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Old 16-05-2010, 21:21
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Not sure if it can react so quickly but the Lottery show was about as dramatic as it has ever been.
I guess people may have switched from other channels during the commercials then stuck to it because it was so dramatic.
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Old 16-05-2010, 21:26
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As we've just revamped the site, I wondered whether you could give us any suggestions of improving our UK/US ratings reports?
They are on the whole very good but sometimes they are delayed a few times and as many different shows reported would be great.
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Old 16-05-2010, 21:50
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"Ice cream weather" on the way next week, with temps into the low 20s by Wednesday as high pressure establishes over the UK.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-22259781/

The soaps are going to have another bad week I feel! Did someone say Hollyoaks had a big storyline planned?
EastEnders and Corrie have quite big storylines running over the next 2 weeks and im sure they wll beable to pull in the viewers.
Not so sure on Hollyoaks though
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Old 16-05-2010, 22:59
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NBCs offical announcement didnt really add anything to the schedule, a shame there is still alot of the new shows, with no place other than "the midsection schedule" nothing more exact than that.

Guess we wait for Fox now.
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Old 16-05-2010, 23:37
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EastEnders and Corrie have quite big storylines running over the next 2 weeks and im sure they wll beable to pull in the viewers.
Not so sure on Hollyoaks though
Maybe it's time Channel 4 pulled the plug on Hollyjokes as ratings make Home and Away look like Eastenders. It might still do OK with the under 25s, but this isn't enough to justify it being on five nights a week and I'm sure this audience group would move on. 800,000 viewers is pathetic even by today's standards.
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Old 16-05-2010, 23:48
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They need to give the revamp a chance. Indeed it would be pretty short sighted to pull Hollyoaks now when there is every chance it can recover if not within months, within a couple of years. Indeed I'm sure if the BBC and ITV had been more knee jerk in reacting to periods of decline in the big three soaps all three would have been pulled at some point in the last 10-15 years.
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Old 16-05-2010, 23:55
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Seven
18:00 Seven News 1.84m
18:30 Sunday Night 1.52m
19:30 Border Security (R) 1.21m
20:00 The Force 1.34m
20:30 Bones (19/22) 1.25m
21:30 Castle (21/24) 0.96m

Nine
18:00 Nine News Sunday 1.55m
18:30 Customs 1.29m
19:00 Send in the Dogs 1.31m
19:30 60 Minutes 1.34m
20:30 Underbelly: The Golden Mile (7/13) 1.65m
21:30 Australian Families of Crime 0.82m

Ten
17:00 Ten News at Five Sun 0.65m
17:30 Sports Tonight 0.46m
18:00 Jessica Watson - Sailing Into History 0.40m
18:30 Merlin (4/13) 0.97m
19:30 MasterChef Australia - Challenge 1.67m
20:30 The Good Wife (15/23) 0.89m
21:30 House (13/21) 0.66m

ABC1
19:00 ABC News 0.95m
19:30 Doctor Who (5/13) 0.97m
20:15 Doctor Who Confidential 0.63m
20:30 ABC News Update 0.64m
20:35 Foyle's War (2/3) 0.92m
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Old 16-05-2010, 23:56
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Interesting that Undercovers is on Wednesdays, if it were me I would out on Mondays and save Chuck for midseason. Wednesday 8pm is quite weak so I can see why NBC scheduled it there but I can see CBS or FOX put an existing hit show there as a spoiler.

Law and Order: LA at 10pm is interesting though SVU is going to get killed not only by Criminal Minds but Modern Family as well.
SVU wasn't doing too well at 9pm on Wednesdays earlier this season so I'm not sure it's the best idea for next year.

I'd have had:

Mondays: Chuck, The Event & LOLA
Tuesdays: The Biggest Loser & Love Bites
Wednesdays: Parenthood, Undercovers & Chase
Thursdays: Community, 30 Rock, The Office, Outsourced & L&O:SVU

Midseason:
Harry's Law - Tuesdays 10pm
Relationship comedies - Wednesday 8pm
The Cape - Monday 8 or 9pm (depends what does best in fall)

Parenthood does OK at 10pm on Tuesdays but nothing special. Love Bites seems likely to skew quite heavily female like The Biggest Loser.

Wednesdays would have their two most likely to succeed series, Undercovers and Chase. Having done well against CSI: NY at 10pm, both L&O series would be put opposite the other CSI brands.
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Old 17-05-2010, 00:04
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Any guesses where the new NBC series will go?

The Event
LOLA
Love Bites
Undercovers
Chase
Outsourced
Outlaw

I'm thinking Chase might head to Five and Sky1 could go after Undercovers. Aside from that, I'm not sure any UK broadcasters will be jumping at any of those shows before they establish themselves on US TV. Though I'm sure Sci-fi channel will be keeping an eye on The Event.

