Does anyone know why Tuesday ratings always seem so low?

ITV never seems to do well, even when they have decent dramas like when they had The Fixer.
BBC is never strong either. 4 million in 9pm slot is nothing to shout about.

Its not like Tuesday is a pub/going out night. So I don't understand?

A full football schedule, clubs and societies meeting, strong offerings on the smaller terrestrials and multichannels, nothing very good on BBC or ITV.

They definitely won't clash. Or at least I hope Jay Hunt and her ITV1 parallel scheduler are not stupid enough to let them clash.


I think either BGT will be put on the Sunday, or it will start at 18:30. I think it'd be on the Sunday myself... OR even Friday @ 21:00 if they find themselves struggling to fill that slot.

As for Eurovision, Doctor Who should be fine.


Doesn't surprise me, but I don't think ITV bosses would want Chelsea vs Portsmouth etc.. in primetime TV.

Anyone here have any idea what ITV are going to show between the 2 dancing on ice shows on the 21st? I think WAT ends the week before. (Radio times still has TBA)

Sunday 21st March - ITV1 are show Tribute to Stephen Gateley inbetween the Dancing On Ice shows.

Ah, great! Thanks Dubsj!

Surely, surely, surely the BSI won't pitch Jonathan Creek into battle with A Touch of Frost?

If ITV do have Frost earmarked for Easter Sunday, then Creek surely has to air on Easter Monday?

Maybe that's why Ashes is being delayed because they're putting Creek out on Monday, with Ashes starting the following week?

Good scheduling, though they'd have preferred Mikey Graham still being in the competition to draw in some Boyzone fans.

Love the reaction on here to ITV's flopzone - it's happened for so many weeks, why does it get such a huge reaction? Five pre-8pm and BBC1 at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on Monday's also struggle but they don't get the same coverage.

Saying that, it is extremely poor. It won't improve until they have a stabilising influence on the schedule at 8pm; it's so weak at the moment that everything flatlines around it - Holby is big competition.

But poor all round bar Channel 4. As hopeandfaith said, it is strange that Tuesday's tend to struggle (EastEnders has it's biggest lead out of the week, yet rarely - if ever - is it's highest rated episode of the week on a Tuesday) considering it's not a going out night.

Two years ago, Doctor Who often started around 7.15pm with Britain's Got Talent starting at 8pm - hopefully that'll remain the same for this year.

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If I was ITV I'd risk airing Britain's Got Talent at 6.30pm on Saturday. Although it may dip it'd give a brilliant lead in to the Champions League final. If they get nervous, they could always do a TV Burp with it and air a primetime repeat the next day.


Especially if Over the Rainbow remains on Friday's.


Though that's better than Fulham vs Portsmouth to be fair.

I wouldnt say huge. The fact that different shows keep being aired and still fail is of some interest. Five is just very poor anyway and those BBC slots are up against Corrie so hardly an inquest needed. However it is getting a bit repetitive, a bit like The Bill discussion on Fridays.

I don't think you can really compare Five to ITV1! I mean, Five are usually bottom of the terrestrial rankings anyway. But it's unusual for ITV1 to come bottom (or second bottom). Also, BBC1 are getting better figures at 7.30 and 8.30pm against Corrie than what ITV1 is getting against shows which don't get anywhere near the ratings Corrie gets.


Holby is tough competition, but ITV1 used to clear 4m on Tuesday nights even two years ago. Now, they're getting just over half of that. Their Tuesday ratings at the moment are shocking.


I don't think lead outs mean anything really, unless it's a huge show like Corrie/XF/BGT which get 10m+. Why would EE get a boost in their rating when a show following it gets 6m - about 4m less than what EE gets?

Yeah, that's what I meant. It's not like it's going to change soon so I think we're going to have a few more weeks of it.


I guess losing the Emmerdale hour long has hurt ITV badly. The 8pm slot was getting a 5m+ lead in, now it's getting 2m+.


