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Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I couldn't see it: On the radio this morning Chris Evans said the papers were predicting the best Dr Who ratings ever for the new episode on Saturday - can anyone tell me what they'd have to get to be the best ever, presuming they mean the new Who? Thanks very much.
Saturday's episode will definitely not beat that. I'd expect it to get between 8-9 million. [List][*]Admin Edit: This thread is a continuation of The Ratings Thread (Part 7)[/List] |
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Part 8 I see? A continuation... I guess, even if there were still a load of posts in the old thread after 14:07...
Oh, and how better to start off with more ratings? Multichannel this time... Monday 29th March 2010 - Multichannel BBC Three 19:00 - The Real Hustle Undercover: 0.11m (0.5%) 19:30 - The Real Hustle Undercover: 0.20m (0.9%) 20:00 - Snog Marry Avoid?: 0.28m (1.1%) 20:30 - Snog Marry Avoid?: 0.48m (2.0%) 21:00 - Gavin and Stacey: 0.65m (2.7%) 21:30 - Russell Howard's Good News: 0.46m (1.9%) 22:00 - EastEnders: 0.80m (4.0%) BBC Four 20:30 - Only Connect: 0.48m (2.0%) ITV2 21:00 - Hell's Kitchen USA: 0.34m (1.4%) ITV4 15:15 - Cricket: Indian Premier League Live: 0.29m (2.1%) E4 19:00 - Hollyoaks: 0.39m (1.9%) 19:30 - How I Met Your Mother: 0.21m (0.9%) 21:00 - Glee: 1.47m (5.8%) * including +1: 1.9m Sky1 19:00 - The Simpsons: 0.52m (2.5%) 19:30 - The Simpsons: 0.58m (2.6%) 20:00 - Body Language Secrets: 0.21m (0.9%) 21:00 - House: 0.20m (0.8%) 22:00 - NCIS: LA: 0.29m (1.6%) Sky Sports 1 19:30 - Live Football League: 0.47m (2.0%) Dave 20:00 - Top Gear: 0.13m (0.5%) 21:00 - Mock the Week: 0.33m (1.3%) 21:40 - Men Behaving Badly: 0.25m (1.1%) 22:20 - Red Dwarf II: 0.27m (1.7%) 23:00 - QI: 0.26m (2.4%) |
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Any more likely to be cancelled than MSO? There can't be much in it I don't think.
And I can't imagine FF will be missed by many when it's gone. |
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Part 8 I see? A continuation... I guess, even if there were still a load of posts in the old thread after 14:07...
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You may well be right but I've seen a lot of praise for MSO that might sway ITV - I'm very cautious about any potential recommission, I'm certainly not gloating just because a show has been sold 'worldwide' as if that is somehow a testament to its quality when we all know it isn't.
And I can't imagine FF will be missed by many when it's gone. ![]() The international sales of FlashForward certainly make it more likely to get a recommission in that sense, so it's a very valid point. Probably the only thing that could save it. |
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Why's that then? Because you don't like it basically?
![]() I'm sure there are plenty that are still enjoying it. And I don't for a second think MSO is guaranteed a second run. And yes this is mostly my opinion.
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Why have the mods split the thread like this?
Anyway, there may not be a great deal in it between MSO and FF being recommissioned, but I do still think MSO is the most likely recommission. Flash Forward's 1.8 rating last week was appalling - it was even beaten by Community and Parks & Recreation on NBC! |
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Why's that then? Because you don't like it basically?
![]() The international sales of FlashForward certainly make it more likely to get a recommission in that sense, so it's a very valid point. Probably the only thing that could save it. |
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just popping into the new thread, adding it to my subs list
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I appreciate that Married Single Other has become well liked by some on this thread but I feel some may be thinking with their heart over their head when it comes to a recommission. I feel ITV will be extremely cautious in deciding whether to renew it. It may be doing well in the 16-34 demographic but it has only stayed at 4m viewers in total despite fairly easy competition. Some might say New Tricks repeats are difficult competition but the BBC could easily have put Ashes To Ashes against it and I doubt we would even be complentating whether it will be coming back or if it comes back next year it could face Waking The Dead or a big hitter like that. I think also ITV will have their usual mindset of it only got 4m and we had an Amanda Holden documentary get over that amount before Christmas in the same slot.
