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Old 09-11-2009, 20:17
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Does anyone have the ratings for:

Match Of The Day? (Saturday, 2305-0005, BBC One)
FA Cup Highlights? (Saturday, 2250-0020, ITV1)

And less importantly, but if possible it would be nice:

F1: Jenson Button's Glorious Season? (Saturday, 1300-1400 BBC One)

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Old 09-11-2009, 20:51
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A few interesting Saturday ratings, for those interested:

BBC One
13:00 - Formula 1 2009: Season Review: 1.1m (12.4%)
23:05 - Match of the Day: 3.23m (27.5%)
* peak: 3.8m

ITV1
12:20 to 14:50 - FA Cup Live: 1.03m (11.6%)
* peak: 1.3m
* 'beat' the Formula 1 while head-to-head
22:50 to 00:20 - FA Cup Highlights: 0.84m (7.1%)
* peak: 2m

Thanks to MattJ for the above ratings and to ariusuk for the peaks.

The fact that the Formula 1 beat the live Rugby which aired on BBC One an hour later says something, the live Rugby only had 1m.

EDIT: Never seen Dancc's post above originally, DS cut it off!
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Old 09-11-2009, 21:04
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I must confess that I thought ITV were mad to repeat TV Burp in such a similar slot to the original screening and thought it would bomb ratings wise (although I didnt go on the record on this !) I've been amazed that it gets close to 5m for the repeat - it kind of defies all logic really. I think it got 5.41m on Saturday, so its close to a 50/50 split between Saturday & Sunday night. Could any other show achieve that? I cant really think of many, although I suppose My Family was getting good numbers for its in-week repeats as well.
It's very impressive indeed for Harry Hill. ITV are effectively getting 2 for the price of 1 from him. The only other thing I can think of in the schedules at the moment is actually Life on BBC One at the same time on a Sunday. It's pulling to within a million of its Monday night rating.

Another bumper set of Sunday ratings all round. Theres little more to be said about XF - Doc Martin has had a very nice series again, though its also had something of a cushy slot when you get that as a lead in each week.

Both BBC One and ITV1 continue to prosper with complementary scheduling. Theres nothing on the BBC One line-up you'd describe as poor with perhaps the exception of Garrows Law. Indeed Countryfile is going very strongly indeed and AR is so reliable.

Although I suspect IAC might actually top DM's numbers for ITV next week at 9 (we've got to be looking at peaks of 18m or so for XF - mostly of a very complementary audience), Garrows Law might see some of that drama audience. If it does, I hope the BBC see fit to give it another chance next year - because its been a lamb to the slaughter these past weeks - and deserves a proper shot at some decent numbers. With TG returning too, I hope no other channels are banking on good audiences on Sunday at 9.

Also next week, it'll be interesting to see how flexible that ASFF audience is when the Doctor comes knocking. Is the audience there for the show, or just to warm up for the XF? Theres only one way to find out...

Sundays are like a whole week of ratings rolled into one at the moment. So much interesting stuff going on. Well, if you're all cool like us and like ratings, that is
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Old 09-11-2009, 21:07
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It's very impressive indeed for Harry Hill. ITV are effectively getting 2 for the price of 1 from him. The only other thing I can think of in the schedules at the moment is actually Life on BBC One at the same time on a Sunday. It's pulling to within a million of its Monday night rating.
the 4m for Life last night was quite amazing. Almost matched the Monday night figures
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Old 09-11-2009, 21:25
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ITV1
12:20 to 14:50 - FA Cup Live: 1.03m (11.6%)
* peak: 1.3m
* 'beat' the Formula 1 while head-to-head
22:50 to 00:20 - FA Cup Highlights: 0.84m (7.1%)
* peak: 2m

Thanks to MattJ for the above ratings and to ariusuk for the peaks.
I know it's only the first round but that is poor by any standards - I'd have expected both to be at least round the 1.5-2m mark.
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Old 09-11-2009, 22:15
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I know it's only the first round but that is poor by any standards - I'd have expected both to be at least round the 1.5-2m mark.
Last year:

Sat 08/11/2008 - 22:35 - Highlights: 1.03m (7.2%)
Sun 09/11/2008 - 12:55 to 16:15 - Havant & Waterlooville vs Brentford: 1.21m (10.1%)
Sun 09/11/2008 - 22:45 - Highlights: 684,000 (6.2%)

The highlights on Saturday are down by 190,000, but last year it had a 15 minute head start.

