The Ratings Thread (Part 10)

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open_ended

26-07-2010

Originally Posted by mattpinder:
“Badly worded sorry. I've edited my post to add..

I do believe the Beeb can monitor red button activity as some red button figures were made available after an interactive mini-episode of Doctor Who in 2005.”

Isn't the red button a channel on freeview also, 301, I could record the scenes off there and it acts like a normal channel. Can't the ratings for that channel be monitored? I know BARB don't release any info for the minor channels like that but perhaps some is collected.

mattpinder

26-07-2010

Originally Posted by open_ended:
“Isn't the red button a channel on freeview also, 301, I could record the scenes off there and it acts like a normal channel. Can't the ratings for that channel be monitored? I know BARB don't release any info for the minor channels like that but perhaps some is collected.”

BARB don't report that channel so no official ratings can be released at this time. Although, like I said, the BBC will probably monitor interactive activity but they are unlikely to release any info.

PJMillar

27-07-2010

Originally Posted by rzt:
“Friday 23rd July Soap ratings:

18:30- Hollyoaks: 0.82m (5.1%)
19:00- Emmerdale: 5.99m (34.6%)
19:30- Coronation Street: 7.12m (38.6%)
20:00- EastEnders: 7.36m (36.8%)
20:30- Coronation Street: 7.25m (34.3%)

Corrie's figures don't include HD, so it could have been ahead of EastEnders when factored in.

Let's do a comparison of the overnights, then... The Wednesday episodes between February-May last year averaged 8.77m. The Thursday episodes in the same months this year averaged 8.13m. It's a drop of 7%.
A 7% decline in the overnights is not massive imo. Obviously there's a clear drop but you're making it sound like Corrie's lost a massive chunk of its audience since the switch to
Thursdays (which isn't true) and I certainly wouldn't call an 8m+ average for Feb-May "terrible". The Thursday ratings
were never going to match those from Wednesday because Wednesday had been Corrie's home for nearly 50 years and
people have set routines which can be difficult to break.

Would ITV really want to move Corrie to Sunday (which only
needs a boost half the year when DOI/TXF aren't on) due to
7% drop in the Thursday figures compared to previously? I
don't think so - it's not worth the hassle. If the drop had been
closer to 20%, then it would certainly have been an idea, but
7% is not the end of the world

ITV has TXF/FF/DOI half the year on Sundays. They just need
a few more decent gameshows/entertainment shows at 7pm
in the other 26 weeks to complement the schedules of 2-hour
dramas from 8pm.”

Firstly, Friday's Corrie overnights did include HD.

There is a fault in your argument. There are far more people watching TV at 8.30 on a Thursday than 7.30 on a Wednesday, yet Wednesday pulls more despite being on irregularly.

This shows that viewers don't want Coronation Street this late, and although there have been good performances due to strong Emmerdale lead-ins on occasions, at other times it has tanked.

Creatively, Coronation Street can't handle being shunted around the schedule and it's five episodes need to drop to 4.5 once the market improves, with Emmerdale also given an episode deduction to five.

Dancing on Ice and Britain's Got Talent, which showed signs of flagging this year, should reek long-term benefit from Coronation Street, as will feature length detective/period/mystery drama like Lewis, Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War and the next generation.

The X Factor, meanwhile, could play out in a Saturday split, with a Harry Hill sandwich. Hill proved a couple of years ago that 8:30-9:30 is the perfect place for him to attract thewidest audience with only weak competition from the Lottery. Maybe phone line revenue will suffer slightly, but ITV will begin to get the maximum out of Saturday and Sunday.

Monday (soaps, crime drama), Wednesday (soaps, football, awards, movies, one-off dramas) and Friday (soaps, drama repeats) would consistently strong, leaving Tuesday and Thursday, which will always hold the burden of having EastEnders being so strong at 7.30pm, which ITV can only offer an alternative to.

These days are a chance for experimental drama, comedy, documentary and entertainment with the focus of attracting either high numbers of 16-34s or ABC1s.

You needto understand how important that 7.30 junction is on BBC1 and ITV, which have always dominated this half hour period, hence why whenever EastEnders or Corrie airs in this slot, extensive research suggests that the channel will win primetime because of its effect on the rest of the schedule.

Apart from Mondays, viewers start flicking around the multichannels at 8pm, because that's when BBC2, Channel 4, Five and the multichannels start to put on their big programmes.