I think we'll see clips of the shows tomorrow when NBC actually has its proper upfront presentation and Angela Bromstad did say they hoped to have more to show this year.
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Old 17-05-2010, 00:08
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SVU wasn't doing too well at 9pm on Wednesdays earlier this season so I'm not sure it's the best idea for next year.
Well, Wednesday at 9pm is far better than Thursday 10pm, imo. It would have been beaten heavily by both The Mentalist on CBS and Private Practice on ABC (both, I think will remain in the same time-slot next season).

Meanwhile, Access Hollywood reports that ABC has renewed Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. (Link: http://www.accesshollywood.com/abc-r..._article_32363)
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Old 17-05-2010, 00:14
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Well, Wednesday at 9pm is far better than Thursday 10pm, imo. It would have been beaten heavily by both The Mentalist on CBS and Private Practice on ABC (both, I think will remain in the same time-slot next season).
I was guessing CSI goes to 10pm (and it's not rating that much better than CSI: NY these days).
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Old 17-05-2010, 00:26
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Any guesses where the new NBC series will go?

The Event
LOLA
Love Bites
Undercovers
Chase
Outsourced
Outlaw

I'm thinking Chase might head to Five and Sky1 could go after Undercovers. Aside from that, I'm not sure any UK broadcasters will be jumping at any of those shows before they establish themselves on US TV. Though I'm sure Sci-fi channel will be keeping an eye on The Event.

I think we'll see clips of the shows tomorrow when NBC actually has its proper upfront presentation and Angela Bromstad did say they hoped to have more to show this year.
The Event - FIVE
LOLA - FIVE
Love Bites - Channel 4/E4
Undercovers - Sky1/FX
Chase - FIVE/Sky1
Outsourced - no-one, possibly E4 if they really wanted it.
Outlaw - Hallmark

My opinions on the clips:
The Event looks amazing.
LOLA is just another L&O
Love Bites. I'll watch it because of Becki Newton.
Undercovers looks alright, need to see a bit more really.
Chase looks like it belongs on CBS. I want to see it now.
Outsourced is the new Mumbai Calling
Outlaw will fail on Fridays, doesn't look too good.

Clips are on NBC.com now.
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Old 17-05-2010, 00:26
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TVOne
17:00 Extreme Fishing with Robson Green 228,000
18:00 One News at 6pm 733,000
19:00 Radar Patch 570,000
19:30 Sunday 590,000
20:30 Criminal Minds 351,000

TV2
19:00 All New Two and a Half Men 422,000
19:30 All New The Big Bang Theory 454,000
20:00 The Middle 441,000
20:30 Movie: Mr Deeds 381,000

TV3
18:00 3 News 388,000
19:00 The Simpsons 247,000
19:30 All New Simpsons 253,000
20:30 Bones 297,000

Prime
19:00 Bondi Vet 110,000
19:30 Doctor Who 112,000
20:30 Prime Presents: Monty Python 143,000
21:40 QI 107,000

Only in New Zealand could Extreme Fishing [Five] outrate Doctor Who and QI.
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Old 17-05-2010, 00:29
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Meanwhile, Access Hollywood reports that ABC has renewed Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. (Link: http://www.accesshollywood.com/abc-r..._article_32363)
Possibly the least surprised I have ever been
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Old 17-05-2010, 00:29
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Some things which I think others would agree with:

1) more ratings outside of 8pm to 10pm
2) more peak figures reported, i.e. sport events. Don't pretend sport events don't exist or are meaningless.
3) report important figures outside of primetime, i.e. sporting events or other important programmes (for instance political stuff or the teatime shows, or even the breakfast shows when primetime is shabby)
4) table format for primetime stuff to follow what MG and Broadcast have started
5) less of X had that, Y had this - which becomes tedious
6) in-depth focus on specific demographics maybe once a week, i.e. with dramas did well in 16-34; ABC1 etc.
7) report ratings when they come out, not 24/48 hours later.

Suggestion 6 might be pushing things though. Anyone agree with the above 7?
yeah i would agree with them all!

Also is it just me or on the side bar is Headlines, Forum , Showbiz out of line with the rest?
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Old 17-05-2010, 00:35
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Possibly the least surprised I have ever been
True. But the thing I have been wondering about is if the seventh season is Desperate Housewives' last season. I know that the actors are contracted to season seven, but Marc Cherry (creator of the show) was offered to do until season 9. Also, Felicity Huffman said she would love the show to go to season 10. Given the recent ratings decline, I'm not too sure. Then again, it is still in the Top 20. I think it still has potential to go further.
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Old 17-05-2010, 00:46
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Only in New Zealand could Extreme Fishing [Five] outrate Doctor Who and QI.
Ha ha, i was just about to comment that Robson hadn't done too well in New Zealand, after he flopped here. . .

