The Ratings Thread (Part 11)

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iaindb

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“Looks like The X Factor has failed to recoup lost viewers on ITV2 with last night's repeat suffering a massive drop week-on-week, mirroring closely what we saw on ITV1.

Don't have the exact figure but Paul Millar's Digital Spy article notes that GoldenEye was the top multi-channel programme of the day with 764,000. Last week a repeat of The X Factor on ITV2 had 1.25m, followed by The Xtra Factor with 1.07m. Both must have experienced substantial losses!”

I'm going to hazard a guess that either the X Factor fans went out to enjoy the bank holiday sunshine...... or their satellite dishes blew away in the hurricane winds.

Paul Millar

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“I'm really not sure that's right. There was Super Sunday on yesterday, which must have been near to 1m - so I think that's wrong myself.”

Super Sunday, 750k
The X Factor, 659k
The Xtra Factor, 508k

So, it isn't wrong - there's a top 50 multichannel list we receive which lists clearly the highest and lowest

D.M.N.

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by Paul Millar:
“Super Sunday, 750k
The X Factor, 659k
The Xtra Factor, 508k

So, it isn't wrong - there's a top 50 multichannel list we receive which lists clearly the highest and lowest”

Ouch at all 3... that's low. Any idea how MotoGP on BBC Three got on at 19:45?

And also, do you know what the F1 15-minute peak was, as I suspect it was much higher than the programme average.

Dancc

30-08-2010

Thanks Paul.

So X Factor's audience roughly halved on ITV2 in addition to the 1m+ drop we saw on ITV1.

How did Must Be The Music get on?

Dancc

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“I'm going to hazard a guess that either the X Factor fans went out to enjoy the bank holiday sunshine...... or their satellite dishes blew away in the hurricane winds.”

LOL, tell me about it. That northerly was a pain in the backside yesterday.

all_night

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“LOL, tell me about it. That northerly was a pain in the backside yesterday.”

Ah you live in the same county as me. The wind was gusting at over 50mph. I stopped watching tv at some points and put my mp3 on. Can't have TV too loud as neighbours start banging on the wall.

Dancc

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by all_night:
“Ah you live in the same county as me. The wind was gusting at over 50mph. I stopped watching tv at some points and put my mp3 on. Can't have TV too loud as neighbours start banging on the wall.”

Autumn has definitely arrived early I think. Good for the broadcasters!

all_night

30-08-2010

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hospital_(BBC)

I use to love that show, any idea why it was axed because reading that it did very well for ratings

iaindb

30-08-2010

A big increase for Summer Wine last night because it was the last ever episode.

Hey, BBC1, I've just had a great idea how you can boost the ratings of My Family!

and Waterloo Road
and Motorway Cops
and The One Show
and Weakest Link
and your entire crappy daytime line-up.

Brekkie

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by sn_22:
“Poor for Inside Incredible Athletes, but not unexpected really. They did their best with it - with newspaper and billboard advertising - but I think it was mostly just to show it some committment. The Paralympics should be good for C4 (and I reckon might get some reasonable figures), so it's good to see the channel taking their purchase of it seriously, even if they'll have to wait to 2012 to get any reward.”

It's kind of testing the water I suppose, but unfortunately those ratings suggest follow up shows will end up either in off-peak or in dead slots against the soaps in primetime.

C4 though have done a pretty superb job with all three Paralympic shows over the weekend and their approach should hopefully pay-off come 2012. At the moment at least there just seems a freshness about it and a huge amount of respect in their coverage - unafraid to tackle the disabilities themselves without resorting to getting emotional or patronising about them.

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“DS, interestingly have the soap omnibus figures in the Soap Roundup (thanks PJ!):

Hollyoaks Omnibus: 353,000 (4.6%)
Coronation Street Omnibus: 473,000 (6.2%)
EastEnders Omnibus: 1.4m (11.8%)”

Hollyoaks holding it's own ground head to head with Corrie there then, though like EastEnders I suppose it has a much more traditional omnibus audience. The Corrie omnibus is relatively new to ITV1.

iaindb

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by all_night:
“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hospital_(BBC)

I use to love that show, any idea why it was axed because reading that it did very well for ratings”

Because there were no master bedrooms to snoop around and they couldn't watch posh people bidding for cracked vases in an auction hall.

cherubmattd

30-08-2010

Emmy winners: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/new...0-winners.html

Highlights are on tonight at 10pm on FIVE USA.