The live Sunday game this year had 1.4m, so that is up by 190,000.

Onto tonight, I'm actually really not sure how Collision will get on - I liked it, but I don't think all viewers will like it. Anything over 5m+ will be good. Reaction here seems quite mixed to it.
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Old 09-11-2009, 22:29
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The third season finale of Mad Men did well last night...

The Nov. 8 telecast of the Matt Weiner-series averaged a 1.8 household rating and 2.3 million watchers, gains of 29% and 33% over the 1.4 mark and 1.7 million watchers for Mad Men's second-season concluder, according to Nielsen data.

Among key demos, the third-season finisher produced even stronger gains: a 56% increase to 1.24 million adults 25 to 54 from 796,000 of those watchers last season, and a 58% advance among persons 18 to 49 to 1.12 million from 707,000.

For the full season, Mad Men averaged a 1.4 household rating and 1.8 million watchers, up 18% and 20% from its 1.2 mark and 1.5 million average audience, respectively, during the retro advertising show's second season.

Among adults 25 to 54, Mad Men grew 26% to 982,000 from 780,000 on average season-to-season. AMC officials said the show is the most upscale drama in basic cable, with 50% of that demo having household income in excess of $100,000.
With persons 25 to 54, Mad Men's third season averaged 845,000 of those watchers, 20% more than 705,000 during the sophomore campaign.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/...Demo_Gains.php

However, it was easily beaten by the Ryan Seacrest produced Keeping Up With The Kardashians...

The much anticipated wedding episode of "Keeping up With the Kardashians" brought in record ratings for the E! entertainment network on Sunday night.

The two-hour special, featuring the whirlwind nuptials of Khloe Kardashian and Los Angeles Laker Lamar Odom, pulled in 3.2 million viewers for the network.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/...dding.ratings/

It also had the highest ever ratings among women 18-34 for the E! network.
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Old 09-11-2009, 22:38
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Regarding Collision, I can see traditional drama viewers sticking with it, but I think figures will be in the 4-5m range as it was a bit too slow for occasional viewers who expect an explosive pay off in every scene
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Old 09-11-2009, 22:44
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Relief for BBC1, I suspect, that TXF only put on 0.49m despite totally dominating every tabloid newspaper, seemingly the whole of the internet, and all manner of other programmes in the past 7 days to an extent which puts the BGT Scottish woman (forget her name now..) story well in the shade.

And AR put on 0.2m itself in spite of everything. Suspect the bitter cold last night caused more people to stay in, thus boosting the figures for everyone.

No, it's not but it's by far and away the 2 biggest programmes' of the past few years which have created a brand monster
Well, 1 and 3 currently.

TXF hasn't knocked Wallace & Gromit off 2nd spot yet.

This must have been ITV's best performance for years on Sundays.
Although it looks like BBC1 still very narrowly outperformed ITV1 yesterday on share.

Countryfile did well for BBC1.
Very well indeed - its ratings must be up 600% year on year.

Stick that in yer pipe Cowell and smoke it...

I do still think BBC1 should be putting CF out opposite TXF with Roadshow opposite Family Fortunes. AR would be getting 7-8m, CF would probably hold 5m+ against TXF, and if the Beeb had the guts to keep Top Gear in its usual regular slot, then that would get 5m+ against TXF too, thus knocking 2-3m off TXF's figures.

I'd like to see a breakdown but I suspect the 7m that FF is getting of late is skewed by 10-11m tuning in for the last 20 mins or so ready for TXF.

I must confess that I thought ITV were mad to repeat TV Burp in such a similar slot to the original screening and thought it would bomb ratings wise (although I didnt go on the record on this !)
Out of interest, why do you think he's lost 3m viewers in the past couple of weeks over his combined weekend editions?

BBC One
23:05 - Match of the Day: 3.23m (27.5%)
* peak: 3.8m

ITV1
22:50 to 00:20 - FA Cup Highlights: 0.84m (7.1%)
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Ouch!

