I predict the Event here will do similar to how it did in the US - start reasonably well, but ratings will fall away week by week

Thanks for info, sounds insane to schedule a new drama against 2 successful dramas on a Friday of all days, why not a Tuesday when there's never anything good on?

Slightly low for the football, but it was still double the slot average and 6m isn't to be sniffed at. Doesn't help the match was pretty awful aswell. Emmerdale always dented when before the football due to the early finishing time.

EE performed excellently yet again and the Monday episode really seems to have captured everyone. A lot of people have been talking about it and raving about it, which is surprising considering the character who died was fairly minor. It seems to be the directing and performance of the actors grieving which is a draw. Holby also doing very well considering it was up against the football.

Another 'ouch' for CH4. Wedding House now officially a flop, Ramsay not the ratings banker he used to be and Seven Days definitely a failed experiment. The primetime share is awful aswell for a day CH4 used to own. FIVE beating CH4 from 8-12 says it all really-that's the 2nd time in 3 days it's happened aswell.

I'm sure the officials will be better, plus the first two have been ad/DOG free on Anytime, which is the preferred way to watch it (by many forum posters anyway!!).

yes another impressive rating for EE, and BBC 3 rating better than yesterdays.

Its good to see that the Bryan Kirkwood area will still have good episodes.

Very bad sign for The Whole Truth on ABC. It's been replaced tonight with an ABC News special on the Chilean miners.

ABC:
8pm – No Ordinary Family – 7.86m (2.3)
9pm – Dancing With The Stars – 15.69m (3.4)
10pm – Detroit 1-8-7 – 7.43m (1.8)

CBS:
8pm – NCIS – 18.83m (3.9)
9pm – NCIS: LA – 16.06m (3.5)
10pm – The Good Wife – 11.80m (2.6)

FOX:
8pm – Glee – 11.12m (4.6)
9pm – Raising Hope – 6.35m (2.6)
9.30pm – Running Wilde – 3.53m (1.5)

NBC:
8pm – The Biggest Loser – 7.00m (2.6)
10pm – Parenthood – 4.69m (2.0)

Tvbythenumbers

With all their dramas rising slightly and Running Wilde falling further, CBS tied FOX for the night among adults 18-49. NBC stayed stuck in fourth, a tenth of a point behind ABC. FOX must be wanting to pull Running Wilde immediately but the issue is what to replace it with. The good news is that Raising Hope seems pretty steady.

Parenthood tied last weeks series low and for some reason seems to have taken a dive this season. At the end of last season it was competing with and beating The Good Wife in the demo. There’s now quite a gap.

No Ordinary Family fell a further 12% in its third episode. Previous episodes have added a tenth in final ratings so hopefully it will come out at a 2.4. But it needs to put the brakes on now.

Glee was up 0.1 from last weeks fast nationals though still lower than its opening two episodes.

A busy week for ABC on the non-scripted front. They've ordered 8 "winter wonderland" themed episodes of Wipeout for midseason.

There's also another British created format heading Stateside to ABC. "Take The Money And Run" is created by Philip Morrow, who created Just For Laughs. He has some big names onside as well as the show is being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Bertram Van Munster - the Executive Producers and creator of The Amazing Race.

It's a shame that No Ordinary Family is slipping. Hopefully the figures will rise next week because I can see some hope for this show. As for Detroit 1-8-7, I think ABC won't even think about canceling the show yet, mainly because The Whole Truth stands out as the weakest performer. At least Detroit has an OK/average total viewers numbers (which would mean that it skews older demographics), whereas The Whole Truth didn't pass the 5 million mark yet.

I am also surprised that the gap has widened between The Good Wife and Parenthood. Could it be the Emmy nominations and wins for The Good Wife? Has Parenthood storyline worsened? Whatever the reason, Parenthood has gone from a sleeper "hit" last season to another NBC drama being at risk of the "cancellation bear" (TVbytheNumbers made that name up for their Renew/Cancel Index), even though they are not as close as Chuck or The Chase. Running Wilde is in big s*&t, enough said.

One thing that I do wonder though is could ABC and CBS keep all their sitcom block shows for next season? Mike & Molly on CBS is doing well on Mondays and Better With You on ABC is pulling passable/decent numbers on Wednesdays - much better than Hank last season.

Very happy about The Good Wife. Solid 2.6s' and winning 10pm comfortably week to week is a very good sign.

Glee doing predictably well.

I find it bizarre that TV and Satellite Week described last nights Holby as 'Series Finale' (presumably via info from the BBC).

When the next series starts next Tuesday.

It goes HD from next week, so the 'series' bit may well be technically true (and indeed next week's mag lists it as a New Series) but this is really a bit silly as the wording is only going to confuse viewers.

I mean if a series shown every Tuesday ends one Tuesday and starts again the next it is surely a continuing drama that takes the odd week off like any other.

Referring to these things as series when there is absolutely no break is risking viewers not even looking for it next week. As they expect there to be gaps between series.

So why do it?

Use the reference to series internally if it has some budgetting meaning. But viewers are not being helped by this terminology being used openly.

I think ABC are hoping to ride on the back of the success of this cycle of DWTS and accept their 10pm flops for now. They've put Body of Proof back to midseason which seems to suggest The Whole Truth is getting the full 13 episodes. I'm surprised at that when ratings are so low.

