I think it's a good bunch of contestants - better than last year's for sure. Ann Widecome could be this year's John Sergeant . A new set and better scheduling too, based on what we've heard so far this series has a good chance of claiming more viewers than the last one.

I agree, easily the best lineup for a good few series, hopefully it can do a bit better this year.

I agree too, I've actually heard of most of them, was a massive Destinys child fan, so will be lovely to see Michelle again, Ann Widdecome should be good fun, and Goldie could be great.

From Attentional and Digital I on Twitter:

Tuesday 7th September 2010
ITV1
06:00 - Daybreak: just over 900,000 (23%)
* peak: 1.4m
08:30 - Lorraine: 1.1m
22:35 - Swingtown: 680,000 (5.5%)

Channel 4
22:00 - This is England '86: 2.7m (14.9%)

BBC Four
21:00 - Eddie Waring: Mr Rugby League: 333,100 (1.4%)
* 12-month slot average: 291,500 (1.3%)

This is England 2.9m/ 16.4% includes +1

Very good for This Is England 86!

More details on the breakfast ratings:

Daybreak (ITV1) - 0.9m / 22.6% (peak of 1.3m/21.2% at 8am)

BBC Breakfast - 1.5m/33.7% (2m / 30.9% at 8am)

Seems like about 100,000 people swam back from ITV1 to BBC1... good peak as well for BBC Breakfast.

Do you have any primetime ratings, in particular the 9pm battle?

Story of the night:
* Home & Away falls below the million mark;
* Beat the Star is thrashed by Nine and Ten competition;
* Rafters suffers a series low;
* And yet, Seven still manages to win the night.

Seven
18:00 Seven News 1.51m
18:30 Today Tonight 1.39m
19:00 Home and Away 0.96m
*third in timeslot, beaten by 7pm Project in demos.
*September 2010 average so far: 1.01m;
*September 2009 average: 1.17m;
*September 2008 average: 1.29m.
19:30 New: Beat the Star 0.96m
20:30 Packed to the Rafters 1.74m

Nine
18:00 Nine News 1.26m
18:30 A Current Affair 1.24m
19:00 Two and a Half Men (R) 1.04m
19:30 Top Gear (R) 1.30m
21:00 Premiere: 9/11 State of Emergency 0.73m

Ten
18:00 The Simpsons (R) 0.65m
18:30 Neighbours 0.65m
19:00 The 7pm Project 0.94m
19:30 Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation 1.21m
20:30 NCIS (R) 0.85m

ABC1
19:00 ABC News 1.13m
19:30 The 7.30 Report 1.02m
20:00 Foreign Correspondent 0.65m
20:30 New: Seven Ages of Britain 0.78m

Network Shares
Seven - 27.0%
Nine - 24.4%
Ten - 20.3%
ABC1 - 14.8%

Corpoation Shares
Seven/7TWO - 28.8%
Nine/GO! - 28.1%
Ten/ONE - 20.8%
ABC1/2/3/24 - 17.3%

So, if I'm reading that correctly, by daybreak2, the ratings are more or less back where they were (based on annual averages) when GMTV was on air? If so, was it all worth it?

K

Simpsons 1.76m
Hollyoaks 1.3m
House Falling : 2.05m
UBB : 2.61m

Good night for Channel 4 then, above 2m from 8pm to 11pm.

if at first you dont get instant success, quit?

A very good night for C4 with the 3 programmes on from 9pm to 11pm getting 2m+.

So this Saturday, Gavin Henson will be jumping from BBC ONE over to ITV1...

How will 71 Degrees perform?
3.5m on launch, down to 2.5m on the Tuesdays?

Well, quit the naff competitions for a start off!!

K

On day 2 the gap between Breakfast and ITV's breakfast show of 600k is actually wider than when GMTV was still on air.

* Breakfast yearly average: 1.45m
* GMTV yearly average: 0.88m

I think the broadcaster that will be most happy with these initial figures are the BBC. Breakfast is going from strength to strength picking up former GMTV viewers on top of its usual loyal audience of about 1.4m.

