As a matter of interest - do we know how many poor souls watched the 12 year old dross that STV showed instead of Downton Abbey - thank you

You could argue that its Nicole who has seen the surge in ratings . But she has gone down extremely well, the show could still go ahead next year with Cheryl being replaced with Nicole and a new male judge replacing Simon for the live shows.

Fantastic figure for this weekend, I expected it to dip into single figures as bootcamp is usually the least watched part of the series. The ratings will be very interesting for next week, not just for the return of Cheryl and Dannii but Sharon Osbourne too.

In other ratings, Downton Abbey was almost universally praised and the figures show that ITV can produce expensive drama, give it a good promotional push and the viewers will come flooding. I expect it to hold on to at least 6-7m next week.

Hmm... lost 2million over the course of the program. However, I don’t think that breakdown is as bad as it first looks, it was probably steady after 9:45pm because:

STV ran a schedule of:
21:00 – 22:00 - A Scot in the Arctic
22:00 – 22:30 - Cheetah Kingdom

So the 200k tuning out at 10pm were probably those who were leaving STV for the night and the 300k leaving in the 10:15pm breakdown increment was just due to the show finishing and ITV News following on.
[EDIT: just to be clear, I do think it's a good rating.]

data is all live on BARB website

enjoy!

the big difference is theinbetweeners didn't have a 16m+ lead in like EE:The Aftermath

so you have 1/4 audience turning over to BBC3, compared to 3.4m just tuning into E4 because they like the programme

well done to E4

Not much more can be said about X Factor, except maybe that because it goes on so long people would rather be part of it in the dark evenings than out of it.
Downton Abbey still has something to prove as it lost a fair few viewers over its slot-not sure if Sherlock had the same kind of shift. Its hooked my mum and dad though and I guess a good many of their age group.
If XF storms on then BBC1 did tremendously well to maintain 5 to 6 million in the peaktime period. There is obviously a huge amount of people who dont go for XF but its no easy job getting them into the same place at once and I think the BBC will be quietly satisfied with what is a clever alternative and Strictky results will be added in soon.Its a pity that Gently isnt a longer run. Have to say I thought Gently would be swallowed up last night but to post 5.4 million is impressive.

I'm sure people have been saying for the last 3 series' that TXF has met with its peak but it hasent relented in popularity at all. Even though this series of SCD looks better than last years I can see TXF extending its lead over it beyond the comprehensive 3m it beat it by last year.

I'd laugh if the ratings tailed off a bit when Cheryl Chav Cole came back. Can't stand her and the XF has been SO much better without her. The fact these judges are treated like gods with standing ovations and such is rather worrying but it all adds to the corny appeal of the show imo. Although I have to say the constant ad breaks (which last a full five minutes) are getting on my tits maybe they're only more noticeable as the show is so long. I got through the last 40 mins of last night's boot camp only watching the decision bits (which is the purpose of the show), and skipping ads, in just under 10 mins!

Top 10 Multi-Channel Networks
1. ITV3: 2.1% share; 9.7m reach.
2. ITV2: 1.9% share; 18.6m reach.
3. BBC Three: 1.4% share; 17.1m reach.
4. E4: 1.3% share; 13.0m reach
6. Sky Sports 1: 1.2% share, 6.3m reach..
5. CBeebies: 1.2% share, 5.9m reach.
7. Film4: 1.1% share; 10.0m reach.
8. BBC News: 1.1% share, 9.0m reach.
9. ITV4: 1.0% share; 11.4m reach,
10. Sky3: 1.0% share, 10.5m reach.
ITV=3, BBC=3, C4=2, BSkyB=2.

ITV3 had a great week. Interesting that E4 didn't see its reach rise that much despite The Inbetweeners with only a 600k improvement here week-on-week. This suggests that over 82% of its audience were already very familiar with E4. Make of that what you will.

Programming that stands out from the multi-channel stations:

The Inbetweeners
4.0m viewers including +1 makes it E4's most watched and one of multi-channel TV's highest rated of all-time. An exceptional performance, increasing on its series 2 premiere by a staggering 150%.

The Road to Coronation Street
This ITV Studios production for BBC Four was well received by viewers and critics alike. Its audience of 1.1m across BBC Four and BBC HD made it the 8th most popular multi-channel broadcast of the week.

Him and Her
New BBC Three comedy Him and Her has got off to a very good start, increasing its audience from 660,000 to 710,000 across its first two episodes.

MasterChef Australia
Watch has found a significant hit here. Occupying 5 of the channel's top 10 highest rated programmes of the week, the show is averaging nearly 200,000 viewers a night includng +1. For a pay TV station this is a significant number for that timeslot, although the hour is still dominated by Sky1's Simpsons on around 500,000 viewers per night.