They've got a couple of comedies - Matthew Perry's Mr Sunshine and Happy Endings. Plus Body of Proof (starring Dana Delaney), Off The Map (from Shonda Rhimes) and V. Rookie Blue will also be ready for midseason but is more likely to end up in the summer again. And then there is reality fare including Secret Millionaire, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, Wipeout, Supernanny and Take The Money and Run. Not all of that can go on Fridays.

So come January, ABC can be pretty brutal and cut series after 13 episodes. Better With You is "on the bubble" just now, IMO. ABC have 2 options with their midseason comedies:
1. Create a new 1 hour block (but where?) and leave Wednesdays as they are
2. Put one in the 9.30pm slot after DWTS and put the other at 8.30pm on Wednesdays.

CBS have 2 midseason dramas and only one spot obviously cleared - Wednesdays at 10pm.

They haven't updated with the full schedule yet but ITV Press Centre confirms that Cheryl Cole will be on Life Stories on October 23. Should definitely get 5m+ and could push 6m. Also means that it won't be airing on X Factor final night which is good as hopefully something new will air there.

I think you're right there, and they keep the 'series' concept for production reasons, although they need to avoid confusing the viewers!

My prediction for ABC Midseason Shows:

Monday 9:30pm - Mr Sunshine
Tuesday 10pm - Body of Proof (like how Castle is after DWTS performance show, I said Wednesday 10pm last time, but I think BoP will benefit more on Tuesdays)
Wednesday 10pm - V
Thursday 8pm - Happy Endings
Friday 8pm - Secret Millionaire (January)/Take The Money and Run (March)
Friday 9pm - Jamie's Food Revolution (January)/Supernanny (March)
Sunday 10pm - Off The Map (could be a midseason hit, just not as strong as Grey's (though retentions from Desperate Housewives could be very good) - If this does well, B&S could be moving to a new night or have B&S at fall, Off The Map at midseason, without much breaks).
As for Wipeout, either Fridays at 8pm or Sunday at 8pm. Rookie Blue is likely to air in the summer for their second season. They might need to bring higher-than-usual summer numbers to be considered for midseason.

Have C4 picked up season two?

I spent six years of my life watching Lost, only to find F-all at all at the end.

The American Networks can bollocks off if they think I am going to do to that again.

Yeah I have that TV Guide in my house too and I noticed that it said series finale too and thought it was a little strange when it will just be continuing next week.

No news yet, but I assume More4 will show it.

Also worth noting autumn has been relatively weak for C4 for the past few years now, so it's nothing new.

Still some questionable scheduling though - putting The Pillars of the Earth, which looks to be their best drama other than This is England of the autumn, up against The X Factor literally is suicide. OK, it's never going to get a massive audience but has zero chance against TXF.

Also Come Dine with Me in the Friday slot against the soaps clearly doesn't work. Indeed it even did better in a Thursday slot against Emmerdale/Corrie rather than against EE/Corrie.


Talking of HD, when is BBC1 HD due to launch?

What sort of thing usually comes in to replace DWTS on Tuesdays between cycles. I know they have the Batchelor on Mondays - wasn't it two (doomed) sitcoms last year? I guess we might see reality this year instead...

I really think they're going to have to show some bravery to shuffle the pack midseason if anything new is going to get a real shot. Mondays at 9.30 just doesn't seem to work for comedy and badly damages Castle. Better off sticking with a two hour DWTS. I'd rather see them work out another slot. Tuesday's at 8 seem the only real possibility - but that would obviously involve pushing out No Ordinary Family (Thursday at 8, perhaps?).

And if you ask me, it's imperitive they clear either Sundays or Thursdays at 10 for Off the Map should it look to have any promise. PP and B&S ought to be able to stand on their own two feet by now - or if they run without breaks, could finish a shorter season.

Yeah, they burned off Scrubs & Better Off Ted there last year. I suppose they could try that with the 2 new ones at 9pm.

No Ordinary Family won't repeat well so that could take a midseason break for the Wipeout winter run.

Monday: The Bachelor/DWTS & Castle
Tuesday (1): Wipeout, Mr Sunshine & Happy Endings, Detroit 1-8-7
Tuesday (2): No Ordinary Family, DWTS Results, Brothers & Sisters
Wednesday: Comedy Block, Private Practice
Thursday: V, Grey's Anatomy, Off The Map
Sunday: Reality, Desperate Housewives, Body of Proof

Maybe it's the case of 4SI!

Pillars of the Earth deserves a weekday or a Sunday slot, Saturdays will be low rated and The Event again should be weekday maybe at 10pm.

C4 didn't need to change Saturdays. The movies they started recently like Die Hard etc were doing great business for them.

Putting new programming there is just a waste, especially stuff with potential like Pillars of the Earth. ITV1 and BBC One will always dominate that night, especially this time of year, so C4 and Five are better off sticking to movies and re-runs, however unimaginative that may appear.

Even BBC Two virtually shuts up shop on a Saturday.

Counter programming does work, CSI: NY gets over 2m on a Saturday although that's in January-May rather than September-December, reruns are fine but surely there is an audience for people who don't like light entertainment. The Sunday night movies do great business either when it's a premiere or a repeat.

Superbad has been trailered loads and I imagine it will do well especially as not all the young audience who watch X Factor will stick to Downton Abbey. 2m is likely but 1.5-1.8m is my prediction.