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it will be interesting to see what theBill does this week, what with the snow & the new barb system
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Fantastic night for ITV1 last night with the soaps getting a huge boost, and Corrie with that second episode should already match the highest rated episode of last year (11.46m) which is something I didn't think we'd see till Tony's trial. Also a fantastic start for The Lakes-almost 5m for a new show against EE is pretty impressive.
What does surprise me is that how well both Hustle & Above Suspicion did. Neither seemed to be dented by each other at all! Above Suspicion only very slightly down on last year when it had Traffic Cops repeat as competition! Strong ratings for the Corrie fillers on BBC1 aswell considering they were repeats, but I guess DIY:SOS was boosted by weaker than usual competition on BBC2. Ch4 has a solid night with its factual line up and CBB held up reasonably well. As expected for FIVE in there whole week of repeats before there new line up starts next week. |
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it will be interesting to see what theBill does this week, what with the snow & the new barb system
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I'm guessing that it'll be between 3m and 3.5m as it's got the extremely popular Silent Witness as opposition, which rarely gets under 6m in the ratings.
anything less than 4 million and ITV would not have much choice but to axe it |
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Man U v Man City postponed tomorrow - big blow for BBC1. Rescheduled for Tuesday 19th.
Not sure what will happen with how Sky/BBC will divvy these up. (EDIT: Presumably they'll just continue with BBC1 showing the Wednesday matches and Sky the Tuesday ones, as already in the schedule, but BBC1 will now have the 2nd leg of Man U v City and Sky the 2nd leg of Blackburn v Villa?) I guess it's the good job the Winter Olympics aren't in the UK - we'd have little choice but to cancel them if a few flakes of snow fell! |
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At a guess I'd say that each network will keep the matches they were originally allocated but I'm not certain. If that is the case then it not only buggers up Wedensdays but Survivors will be cocked up too, and if BBC1 still have the United v City derby on Tues 19th, then it'll mean Survivors being yanked off after just one episode, which would be horrendous for them, especially with all the promotion it's had.
It's a real blow for them. I presume another George Gently repeat will be wheeled out tomorrow like next week, but I'd be tempted to slot a repeat of So You Think You Can Dance in at 7.30pm to boost it's awareness, as it seems to have had a fair bit of press this week. So it would be: 7.00pm - Celebrity Mastermind 7.30pm - So You Think You Can Dance? 8.45pm - Gavin and Stacey 9.15pm - Live at the Apollo If it flops it doesn't matter as its only one night of filler programmes, but it could give SYTYCD? a good boost. |
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That's the sort of thing the BBC might do - replace football with it's latest dance show! Indeed I believe they only picked up the League Cup when execs were told it was 22 people dancing around a field!
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The Blackburn-Villa ties have yet to be rearranged but the first leg of City v United will take place on 19 January. Oh dear... that displaces Holby City, Survivors and could displace EastEnders... not good. I can see them dropping Survivors next Tuesday, there is no point in running one episode then having a one week break. Really not a good situation for the Beeb.The BBC will televise the first leg of the all-Manchester encounter with the second leg due to take place on Wednesday, 27 January. ITV now also end up with a clear run ratings wise this week for Above Suspicion, what with Traffic Cops tonight and something else tomorrow. |
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Man U v Man City postponed tomorrow - big blow for BBC1. Rescheduled for Tuesday 19th.
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Oh, and for anyone that is reading this yet still doesn't understand how ratings work, take a look at this: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/infor...uracy-faq.html
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It looks like rating peaked at 8pm last night at 27.6million viewers, glad to see my 10 million target was met on no less than 3 occasions in the same evening. A solid 40% share for the main 2 soaps.
