Yeah Collateral Damage performed excellently. It was probably second in its timeslot towards the end. (after BBC One)

Poor night for ITV1 with Identity and News at Ten delivering low audiences on a typically strong night for the channel.

A couple of bits of programming news from Australia:

TEN are to fast-track Junior MasterChef. Originally it was due to launch after the Commonwealth Games in October, but the broadcaster's programming chief David Mott has confirmed to the Daily Telegraph that it will now launch in early September, having been impressed by early footage. He had a lot of praise for the programme, produced by Shine Australia and not Fremantle like the main show, saying:


Critics are already saying it looks loads more fun than Celebrity MasterChef which filled the void last year and produced decent but ultimately fairly unremarkable ratings for the network. There will be more than one episode a week but not as many as the six-a-week pumped out by the original series.

Meanwhile Seven's The X Factor looks likely to launch on either the 29th, 30th or 31st August. Like here in the UK they are aiming for big name guests every week. Already names like Robbie Williams, Enrique Iglesias, Snoop Dog and Pink have been mooted for possible appearances.

Any new launches of the show are going to be based on the UK's series 6 imo whereas a lot of other countries who launched earlier still seem to be stuck in series 3. Fossil acts like Barry Manilow and Tony Bennett are nowhere near as big draws in the way that Lady Gaga and Black Eyed Peas are. Its a complete no brainer and if they put the money into getting the acts, then an audience will come flocking.

Soap ratings for last night from MediaTel and DS:

Full slot, not including HD
19:00 - Emmerdale - 6.6m (34.4%)
19:30 - Coronation Street - 8.2m (39.3%)
20:00 - Eastenders - 8.4m (36.8%)
20:30 - Coronation Street - 8m (13.5%) [wrong share]

Tape checked
20:30 - Coronation Street - 8.59m (36.9%)
* an additional 190k on HD

Coronation Street back on form, although they are usually higher on Mondays. EE also keeping its strong run goung with nearly 40% share.

Channel Five are repeating all three parts of the CSI Trilogy back-to-back on August 24th, six months after its original broadcast.

Keen to see how that rates. First time around it rated 3.59m, 3.67m and 3.96m. Additionally the following week repeats on FIVE USA produced audiences of 427k, 650k and 425k respectively.

So total reach so far stands at 4.02m for Miami, 4.32m for New York and 4.39m for the Vegas part of the crossover.

They haven't been repeated since and never on the same night.

the new series of Miami has got to the part where the CSI Trilogy fits in, so that is no real surprise.

Soap ratings, ITV1 includes HD.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/ne...-august-9.html

You can click between TV & Soaps ratings - if you ever need to - as we're now providing a link either way - hopefully saving you all time if we're first up with the overnights

I expect the CSI Trilogy to do well again, if it it's over 2m across three hours then it's a success considering it's been shown before.

Will be interesting how Railway Adventures does tonight, could be a surprise hit if previous railway programmes ratings are to go by.

If Railway Adventures is a hit as well then that could be a super Tuesday for the network in a couple of weeks time.

ITV Press Centre has updated saying that Horsepower with Martin Clunes will be airing on Sunday 22nd August, and not on Monday like we originally thought it would (unless it airs Sunday/Monday I guess), and that Florida: Paradise Lost is finally airing on Thursday 26th August. No word yet on the Monday 9pm slot or a confirmed timeslot for X Factor on the Saturday.

I do think you should have a disclaimer at the bottom of your articles saying that ratings include HD or whatever.


That's interesting - maybe they'll be a drama over 2 nights at the Bank Holiday? (or 2 separate dramas on Sunday and Monday)

Florida: Paradise Lost did actually get an airing - at 22:35 during the World Cup.

The Sun appeared to confirm 20:30 launch for The X Factor today, however this piece of ITV2 schedule somewhat contradicts that as it would mean a 22:00 start-time for Xtra Factor.

I presume the second episode of Horsepower will air on the Sunday, and as they've put the press pack up for an episode of Marple I guess that'll take the Bank Holiday Monday slot. It'll probably just be another documentary like Real Crime or something on Monday 23rd. Having said that I wouldn't be surprised if Horsepower swapped back to Mondays with something else on the Sunday (22nd).

Florida: Paradise Lost didn't air during the World Cup, it was a repeat of Spain: Paradise Lost from last year. I guess it'll get about 3.5m in the Thursday slot.

As for X Factor, I'm not sure if it'll air at 19:30 or 20:30, although I'd prefer it to be 20:30 with Ghosthunting on another day.

How is The Hospital comparing to the first series? Wasn't it more 2.5-3m first time around?

I notice C4 is airing S16 of the Simpsons at the moment, anychance this means they will move onto S17?

Panorama rated really well last night compared to its usual standards - 3.54m. Must be its highest rating in that slot in months. Good night for BBC1 overall with EE nicely up from its rating on the same night last year and WDYTYA holding steady. Channel 5 had a pretty good night too with 1m+ for over three hours - I'd love to see some detailed demographic information for last night as I bet C5 did very well for males 16-34 between 8pm and 11pm.

Poor for Identity - no chance of another series with that sort of rating and the fact that ratings slipped for the last three weeks running. BB's also slipped in the last week or so, with yesterday's episode becoming the least watched Monday show in 4 weeks according to C4Sales.

Well, like BBC2, Channel Four only seem inclined to show one new series of The Simpsons, and they haven't shown one for about a year so it would probably be coming in September. Seems a long time since it was in the prime 9pm slot, and even longer since we were all slagging off BBC2 for scheduling it so badly.

However, the good news is that Sky One have finally abandoned their stupid, stupid idea of putting new episodes on Thursdays in the opposite-EastEnders death slot where the ratings plummeted and putting it back on Sundays at 6.30, where it worked perfectly well for twenty years.

Can't see Help My House is Falling Down becoming a regular in C4's property portfolio. No where near as watchable as the usual shows from 4Homes.

There might be a scheduling change on ITV1 on Thursday 19th August. Although not confirmed, a reliable poster on the Broadcasting forums says that Liverpool's Europa League Play-Off match on that date will be aired on ITV1 rather than ITV4. So the soaps and final installment of Police, Camera, Action may have to be rescheduled.

ITV1 might pick up the rights to the the second leg, so the following Thursday could be affected too.


The first series averaged 2.3m in the overnights excluding +1 on Tuesdays. There's been a drop of about half a million this series but Monday 9pm is a more competitive slot.

Predictions for tonight:

The Bill- 2.8m (pretty much the same as always)
Help My House Is Falling Down- 2.1m (with the promotion Im sure it will be 2m+)
Big Brother- 2.5m (Face to Face nominations, should be higher).
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire- 3.3m
Eastenders- 8.1m
The One Show- 4.3m

Just a handful of shows that I just felt like predicting.

Totally agree, I was actually looking forward to it, as I love those programmes, but it was dull, slow, and lacked the entertainment value of property ladder etc

Has 3@3 been cut short or was it always just a two week thing as I just saw an advert for a Michael Ball show and thought that it was weird that 3@3 had such a small run.

Its just a pilot series. ITV tend to run them for 1-2 weeks before commissioning a full series.

My Sky + missed the announcement at the start, but does anybody know what happened to tonight's version of The Daily Show?

It showed a different program instead, even the EPG didn't update itself !

EDIT : Found out the answer , they took a day off and its back on tomorrow !

Just that More4 didn't update the EPG

That's interesting. My first instinct was to just 'dump' the Thursday line-up to Wednesday, but that's impossible due to the Champions League. Hmmm.