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Old 12-02-2010, 11:34
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ok so 4 million is not especially high, 17% isnt either, there has been 17-20% last year.

So really the Bill won the slot due to poor competition.
4m every week isn't bad. Particularly compared to what was in the slot previously plus the 16-34 numbers being double that of L&O.

Again the question remains, if you move The Bill to 8pm, what better rating show can they put in the Thursday 9pm slot?
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Old 12-02-2010, 11:35
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Channel 4’s first live interactive web show drew 42,000 viewers this week – putting it almost on a par with UKTV’s Watch.
What was that then?


Firstly, some news about this weekend's reality shows. SYTYCD has lost one of it's finalists to injury, so last week's eliminee Alastair will replace Robbie. Cue people asking for refunds even though they have no claim to do so! The rather controling decision to keep the dance off in the semi-finals now works in their favours. (Stumbled across a bit of SYTYCD Australia this week too and Nigel's wife is a much better judge than he is! Their show felt young and fresh - the BBC's simply doesn't!)

Also Michael Ball is to be the guest judge replacing Robin Cousins on Dancing on Ice this weekend.


And secondly, the official ratings for Celebrity Big Brother, thanks to Digital Sid:

Week 1:
Sunday - 6.7m
Monday - 4.0m
Tuesday - 3.5m
Wednesday - 3.7m
Thursday - 3.5m
Friday - 3.8m
Friday - 4.2m

Week 2:
Saturday - 3.3m
Sunday - 3.6m
Monday - 3.5m
Tuesday - 3.6m
Wednesday - 3.5m
Thursday - 3.8m
Friday - 3.9m
Friday - 3.8m

Week 3:
Saturday - 3.0m
Sunday - 3.3m
Monday - 2.9m
Monday - 3.3m
Tuesday - 3.5m
Wednesday - 3.2m
Thursday - 3.4m
Friday - 3.7m
Friday - 3.5m

Week 4:
Saturday - 2.8m
Sunday - 2.9m
Monday - 3.4m
Tuesday - 3.6m
Wednesday - 4.0m
Wednesday - 3.4m
Thursday - 3.9m
Friday - 4.1m
Friday - 4.7m
Most watched series since BB8:
BB8- 3.9m
CBB7- 3.7m
BB9- 3.6m
CBB6- 3.3m
BB10- 2.4m
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Old 12-02-2010, 11:43
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4m every week isn't bad. Particularly compared to what was in the slot previously plus the 16-34 numbers being double that of L&O.

Again the question remains, if you move The Bill to 8pm, what better rating show can they put in the Thursday 9pm slot?
this is true, ratings do seem to have gone up a bit in 2010. With episodes like the one last night ratings should be going up.
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Old 12-02-2010, 11:51
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What was that then?


Firstly, some news about this weekend's reality shows. SYTYCD has lost one of it's finalists to injury, so last week's eliminee Alastair will replace Robbie. Cue people asking for refunds even though they have no claim to do so!
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/so-you-t...ycd-final.html

Robbie not replaced in 'SYTYCD' final
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Old 12-02-2010, 11:54
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4m every week isn't bad. Particularly compared to what was in the slot previously plus the 16-34 numbers being double that of L&O.

Again the question remains, if you move The Bill to 8pm, what better rating show can they put in the Thursday 9pm slot?
So ITV must be OK then about not going over 4m during peaktime on Tuesday/Thursday and Friday.
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Old 12-02-2010, 11:59
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4m every week isn't bad. Particularly compared to what was in the slot previously plus the 16-34 numbers being double that of L&O.

Again the question remains, if you move The Bill to 8pm, what better rating show can they put in the Thursday 9pm slot?
Also I can't imagine the Bill costs that much for a drama. Take last night for instance there was mainly just 2 sets the block where Jo was on the phone and the flatthe woman was in that we didn't really see. Add to that only 4 guest actors (WOmen, husband, husbands ex-colleague and teenage son and i can't imagine the cost is that expensive (for a drama)
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Old 12-02-2010, 12:03
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dont forget the husbands affair, the sun of that affair, the couple of S0-19 officers who had lines.
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Old 12-02-2010, 12:08
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So ITV must be OK then about not going over 4m during peaktime on Tuesday/Thursday and Friday.
Well I would like to be paid double my current salary. I just havent convinced my boss yet.

Of course ITV would like higher figures but how? Given the real world constrainsts of budgets, available audience, other network competition, etc......
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Old 12-02-2010, 12:17
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That seems a much fairer plan.
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Old 12-02-2010, 12:26
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9pm
ITV 1 : The Bill - 4m (16.8%)
Channel 4 : Leaving Home at Eight - 1.9m (7.9%)
BBC One : Silent Witness - 3.7m (15.3%)
BBC Two : Mock the Week / Rab C Nesbitt - 2.8m (11.4%) / 1.7m (7.3%)
Five : Extreme Fishing - 1.6m (6.6%)

8pm
BBC Two : Simon King's Shetland Diaries - 2.8m (11.3%)
BBC One : Material Girl - 2.6m (10.4%)
ITV 1 : Emmerdale- 8.1m (33.3%) / Coronation St - 9.2m (36.2%)
Channel 4 - My Dream Farm - 1.2m (4.9%)
Five : Build A New Life... - 1m (4%)


