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Old 28-08-2010, 21:47
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Who's even going to remember that?

As far as ITV are concerned it's a new show. I wouldn't start basing predictions on how it fared eight years ago.
Doctor Who was a ratings flop when it ended in 1989, but when it was revived in 2005....




Moving Doctor Who is something the BBC should do but im not sure about the Autumn. Clashes with the X Factor arent what is needed and the BBC have Strictly to hold up the schedule at that time of year. Starting the series in Jan or Feb seems better. It follows on from the Christmas special, can help boost new talent/entertainment shows and will avoid clashes with BGT and being bumped for shows like Eurovision.
Dr Who in the autumn wouldn't be a problem:

6.00 Dr Who
6.45 - 8.00ish Strictly

A 6 o'clock slot for Dr Who would work fine - weather getting more miserable (than August 2010? That's not possible.), nights getting darker earlier...
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Old 28-08-2010, 21:51
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Dr Who in the autumn wouldn't be a problem:

6.00 Dr Who
6.45 - 8.00ish Strictly

A 6 o'clock slot for Dr Who would work fine - weather getting more miserable (than August 2010? That's not possible.), nights getting darker earlier...
If there's no X Factor as competition they could have the Strictly results on the same night, using Doctor Who in the sandwich:

6.00 Strictly Come Dancing
7.30 Doctor Who
8.20 Strictly Come Dancing: The Result
9.00 The National Lottery Draws
9.10 Casualty
10.00 News and Weather
10.20 Match of the Day

I can't see any channel being able to compete with that, and I'm sure BBC1 have enough shows to support Sunday without Stritcly taking up a slot.
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Old 28-08-2010, 21:53
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Apparently Keith Duffy has opened his mouth too wide on Magic Numbers and has gone and said that Coronation Street will be having a live episode in December to commemorate with the show's 50th anniversary.
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:01
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Apparently Keith Duffy has opened his mouth too wide on Magic Numbers and has gone and said that Coronation Street will be having a live episode in December to commemorate with the show's 50th anniversary.
It was reported a few weeks ago that there would be a live episode following the tram crash, showing the aftermath an keeping up the suspense of who lives or dies.
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:09
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Probably means nothing then - though there will be always a dip after a aunch show. I reckon ITV will be delighted with a mid 10m performance, especially after the furore this week.
On the other hand, it's Super Sunday tomorrow and lots of 16-34s will be staying in. So, this may have an effect on the night as a whole.

Must Be The Music will really dip tomorrow I think - as it's a Bank Holiday weekend.

Prediction: 10.7m
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:10
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On the other hand, it's Super Sunday tomorrow and lots of 16-34s will be staying in. So, this may have an effect on the night as a whole.
Ahem, there's F1 as well.



(although I don't know how F1 skews, so...)
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:12
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I presume this is the same "Touch" that had a pilot earlier in the year? If it is then good news, it had a lot of promise.
I can't see any mention of it on the BBC programme listings. Did you mean "Pulse"?

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Old 28-08-2010, 22:40
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Apparently Keith Duffy has opened his mouth too wide on Magic Numbers and has gone and said that Coronation Street will be having a live episode in December to commemorate with the show's 50th anniversary.
LOL talk about desperate. Love it.
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:42
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Apparently Keith Duffy has opened his mouth too wide on Magic Numbers and has gone and said that Coronation Street will be having a live episode in December to commemorate with the show's 50th anniversary.
Cast Your Mind Back to Feb and the EP was saying how they will not do a live episode becuase they've been there and done that and now they are doing one.
I took that as a dig at Eastenders for doing one and i guess they know they need to go LIVE to pull in the viewers
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:43
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Cast Your Mind Back to Feb and the EP was saying how they will not do a live episode becuase they've been there and done that and now they are doing one.
I took that as a dig at Eastenders for doing one and i guess they know they need to go LIVE to pull in the viewers
Yeah it's more desperate because of the fact they ruled it out. It's clear they're only doing one now in light of EE's highly successful one.

Well Corrie is a creek of old crappage. So live or pre recorded six weeks earlier aint gonna change it.
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:47
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Yeah it's more desperate because of the fact they ruled it out. It's clear they're only doing one now in light of EE's highly successful one.

Well Corrie is a creek of old crappage. So live or pre recorded six weeks earlier aint gonna change it.
Yeah thats what I thought when i heard they are doing one
I guess they wanted 16.6m+ viewers
But they WONT top it's total reach.

I find it funny how EastEnders is having a Big Month In september with anumber of massive storylines yet Corrie is just putting all it's effort into 1 week of episodes

I don't think Corrie has the same amount of casual viewers as Enders does either
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:47
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I presume this is the same "Touch" that had a pilot earlier in the year? If it is then good news, it had a lot of promise.