Therefore, if 7.30 does not become THE permanent home for Corrie, a drop in ratings will follow. Monday 8.30's and hour-longs on Wed/Sun will never clash with 'Enders.

For ITV, Tuesday and Thursday are lost causes ratings-wise for most of the year, so attempts at intelligent and experimental programmes have to be the next step really.

Charnham

27-07-2010

I know I promised to post the Aussie ratngs, but so far neither of the websites I know that publish them have come good.

Cant promise to do them if it gets to after 1am.

Jonwo

27-07-2010

Originally Posted by Charnham:
“I know I promised to post the Aussie ratngs, but so far neither of the websites I know that publish them have come good.

Cant promise to do them if it gets to after 1am.”

Media Spy usually does them but you can always do them later today on rather than tonight. People won't mind.

Charnham

27-07-2010

im on the Media Spy ratings forum currently, nothing. They are normally online closer to midnight than this

Charnham

27-07-2010

ok the Top 30, ill pair them with programs in a minute

Quote:
“Monday:

Rnk Description Stn Network Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 Seven News Seven 1,597,000 395,000 471,000 304,000 179,000 249,000
2 Today Tonight Seven 1,546,000 417,000 454,000 268,000 184,000 222,000
3 Undercover Boss Ten 1,406,000 358,000 447,000 231,000 176,000 193,000
4 Nine News Nine 1,320,000 363,000 406,000 273,000 141,000 136,000
5 A Current Affair Nine 1,281,000 336,000 453,000 237,000 134,000 122,000
6 Hot In Cleveland Nine 1,262,000 338,000 443,000 224,000 93,000 164,000
7 Two And A Half Men -Mon Nine 1,206,000 317,000 432,000 212,000 94,000 150,000
8 The 7pm Project Ten 1,199,000 286,000 405,000 251,000 124,000 133,000
9 Highway Patrol-Mon Seven 1,161,000 313,000 407,000 186,000 129,000 126,000
10 Two And A Half Men -Rpt Nine 1,122,000 260,000 422,000 191,000 98,000 151,000
11 Home And Away Seven 1,108,000 339,000 312,000 180,000 155,000 122,000
12 ABC News ABC1 1,042,000 282,000 321,000 160,000 127,000 152,000
13 Good News Week Ten 1,029,000 247,000 346,000 177,000 125,000 135,000
14 Rescue Special Ops Nine 1,015,000 293,000 313,000 184,000 100,000 124,000
15 Criminal Minds-Mon Seven 988,000 253,000 279,000 160,000 149,000 146,000
16 Australian Story ABC1 905,000 275,000 247,000 180,000 72,000 132,000
17 Under The Hammer Seven 899,000 231,000 293,000 152,000 129,000 94,000
18 Ten News At Five Ten 893,000 262,000 247,000 150,000 105,000 128,000
19 Criminal Minds-Mon (R) Seven 819,000 230,000 224,000 112,000 121,000 132,000
20 7.30 Report ABC1 755,000 218,000 212,000 140,000 87,000 97,000
21 Four Corners ABC1 752,000 248,000 207,000 136,000 62,000 100,000
22 Media Watch ABC1 715,000 260,000 206,000 120,000 61,000 69,000
23 Hot Seat Nine 701,000 181,000 202,000 175,000 75,000 67,000
24 Neighbours Ten 697,000 163,000 239,000 117,000 89,000 88,000
25 CSI: Miami Nine 688,000 179,000 206,000 125,000 90,000 89,000
26 Q & A ABC1 687,000 244,000 197,000 124,000 65,000 57,000
27 The Simpsons Ten 661,000 178,000 214,000 81,000 91,000 96,000
28 Deal Or No Deal Seven 648,000 171,000 192,000 111,000 77,000 97,000
29 Cops Ten 580,000 134,000 206,000 100,000 75,000 66,000
30 Man Vs Wild SBS ONE 457,000 119,000 172,000 66,000 43,000 57,000”

Charnham

27-07-2010

ok so there are some things im not clear on, sorry

Quote:
“ABC 1

7pm ABC News - 1,042,000
7:30pm The 7.30 Report- 755,000
8pm Australian Story - 905,000
8:30pm Four Corners - 752,000
9:20pm Media Watch - 715,000
9:35pm Q&A - 687,000