Sunday 8th November 2009 - Full Roundup
BBC One
10:25 - Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph: 4m (38.8%)

ITV1
09:25 - FA Cup Highlights: 0.4m
10:55 - Coronation Street Omnibus: 0.4m
Ouch!

Remembrence cermony programmes continue to be highly viewed compared to what the slots normally get (incl. Songs Of Praise & The Words Of War). I suspect its the Afghanistan effect partly causing this.
Or a typically aggressive BBC, deliberately scheduling these remembrance ceremonies against some of ITV's weakest performers (Piers Morgan, football highlights, Corrie omnibus) in order to chase ratings, shocking...
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Old 09-11-2009, 22:46
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Regarding Collision, I can see traditional drama viewers sticking with it, but I think figures will be in the 4-5m range as it was a bit too slow for occasional viewers who expect an explosive pay off in every scene
Slow? That's putting it mildly - can't see it being the sort of thing to hold an ITV audience's interest..

The crash itself was laughably naff and done on the cheap. Harry Hill will have fun with it, assuming he's allowed.
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Old 09-11-2009, 22:51
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It seemed very much like the sort of thing BBC1 would show, meaning presumably you loved it?

Only you could turn the the occasion of state broadcaster showing a Rememberance Day service into an excuse to score points against ITV1

Imagine if you were around on September 11th. "Ouch at ITV's figure, well done to the BBC"
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Old 09-11-2009, 22:58
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Imagine if you were around on September 11th. "Ouch at ITV's figure, well done to the BBC"
Do you have a breakdown handy?
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Old 09-11-2009, 23:52
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Great for ITV1 in primetime, but awful during daytime. How much are they paying for the FA Cup rights??? BBC1 held up well. Die Hard performed brilliantly for Channel 4.

I hope Collision does well. Otherwise ITV1 will just play safe and commission yet more crime drama to fill the void.
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Old 09-11-2009, 23:57
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Not seen Collision so can't comment on its quality, but I'd be surprised if it didn't launch with the sort of numbers we've come to expect from the Monday Night Thriller brand - so a good 5.5-6m or so. It's not like Life or anything else is going to strangle it at birth, so it should get a good crack of the whip.

How well it hangs on to that audience is obviously another matter - hopefully we'll get some details tomorrow of how it fares over the hour to give us an idea how it'll navigate the Tuesday flopzone where its lead in is slashed.
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Old 10-11-2009, 00:08
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Very good ratings for The Wizard of Oz and The Aristocats and it made up for Five's so so performance in primetime against The X Factor and Doc Martin, when you consider how old they are, it is nice that people still like watching classics. Digiguide has Pocahontas down in two weeks and I believe that hasn't been shown on terrestrial television so I imagine it will pull in similar ratings to The Aristocats.
Wasn't Pocahontas premiered on BBC1?

Not that it matter now. No-one will remember even if it was.
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Old 10-11-2009, 00:47
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Wasn't Pocahontas premiered on BBC1?

Not that it matter now. No-one will remember even if it was.
I'm not 100% sure, I know Mulan premiered but Disney are very selective about which animated films can be shown on television hence why the classics like Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King have either rarely been on terrestrial television on not at all, I imagine Mulan will do well but I bet Five would like to show another Pixar film but Toy Story and Toy Story 2 are restricted due to the 3D rerelease.
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Old 10-11-2009, 01:14
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It'll be interesting to see what The X Factor does next weekend, as for once it was the talk of the office today and the dentist when I went there this afternoon. Unfortunately for Simon Cowell and ITV everyone who was talking about it said that they'd had it with it and wouldn't be watching anymore. It could be very interesting.

Personally I'll be watching Doctor Who Confidential on Sunday night and as I'm really getting bored with the padding on the results show If I do watch in future it might just be the last 15 minutes or so.

