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I have noticed that more than a few people get quite irate here regarding scheduling decisions. Maybe it is just me wondering what the big worry is.
As we can see from timeshifts a reasonable % of viewers record the programme and watch some time later. We all have access to on screen TV guides or newspapers or listing magazines. Viewers are quite capable at looking what is on the guide and deciding to watch. I know what channel 90%+ of tv shows are on but I have no chance of recalling the actual broadcast time of so many different shows. Just my twopence worth anyway. |
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Yeah I think they should use this as a test
imean there's no corrie and EastEnders is in Corries old slot so i could see some good figures and a 5th episode of Eastenders is long over due i think but then again i don't see the BBC adding a 5th but if they do id like to see it on Mon-Fri rather then double episodes. |
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And apparently it'll also take two weeks off once the Six Nations is over and episode 4 won't air till April 10th, two and a half months after episode 1. Ridiculous scheduling.
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Yeah I think they should use this as a test
imean there's no corrie and EastEnders is in Corries old slot so i could see some good figures and a 5th episode of Eastenders is long over due i think but then again i don't see the BBC adding a 5th but if they do id like to see it on Mon-Fri rather then double episodes. Corrie 5 x 23m = 115 minutes per week Eastenders 4 x 28m = 112 minutes per week Hardly any difference. |
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A 5th episode of Eastenders would be a really bad move. The quality would suffer a lot, you cant stretch out a show too much and I think 4 episodes works fine. Corrie's 5 episodes are a lot shorter in length than Eastenders so are only marginally longer in terms of programming per week.
Corrie 5 x 23m = 115 minutes per week Eastenders 4 x 28m = 112 minutes per week Hardly any difference. It would just be nice to see the BBC use the old 7:30pm corrie slot for EastEnders. But i supose they could just use them for big weeks split big storylines across 5 days or use it for comic relief/CIN missed episodes |
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I'm surprised they haven't already TBH, as it'd give some stability on the night which seems to be slightly listless at the moment. If they (understandably) believe that they don't need a fifth episode, they should switch the Tuesday 7.30pm episode as Holby City already holds up Tuesday well enough, plus it's the weakest night in terms of opposition so BBC1 shouldn't suffer too much from it.
Last time it was on against Midsomer Murders on the Wednesday which would probably beat Holby on a Tuesday. It'll be interesting to see how it fares next Wednesday against Arsenal in the Champions League. If it's more than 1m behind Tuesday's show, then you're wrong: Holby City wouldn't hold Tuesday night up without Eastenders. And BBC1 won't introduce a 5th weekly episode of EE, cos they can't afford it. They're cutting its budget. They won't increase it. |
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You see, you keep saying that (or somebody does), but every time Holby has a Wednesday episode, it does much poorer than it does on a Tuesday, suggesting it needs the Eastenders lead-in.
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Last time it was on against Midsomer Murders on the Wednesday which would probably beat Holby on a Tuesday. It'll be interesting to see how it fares next Wednesday against Arsenal in the Champions League. If it's more than 1m behind Tuesday's show, then you're wrong: Holby City wouldn't hold Tuesday night up without Eastenders.
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And BBC1 won't introduce a 5th weekly episode of EE, cos they can't afford it. They're cutting its budget. They won't increase it.
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I wonder how Master Chef will do against The Bill
Granted it does follow on from a 1 hour EE, but the first 30 minutes is up against Corrie. I do wonder if the Bill might finally win the 9pm timeslot. |
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I wonder how Master Chef will do against The Bill
Granted it does follow on from a 1 hour EE, but the first 30 minutes is up against Corrie. I do wonder if the Bill might finally win the 9pm timeslot. |
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I wonder how Master Chef will do against The Bill
Granted it does follow on from a 1 hour EE, but the first 30 minutes is up against Corrie. I do wonder if the Bill might finally win the 9pm timeslot. Quote:
I'd say Masterchef is more of a show which can be dipped in and out of so I can see it getting an increase at 9pm. I bet it still beats The Bill!
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The double Eastenders will help, if it wasn't for that, I would worry more.