Seven

5:30 Deal or No Deal - 648,000
6pm Seven News - 1,597,000
6:30pm Today Tonight - 1,546,000
7pm Home and Away - 1,108,000
7:30pm Highway Patrol - 1,161,000
8pm Under the Hammer - 899,000
8:30pm Criminal Minds - 819,000
8:30pm Criminal Minds - 988,000

Nine

5:30 Hot Seat - 701,000
6pm Nine News - 1,320,000
6:30pm A Current Affair - 1,281,000
7pm Two and a Half Men - 1,206,000
7:30pm Two and a Half Men - 1,122,000
8pm Hot in Cleveland - 1,262,000
8:30pm Rescue Special Ops - 1,015,000
9:30pm CSI: Miami - 688,000
10:30pm CSI: Miami - 194,000

TEN

5pm TEN News At Five - 893,000
6pm The Simpsons - 661,000
6:30pm Neighbours - 697,000
7pm The 7pm Project - 1,199,000
7:30pm Undercover Boss - 1,406,000
8:30pm Good News Week - 1,029,000
10pm Cops - 134,000”

Im not sure which way around the ratings are for the double episodes of CSI Miami, Criminal Minds, or 2.5 Men

sn_22

27-07-2010

Originally Posted by PJMillar:
“Dancing on Ice and Britain's Got Talent, which showed signs of flagging this year, should reek long-term benefit from Coronation Street, as will feature length detective/period/mystery drama like Lewis, Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War and the next generation.

The X Factor, meanwhile, could play out in a Saturday split, with a Harry Hill sandwich. Hill proved a couple of years ago that 8:30-9:30 is the perfect place for him to attract thewidest audience with only weak competition from the Lottery. Maybe phone line revenue will suffer slightly, but ITV will begin to get the maximum out of Saturday and Sunday.”

There is no way ITV should (or will) shift TXF away from Sundays:
[LIST]
It achieved it's highest ratings there last series - reaching record numbers of people and regularly outrating the Saturday performance show[/LIST][LIST]
Moving it back to Saturday would likely mean reducing the length of the results show. That means axing guests who brought additional publicity and reducing the number of ad breaks and revenue.[/LIST][LIST]
The show would be back to the practice of announcing who was eliminated well after 10pm. That reduces and alienates the family audience.[/LIST][LIST]
The performance show would be shunted much earlier in the evening and clash with Strictly. While it would obviously win, the overall numbers would be pinned down.[/LIST][LIST]
The show would be useless to provide any valuable 12m+ lead-ins to big new shows. The performance show would be used on the existing TV Burp, the results would finish too late to launch anything.[/LIST][LIST]
Phone revenues, as you noted, would be severely undermined.[/LIST][LIST]
Even with Corrie returned, Sundays would be badly weakened. TXF led three strong hours of programming: ASFF pulled 7m before it, and Doc Martin 10m after it, TXF itself was hitting 12m+ easily. The BBC would love to be able to attack those Sunday 8-10pm hours again.[/LIST]
Weekend evenings in Autumn 2009 was the most success ITV has seen in years and years. Don't mess with it.

rzt

27-07-2010

Originally Posted by PJMillar:
“Firstly, Friday's Corrie overnights did include HD.”

Ah right - it's difficult to tell whether DS are including HD or not. Sometimes the HD figures are mentioned separately, sometimes they're not

Quote:
“There is a fault in your argument. There are far more people watching TV at 8.30 on a Thursday than 7.30 on a Wednesday, yet Wednesday pulls more despite being on irregularly.

This shows that viewers don't want Coronation Street this late, and although there have been good performances due to strong Emmerdale lead-ins on occasions, at other times it has tanked.”

Yes, it's quite funny seeing the one-off Wednesday episodes outrating the Thursday ones. But at the end of the day, I don't think the Thursday ratings are bad enough for ITV to take action and reschedule Corrie yet again to another day (i.e. Sunday which you've suggested). I actually don't think Sunday episodes at 7:30pm would rate much better than how the episodes on Thursdays are at the moment: the competition in that Sunday slot is tougher, what with Antiques Roadshow and Countryfile both doing well there. Recent one-off Sunday episodes have rated in the 5's and 6's (one rated in the low 7's but that was 8pm not 7.30pm iirc). Even with advertising of a permanent switch to Sunday, I can't imagine the figures picking up to over a half a million more than the current Thursday ratings, which would justify the move.