I know we can all seem ratings obsessed here - but do people prefer to see a channel dominating peaktime ?? Or would most people prefer a split of say 25% BBC1 - 25% ITV1 - 10% BBC2 - 10% C4 - 5% C5 - 25% Multi-channels. I think a lot of posters like to see a surprise in the ratings. It is always nice when a a long running show eg. Countryfile does unexpectedly well in a new slot. |
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Oh dear... that displaces Holby City, Survivors and could displace EastEnders... not good. I can see them dropping Survivors next Tuesday, there is no point in running one episode then having a one week break. Really not a good situation for the Beeb. As for Holby and Survivors, it depends on whether the BBC will have a Wednesday match on the 20th. If there's no football on the Wednesday, they can shift the two dramas to that night. If there is footie, they'll have to take a break for a week. Good job the schedules haven't been drawn up yet.
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The Tuesday k/o will be changed to 8.05 or 8.10pm, to avoid moving EastEnders.
As for Holby and Survivors, it depends on whether the BBC will have a Wednesday match on the 20th. If there's no football on the Wednesday, they can shift the two dramas to that night. If there is footie, they'll have to take a break for a week. Good job the schedules haven't been drawn up yet. ![]() I wonder what will replace the cancelled football tomorrow night..Flog It and Homes Under The Hammer anyone..they always seem to be on stand by!! |
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Oh dear... that displaces Holby City, Survivors and could displace EastEnders... not good. I can see them dropping Survivors next Tuesday, there is no point in running one episode then having a one week break. Really not a good situation for the Beeb. More BBC stupidity tonight with the cancellation of the League Cup highlights show. Rather than filling the slot with something like an Inside Sport or Comedy Connections repeat they bring The Apprentice USA forward 40-minutes and then join BBC News for 40 minutes afterwards. |
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Is it only a "Snow Day" if London & the SE is affected?
The snow that has kept me housebound today in the north seems far worse than that in London last February (where I just happened to be at the time); the south looks likely to get it tomorrow. I would expect some pretty big ratings all week assuming this continues. we very rarely get Snow it kind of Misses the City of Gloucester and many towns/city's around it and even when the rest of the country get it we don't however it's been snowing since midday and there's a weather warning that Gloucestershire/oxfordshire will get more heavy rain around midnight so yea the parts of the south is bad |
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I bet George Dixon is having a rightmare now..lol
I wonder what will replace the cancelled football tomorrow night..Flog It and Homes Under The Hammer anyone..they always seem to be on stand by!! Indeed, good job it isn't on BBC2. Not a situation that happens too often with BBC1, but they're bound to screw it up and see it as a problem rather than an opportunity. Wouldn't surprise me to see The Weakest Link and Outtake TV in there from 7.30-9pm, then probably Traffic Cops. |
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God supports ITV
![]() ![]() In all seriousness, I'd expect ITV would have been quite happy with a bit of football and post-match analysis up against the final episode of their three-part drama. Now there's the risk of a drama repeat denting it. |
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hang on am I to understand the weather cancelled a football match, meaning it would not air on ITV and not the BBC?
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The BBC have been very unlucky with possibly tonight and tomorrow being another couple of bumper ratings night and they have will have two repeats against one of ITV's best dramas. The consolation must be that Corrie isnt on until Thursday.
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hang on am I to understand the weather cancelled a football match, meaning it would not air on ITV and not the BBC?
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Don't forget Coast!
Indeed, good job it isn't on BBC2. Not a situation that happens too often with BBC1, but they're bound to screw it up and see it as a problem rather than an opportunity. Wouldn't surprise me to see The Weakest Link and Outtake TV in there from 7.30-9pm, then probably Traffic Cops. |
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If the BBC put a decent repeat on tomorrow it could easily get 6 million.
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Any rating predictions for the BBC Regional News programmes if the usually sunny south gets anything like the predicted dump of snow in the next 24 hours?
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I'd be tempted to slot a repeat of So You Think You Can Dance in at 7.30pm to boost it's awareness, as it seems to have had a fair bit of press this week.
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In all seriousness, I'd expect ITV would have been quite happy with a bit of football and post-match analysis up against the final episode of their three-part drama. Now there's the risk of a drama repeat denting it.
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The football will now be up against Piers Morgan & Send in the Dogs when its rescheduled?
I've checked three websites plus my EPG and Ceefax, but still no word on what's replacing tomorrow's football. Who would have thought a bit of snow could bring so much excitement into my anoraky life!
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