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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...
K C4 put True Blood into a 70m slot so they're allowed four internal breaks. |
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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.
The acts being kept in for entertainment value rather than talent per se are definitely on the rise though. But I don't think there's any one act left that will excite the press anywhere near as much as we saw with Jedward. Could be wrong though! Nicolo Fiesta is certainly an interesting character. |
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US Ratings - Premiere Sunday
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7pm Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 5.54m (1.5) * Down 29% vs same time last year 8pm Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 8.40m (2.5) * Down 19% vs same time last year 9pm Desperate Housewives 12.83m (4.2) * Down 11% vs fall 2009 premiere 10pm Brothers & Sisters 9.64m (3.0) * 71% retention from Desperate Housewives * Ties last seasons premiere CBS: Ratings subject to significant changes due to football overrun The Amazing Race ~ 11m & 3.6/3.7 (up vs last fall) Undercover Boss ~ 11m & 3.6 (down a bit from its run earlier this season) FOX: 8pm The Simpsons 7.76m (3.7) * Down 12% vs last season premiere 8.30pm The Cleveland Show 6.60m (3.1) * Down 37% from series premiere 9pm Family Guy 9.13m (4.5) * Down 13% from last season * #1 non-sports broadcast of the night in key demo NBC: Ratings subject to significant changes in final numbers 8.30pm-11pm Sunday Night Football 15.96m (6.5) Tvbythenumbers NBC won the night among A18-49. CBS, thanks to football overrun, should come out ahead of FOX. ABC will be 4th but probably quite satisfied with the ratings for their 2 returning drama's. |
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NBC won the night among A18-49. CBS, thanks to football overrun, should come out ahead of FOX. ABC will be 4th but probably quite satisfied with the ratings for their 2 returning drama's.
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But under Ofcom rules in a 65m slot they're still only allowed three internal breaks of 3'50" (3'30" advertising).
C4 put True Blood into a 70m slot so they're allowed four internal breaks. K |
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Living TV are treating Shortland Street appallingly. It began airing on the channel with double bills at 3pm weekdays, repeated 10am the next day. The 10am repeats were dropped after just two weeks. After 4 weeks, they moved the programme to 12pm weekdays. This week, week 6, it has been taken off the main channel completely and is now exclusive to Living Loves, weekdays at 6pm.
They really haven't given it much of a chance have they? Expect it to be one of these shows that gets cancelled as soon as the rights come up for renewal - probably after one or two years. It may get shunted to a graveyard slot before then. |
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Living TV are treating Shortland Street appallingly. It began airing on the channel with double bills at 3pm weekdays, repeated 10am the next day. The 10am repeats were dropped after just two weeks. After 4 weeks, they moved the programme to 12pm weekdays. This week, week 6, it has been taken off the main channel completely and is now exclusive to Living Loves, weekdays at 6pm.
They really haven't given it much of a chance have they? Expect it to be one of these shows that gets cancelled as soon as the rights come up for renewal - probably after one or two years. It may get shunted to a graveyard slot before then. |
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Living TV are treating Shortland Street appallingly. It began airing on the channel with double bills at 3pm weekdays, repeated 10am the next day. The 10am repeats were dropped after just two weeks. After 4 weeks, they moved the programme to 12pm weekdays. This week, week 6, it has been taken off the main channel completely and is now exclusive to Living Loves, weekdays at 6pm.
They really haven't given it much of a chance have they? Expect it to be one of these shows that gets cancelled as soon as the rights come up for renewal - probably after one or two years. It may get shunted to a graveyard slot before then. |
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Absolutely incredible for X Factor!
And time shift for The Inbetweeners, HOLY HECK!!! ![]() Highest ever multichannel rating? |
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Most people I've spoke to say the opposite with regard to talent. There only seems to be a couple of standout acts this year, namely Cher Lloyd and Gamu Nhengu. And surprise surprise, that's exactly who This Morning presenters Holly and Phil are backing. They also add Matt Cardle's name into the mix but there doesn't seem to be as much buzz around him.