Edit Does anyone know what the first show of the next episode of Spooks got on BBC3 on Friday?
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Old 10-11-2009, 01:18
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I'll summarise some ideas I had to revitalise ITV1 and secure its longterm future. My plan involved the following structural changes to the schedule:

* Soaps moved back to the 7pm slot, with Emmerdale Monday to Friday (5 nights) and Coronation Street airing on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday in its traditional 7.30pm slot on non-football weeks, with an hour-long Sunday edition in football weeks, or double episodes at 9pm on Sunday or 8.30pm on Monday or Friday. These double episodes would be written in advance as special episodes.

* The Bill moving to 9pm on Tuesdays, and perhaps cutting down to about 25 episodes a year. I'd like to see it take about 25 weeks a year in turn with a new medical drama, the UK's answer to Grey's Anatomy - a human-oriented hospital show with the usual romances and dramas mixed with medical traumas.

* The clearing out of the 8pm slot during the week for more variety. I'd commission a ton of pilots across many genres including comedy, pre-9pm drama, documentaries and new reality formats. Successfully received pilots would receive full series orders of around 12-16 episodes each, in a move towards the American way of thinking.

* Ideally the schedule would be a mix of new homegrown British sitcoms, high-class drama like Law & Order: UK and high entertainment formats.

Commissions

ITV must be ambitious and after testing the waters with pilots, go all out with long, confident runs in good slots, with good promotion. I would make a couple of bold commissions:

* ITV1 would revive Opportunity Knocks for the 21st century with a string of twice weekly episodes at 8pm. The show would run for around 10 weeks with new episodes, with a finale of all the winners airing at the end of the run. I'd give it prominent Monday 8pm and Thursday 8pm slots for the main show and the results. It would be careful to be distinct from Britain's Got Talent!

* A major new firefighting series would be piloted - big budget with an unknown, strong cast and a heavy focus on the intermingling of their private and work lives. It would be all about relationships and how the members of the team grow closer - or further apart - through their experiences in such a dangerous job. I'd position it as an 8pm drama to run for 16 weeks after a successful pilot.

* New medical format, the UK's answer to Grey's Anatomy, perhaps set as a spin-off to The Bill with crossovers occasionally.

* A big new sci-fi format dealing with average people possessing superpowers (not especially new, but could be done originally with a British cast) aimed to appeal to the 18-34 demo a little like Heroes. Again, after a successful pilot the show would get a 16 week run.

* Big-prize new gameshows and potential reworkings of classics like Play Your Cards Right for the 8pm slot in the week.

* More great authorial documentaries with famous names such as Martin Clunes: A Man and his Dog and Billy Connolly: Ocean to Ocean. Get more names on board and produce high-end, accessible documentaries for the 9pm slot.

* Big new chart music show, possibly by Simon Cowell's team. Billed as event TV with the hottest UK talent around performing live weekly (lavish performances), special duets, a rundown of the latest chart news and more. I would aim for a landmark format, sort of like Top of the Pops for the 21st century, on speed. To air on Sunday nights.

* A weekly behind-the-scenes spin-off for The X Factor, Dancing on Ice and Britain's Got Talent. Essentially, an hour-long slot mid-week for each show during their runs, featuring the latest gossip of the week since the live shows and backstage/house action and drama. Would be a surefire ratings hit.

* Where possible, recommission successful recent shows as full series. Shows like Whitechapel would get a new run in a 9pm slot.

* A weeknight commission of An Audience With... featuring big names.

Particularly with the dramas I would place a huge emphasis on new talent. We need the hottest upcoming stars to become new household names, no typecast castoffs. I'd also push for a creative overhaul getting new writing talent in.

ITV1 needs to offer good things all round, all the time to pull ahead. It can easily pull out the goods, but it needs to be bold, take risks and spend money to make money. I'd coincide the new schedule with a new on-screen identity, lavish, vibrant and distinct; and a relaunch of the website with an iPlayer-worthy catchup service to drive more viewers back to the main channels.

The main focus would be on talent, event TV and human drama in a widely varied, solid schedule. It needs to abandon the high-class stuff and go back to popular programming.
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Old 10-11-2009, 08:51
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I'd like to see a breakdown but I suspect the 7m that FF is getting of late is skewed by 10-11m tuning in for the last 20 mins or so ready for TXF.
All Star Family Fortunes - Breakdown
19:15 to 19:30 - 6.0m (24.6%)
19:30 to 19:45 - 7.0m (28.3%)
19:45 to 20:00 - 8.0m (31.1%)

So it wasn't being skewed a huge amount.

