Yes I agree, they have stuck by their guns schedulewise and have a stable Saturday night, with drama, gamshow, talentshow and more drama. They've won all but 2 Saturdays this year, and we all expected OTR to be quashed in the last two weeks but BBC1s Saturday night line up is doing really well and beating ITV despite BGTs success.
Then it all collapsed Sunday swings and roundabouts!

I was one of the 1.6 million and to be honest Im surprised it was that high. Maybe the Higgins bombshell provided a bit of impetus because the actual matchplay was some of the worst Snooker I have ever seen. It was arguably a good job that Dott was so tired he could hardly get out of his seat because the match could have gone on for another 5 frames which would have taken it onto 3am. The only fluency in the whole session came when Robertson was actually over the winning line.
An interesting fortnight did not get the final it deserved and the BBC will have to look at starting the play an hour earlier next time around.

Yes the snooker final was dull, I have to be honest I went to bed, as simply could not watch the last few frames, tedious beyond belief. Disappointing end to what's been a good tournament despite the controversy.

Shock, horror - Have I Got News For You has moved. It's taken BBC1 long enough to realise the issue (as Cent said earlier). The Election Special could be interesting - especially if the result is so close that even at 9.30am Friday morning it's not certain.

Yesterday was good for the soaps - poor for Inspector George Gently which was just an example of bad scheduling. The Nile did ok, and shows the benefit of the Monday slot on ITV1 compared to the rest of the week.

Ah yes, the power of Nick Knowles and list games...

This is what we do

Seven
18:00 Seven News 1.55m
18:30 Today Tonight 1.53m
19:00 Home and Away 1.11m
19:30 Australia's Got Talent 1.46m
*only 522,000 viewers in 18-49 demo.
21:00 Grey's Anatomy 0.88m

Nine
18:00 Nine News 1.32m
18:30 A Current Affair 1.18m
19:00 Two and a Half Men (R) 1.06m
19:30 Top Gear 1.23m
*715,000 viewers in 18-49 demo.
20:40 Survivor: Heroes vs Villains 0.93m

Ten
18:00 The Simpsons (R) 0.66m
18:30 Neighbours 0.69m
19:00 The 7pm Project 0.99m
19:30 MasterChef Australia 1.62m
*890,000 viewers in 18-49 demo.
20:00 Bondi Rescue 1.33m
20:30 NCIS 1.51m
21:30 NCIS: Los Angeles 0.98m

Shares
Note: shares in brackets indicate corporation shares i.e. including digital offshoots.
ABC1 – 12.5% (14.2%)
Seven – 28.0% (30.2%)
Nine – 22.8% (24.8%)
Ten – 25.6% (26.1%)
SBS One – 4.3% (4.7%)

Ten had a very good night. NCIS is growing its audience again after a bit of a dip in recent weeks.

AGT performed well in total people for Seven but its demo performance leaves a lot to be desired, finishing an uninspiring 6th yesterday in the 18-49 demo behind the likes of Top Gear, Bondi Rescue and even Survivor.

In It to Win It is the Dale Winton one.

Unless I've misunderstood what you meant.

I think they might have advertised it before.

Edit: Failed in my attempt to find an old advert, but did find this rehearsal footage of a lottery draw which is quite interesting...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3V3vY5INUg

They always advertise it on Saturday evenings before the show is aired but I think it's been since 2005 or 2006 they actually aired any promos in the main week.

BBC1 (inc. HD)
19.00-19.30 The One Show 4.91m 24.2%
19.30-20.00 EastEnders 8.91m 40.4%
20.00-21.00 Holby City 6.05m 26.3%
21.00-22.00 Luther 1/6 5.76m 24.2%


BBC2
19.00-20.00 Classic Snooker 910,000 4.3%
20.00-21.00 Theo’s Adventure Capitalists 1/3 830,000 3.6%
21.00-22.00 Story of Science: Power, Proof & Passion 2/6 1.66m 7%


ITV1
19.00-19.30 Emmerdale 6.61m 32.7%
19.30-20.00 Children’s Hospital 6/12 3.1m 14.1%
20.00-21.00 Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Celebrity 3.18m 13.8%
21.00-22.00 The Bill 2.64m 11.1%