The acts being kept in for entertainment value rather than talent per se are definitely on the rise though. But I don't think there's any one act left that will excite the press anywhere near as much as we saw with Jedward. Could be wrong though! Nicolo Fiesta is certainly an interesting character. I do think there's an interesting mix who will create a buzz though. I would say Diva Fever, but I really can't see Simon putting them through. The newly formed groups look interesting, as does the Tesco worker (forgot her name) And then there's obviously Cher, and as you say Nicolo. Probably not on the same level as Jedward, but with ratings already up massively, 13.5m+ certainly isn't out of the question in a couple of weeks.--- Looking at the BARB officials, amazing for The Inbetweeners-I didn't think a multichannel comedy was capable of that. Infact not much on CH4 itself it capable of that nowadays ![]() Huge timeshift for XF sends it to almost 13m inc HD and interesting for BBC1's weekly drama battle: 9. Holby City- 5.54m 10. Casualty- 5.42m 11. Waterloo Road- 5.28m (inc HD) Surprising to see them all so close after timeshift. Obviously Holby has the easiest slot and 5.42m against part of XF is excellent for Casualty, but with Casualty clashing with XF and BGT for around half the year now it seems, Holby looks set to take the No1 title on a permenant basis very soon. |
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Living TV are treating Shortland Street appallingly. It began airing on the channel with double bills at 3pm weekdays, repeated 10am the next day. The 10am repeats were dropped after just two weeks. After 4 weeks, they moved the programme to 12pm weekdays. This week, week 6, it has been taken off the main channel completely and is now exclusive to Living Loves, weekdays at 6pm.
They really haven't given it much of a chance have they? Expect it to be one of these shows that gets cancelled as soon as the rights come up for renewal - probably after one or two years. It may get shunted to a graveyard slot before then. Like Cell Block H, each region was at a different point. I am sure that I read on here that HTV Wales & West skipped a few years to catch up. I have never seen it, maybe it just isn't very good? (and I know one is Aussie while one is from New Zeeland). |
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Living TV are treating Shortland Street appallingly. It began airing on the channel with double bills at 3pm weekdays, repeated 10am the next day. The 10am repeats were dropped after just two weeks. After 4 weeks, they moved the programme to 12pm weekdays. This week, week 6, it has been taken off the main channel completely and is now exclusive to Living Loves, weekdays at 6pm.
They really haven't given it much of a chance have they? Expect it to be one of these shows that gets cancelled as soon as the rights come up for renewal - probably after one or two years. It may get shunted to a graveyard slot before then. a) Living did give it good advertising b) the ratings on the first day were appaling c) 6pm isn't that bad a slot |
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To play devil's advocate:
a) Living did give it good advertising b) the ratings on the first day were appaling c) 6pm isn't that bad a slot |
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Huge timeshift for XF sends it to almost 13m inc HD
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You have to be a glutton for punishment to sit through all the ad breaks. I can't believe anyone with a PVR would watch ITV off air.
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Back to Downton Abbey-when was the last time ITV had a costume drama hit? The BBC have ruled the roost with Cranford/Larkrise/Bleak House/Little Dorritt/ and no doubt a few others in the last decade or so.
I might be wrong, but I'm sure Moll Flanders (think BBC period drama but with added breasts) attracted 12m in 1996, whereas BBC One's Rhodes starring Martin Shaw (it's that man again) sank to 2.8m after a few weeks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Very good start for Downton Abbey. Was the Scot in the Arctic thing on STV a repeat of the Billy Connolly documentary from BBC One? ![]() BBC One holding up very well last night. I still think a bit of Sunday night comedy wouldn't go amiss, though.
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With regards to the official BARB ratings for w/e 6 June 10, I noticed last week the BGT ratings had changed slightly.