What I mean is usually EastEnders has something which only gets 4m (at best) following it, so I would've thought that the overnights on Monday/Thursday/Friday may suffer a bit of a dip (I think Thursday's do but Monday doesn't) compared to Tuesday because of the final couple of minutes (like Coronation Street tends to dip as people switch from watching Dining Stars). Then again, I suppose EastEnders runs to fill the half hour whereas Coronation Street doesn't.

Hmmm... I think Jonathan Creek could hold its own against A Touch of Frost, though it would inevitably rate lower than what it would get against weaker competition.

The likelihood is that A Touch of Frost will air on 28/3 and 4/4. But it's interesting... there's been some talk about a two night finale over Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Now if that were to happen, that would scupper your idea regarding Creek and be tough competition for BBC1 over the Easter weekend.


I suppose so. But Emmerdale's been boosted by the schedule change, so it swings about I guess.


EE doesn't finish 5 mins early like Corrie so it's not much of an issue. In fact, it's more likely to dip in the final 5 mins of Tuesday and Thursday episodes because it finishes about 7:57pm to accomodate the BBC News update which leaves 3 mins for EE viewers to switch off. On Mondays and Fridays, often the episodes finish close to half past so there's less of a dip in the final 5 mins.

I have a horrible feeling Dr Who will run at 6.15 to provide a lead in to ALW and allow both programmes to finish before BGT starts.


I watched the first episode of The Fixer because it was a Kudos production - they being the producers of Life On Mars and Hustle (and Spooks but I don't watch that one.)

I found it dull and charmless and I'm not surprised it finally came a cropper.


By the way - anyone know what BBC1 has planned for Saturday March 27th between their all-day Rugby on March 20th and the return of Dr Who on April 3rd?

Also, I notice Masterchef is 1 quarter-final down, losing its slot on Friday 19th to Sports relief.

I agree - indeed, I think Creek could beat Frost; at the very least there'd be little more than a million between them.


Especially as Britain's Got Talent will hold up Saturday's schedule. Has anyone any idea what's replacing Dancing on Ice on Sunday's yet?


Yeah, Thursday's are far more stable but Tuesday's are suffering as a result.


True, hadn't considered that when I wrote at first.

There'll be two hour detective dramas such as A Touch of Frost, Foyle's War, Lewis (most likely in that order). Not sure about 7pm/8pm - I'd guess Heartbeat as it was reported a few weeks ago that it'll get a Spring airing.


Me too. It'll still rate well of course, but 7pm is a much better slot especially on hot summer days!

It's been well documented ever since it was commissioned that the new JC would be on at Easter. Would ITV really want to put Frost on against it? Doesn't that stop Frost fulfiling its full potential? Methinks it would certainly lose out in the coveted 16-34 age group.

Worth noting that the last 3 part series of Frost in October 2008 rated 8.37, 8.52 and 8.16 in the officials, way way down on what it used to get at its peak whilst the last Creek on New Year's Day 2009 had 9.91m, well over 1m above what the last 3 part series attracted in February 2004 (8.39, 8.45 and 8.07).

Over the Rainbow is going to run on Saturdays, with the final the week before Eurovision.

It would be the obvious solution... which is why I'm almost sure it'll never happen.

BBC One have totally overstacked themselves again. The above will leave Over the Rainbow starting at 6pm, and new episodes of Total Wipeout at 5pm (when repeats have been airing in the 6pm hour for the last few weeks...). I've a feeling Doctor Who could end up bumped back as much as possible creating an overlap with BGT.

Is Doctor Who definitely on Saturday nights?

It's not been moved to Sunday? It did perform well there Easter Sunday and then again for the Waters of Mars special last year.

I think they'll protect DW more than they did with series 4 to ensure the new team is a success.

Well the start date has been confirmed at saturday 3rd.

nothing on the linked website, but I see not reason the BBC would not sign another 2 year deal, if that is the standard deal for the show.

So Justin Lee Collins new show on Five launches on Monday 29th March @ 10pm off the back of Flashfoward.
Will it work for JLC this time?

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