Then I noticed Doctor Who and Qi
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Old 17-05-2010, 00:47
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TVOne
17:00 Extreme Fishing with Robson Green 228,000
18:00 One News at 6pm 733,000
19:00 Radar Patch 570,000
19:30 Sunday 590,000
20:30 Criminal Minds 351,000

TV2
19:00 All New Two and a Half Men 422,000
19:30 All New The Big Bang Theory 454,000
20:00 The Middle 441,000
20:30 Movie: Mr Deeds 381,000

TV3
18:00 3 News 388,000
19:00 The Simpsons 247,000
19:30 All New Simpsons 253,000
20:30 Bones 297,000

Prime
19:00 Bondi Vet 110,000
19:30 Doctor Who 112,000
20:30 Prime Presents: Monty Python 143,000
21:40 QI 107,000

Only in New Zealand could Extreme Fishing [Five] outrate Doctor Who and QI.
Wow! I'm surprised that The Big Bang Theory moved to Sundays. It was originally on Wednesdays, IIRC. Still, it rates well.
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Old 17-05-2010, 00:47
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Some things which I think others would agree with:

1) more ratings outside of 8pm to 10pm
2) more peak figures reported, i.e. sport events. Don't pretend sport events don't exist or are meaningless.
3) report important figures outside of primetime, i.e. sporting events or other important programmes (for instance political stuff or the teatime shows, or even the breakfast shows when primetime is shabby)
4) table format for primetime stuff to follow what MG and Broadcast have started
5) less of X had that, Y had this - which becomes tedious
6) in-depth focus on specific demographics maybe once a week, i.e. with dramas did well in 16-34; ABC1 etc.
7) report ratings when they come out, not 24/48 hours later.

Suggestion 6 might be pushing things though. Anyone agree with the above 7?
I like suggestion 6 best.
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Old 17-05-2010, 00:49
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My opinions on the clips:
The Event looks amazing.
LOLA is just another L&O
Love Bites. I'll watch it because of Becki Newton.
Undercovers looks alright, need to see a bit more really.
Chase looks like it belongs on CBS. I want to see it now.
Outsourced is the new Mumbai Calling
Outlaw will fail on Fridays, doesn't look too good.

Clips are on NBC.com now.
Thanks.

I haven't looked at them all but definitely The Event looked good (the hijack scene particularly) and I thought Love Bites came over well (it's definitely harder for that kind of show to put together a hard hitting trailer) plus it has Becki Newton.

I thought I'd be more impressed with Undercovers. The only thing I really took from the trailer was that the female lead seemed a bit weak. And the trailer for Chase wasn't really what I was expecting but I still like the ideas behind both of these shows.
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Old 17-05-2010, 01:31
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The Event - looks boring
LOLA - clip wouldn't work
Love Bites - hard to judge from the clip, but if thats the best it gets its bad
Undercovers - meh
Chase - looks a bit 80s and amateur
Outsourced - looks like it might be as funny as Mumbai Calling
Outlaw - nothing new or original
School Pride - its a clone of Extreme Home Makeover, but in a school

So overall, quite good... in a sarcastic way.
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Old 17-05-2010, 01:47
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Any guesses where the new NBC series will go?

The Event
LOLA
Love Bites
Undercovers
Chase
Outsourced
Outlaw

I'm thinking Chase might head to Five and Sky1 could go after Undercovers. Aside from that, I'm not sure any UK broadcasters will be jumping at any of those shows before they establish themselves on US TV. Though I'm sure Sci-fi channel will be keeping an eye on The Event.
Undercovers - Sky1, Virgin1 or Five
Chase - Five/Five USA
Law and Order: LA - Hallmark
Outsourced - Comedy Central
Love Bites - Living
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Old 17-05-2010, 02:43
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I reckon the Boy George drama on BBC2 may have done quite well if the amount of posts in that show's thread is anything to go by.
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Old 17-05-2010, 09:31
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True. But the thing I have been wondering about is if the seventh season is Desperate Housewives' last season. I know that the actors are contracted to season seven, but Marc Cherry (creator of the show) was offered to do until season 9. Also, Felicity Huffman said she would love the show to go to season 10. Given the recent ratings decline, I'm not too sure. Then again, it is still in the Top 20. I think it still has potential to go further.
I think it's one of those shows where the original cast is possibly holding it back. Hadn't ER pretty much lost most of the original leads by series 7?

The trouble with DH is they bring new characters in, but they very much continue to play second fiddle to the original four and then often get written out within a season or two - I think Orson and Katherine probably the only exceptions to that.
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Old 17-05-2010, 09:52
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Worried About A Boy 2.5m / 10.8%

Lewis 6.2m / 25.0%

Over The Rainbow Results: 5.3m / 21.0%
Modern Masters 1.7m / 7.1%
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