Also looks like some Corrie figures have changed too. The Monday episode at 19.00 originally said 8.17m, but now its been amended to 8.21m. Same goes for the episode broadcast at 21.00. Originally said 10.73m, now its been amended to 10.74m. EDIT- Also for w/e 13 June 10, the 19.30 Corrie originally said 9.76m, but has now been amended to 9.77m. Makes you wonder how often these numbers change from when the are originally put up! EDIT 2- another one for w/e 13 June 10. Emmerdale's Tuesday episode now says 6.45m (previously said 6.43m) |
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To play devil's advocate:
a) Living did give it good advertising b) the ratings on the first day were appaling c) 6pm isn't that bad a slot The controller of Living probably never realised that stuff like I Breathe Again was over 10 years ago, and the UK public are more interested in the likes of the 'nation's sweetheart' Cheryl Cole now than they are with Adam Rickitt. So forcing Adam back on the UK public was going to be an epic fail for SS in the UK given now he's long forgotten. That, and the fact they skipped loads of episodes put people off it. |
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Remarkable timeshift for The Inbetweeners. It sits in 2nd place in the All Time Multichannel list: 01 4.54m EastEnders Live: The Aftermath BBC Three (19/02/10) 02 3.46m The Inbetweeners E4 (13/09/10) 03 2.86m Friends Sky One (13/01/00) 04 2.77m Live Premiership Football: Man Utd v Arsenal Sky Sports 1 (24/10/04) 05 2.74m Red Dwarf Dave (10/04/09) 06 2.64m Terry Pratchetts Hogfather Sky One (17/12/06) 07 2.58m Without a Trace Five US (12/02/08) 08 2.55m Bionic Woman ITV2 (11/03/08) 09 2.53m Britain's Got More Talent ITV2 (30/05/09) 10 2.52m Xtra Factor Result ITV2(08/11/09) Thanks to Andy Parish for the list Quote:
Hmm... lost 2million over the course of the program. However, I dont 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. 9pm A Scot in the Artic 357k 17% 10pm Cheetah Kingdom 173k 10% So yes, the 200k drop-off at 10pm was due to STV. They probably caused a bit of the dip in the 21:45 quarter too since A Scot in the Arctic probably finished a bit earlier than 10pm. Downton would've average 8m if STV aired it. |
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Presumably its figures were just too low, even by Livings standards. Which must be loooooooooowwwwwwww!!
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ITV regions just used it as an afternoon filler. Much like Cell Block H: (Granada showed the whole run, while we in Carlton London land, never saw the end).
Like Cell Block H, each region was at a different point. I am sure that I read on here that HTV Wales & West skipped a few years to catch up. I have never seen it, maybe it just isn't very good? (and I know one is Aussie while one is from New Zeeland). As for whether it's any good or not, I saw some of the episodes from the current serial killer storyline when they went out and they were very well done. Quote:
To play devil's advocate:
a) Living did give it good advertising b) the ratings on the first day were appaling c) 6pm isn't that bad a slot Also given the amount of changes to its scheduling in just 6 weeks, I wouldn't say its guaranteed to stay in that slot by any means. 5 weeks just strikes me as a really short amount of time to give it. Shows like this need to be given a chance to build their audience, especially given Shorty's long term absence from UK TV. |
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Remarkable timeshift for The Inbetweeners. It sits in 2nd place in the All Time Multichannel list:
01 4.54m EastEnders Live: The Aftermath BBC Three (19/02/10) 02 3.46m The Inbetweeners E4 (13/09/10) 03 2.86m Friends Sky One (13/01/00) 04 2.77m Live Premiership Football: Man Utd v Arsenal Sky Sports 1 (24/10/04) 05 2.74m Red Dwarf Dave (10/04/09) 06 2.64m Terry Pratchetts Hogfather Sky One (17/12/06) 07 2.58m Without a Trace Five US (12/02/08) 08 2.55m Bionic Woman ITV2 (11/03/08) 09 2.53m Britain's Got More Talent ITV2 (30/05/09) 10 2.52m Xtra Factor Result ITV2(08/11/09) Thanks to Andy Parish Good analysis. STV's figures were: 9pm A Scot in the Artic 357k 17% 10pm Cheetah Kingdom 173k 10% So yes, the 200k drop-off at 10pm was due to STV. They probably caused a bit of the dip in the 21:45 quarter too since A Scot in the Arctic probably finished a bit earlier than 10pm. Downton would've average 8m if STV aired it. |
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Alex Reid's fight on Saturday was one of the most watched programmes in Bravo history with 600k (including +1).
Only Spartacus has bettered that, IIRC. And another multichannel rating from the last week: Richard Bacon's Beer and Pizza Club launched with only 180k (inc. +1) on ITV4 last Wednesday, below the slot average. |
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I wonder which of Inspector George Gently and Downton Abbey will timeshift better.
Ordinarily, I'd expect it to be the ITV show because of the ads, but maybe starting against a certain talent show will mean Gently gets the bigger timeshift. Be nice if Gently and Abbey could clear 6m and 8m respectively. |
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The creator of Grey's Anatomy has just tweeted: Quote:
I'm enjoying the fact that its been reported that we've slumped yet we're in season 7 and GA is still the #1 drama on TV...
Although the ratings are down, they can still bring in some fantastic numbers.
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Not ratings related, but for anyone interested in TV, this F1 blog and accompanying video is facinating stuff:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jakehumph...n_f1_pres.html |
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And then there's obviously Cher, and as you say Nicolo. Probably not on the same level as Jedward, but with ratings already up massively, 13.5m+ certainly isn't out of the question in a couple of weeks.