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Old 10-11-2009, 10:05
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ITV1 9.11.09

Collision 7.5m / 30.3%
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Old 10-11-2009, 10:06
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That's very impressive. I think it warrants a !
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Old 10-11-2009, 10:08
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ITV1 9.11.09

Collision 7.5m / 30.3%
Whoa.
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Old 10-11-2009, 10:08
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Monday 9th November Overnights
BBC1
18:00- BBC News at Six: 4.7m (23.8%)
18:30- Regional News and Weather: 5.8m (27.3%)
19:00- The ONE Show: 4.7m (21.5%)
19:30- Inside Out: 3.6m (15.5%)
20:00- EastEnders: 8.9m (36.8%)
20:30- Panorama: 2.8m (11.1%)
21:00- Life: 4.3m (17.6%)
22:00- BBC News at Ten: 4.5m (22.3%)
22:25- Regional News and Weather: 4.1m (23.4%)
22:35- The Graham Norton Show: 2.8m (22.0%)

BBC2
18:00- Eggheads: 2.4m (12.3%)
18:30- Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two: 2.7m (12.7%)
19:00- Coal House at War: 1.2m (5.4%)
19:30- An Island Parish: 1.8m (7.7%)
20:00- University Challenge: 3.1m (13.0%)
20:30- Miranda: 2.5m (10.0%)
21:00- Starter for 10: 1.2m (5.4%)

ITV1
18:30- ITV Evening News and Weather: 3.7m (17.4%)
19:00- Emmerdale: 7.4m (33.9%)
19:30- Coronation Street: 9.3m (39.9%)
20:00- Kym Marsh - Born Too Soon: Tonight: 3.3m (13.6%)
20:30- Coronation Street: 9.1m (36.9%)
21:00- Collision: 7.5m (30.4%)
* 21:00-21:15: 8.1m (32.5%)
* 21:15-21:30: 7.6m (30.8%)
* 21:30-21:45: 7.4m (29.9%)
* 21:45-22:00: 6.8m (28.4%)
22:00- News at Ten and Weather: 3.3m (16.9%)

C4
18:00- The Simpsons: 2.2m (11.2%)
18:30- Hollyoaks: 1.6m (7.7%)
19:00- Channel 4 News: 0.7m (3.2%)
19:55- 3 Minute Wonder: Young Carers: 0.5m (2.3%)
20:00- Not Forgotten: 1.0m (4.0%)
21:00- The Execution of Gary Glitter: 1.2m (5.4%)

Five
17:30- Neighbours: 1.5m (9.3%)
18:00- Home and Away: 1.2m (6.3%)
18:30- Live From Studio Five: 0.4m (1.8%)
19:30- How Do They Do It?: 0.6m (2.7%)
20:00- The Gadget Show: 1.5m (6.3%)
21:00- FlashForward: 2.3m (9.4%)

All Day Shares
ITV1: 21.8%
BBC One: 20.3%
BBC Two: 7.4%
Channel 4 [inc. +1]: 6.7%
Five: 5.4%
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Brilliant start for Collision, about 1.5m higher than what I expected. It's the third most watched brand new drama this year according to overnight ratings, behind Whitechapel (8.1m) and Unforgiven (7.6m).

I expect Collision's audience to fall in the next few days, but it's started at such a high level that it should remain above 5m which would be good. The breakdown does indicate that it might be around 6-7m tonight.

Life and FlashForward both taking a knock, but Life should be fine due to the repeats which are rating fantastically. FlashForward's 2.3m is still good and I think the repeat numbers will be higher than normal this week.
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Old 10-11-2009, 10:09
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ITV1 9.11.09

Collision 7.5m / 30.3%
My Giddy Aunt! Noone was expecting that!
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Old 10-11-2009, 10:09
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Emmerdale 7.4m 33.9%
Coronation Street 9.3m 39.9%
Coronation Street 9.1m 36.9%
Collision 7.5m 30.4%
News at Ten and Weather 3.3m 16.9%
Great figures there, ITV1 will be pleased.
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