C4+1 Figures
9pm - 224,500
10pm - 200,000
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Old 12-02-2010, 12:27
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Silent Witness doesn't repeat well does it
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Old 12-02-2010, 12:33
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Silent Witness doesn't repeat well does it
Still improved on a new Episode of Material Girl. Oh well looks like the BBC will just go back to endless new tricks repeats in future. I wished they'd repeat something like WDYTYA, all standalone episodes and some of the earlier episodes only played out on BBC2. I seem to remember they only repeated one once, Barbara WIndsor, but they might have done it more times.
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Old 12-02-2010, 12:37
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I dont think Material Girl should be seen as a benchmark for the BBC, even as a bench mark of failure
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Old 12-02-2010, 13:12
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Silent Witness doesn't repeat well does it
I think it's partly do do with being a double episode story. Who is going to give up two nights for a repeat. (and the awful lead in).
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Old 12-02-2010, 13:18
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With episodes like the one last night ratings should be going up.
Unless they reverse the revamp, I'm never going to watch the show again. I caught a bit of an episode a couple of weeks back and it was hideous and unrecognisable.

Considering the show's ratings share hasn't risen, and it's getting a Coronation Street lead in of nearly 10 million week after week, the current ratings aren't anything to get excited about. Even with poor competition the show can't top 4 million- most weeks it doesn't even get that. It's nothing to do with the timeslot and everything to do with the show- if it was still decent they's still be getting the 5 million plus every week it was getting pre-revamp.
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Old 12-02-2010, 13:19
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Unless they reverse the revamp, I'm never going to watch the show again. I caught a bit of an episode a couple of weeks back and it was hideous and unrecognisable.
if people are going to take that attitude, they might as well just axe it.
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Old 12-02-2010, 13:20
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if people are going to take that attitude, they might as well just axe it.
I hope they do. The current incarnation of the show is an insult. Even the Paul Marquess era looks decent in comparison.
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Old 12-02-2010, 13:30
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you should watch last nights, it might change your opinon.
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Old 12-02-2010, 13:43
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Unless they reverse the revamp, I'm never going to watch the show again. I caught a bit of an episode a couple of weeks back and it was hideous and unrecognisable.

Considering the show's ratings share hasn't risen, and it's getting a Coronation Street lead in of nearly 10 million week after week, the current ratings aren't anything to get excited about. Even with poor competition the show can't top 4 million- most weeks it doesn't even get that. It's nothing to do with the timeslot and everything to do with the show- if it was still decent they's still be getting the 5 million plus every week it was getting pre-revamp.
Completely agree - the packaging is all wrong now and it just looks like a run of the mill police drama, rather than a 30 year old institution.
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Old 12-02-2010, 13:44
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Unless they reverse the revamp, I'm never going to watch the show again. I caught a bit of an episode a couple of weeks back and it was hideous and unrecognisable.

Considering the show's ratings share hasn't risen, and it's getting a Coronation Street lead in of nearly 10 million week after week, the current ratings aren't anything to get excited about. Even with poor competition the show can't top 4 million- most weeks it doesn't even get that. It's nothing to do with the timeslot and everything to do with the show- if it was still decent they's still be getting the 5 million plus every week it was getting pre-revamp.
Just because it's unrecognisbale doesnt mean that it is hideous. Ive watched it a couple of times since the revamp and each time have found it quite good.

Ill agree with you it should be axed but that's down to the loss of its core audience who havent been able to adjust to the changes since the revamp, not necessarily the quality of the show.
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Old 12-02-2010, 13:49
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to be fair the episode with Dawn from EE, was poor, not helped by the poor acting by the before named actress, that might be the one James2001 watched, as with any 40+ episode a year show, there will be a hand full of bad ones. However last nights episode was very gripping, and edge of your seat drama, which the show would not have done at 8pm.
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Old 12-02-2010, 13:49
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It's no wonder the BBC stick to New Tricks when thats how a big drama like Silent Witness repeats for them. The Bill is at least steady nowadays and while I doubt ITV are happy with its numbers, trying to improve ratings in that slot won't be right at the top of the priority list at the minute.

Not a lot to shout about for any of the terrestrials last night, really. BBC Two did OK, I suppose, and Five were pretty solid. I guess some stinging competition from the multichannels didn't help.
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Old 12-02-2010, 14:00
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How sad, BBC Two beat BBC One - whatever happened to high rating being promoted and low ratings demoted. Even more sad, The Bill came out top.
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Old 12-02-2010, 14:05
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How sad, BBC Two beat BBC One - whatever happened to high rating being promoted and low ratings demoted. Even more sad, The Bill came out top.
Im sure you will be glad to hear Material Girl is being ousted to a post-news slot from next week.
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Old 12-02-2010, 14:24
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Silent Witness doesn't repeat well does it
Neither does Waking the Dead or Trial and Retribution, but cosier cop shows like Midsommer murders, New Tricks, Inspector George Gently and Lewis do.
. I wished they'd repeat something like WDYTYA, all standalone episodes and some of the earlier episodes only played out on BBC2. I seem to remember they only repeated one once, Barbara WIndsor, but they might have done it more times.
WDYTYA doesn't repeat well,the Barbara Winsdor repeat got 2.9 million [13%] on 10/04/08 beaten by ITV 1 new homes from hell.I think thats the only one they've repeated in primetime.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008.../itv.tvratings

I hope they repeat Outnumbered series one.
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