers crossed.
As for the quoted success of Primeval in the article - i personally enjoyed it, but didn't it struggle when it was shown.
The numbers for Primeval started with 7 million back in 2007 and finished around 2.9 million for the start of its final series. The figures do look ok by todays numbers but it was a very different tv landscape.
Perhaps the deal is that he guarantees not to appear on it ?
Are ITV trying to seal the fate of GMB ?
At least if he is doing the breakfast show, he might have little time to do his awful evening show - yes I know I am probably expecting too much
ITV are only committed to GMB until April 2016, after that all bets are off.
Things must be bad as GMB are up for an NTA for a new category of Live Magazine Show.
So a fresh new category is created in order for it to win an award ?
http://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/news/good-morning-britain-nominated-for-an-nta
Primeval just did not have enough ideas and gradually got worse. I dont know why its being compared to Jeykll though surely (whisper it so as not to upset ITV) it should be compared to Demons.
How well it does is going to depend whether people generally actually want fantasy drama at all.
Up against BBC Breakfast and This Morning:D
I had forgotten about Demons, which on paper was a good idea. Quite why Glennister had to do an appalling American accent was beyond me - but ITV should have learned a lesson from that show, hopefully.
I think Merlin tapped into the Harry Potter years, Doctor Who is just that, but Atlantis was a step wrong. It had nothing around it, film wise that people could latch on to (im trying to be polite and not say that it was rubbish).
With Jekyll we have the current trend for superheroes, although whether Jekyll can be a monster slayer is another thing.
Beowulf could be considered as ITV looking at Game of Thrones and deciding that they would like their own vision of it, but with a obviously lower budget. I cant remember exactly how much each episode of GoT costs but its huge.
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Farewell #NewTricks: the popular BBC drama bowed out with a slot-winning 4.5m/21.6% at 9pm on BBC1 @mouthwaite http://www.overnights.tv
Lewis beaten then by yet more old coppers:D
Maybe indicative of the general malaise affecting TV viewing & ratings - would have expected a bit more from the final ever episode.
That is bonkers
It had no promotion that it was the last episode. A shame for New Tricks that they didn't make a bigger deal of the episode.
It was not a great ending though so you could see why they did not promote it too much.
In 2010 it was allegedly $4.5m an episode.
In 2012 it was reportedly $6 million (£3.8 million) an episode.
Last year it was said to be still $6m an episode.
But the original pilot was said to have cost over $10m and the first season cost $60m which doesn't match what was reported in 2010.
#hairybikers #NorthernExposure concluded with excellent audience of 2.4m/11.8% at 8pm on BBC2 http://www.overnights.tv
Isn't Piers too much of a bloke for GMB?
If it was still getting 7/8m the finale would have been promoted like a big deal.
Possibly a split of the audience there with Lewis.
Sad for a show to bow out like it has. It did look like it was doing so well this year. I still believe that they should bring it back for a couple of specials around Christmas each year. A Christmas New Tricks on a Boxing Day once a year would be quite nice.