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I can't see any mention of it on the BBC programme listings. Did you mean "Pulse"?

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Touch's pilot was supposed to air earlier this year with the original 3 BBC3 drama pilots but it was fasttracked to a full series immediately after filming.

Of the 3 that aired, none are being picked up. Pulse was close but it's AI score was supposed to be disappointing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pre...28/touch.shtml

Ben Stephenson says: "Touch started life as one of our drama pilots but quickly showed such imagination and energy that we asked the hugely talented Jack Thorne to write five more episodes and Touch the series was born."

The three drama pilots that premiered online earlier this year will not be taken any further. BBC Three would like to thank audiences for their comments online about Pulse, Dappers and Stanley Park which all demonstrate the continued commitment to experimentation on the channel.
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:49
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Yeah thats what I thought when i heard they are doing one
I guess they wanted 16.6m+ viewers
But they WONT top it's total reach.

I find it funny how EastEnders is having a Big Month In september with anumber of massive storylines yet Corrie is just putting all it's effort into 1 week of episodes

I don't think Corrie has the same amount of casual viewers as Enders does either
I see the Ken story has started with that letter. Isn't this all a bit desp' now? We've had Hilda's painting, Ivy's diary and now Ken's letter. Those attics are like Aladdins cave. Whatever next?
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:50
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Yeah thats what I thought when i heard they are doing one
I guess they wanted 16.6m+ viewers
But they WONT top it's total reach.
You don't need to do put "won't" in capitals... who says they won't?
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:53
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You don't need to do put "won't" in capitals... who says they won't?
Dan2008? Since he's the one who posted it?
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:54
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You don't need to do put "won't" in capitals... who says they won't?
I said
Corrie doesn't have the same amount of reach as Eastenders as it is anyway and if i remember rightly
Corrie LIve for it's 40th got beaten by an EastEnders episode of that week
18million in 2000 compared to 16.6m in 2010 says it all
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:57
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You don't need to do put "won't" in capitals... who says they won't?
I agree D.M.N. but dan2008 has a little bit of an obsession with EE.
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:58
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Corrie doesn't have the same amount of reach as Eastenders as it is anyway and if i remember rightly
Corrie LIve for it's 40th got beaten by an EastEnders episode of that week
18million in 2000 compared to 16.6m in 2010 says it all
We get it...
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:58
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I can't see any mention of it on the BBC programme listings. Did you mean "Pulse"?

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Yes, I got mixed up and thought Pulse was called Touch.
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Old 28-08-2010, 22:59
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I agree D.M.N. but dan2008 has a little bit of an obsession with EE.
Don't know where you get that idea
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Old 28-08-2010, 23:01
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Don't know where you get that idea
The mind boggles, it really does. I would love Corrie to beat EE for its live episode just to see what excuses you would use.
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Old 28-08-2010, 23:03
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Just so long as you remember that come December

Putting my so called 'obsession' with EastEnders and my Love For Corrie aside i really don't think Cs has the same amount of casual Viewers as EastEnders does

I think ITV will run it across the week with another big show so that could go in it's favor abit
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Old 28-08-2010, 23:03
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The X Factor was dull tonight. Forget autotune, this show has to be the most lazily edited in the history of television. Maybe they were so busy trying to remove (or at least reduce) the effects of autotune that they didn't worry too much about the actual content and structure. But it was even more formulaic and predictable than usual tonight. From the way the whole Dublin auditions were put together and the subsequent ridiculing of Louis, to the fact the best audition was saved until the end and made to look like the last of the day, to the way Simon asked for a second song from that girl who was a little too cabaret. Seen it all before! Even the delightful Katy Perry couldn't save tonight's show from being utterly underwhelming.

Also didn't like how they filmed some contestants carrying out their mundane day jobs; for example, the lady who worked on the tills at Tesco. Apart from giving the game away, it added no value whatsoever. If she was an astronaut or something then fair enough, but a retail worker? We all know what a supermarket looks like so hearing that information would suffice, we don't need to see it as well. Just get on with it and cut out all this nonsense in between.

After a strong start last week bar autotune-gate, this was a really poor episode for The X Factor's standards. I'll rate it a generous 3/10 and I'm not expecting it to top 10m.
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Old 28-08-2010, 23:04
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it will be interesting to see which rates better.

I will say however I am worried that this is last minute planning by ITV, to create and create an event similar to the BBC live ep, for the Corrie anniversy, not something that was planned well in advance like the EE Live ep was.
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Old 28-08-2010, 23:06
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I do love X Factor but something just does not sit right for me this series. There doesn't seem to be any stand out singers this year. See, Dannii goes off on maternity and everything collapses lol
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