Glee, Mad Men and Modern Family were the 'big winners', Glee got 3 (nc. Best Direction), Mad Men got 2 (inc. Best Drama) and Modern Family got 3 (inc. Best Comedy).

all_night

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“Because there were no master bedrooms to snoop around and they couldn't watch posh people bidding for cracked vases in an auction hall.”

lol, not a fan of current BBC One daytime then

Glenn A

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by ZoeMcCallister:
“Really bad move to move UBB from the 9pm slot messing that about and also shunting Chatty Man to a later slot and losing the good lead in. I can't see why Inside Incredible Athetes couldn't have aired at 7.30pm, because it ws never going to do well.

Decent end for LOTSW, obviously moved so it didn't clash with Corrie. Bearing that increase in mind from the other episodes, I'd expect Heartbeat to bow out with around 6m in 2 weeks time. Interesting Heartbeat remained flat this week despite airing up against the last LOTSW. The Corrie lead in (albeit an awful one for Corrie!) seemed to balance it out.”

I don't think Channel 4's that bothered now that BB is in its dying days for them, even if ratings are up 400,000 on last year.

C14E

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by cherubmattd:
“Emmy winners: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/new...0-winners.html

Highlights are on tonight at 10pm on FIVE USA.

Glee, Mad Men and Modern Family were the 'big winners', Glee got 3 (nc. Best Direction), Mad Men got 2 (inc. Best Drama) and Modern Family got 3 (inc. Best Comedy).”

Should be interesting to see if the big names winning help the ratings this year.

Big night for FOX - not only is Glee on their network but their studio produces Modern Family as well.

gottago

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by CheekyTV:
“what's happend to Coronation Street 5.6m..did ITV advertise this Sunday episode?”

Nope, yet another episode I've missed. I'm starting to get to the point of not caring now.

Is Corrie now officially back on Sundays now? I don't understand why they want to mess their viewers around by just plonking episodes where they feel like it.

cherubmattd

30-08-2010

Fox have confirmed Lie To Me will start its 3rd season in November. Sky1 are 'figuring it out' as to when it will premiere in the UK

Dancc

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by cherubmattd:
“Sky1 are 'figuring it out' as to when it will premiere in the UK”

Love it. Makes it sound like Sky1 has a really jam-packed schedule and they're struggling to fit it in. Pull the other one it's got bells on!

Paul Millar

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“Ouch at all 3... that's low. Any idea how MotoGP on BBC Three got on at 19:45?

And also, do you know what the F1 15-minute peak was, as I suspect it was much higher than the programme average.”

536k (2.4%)
F1 peaked at 5.41m (44.5%) at 2.15pm-2.30pm.

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“Thanks Paul.

So X Factor's audience roughly halved on ITV2 in addition to the 1m+ drop we saw on ITV1.

How did Must Be The Music get on? ”

7pm: 328k (1.6%)

Dancc

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by Paul Millar:
“7pm: 328k (1.6%)”

Excellent, thank you. Can I be cheeky and ask for one more?

Last one I promise Paul but it will help me wrap up the DSRPG for the week.

The premiere of In Bruges on C4 on Saturday including +1?

KennyT

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by gottago:
“Nope, yet another episode I've missed. I'm starting to get to the point of not caring now.

Is Corrie now officially back on Sundays now? I don't understand why they want to mess their viewers around by just plonking episodes where they feel like it.”

AFAICT, no, it's not a regular part of the Sunday schedule. I think that the emphasis on "we must show 'n' episodes every week, regardless of where we put them" is really counter-productive. I suppose with the live episode scheduled for a particular day, they're constrained at the moment. But, surely, after that, they can just skip an episode when force to by other scheduling requirements. Mind you, that would probably generate just as many complaints!

K

D.M.N.

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by Paul Millar:
“536k (2.4%)”

That's alright.

Originally Posted by Paul Millar:
“F1 peaked at 5.41m (44.5%) at 2.15pm-2.30pm.”

That's good.

Originally Posted by Paul Millar:
“7pm: 328k (1.6%)”

That's poor.

Georged123

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“That's alright.

That's good.

That's poor.”

In-depth analysis as always from you, DMN.

D.M.N.

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by Georged123:
“In-depth analysis as always from you, DMN. ”

Don't think anyone would disagree though with the analysis.

Georged123

30-08-2010

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“ Don't think anyone would disagree though with the analysis. ”

Nothing wrong with it, just a bit long winded.

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