No. It never was. The policy making role of Ofcom will go back to the government dept. Ofcom's enforcement of current regulations will remain.

Based on their accounts yes they did invest somewhere under £1bn in the company*. They wont recover most of this either through selling or keeping five


* will look up the exact number later

Emmerdale did very well during the clash I think. To average 6.2m for the hour is more than what some normal episodes have been getting recently. I think it shows what a strong state Emmerdale is in currently.

Watched the episode of EE later on BBC3 and it was one of the worst episodes of EE I have ever seen...I can't actually believe how bad this show has got recently. Some of the character interaction seems to be worse than Corrie now and all this is surprising considering the show is still under the same producer. I think it's probably best next weeks episodes will be some of the lowest ever considering the material in them!

Holby obviously fell from the lack of the strong lead in and Luther seems to be holding at 4m which I doubt will get it a recomission.

No boost for Millionaire from Emmerdale suggests to me that ITV need to axe this now. It's become a really stale format, and I used to be a big fan, but I can see why viewers have deserted it.

Well, it was on such good form, Diedrick Santer focussed solely on this 25th anniversary thing, with no plans for afterwards.

I think, after a massive storyline, it can be hard to reenergise viewers - same for me after the Richard Hillman thing on Corrie - though I don't think the Siege Week will have the same effect.

I think Emmerdale is sensible - because it is focussing more on character interaction (as Corrie used to do), and less on big, far-fetched plots.

And I genuinely think Emmerdale is the most enjoyable soap around at the moment,

I also think that viewers will tune in in the longer term for innane chattering between Norris and Mary than massive explosions. That's how Corrie has always worked - it's all been about the Northern humour, and the 'trapped' feeling of being on that Street...Morrissey (from The Smiths) has made some great observations about it in the past.

Does anybody know when the Kirkwood produced Eastenders episodes begin to air?

I will watch the end of Thursdays episode, but I would not be too surprised if we are on the episodes where both Kirkwood and Santer are credited.

I think they'd compare it to two programmes they beat, not two programmes they lost to!


June 4th. (Should have been June 7th, but is June 4th due to changes)

As for last night, poor for Luther again - and it seems like The Bill gained a little bit! Unfortunately not be chance for it against BGT next week.

I think he said June 7th, though there is a two week period when both will be credited - whether that's leading up to or from this date I don't know.

Million Pound Drop held up really well last night, hardly a drop from the first episode. That definitely surprised me. On BBC1, Doctors share has dipped somewhat in the last month or two - it was rating at 23-25% earlier in the year. I'm not sure why that's happened: maybe the quality has dipped? EastEnders was bound to be down from usual, but it won its head-to-head against Emmerdale which is decent enough. The 10pm repeat got one of its highest overnight ratings I can remember. Luther's stabilised at 4m in its last two episodes but it'll probably fall to the low 3's next week against BGT/Corrie.

No boost whatsoever for Millionaire suggests it's the format which is now failing, not the lead-in. It could rate better in other slots but it's probably near time for ITV to axe it: 12 years is a really good innings though. A nice little improvement for The Bill but obviously still way too low.

That's correct.

Interestingly, Jason Deans has confirmed to me that the Sky1 figures they publish do not include Sky1 HD.

Does anyone know where to find them?

I'd like to know what sort of uplift adding the HD figures would be.

With over a quarter of Sky subscribers having HD, and no doubt as they're paying extra for the privilege, they're more likely to watching HD programmes.

Being able to watch top US shows in HD was one of the main reasons for me subscribing.

Assuming they still showed it last night, how did Lost perform for Sky1? I suspect it didn't match the Monday morning figures (well, the timeshifted + live figure!)

So Junior Apprentice plays out on Wed 9th June v Big Brother launch and the JA finale takes place on Thursday 10th June...

Peter Andre is back on Thursday 10th June on ITV2 at 9pm.
America's Got Talent follows at 10pm.

Eastenders plays on Wednesday 9th June at 7.30pm...

