No it isn't !

The clock is 15 seconds limit for the first two questions and 30 seconds for Questions up to £50,000!

So you must of watched it properly!

Yeah I can't see AGT hitting a 3.8, and I can't see it improving much over the next few weeks, especially tonight as for some reason Breakthrough With Tony Robbins is staying put. Thankfully, it's shifting to 8pm for the final week which may boost it. Last year's finale got a 3.5 which wasn't massively up on regular editions (although there was a big leap in total viewers) so I suspect this year's will get about the same as I can't see it rebounding much whilst NBC stick with all the repeats and give it a lead in like Breakthrough.

It annoys me how with the last revamp they didn't change the safe-havens to 4 and 8. Seems stupid having it after just two questions.

I tuned in but barely lasted 10 minutes - I think the clock detracts from the format in this case rather than adds to it, especially in an hour-long format.

Millionnaire is now a brand treading water at the very best. It'd be interesting to see what it'd do if it was given a half decent slot but it just seems to be used as filler against Holby City.

What on earth happened to Five? I think they should go for a half hour news up against ITV's and try and start their evening at 7, along with BBC1 and ITV1. I think starting at 'junctions' is more important than some television channels seem to think.

Also i've heard that STV aren't airing Millionaire until Next Tuesday, so STV's figures could well affect the overall rating for it.

That's bizarre - a revamped series and STV doesn't launch it at the same time as the rest of the country. Can't say I'm surprised though.

It's ridiculous that Breakthrough is still in its slot. NBC seriously need to sort out their summer schedule. They seem to focus more on their cable portfolio in the summer (USA, Bravo and Syfy).

True Blood was the #1 show on all US TV last week among adults 18-49. Its 3.0 rating is more impressive when you consider that HBO is only in 32m out of 115m US TV homes. More than 5.2m viewers tuned in. The most watched scripted show was Nickelodeon's iCarly. 5 entries for the same episode made the cable top 25 totalling more than 26m across the broadcasts.

The top 10 original broadcasts among adults 18-49 last week were (1 entry per show) with cable entries in italics:

1. HBO - True Blood – 3.0
2. FOX - Hell’s Kitchen – 2.9
3. ABC - The Bachelorette – 2.9
4. FOX - Masterchef – 2.7
5. NBC - America’s Got Talent – 2.6
6. MTV - Jersey Shore – 2.6
7. CBS -Big Brother Sun – 2.5
8. DISC - Deadliest Catch – 2.3
9. FOX - SYTYCD – 2.0
10. NBC - Minute To Win It – 1.9
= E - Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami - 1.9
= USA - WWE Raw 10pm - 1.9

In total viewers:

1. NBC - America’s Got Talent – 9.76m
2. ABC - The Bachelorette – 9.73m
3. NICK - iCarly – 7.74m
4. CBS - Big Brother – 7.11m
5. TNT - The Closer – 6.75m
6. TNT - Rizzoli & Isles – 6.55m
7. CBS - Flashpoint – 6.46m
8. ESPN - Nascar Sprint Cup - 6.20m
9. FOX - Hell’s Kitchen – 6.18m
10. FOX - Masterchef – 6.12m

Disney had a strong Sunday night with Hannah Montana bringing in 5.75m, Good Luck Charlie following with 4.97m and Jonas LA on 4.19m. But while iCarly doesn't seem to generate the same hype as Miley Cyrus or The Jonas Brothers, it's definitely the #1 kids show in the US right now.

Discovery continues strongly with Deadliest Catch and launched "Shark Week" on Sunday night. Over 2 hours they averaged around 3.2m viewers and a 1.5 A18-49 rating. They topped ABC & NBC at 9pm and CBS as well at 10pm.

In the USA/TNT drama battle:

TNT:
The Closer – 6.75m (1.2)
Rizzoli & Isles – 6.55m (1.3)
Hawthorne – 2.64m (0.8)
Memphis Beat – 3.18m (0.8)
Leverage – 3.49m (0.9)

USA:
White Collar – 3.72m (1.0)
Covert Affairs – 4.83m (1.4)
Psych – 3.74m (1.2)
Royal Pains – 5.07m (1.5)
Burn Notice – 5.38m (1.7)

Former ITV Studios boss Lee Bartlett has joined Discovery Communications. He "has taken the role of executive vice-president, global production management, business and legal affairs. His responsibilities will include managing day-to-day oversight of the acquisition of programming content for all of Discovery's networks and digital platforms globally, including content deals, intellectual property and licensing." Discovery Communications will be behind one of the biggest stories in US TV next year. It's the company behind The Oprah Winfrey Network which launches next January.

