I'm guessing Michael McIntyre's will air March 7th-April 11th as Graham Norton is off during that time and usually returns in April.
Well, today's Sun - as part of an article complaining how much he's getting paid for it, which is pointless - actually gives us a transmission date of Monday 10th March. It was never going to be on Friday, they don't want constant comparisons with Graham Norton. Course, Norton came to BBC1 while Jonathan Ross was still on, and often in the same weeks.
One reason why Norton is off during that period is because of Comic/Sport Relief which takes up one slot, and also for Easter, although Easter is later this year.
That BBC1 Saturday schedule for January 25th is odd. The news should be on at 5.15pm and then programmes up to the main evening news. It is very stop start. Really odd and shows that they don't think Reflex is strong enough to lead into The Voice.
I wouldn't read too much into the news at 6.45, the week before last the news on Saturday teatime was at 6.10. It's often around 6.30 on a Sunday and the audience sticks with it. Presumably one reason for it was so Reflex could start on an ITV junction at six?
In all seriousness a pilot season of some kind probably wouldn't be an entirely terrible idea. The audience might actually like some of this stuff and just one bad episode of a bad format is certainly better than an entire series.
They've got to make pilots, of course, and by their very nature some of them don't work and aren't transmitted. BBC1 did a series of pilot gameshows back in 1999, Friends Like These came out of it but there were three others, a show called Speculate where the audience had to bet on the outcome of various stunts, a people show with Paul O'Grady called Love Bites and something with Ulrika called The Birds And The Bees. Friends Like These was already commissioned when they showed the pilot, on a Saturday night, while Speculate and Love Bites were flung out on Wednesdays and got no viewers (and O'Grady signed a golden handcuffs deal with ITV virtually hours before it was broadcast) and the Ulrika show was too bad to broadcast.
Not sure if viewers would be prepared to sit through pilots, though. There was Dale's Great Getaway which ITV showed last Christmas and was a complete disaster. It could work if you had the same popular host doing them all but just a one-off isn't enough to attract a casual audience. The best quizzes grow through word of mouth and familiarity.
I wouldn't read too much into the news at 6.45, the week before last the news on Saturday teatime was at 6.10. It's often around 6.30 on a Sunday and the audience sticks with it. Presumably one reason for it was so Reflex could start on an ITV junction at six?
There's no ITV junction at 6pm - Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang runs until 6.20 when they have the News themselves.
They simply think that the News will give a better lead in to The Voice than Reflex would. The News is usually one of the most watched programmes of the day - however by doing this you've ruined the flow of the Saturday early evening schedule and it shows that they already believe, after just 1 episode, that Reflex is a no hoper.
They only see to care about The Voice, at the expense of Reflex and a strong Saturday early evening schedule.
UK TV Ratings @TVRatingsUK 22s
After news and soaps, #GBBOSportRelief was yesterday's most watched programme, with 4.31m/18.5% for @BBCTwo. @BritishBakeOff
There's no ITV junction at 6pm - Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang runs until 6.20 when they have the News themselves.
They simply think that the News will give a better lead in to The Voice than Reflex would. The News is usually one of the most watched programmes of the day - however by doing this you've ruined the flow of the Saturday early evening schedule and it shows that they already believe, after just 1 episode, that Reflex is a no hoper.
They only see to care about The Voice, at the expense of Reflex and a strong Saturday early evening schedule.
I agree. I said yesterday that if viewers see the BBC are showing no confidence in their programmes, they can't expect the viewers to either. It would be embarrassing for them if Reflex picked up a few more ratings this week. Why they always panic is beyond me. Dynamo and Reflex would possibly do better against a film anyway. Is the Nanny McPhee film a Premiere?
UK TV Ratings @TVRatingsUK 39s
After news and soaps, #GBBOSportRelief was yesterday's most watched programme, with 4.31m/18.5% for @BBCTwo. @BritishBakeOff
Looks like 9pm didn't exactly light the ratings on fire then for the main two channels.
Don't the writers say that at the start of every series?
Stupid scheduling as ever by the BSI:
- Outnumbered in no mans land with WR lead in
- EE tonight up against Bake Off - they may well be paired up in the autumn
- 6.45 Saturday night news giving Splash a chance against TVUK
All utterly baffling!
I agree, Robbie. WR will have no EE lead in next week, so ratings for that will no doubt drop accordingly. Outnumbered will then get a very poor lead in and will be up against Midsummer Murders (?) which will already of had an hour head start.
With regards to Splash, I think it will flop wherever itv put it.
UK TV Ratings @TVRatingsUK 39s
After news and soaps, #GBBOSportRelief was yesterday's most watched programme, with 4.31m/18.5% for @BBCTwo. @BritishBakeOff
Looks like 9pm didn't exactly light the ratings on fire then for the main two channels.