I can only assume that there's 4 episodes that week to 'make up' for probably only 3 episodes the following week? Gee, this is gonna get confusing!

And I have to admit, based on early figures, surely TMPD is dead-cert for recommission with a few tweaks?

Thanks dubsj. I don't like them showing the last two episodes of Junior Apprentice on consecutive nights as I think there needs to be a bit of time between the semi final and the final. Unsurprising about EE on the Wednesday as it'll be missing the Friday. 10pm is far too late for America's Got Talent - I can only assume it's a two hour episode that's being split with the first one at 8pm. I wonder if they will stay a year behind or do the right thing and skip last year's series and just show this year's instead.

Are ITV definitely showing BGT as one 150 minute show dubsj, and what are BBC1 doing on that night?

Also, a one off documentary, Piers Morgan's World Cup South Africa is airing straight after Soccer Aid on Sunday 6th June at 10pm on ITV1.
http://www.itv.com/presscentre/piers...3/default.html

I think the obvious answer to that question is it's been hot and sunny at 1:45pm in the afternoon

The quality of Doctors is Still as good as it's was but this isn't the first time when we've had hot sunny days that viewers have dipped(happens most years)
and take the Snow week for example episodes were over 3million so i think the weather plays a big part

BGT still showing at 7.30-10pm. Doctor Who 6.50-7.40pm and Casualty from 9.15pm - don't know what's in the middle, but I assume 50 minutes will be In it to Win It.


ITV2 still pushing essentially family US shows back to ridiculous slots then for such crap.

Even more annoying though is Peter Andre is hosting C4's 5pm Show for two weeks. He'd probably be quite bearable in that role - but not if he's plugging his own show at every opportunity.

Thats a bit overly dramatic i think.
Last nights episode was quite enjoyable and was much better compared to Mondays.
I think because of producer changes that has an effect on the show(any show)
Give Kirkwood a chance to settle in and we will see change.
Next Friday sees a start to a New character he's bought in

Good to see EastEnders winning the head-to-head, although obviously lots of its viewers were caught out by the now rare appearance of an hour-long Emmerdale.

Luther is getting a lot of bad press in the Radio Times magazine, so if even a BBC magazine is slagging it off, I don't think it has much chance of surviving to a second series. Talent should be a final nail in the coffin next week, and from what I've read about the show, that might not be a bad thing.

Who Wants to be a Millionaire? No one, judging by the ratings.

EastEnders won the Head-Head clash though

19:00- Emmerdale: 6.33m (33.2%)
* 19:30-20:00: 5.74m (28.5%)
19:30- EastEnders: 6.0m (29.8%)

Doesn't matter anyway becuase i expect the BBC are happy with the BBC3 rating and we are going to see the same thing all next week anyway

Possible High Street Dreams has been rescheduled too - it's not showing in the Monday 9pm slot and is currently "unplaced" - but could still end up there I guess.

I was talking about the share, which wouldn't really be affected by the weather.

Oh right sorry
19% is lower then usual as it's usually 25/26%
I expect the Flower show on BBC2 dented it?

I don't tend to make normally exagerated comments like ''it's the worst ever'', but never have I cringed throughout an entire episode of a soap before. The plots, dialogue and pace is extremely sloppy currently.

I don't think the new producer is anything to do with the changes, it's more to do with what PJ said about the aftermath of the huge storyline.

To be fair, EastEnders has had two difficult pieces of opposition to cope with this week, but it has come through very well.

I'm quite addicted to it. Have to admit its the kind of show best seen with FF available, but I found myself using it much less than I thought I would last night, because they had sped it up.

Dropping more than one at a time sped it up, but it did however make it obvious when they had made a mistake, when only one drop happens you know they havn't done two because they've made a mistake.

But maybe they'll mix it up a little for tonight again.

I actually don't agree with those saying its impossible to win on the show. The right mix of people/questions and someone could win big. The chance of someone winning £1m is small, obviously, but I think you would expect that.