Watching Millionaire, I agree with Dancc that it didn't really feel any different considering the hype. I watched it for the first time in ages, but it still felt stale and there seemed to be times when Chris was confused about starting/stopping the clock. But as long as it continues to do 3m+ on Tuesdays for ITV1, I think they should keep it, because not much else can do that lately!

Not sure if it's been posted, but the 2 episodes of Benidorm on ITV4 on Monday averaged nearly 1m at 9pm. For series 1 repeats on ITV's least watched digital channel is amazing! I only realised when this was advertised after Corrie, and I suspect many turned over then. Surprising to see them on ITV4, but if it boosts the channel then fair enough. I wonder if they'd have got slightly more on ITV2? There was some great complimentary scheduling on ITV on Monday in every slot on every digital channel.

Is anyone watching BBC Breakfast? They mentioned a new ITV1 show "beginning at the end of September". Slight problem in that I didn't hear what the show was actually called...

Of course in America all the networks show the news at the same time, 6.30, which always looks very strange. Five would be better off shoving it at 7.30 or eight o'clock where there's always 'stEnders or Corrie on, so they can be a bit more competitive in the early evening.

When the channel started it was at 8.30, of course, a last-minute switcharound from the planned time of eight. Then it was seven and then, six, and Five did billboards saying "Channel Five News at Six - half an hour before ITV". And at the same time as the BBC, which they failed to point out.

Seven
18:00 Seven News 1.48m
18:30 Today Tonight 1.42m
19:00 Home and Away 1.04m
19:30 Minute to Win it 1.44m
20:30 Packed to the Rafters 2.02m
21:30 Thank God You're Here (R) 0.82m

Nine
18:00 Nine News 1.31m
18:30 A Current Affair 1.26m
19:00 Two and a Half Men (R)
19:30 Top Gear [UK] 1.34m
21:30 Adults Only 20 to 1: Rebels (R) 0.54m

Ten
18:00 The Simpsons (R) 0.65m
18:30 Neighbours 0.60m
19:00 The 7pm Project 0.92m
19:30 Modern Family 1.21m
20:00 Rules of Engagement 1.00m
20:30 NCIS (R) 0.96m
21:30 NCIS (R) 0.96m

Seven wins the night with a 30.9% share of viewing.

From Attentional's blog:

Tuesday 3rd August 2010
BBC One
21:00 - The Deep: 5.0m (21.9%)

ITV1
20:00 - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: 3.9m (17.6%)

Channel 4
21:00 - Who Knows Best: 1.8m (7.9%)

BBC Three
21:00 - Glamour Models, Mum and Me: 781,400 (3.4%)
* slot average: 444,500 (1.9%)

BBC Four
21:00 - Wild Swimming: 421,400 (1.9%)
* slot average: 285,700 (1.2%)

Good opening figure for The Deep there, although I suspect it will drop slightly next week, as all new dramas do.

Millionaire's rating excludes HD, I think it could just go over 4 million once HD is included, and as a result I won't be surprised if Holby City is under 5 million. Even though its 'poor' compared to a couple of years ago, its relatively good compared to the FlopZone figures we've seen in the past year or so, showing that if you put new programmes in the slot, then it can work. Will be interesting to see if The Bill got any boost...

BBC's multichannels did well also, both up on the slot average. I think both BBC and ITV will be happy with those figures for last night.

Looks like a fairly high rating night for Tuesday's standards. I expected The Deep and Millionaire to rate about 500k lower than that.

As expected for The Deep-BBC's Tuesday dramas tend to go the same way as a lot of ITV's dramas-a big drop after the first episode, so I would expect The Deep to go sub 4m by the end of its run.

Very good for Millionaire, all things considered. Sandwiched between two poorly rating shows, up on the previous run and one of the highest rating shows all year in that slot. Though, a drop is inevitable, with a lot of people just checking out the new format.