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Amanda Holden 5th in the 9pm slot
![]() 9pm BBC one Survivors 3.82m (15.4%) Channel 4 One Born Every Minute 2.88m (11.6%). Five CSI 2.81m (11.3%) BBC Two How The Earth Made Us 2.77m (11.2%) ITV1 Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives 2.08m (8.4%) Quote:
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1 - 11.78m - Coronation Street (Mon 19:32, ITV1) 2 - 11.64m - EastEnders (Fri, BBC1) 3 - 9.64m - Dancing on Ice (Sun 18:44, ITV1) 4 - 9.47m - Emmerdale (Thu 20:00, ITV1) 5 - 8.56m - Silent Witness (Thu, BBC1) 6 - 8.55m - Wild at Heart (Sun, ITV1) 7 - 7.90m - Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia (Mon, ITV1) 8 - 7.49m - Lark Rise to Candelford (Sun, BBC1) 9 - 7.24m - Casualty (Sat, BBC1) 10- 7.13m - So You Think You Can Dance (Sat, BBC1) Something for all channels to be happy with in the new batch of official ratings - almost like going back 10 years in terms of raw numbers! |
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Also, it's completely possible for a BBC1 programme scheduled against Corrie to get more viewers than The Bill. QI has been doing so since the start of the year.
I'll be interested to see if Coronation Street gets an increase that week though, as it'll start at a joint junction rather than halfway through a BBC1 hour long. Obviously Emmerdale's going to be severely hurt. |
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If they really want to save money they could hand the scheduling job to us for free. I'm sure a few of us would be willing to do it.
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re: HollyoaksIt used to be capable of getting near 2m and in fact getting over that mark comfortably but it has really gone downhill with the last producer in charge. Now Paul Marquess is in charge I would expect it to improve in the next year.
If it wasn't for the E4 first look screenings I'd be more worried, but I think even at 300-400,000 having a show which pulls in an audience daily to E4 is incredibly useful in terms of promoting their own primetime content. If it's on E4, you'll find out about it during Hollyoaks. |
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He has started swinging his axe now (though not necessarily at the right targets on screen at least) so hopefully by the autumn things will improve. It's been so inconsistent of late - everytime it shows signs of getting back on track it just seems to go backwards yet again.
If it wasn't for the E4 first look screenings I'd be more worried, but I think even at 300-400,000 having a show which pulls in an audience daily to E4 is incredibly useful in terms of promoting their own primetime content. If it's on E4, you'll find out about it during Hollyoaks. |
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And you can see how beneficial having first look shows such as Hollyoaks and Shameless on E4 have been with the amount of hits the channel has been getting. E4 are on a roll right now.
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I'd say Masterchef is more of a show which can be dipped in and out of so I can see it getting an increase at 9pm. I bet it still beats The Bill!
Masterchef doesn't get interesting until the semifinal so I expect it won't be a ratings smash straight away so I expect similar if not slightly higher ratings from what Celebrity Masterchef gets for the first few weeks, it is up against the soaps, football and Midsomer Murders so the competition will be tough. |
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I'm surprised they haven't put Glee into primetime on C4, it'd do fine there methinks.
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I'm surprised they haven't put Glee into primetime on C4, it'd do fine there methinks.
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If I were Channel 4 I'd re-run it in a 10pm slot in the summer, maybe running after Big Brother on a night its on at 9pm?
Can't hurt can it? Can only really help boost the E4 audience when it returns for S2. I doubt they have much else lined up. |
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Channel 4 having a brilliant night for them, minus Hollyoaks which seems slightly down once again - I thought it was capable of getting nearer 1.5m?
I wonder how many viewers are watching Hollyoaks on Channel 4 HD these days. That may account for some of the drop. Anyone know whether channel4 HD figures get added into the overnights? Same goes for E4 HD too. By way of comparison, Doctors typically gets about 25k - 75k HD viewers. I'm sure Hollyoaks younger audience are more HD savy though. Hollyoaks is running so low at the moment, if it doesn't pick up soon then I can see it testing the 1m barrier fairly frequently during the summer. |
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do Hollyoaks ratings matter now? C4 have recognised there is a problem, and bought in Mr Soap, until his episodes start to air, will they really care what the ratings are?
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Great figures for Silent Witness, Lark Rise, Casualty, Hustle, Mastermind, Question of Sport. All snow-enhanced, but I do think (early days yet of course) that we are seeing some bigger timeshifts under the new system, particularly for the Beeb.
Silent Witness did brilliantly and proved there's still life in the old dog yet. Casualty's big timeshifts are curious and do compensate for the poorer original airings its been getting recently. |
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do Hollyoaks ratings matter now? C4 have recognised there is a problem, and bought in Mr Soap, until his episodes start to air, will they really care what the ratings are?
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