Sky3?! They will not be happy that Sky1 has been beaten by their own third channel! Especially since they made the Sky3 schedules purposefully shite a few years ago to avoid this happening!

Brilliant night all around especially for X Factor and Downton Abbey, I reckon Downton Abbey will retain most of its viewers especially with the X Factor Result Shows coming up. Bet STV regrets not airing as I imagine they lost a huge chunk of audience to IGG, Juno and 300.

Antiques Roadshow and Inspector George Gently did very well especially George Gently which is a solid performer both in new episodes and repeats. Wonder why only two episodes for this series?

Channel 4 did good with Juno but Five did very well with 300 especially against Gently and Downton. The films are great alternatives although Channel 4 have been showing premieres while Five have been showing a mix of premieres and repeats.

I know, right?! I got shot down on the broadcasting forum for this not so long ago with people coming back with the predictable "of course Sky3 is ahead of Sky1, it's on Freeview" line.

But as you've pointed out, Sky3 is not designed to be a ratings winner. It is the home of 10 year old repeats of Airline, constant repeats of Street Wars and Road Wars, and anything that has failed on Sky1 in the past couple of years- the likes of Justin Lee Collins, Hello Goodbye and Don't Forget The Lyrics. So regardless of the fact that it is available to many more viewers, it is still highly embarrassing for Sky that it is beating its flagship station so frequently. In the equivalent ratings week two years ago, Sky1 had a 0.9% audience share, with Sky3 on 0.6%.

However my gut feeling is we are coming to the end of this extraordinary period. Sky1 USA launches Monday 4th October so normal service will probably resume from then.

Going back to Friday's ratings, I'm impressed that the Eddie Stobart doc did so well beating CWDM and on a Friday no soubt boosting The Mentalist in the process.

I dont think I will ever get that bit either. I can remember Tony Hatch and Mickie Most on the seventies New Faces, when Tony Hatch used to criticize 95% percent of the acts he got a bit of a bad guy reputation. But the judges here, propelled by the press and the internet enjoy a public image similar to that of Radio One dj's in its early years.
But its all tied in with the ever growing legend.

Auditions 1 – 11.3m + 14% vs 2009
Auditions 2 – 10.0m + 2%
Auditions 3 – 10.9m – 7%
Auditions 4 – 10.9m + 6%
Auditions 5 – 11.1m + 20%
Auditions 6 – 11.6m + 10%

Bootcamp 1– 11.3m + 24%
Bootcamp 2 – 12.6m + 16%

AUDITIONS – 11.0m (+7%)
BOOTCAMP – 12.0m (+20%)
OVERALL – 11.2m (+10%)

Compared to the 1st series in 2004, The X Factor is up 72%. Compared to series 4 in 2007 (the last before it started surging) ratings are up 40%.
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Good for Downton Abbey. Hopefully it keeps up a strong performance for the rest of the series. BBC1 held up well, most of their primetime line-up was still 20%+.

Absolutely incredible for X Factor!

And time shift for The Inbetweeners, HOLY HECK!!!
Highest ever multichannel rating?

After watching the XF bootcamp, I have a very good feeling about this years show. There seems to have been more entertainment value acts put through, but still strong talent aswell and I can actually remember at least 10 of the acts, which is pretty goof at this stage. A mix of entertainment acts and really good singers should keep the show fresh and keep the tabloids talking, thus boosting ratings.

Will be interesting how DCI Banks does tonight, even though I dont think Stephen Tompkinson is right for Banks, I'm still watching it.

Early US ratings suggest that, apart from Sunday Night Football, Family Guy will top the night among adults 18-49.

Undercover Boss seems to have slipped from its Amazing Race lead-in which would suggest it is quite a bit lower than it was earlier this year.

Desperate Housewives & Brothers and Sisters are up in household ratings - whether or not that holds into A18-49 ratings is impossible to tell.

I didn't think The X Factor would increase on last year, clearly - we were wrong by some margin. A 14 million peak already is staggering.

is there any chance ive misread those X-Factor ratings, and they mean that X-Factor is about to be axexd?

What is interesting about TXF is the y-o-y growth is coming during September

Or even Sunday 3rd as House is back on Sky1 at 10pm.

I notice Downton is in a 65m slot next week for 9pm to 10.05pm. Wonder why? Not a House spoiler, I suppose?

What makes me happy from this is Merlin adding over a million to its overnight figure. Very encouraging!

Putting on my "cynical hat", I'd imagine it's the same reason C4 used to do it, IIRC, it's so that they can squeeze some extra ad time into the programme because it's running into a second hour...

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