Quote:
“Creatively, Coronation Street can't handle being shunted around the schedule and it's five episodes need to drop to 4.5 once the market improves, with Emmerdale also given an episode deduction to five.”

I agree there's too many episodes of the soaps on ITV, but realistically they aren't going to be making episode deductions even when the market improves. The costs of the soaps are relatively cheap and they make ITV a lot of money. In their current state (in which they've got very few hit shows), it would be way too risky of them to make cuts. I'd love to see it happen but it's unlikely.

Quote:
“The X Factor, meanwhile, could play out in a Saturday split, with a Harry Hill sandwich. Hill proved a couple of years ago that 8:30-9:30 is the perfect place for him to attract thewidest audience with only weak competition from the Lottery. Maybe phone line revenue will suffer slightly, but ITV will begin to get the maximum out of Saturday and Sunday.”

I'd say ITV got the maximum out of last Autumn's weekend schedule. The X Factor being 2 hours on Saturday and 1 hour on Sunday was a huge bonus for them. Scheduled on just the Saturday, the performance show would've had to start earlier and clashed with SCD resulting in a lower average, and the results show would've been cut to 30/45mins so they'd lose out on a lot of ad revenue. Also, the 9pm drama wouldn't have been able to get 12m+ lead-ins otherwise.

Edit: While I was typing this, sn_22's made a great post explaining everything I was thinking.

Quote:
“Monday (soaps, crime drama), Wednesday (soaps, football, awards, movies, one-off dramas) and Friday (soaps, drama repeats) would consistently strong, leaving Tuesday and Thursday, which will always hold the burden of having EastEnders being so strong at 7.30pm, which ITV can only offer an alternative to.”

1. You're assuming ITV would air crime dramas all year round in that slot. That doesn't happen. The BBC would have strong competition on some weeks such as Waking the Dead/Silent Witness/New Tricks so ITV wouldn't air crime dramas against them. There's going to be weeks when ITV has factual programmes on Mondays.
2. On Wednesdays, the football would be about 20 weeks. They have about 5 award ceremonies per year. So you're suggesting movies and one-off dramas for the other half of the year? What new movies do you think can get 5m+ - I could probably name them on one hand but other broadcasters probably have the rights to a few of those movies. What about these 20 one-off dramas you're suggesting? That's an awful lot don't you think, especially with ITV's drama budget - they only aired 6 one-offs in the whole of last year and it's set to be even less this year! There's always a chance these one-off dramas don't perform well - all of ITV's one-offs last year were sub-5m, some of them below 3m!
3. Drama repeats for 40+ weeks of the year is a bit much and they'd get a lot of criticism for doing that. Not only that but some of their repeatable dramas haven't been doing so well recently - Taggart's fallen below 3m and Doc Martin's hovering at 3m. I'm not against the idea of repeats on Fridays but not all year round.

Quote:
“You needto understand how important that 7.30 junction is on BBC1 and ITV, which have always dominated this half hour period, hence why whenever EastEnders or Corrie airs in this slot, extensive research suggests that the channel will win primetime because of its effect on the rest of the schedule.”

Well, Corrie hogs the 7:30pm slot on Fridays, yet BBC1 has won more primetimes on Friday this year than ITV1 - 19 to 11. So that completely disproves your extensive research.

Quote:
“Therefore, if 7.30 does not become THE permanent home for Corrie, a drop in ratings will follow. Monday 8.30's and hour-longs on Wed/Sun will never clash with 'Enders.”

Corrie has more episodes at 8.30pm than 7.30pm these days, and yet their overall yearly ratings are up compared to last year. A drop in the ratings would probably follow anyway even if there was a permanent switch to 7:30pm because from what people keep saying, Corrie's in a poor state at the moment. As a previous poster said, maybe that could explain why it doesn't rate too well on days other than Monday - people just want their once-a-week dose at the start of the week but aren't impressed enough to tune in for the other episodes.

C14E

27-07-2010

Absolutely agree with sn_22 about The X Factor. The performances were up 15% last year, the results were up something like 40% - and 33% longer as well. Also, if XF leaves Sundays, the BBC will take over again with Strictly at 8pm.

A few other things I'd pick up from PJ's post:

Those 16-34 drama's would be far more at home in a post X Factor slot rather than the Tuesday wastelands.