CHANNEL 4 (+1)
19.00-19.55 Channel 4 News 820,000 (64,200) 3.9% (0.3%)
20.00-21.00 Supersize vs Superskinny 7/8 2.24m (233,900) 9.7% (1%)
21.00-22.00 Heston’s 70s Feast 5/7 2.42m (263,300) 10.2% (1.5%)
22.00-23.05 Shameless 15/16 2.04m (155,900) 11.9% (1.8%)

FIVE
20.00-21.00 Cowboy Builders 4/6 1.49m 6.5%
21.00-22.00 CSI 17/23 1.84m 7.7%
22.00-23.00 CSI: Miami 16/25 1.16m 6.5%


http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/rating...013419.article

Luther had an peak of 6.6m (30.14%) @ 9.
Slot average for the year so far is 4.43m

Good for BBC1 not so good for the others.
Poor night for ITV again.

seems to be holding up well without Adrian

does anyone know what ratings Hollyoaks got?

and also 2.64m (11.1%) is terrible for The Bill - ITV deserve kicking for letting the ratings get this low by putting it in this slot

CSI 1.8m

Really low. The only positive I can think of is Five should at least get good numbers for the repeat run.

It's too much for the News Channels to handle; BBC News doing very well though:[LIST][*]Closest UK Election in years - it's also like covering 5 different elections remember.[*]Greek Riots[*]Recession[*]Volcano Shutting British Airspace[*]Eurozone collapse, Finland Prime Minister warns of other Eurozone counties facing riots[*]US Oil Spill from Transocean owned Rig providing Oil to BP (UK Interest there)[*]Bomb Threat at New York Times Square[/LIST]

I love how it was a flop on a Thursday compared to what it had at 8pm yet moving it to Tuesday has done the real pummeling into the ground but I can't help feel this is what they wanted. At least now they really can justify axing it.

The BBC have a really strong lineup there. A very good rating for Eastenders and Holby City's highest share since July last year. Glad to see the Holby City lead-in put to good use, Luther looks like it is real hit, I hope it can maintain over 5.5m.

C4: Hollyoaks - 1.03m (5.4%)
E4: Hollyoaks - 429k (2.1%)

Doctors - 1.59m (23.9%)
Neighbours - 1.39m (10.5%)
Home And Away - 999k (5.9%)

Sky's Election Night Team confirmed:


Source: http://tvnewsroom.co.uk/news/uk10-correspondents/

* David Bowden in Belfast East
* Vicky Hawthorne in Belfast West

Strange choices - both are safe seats. Although perhaps these are just being used as anchor locations. The real interest in Northern Ireland will be in Ballymena and Enniskillen.

Only 40, BBC has 90

It's about quality not quantity, Jake.

i think im wrong its a lot more than that as all 3 regions are getting their own election night.

The numbers are confusing me.
BBC ones main feed has 90 outside broadcasts + 16 regional hubs. Beebs budget is supposed to be 10m for the 20 hour broadcast planned.

And another 56,000 on the HD simulcast.

I can't believe with 15% of the UK population now having access to ITV HD, their figures are so low!!

Yes, I love that it's approaching Primetime Comedy/Drama!

Monday: Eastenders/Inspector George Gently (2 hours)
Tuesday: Eastenders/Holby City/Luther (2 1/2 hours)
Wednesday: Waterloo Road/Motorway Cops (1 hour)
Thursday: Eastenders/Watchdog/QI/Outnumbered (1 1/2 hours)
Friday: Eastenders/HIGNFY/Ashes to Ashes (2 hours)

That's an average of 1.8 hours of primetime comedy/drama per day.
9 hours of primetime comedy/drama over the working week.
9 hours 45 minutes of primetime comedy/drama over the week.

Just to be touchy, I'd be inclined to move Doctor Who to Friday at 7:30pm and Eastenders at 8pm; but to save both shows from lower ratings, moving them both to Mondays might be better.

Schedule
19:00 The One Show
19:30 Doctor Who
20:30 Eastenders
21:00 Ashes To Ashes

Preferred Schedule
19:00 The One Show
19:30 Eastenders
20:00 Doctor Who
21:00 Ashes To Ashes

Sky will have many more stringers phoning in results too