Others will argue, "give it 6 months, Rome wasn't built in a day" but this is all we have to go on so far, and the early verdict isn't good for Daybreak. Not good at all.

I think we really need to know the yearly average for both from 06:00 to 08:30 - it maybe that GMTV's yearly average for that time is ~0.6m/0.7m, which would make Daybreak's figures look better.

From Broadcast and MediaTel:

Tuesday 7th September 2010
BBC One
19:25 - EastEnders: 7.7m (34.9%)
20:00 - Holby City: 5.41m (23.1%)
21:00 - Motorway Cops: 4.41m (19.0%)
22:00 - BBC News: 4.45m (22.2%)
22:35 - My Story: 2.38m (16.0%)

BBC Two
20:00 - Great British Bake Off: 2.27m (9.7%)
21:00 - Big School Lottery: 870,000 (3.7%)
22:00 - Mercury Prize Live: 460,000 (2.3%)
* 2009 - 763,000 (4.1%)
* 2008 - 606,300 (3.1%)

ITV1
19:00 - Emmerdale: 6.3m (31.7%)
20:00 - Who Wants to be a Millionaire: 3.04m (13.0%)
21:00 - Help! I Caught It Abroad 2: 2.34m (10.1%)
22:00 - ITV News at Ten: 1.73m (8.7%)

Channel 4 (inc +1)
18:00 - The Simpsons: 1.76m
18:30 - Hollyoaks: 1.30m
20:00 - Help! My House Is Falling Down: 2.05m (8.8%)
21:00 - Ultimate Big Brother: 2.61m (12.2%)
* note, was actually 4th in the 21:00 hour with 2.17m, excluding +1
22:00 - This is England '86: 2.88m (16.4%)
* tape-checked rating is 2.99m (18.5%)
* slot average: 2.25m (12.45%)

Five
20:00 - Nature Shock: India’s Silent Killer: 880,000 (3.8%)
21:00 - CSI: Miami: 2.29m (9.9%)
22:00 - CSI: NY: 1.35m (7.4%)

Fair point. All these people not getting their 5-a-day, ITV have a lot to answer for!

(I am of course making reference to a particularly pretentious segment on Daybreak)

I cannot work out what that segment is for either .....

I wonder what this got?

Terrible night for BBC Two after 9pm. I thought the schools thing would do better as I know this is a big concern for a lot of parents. The Mercury prize was more predictably low, it never rates that well. And the comments and stuff beforehand was dull- it's the performances and winner announcement that people want to see. The winner was revealed right at the end of the half hour programme and the performances didn't follow until after Newsnight- pretty horrible scheduling to be honest, they normally utilise BBC Four but they were busy having a rugby league night.

What an awful night for ITV1, even by FlopZone standards...it can't be long before Millionaire falls below 3m now (not including the episode which clashed with the new Prime Minister) and surely then questions will be asked about its recomission. I expected about half a million more for the the 9pm doc aswell, because it's the sort of stuff which usual rates OK. I can see 71 Degrees launching with ~5m. It's got one of the best slots of the week and its a reality show. Even The Prisoner launched with 3m off the back off BGT, so I'd be extremely surprised if 71 Degrees is below 4m. However I can see it falling off a cliff on Tuesday to below 3m unfortunately. But good on ITV for actually giving it a chance to start with rather than simply starting it on Tuesdays.

CSI:Miami seems to be holding up very well this series, better than CSI I think and perhaps it's taken back some viewers which were stolen by The Bill?

Interesting night last night, then.

Solid night for BBC One, although EastEnders appeared to have been dented by the football, but I suspect the BBC Three airing would have took over 1m, making up for the poor BBC One figure. Crappy night for BBC Two after 9pm, really with sub 1m... crappy night from 8pm for ITV though, Help! did poorly, and that's what I fear may happen with 71 Degrees. If people don't like it on Saturday, then we may be in for some abysmal figures on Tuesday.

Channel 4 did well, as already noted, Big Brother's raw Channel 4 figure though is slightly poor considering it was 4th in the slot. Five did solidly after 9pm.