At 5 episodes a week, Corrie produces roughly the same amount of actual programming minutes as Eastenders. And the same amount in a week as the Australian soaps and half of many American soaps.

While ideally Corrie could still be be at 7.30pm on Wednesdays, I think viewers would quickly tire of the inconsistency.

Georged123

27-07-2010

X Factor results staying on a Sunday is a certainty so I dont know why people even have to bother to defend it being there.

PJ keeps posting his schedules and ideas about ITV and they are usually poorly thought through and would make matters worse.

daznov11

27-07-2010

WWTBAM? is getting a makeover! I think this has came at a great time, the basic format was getting boring.

Georged123

27-07-2010

Originally Posted by daznov11:
“WWTBAM? is getting a makeover! I think this has came at a great time, the basic format was getting boring.”

The formats been stale for years. The changes do sound quite good but I doubt they will have any impact at all ratings wise.

C14E

27-07-2010

Pretty surprising news over in the US which could have implications for So You Think You Can Dance? on the BBC.

Nigel Lythgoe will return to his role as Executive Producer of American Idol and run the show alongside Ken Warwick. Lythgoe left after season 7 (summer 2008) to work on SYTYCD and launched "Big Red 2", a production joint venture with Simon Fuller.

The most interesting part in all of this is that Nigel was rather outspoken in an interview in May. He suggested firing Ellen ("hasn't worked out"), Kara (he never liked the 4th judge idea) and apparently Randy would be gone as well. He proposed Elton John, Usher and... Paula Abdul (yes, her) as the ideal panel.

American Idol airs January-May. Live shows begin in mid February.

Jonwo

27-07-2010

Isn't the revamped WWTBAM format based on The Hot Seat which is a reworked version of Millionaire and has done well so it has the potential to work for the British version of Millionaire.

grahamzxy

27-07-2010

Nice to see such debate about soap schedules and how they affect ratings - lets be clear that soaps don't belong on weekend primetime - end of story, viewers want to see a quality weekly show which they can watch with regulalarity.

I recall CS moving to Sunday nights and it just didn't feel right, Sunday evening viewers (rightly or wrongly) expect a certain type of programme, Heartbeat, LOTSW, Inspector Morse, Touch of Frost etc..... ie a gentle comedy or weekly drama, not a soap that could be on its 4th episode that week.

Moving the likes of TXF and BGT was a smart decision though - it showed that more viewers and a different type of audience will tune in to watch something different.

Great rating for Sherlock, I just watched it on V+ catch up and was very impressed, hope the next 2 fare just as well if not better. Expecting EE to peak at 9 million this week as Lucas crumbles, with CS some way behind.

KennyT

27-07-2010

Originally Posted by mattpinder:
“BARB don't report that channel so no official ratings can be released at this time. Although, like I said, the BBC will probably monitor interactive activity but they are unlikely to release any info.”

BARB do report the overall channel stats (for example, last week: )
http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weeklyViewing?_s=4

BBC RB FREEVIEW 301
Daily reach(K/%) 296/0.5
Weekly reach(K/%) 1,530/2.7
Average viewing time(h:mm)/share(%) 0:02/0.1

But they don't report its "top 10" shows.

K

D.M.N.

27-07-2010

Originally Posted by PJMillar:
“Firstly, Friday's Corrie overnights did include HD.”

To be fair PJ that's not really rzt's fault. Last week you were talking about a 200k 'cut off' for HD, yet the HD ratings haven't been added for Friday's soaps: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/ne...p-july-23.html

Considering no note of HD was made, I assumed they included HD - consistency is key.

Originally Posted by Charnham:
“ok so there are some things im not clear on, sorry

Im not sure which way around the ratings are for the double episodes of CSI Miami, Criminal Minds, or 2.5 Men”

Seems alright to me.

Good night for Nine.

PJMillar

27-07-2010

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“To be fair PJ that's not really rzt's fault. Last week you were talking about a 200k 'cut off' for HD, yet the HD ratings haven't been added for Friday's soaps: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/ne...p-july-23.html

Considering no note of HD was made, I assumed they included HD - consistency is key.”

Did I blame him:?

PJMillar

27-07-2010

Originally Posted by Georged123:
“X Factor results staying on a Sunday is a certainty so I dont know why people even have to bother to defend it being there.

PJ keeps posting his schedules and ideas about ITV and they are usually poorly thought through and would make matters worse.”