Is it me or is Digital Spy's ratings section broken this morning?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/compl...erage/ratings/

Not just you

I watched about 2 minutes and it was the same as always. And I'm just quoting Chris when talking about the clock

Roundup from Broadcast:

BBC One [including HD]
19:30- Eastenders: 8.2m (39.6%)
20:00- Holby City: 5.1m (23.2%)
21:00- The Deep: 5.3m (23.2%)

BBC Two
20:00- Top Gear [r]: 2.1m (9.5%)
21:00- That Mitchell and Webb Look: 1.3m (5.8%)
21:30- Shooting Stars: 1.3m (5.6%)

ITV1 [including HD]
19:00- Emmerdale: 6m (31.9%) exc. HD
20:00- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: 4.0m (17.9%)
21:00- The Bill: 2.7m (12.0%)

Channel 4
20:00- The Ugly Face of Beauty: 1.3m (5.8%) , +1: 152,400 (0.7%)
21:00- Who Knows Best: 1.8m (7.9%) , +1: 199,700 (1.1%)

Five
20:00- Bermuda Triangle: the Mystery Revealed: 2.2m (9.8%)
21:00- CSI: Miami: 2.2m (9.8%)

BBC Three
21:00- Glamour Models, Mum and Me: 781,400 (3.4%)
* slot average: 444,500 (1.9%)

BBC Four
21:00- Wild Swimming: 421,400 (1.9%)
* slot average: 285,700 (1.2%)
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Solid starts for both The Deep and Millionaire. The Deep was well advertised so anything short of 5m would've been disappointing IMO. Like most new dramas, it'll probably fall below the 4m mark within a few weeks. I think yesterday was ITV1's best rating in the Tuesday 8pm slot for a regular programme (IAC/BGT not included) in a couple of years - it'll be interesting to see how much it declines in the next few weeks and where it settles (the last series settled at ~3.3m).

Excellent rating for Five's 8pm documentary - very surprising as I thought it would rate like most of their docs around the 1m mark! Not often is CSI beaten by another programme on Five on the same day. Low ratings for BBC2's 9pm programmes; Shooting Stars' audience has basically halved since it returned in 2008/2009. No boost whatsoever for The Bill despite having its best lead-in in ages.

^ Shooting Stars is just proving why it was axed in the first place. Those who watched the first series were probably just people tuning in through nostalgia, and the novelty will have worn off by series 2.

Also, in more GMTV news, apparently the two latest signings are Lucy Verasamy from Sky News and Tasmin Khan from BBC3's 60 Seconds updates.

It looks like they're going all out to shake off the housewife image. But it would be a great shame if Helen Fospero isn't involved in some way.

Also in the first article about Lucy, it says about a new Five show made by Ant & Dec's production company. It sounds appalling


Also some more ratings:

Channel 4 inc +1

18.00-The Simpsons- 1.56m
18.30- Hollyoaks- 1.12m
22.00- Big Brother- 2.35m

E4 inc +1

18.30- Big Bang Theory- 336,000
21.00- Smallville- 290,000

Film4 inc +1

19.00- Big Momma's House- 220,000
21.00- The Sentinel- 610,000

More 4 inc+1

21.00- Heston's Fairytale Feast- 210,000

Don't understand the lower ratings for BB... i guess people don't want arguments, they want Hms to get along then

It was schedules to 11:15 so finished 8 mins early. I think last week was 11:10

It was scheuled until 11:10pm though tonight and tomorrow is scheduled until 11:15pm.

because its getting boring again

Wow for the Bermuda Triangle doc at 8pm-apart from the Hotel Inspector I can't remember a factual programme getting a rating like that in a long time. Didn't think there was even that much advertising either. The strong ITV1 and FIVE at 8pm seemed to dent BBC1 and CH4 inparticular.

Next week FIVE are airing Railway Adventures with Dan Cruickshank on Tuesday @ 8. I expect this to do very well (1.5m+) and I was very surprised to see a factual programme like this on FIVE.

FIVE really needed that strong night and strong primetime (3rd) after a very weak two days- especially Sunday being potentially their worst ever. It also makes me think that FIVE need to sadly stop with their entertainment formats and pump more money into high quality factual and make the channel known for high quality factual programming and obtaining the very best US imports where they can really make strong gains. If they do that then all they have to do is sort out the 6.30-8pm mess that they have currently.

Very poor for The Bill yet again. The lead in was good, but there was strong drama competition. Ever since ITV axed the show I have watched pretty much every week for the first time since about 2007 and it's easy to see why the viewers have gone. Long term cast members have departed, the one episode a week format makes the show go so slow in term of long running character plotlines, there's too many characters for a weekly show, way too much focus on CID and Max inparticular. It is such a shame and I think it was a good idea for strong actors like Roberta Taylor to get out whilst they had the chance.