The Xtra Factor is literally unwatchable at the moment. There are very few things I am forced to turn off, I can usually watch even the most cringeworthy tv, but I really couldn't stand to watch it tonight.

It's not even just Konnie - the whole style is like SMTV/Live and Kicking and it just puts too much of the potential audience off. I know ITV2 is aimed at young people, but not under 12s. If they did a sensible, grown-up 30 minute programme with backstage footage/interviews I think they could easily get 2-3m viewers.

Sky's revamp of their entertainment portfolio continues, looks like Living will be rebranded Sky Living in the New Year and Sophie Turner Laing has confirmed that Sky 1, Sky Living and Sky Atlantic will occupy slots 106, 107 and 108 on the Sky EPG.

All mentioned in a Guardian article about Sky shortly beginning production on Treasure Island, to be shown on Sky1 in 2012.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/20...reasure-island

Very good figures. Merlin really excelling itself in doing so well against the X-Factor.


I'm glad this didn't go after the X-Factor final but if it had, it may have been heading towards 9m even 10m

This week's main significant primetime regional variations:

Sunday 24th Oct
- BBC1 Scotland aired "Making Scotland's Landscape" at 20:00 instead of Antiques Roadshow.
- STV aired Taggart at 21:00 instead of Downton Abbey.

Tuesday 26th Oct
- BBC1 Scotland airing River City instead of Holby City.
- BBC1 Scotland airing Holby City at 22:35 instead of Traffic Cops/Crimewatch update.

Wednesday 27th Oct
- BBC1 Scotland airing Sportscene (St Johnstone v Celtic) 19:30-21:30 and Helicopter Heroes 21:30-22:00, instead of Waterloo Road and The Apprentice.
- BBC2 Scotland airing Waterloo Road at 20:00 and The Apprentice at 21:00 instead of "Masterchef: the professionals" and "Wonderland" respectively.
- BBC2 Scotland airing "Masterchef: The Professionals" at 19:00 instead of Coast rpt.
- STV airing "Wild Islands" at 20:00 and "In Search of Burke and Hare" at 21:00 instead of new 2hr Poirot at 20:00.

Thursday 28th Oct
- STV airing Underbelly at 21:00 instead of Law And Order UK.


So this week's editions of The Apprentice and Waterloo Road air on BBC2 for Scottish viewers. BBC HD airs WR and Apprentice as normal.

It would've been sure to get 9m+ if aired tonight after X Factor. There's so much potential for that X Factor slot, and it seems as though viewers are getting used to sticking with ITV1 between 8pm and 10pm on Sundays.

It's very difficult for BBC1 to compliment Downton Abbey, as the channel has hardly any post-watershed weekend draws for younger viewers - so it's difficult. Single Father is holding up well though - it should continue to do okay.

Is there a breakdown for last nights X Factor?

it is enabling ITV1 to win the primetime share battle comprehensively on both weekend nights so its job done from an ITV perspective

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/xfactor/v...r-turned-down/

The Daily Star says 486k watched the Xtra Factor on Saturday night.

A couple from last night:

Attenborough's Journey 1.7m (6%)
Thorne: Sleepyhead 409,000 (1.5%)

Attentional.

1) that's probably a peak.
2) really is there any need for an article about the dip?

That would suggest 28m watching at 8-9pm last night so X Factor should be about a 13m average.

i hope TXF did well last night, it was a wicked show thanks to cheryl

From Channel 4 Sales, seeing as our normal 'sources' are taking tediously long to update:

Channel 4 (inc +1)
17:30 - Time Team: 1.37m
19:00 - The Genius Of British Art: 0.61m
20:00 - Undercover Boss USA: 0.81m
21:00 - The Secret Millionaire: 2.22m
22:00 - Desperate Housewives: 1.43m

All-Day Shares
BBC1 - 18.3% (last week: 17.1%)
ITV1 - 16.9% (17.4%)
BBC2 - 8.7% (7.7%)
C4* - 5.5% (5.8%)
C5 - 4.2% (4.2%)

It was a curious decision for ITV1 to repeat TXF at 9.25am yesterday and put the Coronation Street omnibus on in the early afternoon. I've no idea what the logic of this is but would be interested in the figures for both.

It's been like that since the start of the live shows.

I wouldn't really read too much into the Xtra Factor Saturday figure, if the Daily Star are citing 493k then (if we're to take that with a grain of truth) the rest must have been on +1. Xtra Factor is wallpaper viewing, it isn't compulsive like X Factor is and with the Cheryl Cole Life Stories directly against it, it was always going to suffer. Last nights figure will have been closer to 1m. This series hasn't been doing great but its not as bad as it could be. 1m is still a relatively healthy figure for ITV2 as a standlone show but it could be doing a bit better.

19:00 - The Cube: 5.7m
20:00 - The X Factor: 13.6m
* peak: 15.0m
21:00 - Downton Abbey: 8.8m

Source: ITV Press Office on Twitter.

Another awful day for CH4 then. Time Team in general seems to be down from the 1.5-2m it used to manage in that slot and Secret Millionaire would be getting 3m+ in a better slot/less over exposure of the show. DH obviously suffering from E4's first look and quite frankly CH4 would be better airing film repeats on Sunday evenings which wouldn't perform much less than their current line up. SM is being wasted against Downton. UB:USA is actually ok scheduling, because it's a tough slot and airing new UK factual would be a waste (surprised CDWM isn't airing here), and 7pm seems to be the slot where they dump all their arts/religion programming and it never performs well.

Solid yet again for The Cube and DA. TXF must be around the 13m mark.

Can't remember last week's figure, but I think that's very slightly up on last week at best - but no real advance?

Seems to have plateaued despite the blanket coverage (even The Daily Mail has whatsername on the front page...). Not making the big weekly leaps forward it was last year.

Another strong Sunday for ITV1 - Downton Abbey appears remarkably steady. The X Factor continues to narrowly beat the equivalent ratings from last year.

The growth from the second results show to the third is exactly the same this year as it was last year.

its still up marginally on last year 13.4m (25/10/09). Doc Martin got 8.7m in the overnights this time last year; All Star Family Fortunes was getting 7.4m so clearly the Cube is down quite a bit verus that but its due to SCD results show mainly.

Where ITV lose in the 7-8pm slot they are gaining in the 9-11pm slot on Saturdays. Overall its a net win to ITV.

Any ratings for Breakfast on the BBC News Channel this weekend? Very unsually it wasn't on at all on BBC1 either Saturday or Sunday

Another significant one, BBC1 Wales have moved QI on Friday to 2235 and Graham Norton to 2305 to make way for a local programme at 2030

some spoilers

BBC1
EASTENDERS (MON 1959) 10.35
STRICTLY COME DANCING (SAT 1803) 9.64
THE APPRENTICE (WED 2100) 8.1

BBC2
MASTERCHEF: THE PROFESSIONALS (WED 2001) 3.33
MATCH OF THE DAY (SUN 2202) 2.57

ITV1
THE X FACTOR RESULTS (SUN 1959) 13.42
DOWNTON ABBEY (SUN 2102) 9.18
WHITECHAPEL (MON 2100) 6.71

C4
GRAND DESIGNS (WED 2101) 2.8
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (SUN 2203) 2.38

Five
CSI MIAMI (TUE 2104) 2.27
THE MENTALIST (FRI 2104) 2.18

Others
CELEBRITY JUICE (THU 2205) ITV2 1.24

you'll have to wait for ibtwns & XF

A pretty good timeshift for Whitechapel