Britannia High was utter shite, Glee is just shite.

Also BH had an awful timeslot, Glee has a decent one.

lol, not being utter shite always helps

Glee did really well it seems, regardless of its shiteness.

Glee beats Flashforward. I wonder which one cost more money to buy, presumably flashforward?

Glee rocks
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re: missing prog data, I will receive January 16th to reload. When it's up I'll say

the most recent weeks haven't come through the attribution process, so the missing logs haven't been picked up yet

Glee is funny, simple, it's why I watch it.

Sue Sylvester is outstanding, a truly great comic character.

The ratings for Channel 4 will be awful though, considering how many watched on E4.

BBC One schedule change - this Friday, 8:30pm - Jeremy Paxman interviews David Cameron. Next Friday, 8:30pm - Jeremy Paxman interviews Gordon Brown.

Almost 2m total viewers ! Just imagine what the official figures will be. Just the E4 figures itself will be amazing (without +1)!

And similarly a late change for BBC Three tomorrow if DS is correct with Dermot O'Leary interviewing Clegg and Cameron respectively from 8pm tomorrow. (guides say The World's Strictest Parents)

Brown follows the week after.

Speaking of Glee, is next week the Madonna episode?

Hmm, not according to DS:


Slightly different to the figures reported by D.M.N. but important to get it right I think.

Source & more: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s57/g...-audience.html

Joanna Lumley's Nile doing well for ITV1. Not a smash, but I think they'll be quite satisfied with those figures.

A good early evening for BBC One. Thats the highest number I can recall in a good while for Bang Goes The Theory - 4m opposite Corrie is highly commendable. They've given it lots of time and support, and it seems to be slowly working out.

Brilliant once again for Glee. It's been a huge breakout hit for E4 - one of the most successful multichannel series' ever - and I'm sure they'll fight tooth and nail to keep it (they'll need to, because daddy 4 as well as other networks are going to be sniffing around after it).

They're really different shows. My impression of Britannia High from the little I saw (and much of that on Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe) was that it was aimed at young kids like High School Musical.

Just reading about some of the plots on the ever reliable Wikipedia, it really doesn't seem to know what its target audience was. Plots range from a kid with dyslexia, gun crime, murder, child abuse, ghosts, multiple sclerosis and of course, a gay plot. So it sounds a bit worthy and serious for what it was. That list is enough to make a Disney executive cry. HSM was very simple, innocent and glossy.

What Glee and HSM have in common are that they both have some humour, usually provided by a few very OTT characters and neither takes itself too seriously. The musical numbers were stronger, Glee in particular has really benefitted from doing covers rather than originals. Where Glee and HSM are similar is the "Romeo & Juliet" plots. The "jocks" and the "geeks" (or Gleeks) which is a strong point for both.


In terms of buying UK rights, I'd have thought FlashForward. There's no way E4 would have expected ratings like this when they bought Glee. Although in terms of actual production costs, Glee is very expensive.

thanks C14E

It would be interesting to see how the C4 repeats of Glee have been doing. For all we know, the rise for the E4 audience could have simply been due to a decrease in the C4 repeat audience meaning that the total Glee reach may have remained the same throughout the series so far.

Well 20,000 is hardly a big difference and I was quoting from D.M.N's list not Digitalspy's as that was not up at the time. And anyway if you factor in +1 it beats it comprehensively. And that wasn't really the remark of the comment I was making, I was trying to ask who has brought the better acquisition economically.

I hate to rain on everyone's parade here but Glee is in danger of being a one hit series wonder in the UK. Sky are almost certainly waiting to pounce.

I'm not trying to be alarmist. I genuinely think it's only a matter of time.

Fox shows are always the most vulnerable because of the "special relationship."

had not thought of that, but yeah it could happen

still lets wait for Sky to crouch before we start to panic.

I also fear about that as well. But I don't think Sky will be pouncing just yet.

C4 will almost certain have first two seasons right, as overseas channels aren't going to fork out the high fee for just one series.

Five managed to hold onto House for 4 or 5 season before it was poached, so there's a chance C4 can do the same. Also seeing as there's hardly any decent new shows bedding in over here, C4 might push the boat out to keep it

but as ever we'll see.....

Glee is great but I find it's the humour that works for me rather than the songs although they are good as well. The dialogue itself is top notch and absurb things like the orchestra in the library when they are singing Hello.

I think Sky and Five are probably looking at Glee but truth be told, it fits the E4 and Channel 4 brand better. I think we're more likely to see Hawaii 5-0 as FlashForward's replacement than Glee.

Sorry but it's important to be factual, in my view. You claimed Glee beat FlashForward when evidently, in the head-to-head, it did not. There may not have been much in it, but actually FlashForward beat Glee.

In financial terms Glee was by far the better acquisition, but the downside of that is it pushes up the renewal costs and becomes a prime target for Sky.

I agree. It's just an hour of TV perfect for a Monday night - nothing heavyweight at all, but also underneath it's lightweight veneer there is a good bit of drama there too.


Well the C4 Sunday repeat had risen from around 900,000 to nearly 1.8m over the run of the first half of the season, but C4 have now changed the slots, with the first repeat airing on Friday at 8pm (I really think they should have gone for 9pm) and the second on T4 around 1.30pm on Sunday.

Any source for this? It hasn't registered in the C4 BARB Top 30 for any week even though it would've with a 1.8m rating.

Also according to C4's own website, in February the most watched Glee repeat was on 7/2/10 so it must've gone downhill from then on.

I'm more inclined to believe that a big part of Glee's E4 rise is due to a decline in the other showings, due to there being a greater shift to watch the 'first-look' airing. It's entirely possible that the total reach for Glee has remained about the same throughout the run (maybe with the odd boost here and there).

Like Friends, maybe it'll turn into a war between 4 and Sky - or be shown on both channels. But unlike Friends with Glee there isn't any [important/worth full] story lines that carry through onto the next episode, so I think most people would just drop it and not miss it one bit.

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On another note, Jonathan Ross is recording on a Wednesday isn't it?
The thing is, Fearne's Radio 1 Live Lounge has been decimated because her guests (1 of them Miley Cyrus I think) haven't been able to make it to the United Kingdom thanks to the ash cloud.
What's happening with Jonathan Ross?

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I think the Sky Debate will be watched at least 9 Million, but on different channels and not all on Sky.

So it would be split between BBC News Channel, Sky News, BBC Parliament and Sky3.