Why would it there wasn't anything remotely worth watching at 9pm last night.
Odd rating for CBB, the same as the previous day which was a regular show. Hmm. Wish it had gotten higher. 11.8% share looks high for a rating like that, would have thought more around 2.6m.
Odd rating for CBB, the same as the previous day which was a regular show. Hmm. Wish it had gotten higher.
2.49m is a pretty consistent and healthy amount of regular viewers who enjoy watching CBB. Whatever anyone thinks about the show, it has a loyal following and I think in honesty, it is not really going to achieve a significant amount more than that. Considering what was on offer yesterday across the main channels, CBB did very well. Don't be disappointed.
2.49m is a pretty consistent and healthy amount of regular viewers who enjoy watching CBB. Whatever anyone thinks about the show, it has a loyal following and I think in honesty, it is not really going to achieve a significant amount more than that. Considering what was on offer yesterday across the main channels, CBB did very well. Don't be disappointed.
Twitter has gotten ratings wrong and have reported it lower than DS the last two days, and the share looks unusually high, so that's why I was wondering
UK TV Ratings @TVRatingsUK 2m
After six years away, #TheKumars returned with 370k/1.7% for Sky1. Its last episode on BBC1 in August 2006 drew 2.5m (consolidated)
Twitter has gotten ratings wrong and have reported it lower than DS the last two days, and the share looks unusually high, so that's why I was wondering
Take into consideration that it appears both BBC1 and ITV had dismal ratings at 9pm (wouldn't be surprised to see WR get around 3m and Live at the Apollo around 2m), then the share in general across the board was probably lower and so the 11% share CBB got was exceptional because there was likely to be less people watching TV at that time.
ITV must very gutted Man United got dumped out early from FA Cup
Man City clearly don't have enough glory hunters.... yet
rank programme channel time figure
1 Coronation Street ITV 19:30 7767000
2 EastEnders BBC1 Inc HD 20:00 6666000
3 Emmerdale ITV 19:00 6649000
4 Regional News and Weather BBC1 Inc HD 18:30 5958000
5 BBC News at Six BBC1 Inc HD 18:00 5200000
6 The One Show BBC1 Inc HD 19:00 4407000
7 The Great Sport Relief Bake Off BBC2 Inc HD 20:00 4314000
8 BBC News at Ten BBC1 Inc HD 22:00 4222000
9 Pointless BBC1 Inc HD 17:15 3982000
10 ITV News London ITV 18:00 3752000
11 ITV News & Weather ITV 18:30 3723000
12 Waterloo Road BBC1 Inc HD 20:30 3327000
13 FA Cup Replay: Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers ITV 20:00 3268000
14 BBC News at One BBC1 Inc HD 13:00 3023000
15 The Chase ITV 17:00 2921000
16 Regional News and Weather BBC1 Inc HD 13:30 2884000
17 Antiques Road Trip BBC1 Inc HD 16:30 2345000
18 24 Hours in A&E Channel 4 Inc HD 21:00 2327000
19 Celebrity Big Brother: Live Eviction Channel 5 Inc HD 21:00 2314000
20 Live at the Apollo BBC1 Inc HD 21:30 2151000
21 Bargain Hunt BBC1 Inc HD 12:15 2117000
22 A Question of Sport BBC1 Inc HD 22:45 2111000
23 Wild Brazil BBC2 Inc HD 21:00 2025000
24 The Restoration Man Channel 4 Inc HD 20:00 1663000
25 Great British Railway Journeys BBC2 Inc HD 18:30 1642000
EastEnders hasn't done as bad as I expected it would have these past Wednesdays.
Wonder if its enough to make the BBC go five nights. I'm convinced this has been a trial run. It has echos of when they kept doing the random four episode test run in 1999.
EastEnders hasn't done as bad as I expected it would have these past Wednesdays.
Wonder if its enough to make the BBC go five nights. I'm convinced this has been a trial run. It has echos of when they kept doing the random four episode test run in 1999.
Doubt they are looking at five episodes a week. They are trying to fix the other four so they wouldn't want to bring in another at this stage when the others dont get to 8 million.
EastEnders hasn't done as bad as I expected it would have these past Wednesdays.
Wonder if its enough to make the BBC go five nights. I'm convinced this has been a trial run. It has echos of when they kept doing the random four episode test run in 1999.
Going five nights would be a bad idea IMO. Four is more than enough.
There's no ITV junction at 6pm - Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang runs until 6.20 when they have the News themselves.
They simply think that the News will give a better lead in to The Voice than Reflex would. The News is usually one of the most watched programmes of the day - however by doing this you've ruined the flow of the Saturday early evening schedule and it shows that they already believe, after just 1 episode, that Reflex is a no hoper.
They only see to care about The Voice, at the expense of Reflex and a strong Saturday early evening schedule.
And yet in the Love 2014 trailer, still airing, Reflex is featured at the top of the list!