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As we've moved on to part 8, here are links to the previous 7 parts:
- Part 1 (January 2007 to April 2008) - Part 2 (April 2008 to October 2008) - Part 3 (October 2008 to August 2009) - Part 4 (August 2009 to October 2009) - Part 5 (October 2009 to December 2009) - Part 6 (December 2009 to February 2010) - Part 7 (February 2010 to March 2010) |
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I appreciate that Married Single Other has become well liked by some on this thread but I feel some may be thinking with their heart over their head when it comes to a recommission. I feel ITV will be extremely cautious in deciding whether to renew it. It may be doing well in the 16-34 demographic but it has only stayed at 4m viewers in total despite fairly easy competition. Some might say New Tricks repeats are difficult competition but the BBC could easily have put Ashes To Ashes against it and I doubt we would even be complentating whether it will be coming back or if it comes back next year it could face Waking The Dead or a big hitter like that. I think also ITV will have their usual mindset of it only got 4m and we had an Amanda Holden documentary get over that amount before Christmas in the same slot.
I would recommission it for a Valentines Day special for Monday 14 February 2011, then if that pulls over 5 million viewers [which it should if repeats rate well], I would commission it for an 8 part series to air during the 2012 X Factor season. |
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I appreciate that Married Single Other has become well liked by some on this thread but I feel some may be thinking with their heart over their head when it comes to a recommission.
Like I said I don't know whether it'll be renewed or not and if it is recommissioned it'll be done cautiously. But they renewed The Fixer and they renewed Moving Wallpaper and I think this has far more potential than both of those put together (both of those flopped again of course so I'm hardly helping my cause by using those as examples!) But I really enjoyed it and so I am primarily basing my hopes on the quality of the series which was very good indeed. |
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ITV have confirmed schedules for week beginning 10th April, however I'm still slightly confused as the episode descriptions for Thursday's Corrie and episode #1 on the Friday are exactly the same.
Due to the election debates, Emmerdale is on for 1 hour on the Thursday from 19:00 to 20:00 instead of two half hours, clashing with EastEnders. Marco's Kitchen Burnout starts on 16th April as predicted, with the Nile starting on 12th April. Interesting that its 4 parts... anyone have an idea of what is after? 12th April - Joanna Lumley's Nile 19th April - Joanna Lumley's Nile 26th April - Joanna Lumley's Nile 3rd May - Joanna Lumley's Nile (would have thought ITV may want something different on Bank Holiday, maybe the last episode could be moved?) 10th May - ??? 17th May - ??? 24th May - ??? 31st May - Britain's Got Talent Live Anyone want to hazard a guess at the 3 '???'. |
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ITV have confirmed schedules for week beginning 10th April, however I'm still slightly confused as the episode descriptions for Thursday's Corrie and episode #1 on the Friday are exactly the same.
Due to the election debates, Emmerdale is on for 1 hour on the Thursday from 19:00 to 20:00 instead of two half hours, clashing with EastEnders. Marco's Kitchen Burnout starts on 16th April as predicted, with the Nile starting on 12th April. Interesting that its 4 parts... anyone have an idea of what is after? 12th April - Joanna Lumley's Nile 19th April - Joanna Lumley's Nile 26th April - Joanna Lumley's Nile 3rd May - Joanna Lumley's Nile (would have thought ITV may want something different on Bank Holiday, maybe the last episode could be moved?) 10th May - ??? 17th May - ??? 24th May - ??? 31st May - Britain's Got Talent Live Anyone want to hazard a guess at the 3 '???'. What is bizarre though is ITV completely tearing apart what was a very successful schedule at the beginning of 2010 with crime/thrillers on Monday and crime on Friday. I guess perhaps Nile was originally scheduled for Sunday, but with ITV ending primetime at 10pm and airing 2 hour dramas, and with Corrie appearing to be in the Sunday slot for a couple of weeks, 6.30pm on a Sunday would be too early for it (and clash with Countryfile). Do ITV have any three part thrillers for those 3 weeks? |
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Why have the mods split the thread like this?