I think they are very well thought through...and it all fits together fine...it just offers the schedule some consistency.

There are strengths, and flaws...and noone can be completely sure what it will be achieved.

Anyway, I'll stop with them now - it was only last night - it's only occasionally that I indulge in the ITV1 fantasy schedule argument nowadays.

D.M.N.

27-07-2010

Originally Posted by PJMillar:
“Did I blame him:?”

Nope, but as rzt noted:

Originally Posted by rzt:
“Ah right - it's difficult to tell whether DS are including HD or not. Sometimes the HD figures are mentioned separately, sometimes they're not !”

PJMillar

27-07-2010

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“Nope, but as rzt noted:”

Noted

D.M.N.

27-07-2010

And if Identity got a slight reprieve last week, well after last night its going straight to the axe...

Monday 26th July 2010
BBC1 (inc BBC HD)
18:00 - BBC News at Six: 4.0m (23.2%)
18:30 - Regional News and Weather: 5.6m (30.2%)
19:00 - The One Show: 3.9m (19.8%)
19:30 - Fake Britain: 4.0m (18.5%)
20:00 - EastEnders: 9.1m (38.9%)
20:30 - Panorama: 3.1m (13.3%)
21:00 - Who Do You Think You Are?: 5.4m (22.2%)
22:00 - BBC News: 4.6m (21.5%)
22:35 - The Armstrong and Miller Show: 2.3m (13.9%)

BBC2
17:15 - The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain: 1.4m (10.6%)
18:00 - Eggheads: 2.0m (11.5%)
18:30 - Antiques Road Trip: 1.6m (8.7%)
19:00 - Top Gear: 1.9m (9.3%)
20:00 - University Challenge: 2.7m (11.6%)
20:30 - Antiques Master: 1.8m (7.8%)
21:00 - Dragons' Den: 2.8m (11.6%)
22:00 - Rev: 1.7m (7.8%)
22:30 - Newsnight: 0.9m (5.5%)

ITV (inc ITV HD)
18:30 - ITV News & Weather: 3.4m (18.1%)
19:00 - Emmerdale: 6.7m (33.8%)
19:30 - Coronation Street: 8.5m (38.7%)
20:00 - Countrywise: 3.4m (14.7%)
20:30 - Coronation Street: 8.3m (35.7%)
21:00 - Identity: 3.6m (15.1%)
22:00 - ITV News at Ten & Weather: 2.1m (10.2%)

C4 (inc C4 + 1)
17:00 - Celebrity Come Dine with Me: 1.5m (10.9%)
18:00 - The Simpsons: 1.8m (8.7%)
18:30 - Hollyoaks: 1.2m (6.1%)
19:00 - Channel 4 News: 0.7m (3.1%)
20:00 - Dispatches: Britain's Witch Children: 1.1m (3.9%)
21:00 - The Hospital: 2.0m (7.3%)
22:00 - Big Brother: 2.5m (12.6%)
23:10 - Being... N-Dubz: 0.6m (5.6%)

Five
17:00 - Five News: 0.7m (6.5%)
17:30 - Neighbours: 1.2m (9.0%)
18:00 - Home and Away: 0.9m (5.3%)
18:25 - Live From Studio Five: 0.2m (1.1%)
19:30 - How Do They Do It?: 0.3m (1.5%)
20:00 - Police Interceptors: 1.1m (4.5%)
21:00 - FILM: Ronin: 1.2m (5.9%)
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Brilliant rating and share for EastEnders, topping the 9m mark in July is an amazing feat for it. The ITV soaps did well it has to said, Corrie did alright compared to past weeks while Emmerdale was near 7m.

Surprised to see both WDYTYA and Identity drop. WDYTYA was obviously going to drop after last weeks 7m rating, but I was expecting Identity to be nearer 5m, yet instead it gets the lowest rating of the series! Off to the axe line I think...

Dragon's Den did well considering the change of day while The Hospital did just as well on Channel 4.

James J

27-07-2010

I don't see why TXF should stop Corrie returning to Sunday nights frankly..

7.30 Coronation Street
8.00 The X Factor Result
9.00 Drama etc

I say put CS as follows:

Sun 7.30, Mon 7.30 & 8.30, Wed 7.30, Fri 7.30

If football etc is on, displace the missed Wednesday ep into an 8.30 edition on Friday.

Why so difficult?

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