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Don't the writers say that at the start of every series?
Stupid scheduling as ever by the BSI:
- Outnumbered in no mans land with WR lead in
- EE tonight up against Bake Off - they may well be paired up in the autumn
- 6.45 Saturday night news giving Splash a chance against TVUK
All utterly baffling!
Well, today's Sun - as part of an article complaining how much he's getting paid for it, which is pointless - actually gives us a transmission date of Monday 10th March. It was never going to be on Friday, they don't want constant comparisons with Graham Norton. Course, Norton came to BBC1 while Jonathan Ross was still on, and often in the same weeks.
One reason why Norton is off during that period is because of Comic/Sport Relief which takes up one slot, and also for Easter, although Easter is later this year.
I wouldn't read too much into the news at 6.45, the week before last the news on Saturday teatime was at 6.10. It's often around 6.30 on a Sunday and the audience sticks with it. Presumably one reason for it was so Reflex could start on an ITV junction at six?
They've got to make pilots, of course, and by their very nature some of them don't work and aren't transmitted. BBC1 did a series of pilot gameshows back in 1999, Friends Like These came out of it but there were three others, a show called Speculate where the audience had to bet on the outcome of various stunts, a people show with Paul O'Grady called Love Bites and something with Ulrika called The Birds And The Bees. Friends Like These was already commissioned when they showed the pilot, on a Saturday night, while Speculate and Love Bites were flung out on Wednesdays and got no viewers (and O'Grady signed a golden handcuffs deal with ITV virtually hours before it was broadcast) and the Ulrika show was too bad to broadcast.
Not sure if viewers would be prepared to sit through pilots, though. There was Dale's Great Getaway which ITV showed last Christmas and was a complete disaster. It could work if you had the same popular host doing them all but just a one-off isn't enough to attract a casual audience. The best quizzes grow through word of mouth and familiarity.
There's no ITV junction at 6pm - Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang runs until 6.20 when they have the News themselves.
They simply think that the News will give a better lead in to The Voice than Reflex would. The News is usually one of the most watched programmes of the day - however by doing this you've ruined the flow of the Saturday early evening schedule and it shows that they already believe, after just 1 episode, that Reflex is a no hoper.
They only see to care about The Voice, at the expense of Reflex and a strong Saturday early evening schedule.
After news and soaps, #GBBOSportRelief was yesterday's most watched programme, with 4.31m/18.5% for @BBCTwo. @BritishBakeOff
I agree. I said yesterday that if viewers see the BBC are showing no confidence in their programmes, they can't expect the viewers to either. It would be embarrassing for them if Reflex picked up a few more ratings this week. Why they always panic is beyond me. Dynamo and Reflex would possibly do better against a film anyway. Is the Nanny McPhee film a Premiere?
After news and soaps, #GBBOSportRelief was yesterday's most watched programme, with 4.31m/18.5% for @BBCTwo. @BritishBakeOff
Looks like 9pm didn't exactly light the ratings on fire then for the main two channels.
I agree, Robbie. WR will have no EE lead in next week, so ratings for that will no doubt drop accordingly. Outnumbered will then get a very poor lead in and will be up against Midsummer Murders (?) which will already of had an hour head start.
With regards to Splash, I think it will flop wherever itv put it.
Because there was sod all on?
Why would it there wasn't anything remotely worth watching at 9pm last night.
CBB 2.49m
A good rating for 24H, I thought ratings would start to drop as this hardly ever seems to have a substantial break between series.
2.49m is a pretty consistent and healthy amount of regular viewers who enjoy watching CBB. Whatever anyone thinks about the show, it has a loyal following and I think in honesty, it is not really going to achieve a significant amount more than that. Considering what was on offer yesterday across the main channels, CBB did very well. Don't be disappointed.
Twitter has gotten ratings wrong and have reported it lower than DS the last two days, and the share looks unusually high, so that's why I was wondering
After six years away, #TheKumars returned with 370k/1.7% for Sky1. Its last episode on BBC1 in August 2006 drew 2.5m (consolidated)
Take into consideration that it appears both BBC1 and ITV had dismal ratings at 9pm (wouldn't be surprised to see WR get around 3m and Live at the Apollo around 2m), then the share in general across the board was probably lower and so the 11% share CBB got was exceptional because there was likely to be less people watching TV at that time.
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Man City clearly don't have enough glory hunters.... yet
ITV does inc HD, ratings are NOT tape checked
Wonder if its enough to make the BBC go five nights. I'm convinced this has been a trial run. It has echos of when they kept doing the random four episode test run in 1999.
EE bang on last Wednesday's figures.
Going five nights would be a bad idea IMO. Four is more than enough.
Four is too many I think for the show until it stabilises.
And yet in the Love 2014 trailer, still airing, Reflex is featured at the top of the list!