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ITV have confirmed schedules for week beginning 10th April, however I'm still slightly confused as the episode descriptions for Thursday's Corrie and episode #1 on the Friday are exactly the same.
Due to the election debates, Emmerdale is on for 1 hour on the Thursday from 19:00 to 20:00 instead of two half hours, clashing with EastEnders. Marco's Kitchen Burnout starts on 16th April as predicted, with the Nile starting on 12th April. Interesting that its 4 parts... anyone have an idea of what is after? 12th April - Joanna Lumley's Nile 19th April - Joanna Lumley's Nile 26th April - Joanna Lumley's Nile 3rd May - Joanna Lumley's Nile (would have thought ITV may want something different on Bank Holiday, maybe the last episode could be moved?) 10th May - ??? 17th May - ??? 24th May - ??? 31st May - Britain's Got Talent Live Anyone want to hazard a guess at the 3 '???'. I'll be interested to see how Kitchen Burnout does. The format sounds decent enough, if a bit thin, but the quality of celebrities is poor. 3.5-4m against Ashes To Ashes is probably where it'll end up. |
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BBC Four 20:30 - Only Connect: 0.48m (2.0%) ... 369k 388k 422k <316k 371k 338k 277k 336k 432k 308k 464k Series average:364k K |
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Presumably because loads of people are clicking on a massive thread which means that a load more of their bandwidth is being used up.
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England v Mexico is on Monday 24th May, so presumably ITV will be airing that. I agree with ZoeMcCallister regarding the scheduling of The Nile doc. It may do well in that slot but I think ITV would have been better off putting a crime drama like 'Identity' there especially as it looks like BBC1 aren't airing any dramas on Mondays for the foreseeable future.
Regarding MSO, indeed the ~4m average is quite low for the slot especially when taking the easy competition from BBC1 into account. But even at this low level, it was their most watched new non-crime drama series since at least 2007: Honest, Rock Rivals, Echo Beach, The Palace, Lost in Austen, Harley Street, Britannia High, Boy Meets Girl, Mr Eleven etc all posted generally much lower averages. It's a genre which ITV has had great difficulty in cracking in the last few years so bearing that in mind MSO did about okay compared to ITV's usual standards and is worth another shot IMO. This isn't just because I liked the show, but when you have a new drama which is the most popular one in that particular genre for at least 2 years (and is one of the Top 10 dramas on British TV among the lucrative 16-34 demo), then there's a definite case for a possible recommission. |
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England v Mexico is on Monday 24th May, so presumably ITV will be airing that. I agree with ZoeMcCallister regarding the scheduling of The Nile doc. It may do well in that slot but I think ITV would have been better off putting something like 'Identity' there especially as it looks like BBC1 aren't airing any dramas on that night.
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Most watched New Who episode according to overnight figures is 'Voyage of the Damned': 12.2m (50%).
Saturday's episode will definitely not beat that. I'd expect it to get between 8-9 million. |
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England v Mexico is on Monday 24th May, so presumably ITV will be airing that. I agree with ZoeMcCallister regarding the scheduling of The Nile doc. It may do well in that slot but I think ITV would have been better off putting a crime drama like 'Identity' there especially as it looks like BBC1 aren't airing any dramas on Mondays for the foreseeable future.
- Monday 10th - Tuesday 11th - Wednesday 12th - Monday 17th - Tuesday 18th - Wednesday 19th I don't think there would be any footy commitments on those dates and no (currently scheduled) dramas on those dates either. |
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Freeview HD launches ad campaign parodying Sky HD ads:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...iew-hd-ad-push Great stuff! Not crazy about the slogan though. |
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had ITV not axed The Bill it would have been interesting to see how The Bill did on a Tuesday, ok it was on Tuesday over Christmas & New Year, but that is not the same.
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