What are the regular ratings/shares on a non-big story day?

Stunning share for Breakfast yesterday. Daybreak is so far behind now in the breakfast tv race I'm starting to feel sorry for it.

IM kind of glad
actually seeing as those 2 become a bit Biig headed and Christine messed the BBC about so i guess what comes around goes around
Plus GMTV was miles better anyway and yet another ITV 'we need to beat the rival BBC show' has failed

I very much agree.

Adrian is as dull as watching paint dry and Christine seemed to think she was important and the viewers loved her but obviously thats far from the truth.
No one wants to watch these sort of people on Breakfast TV.

I've not heard one good thing about Adrian hosting the football

It's not really surprising. Whenever a "big news" event occurs, BBC seems to naturally gains viewers.

K

True, but for Daybreak not to make any gains at all seems extraordinary. Even Sunrise practically doubled its audience.

Shame you never said as much when it was actually on air.

Aah yes, but until it was replaced, there was no way of knowing whether the replacement would have been an improvement or not!!!

K

They could, but it would have meant having two episodes in a week sometime before Christmas, in order for Holby not to be celebrating Christmas in January.

And we know how popular the double-up weeks are on the Ratings Thread.

Attenborough's Journey is a late addition to the BBC Two schedule on October 24.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pro...wk43/sun.shtml

Sounds fab, hope they show it in HD too

Unplaced shows for Week 44, BBC1 on BBC Press Office:

- Wallace And Gromit's World Of Invention (1/6)
- Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers
- Turn Back Time – The High Street

The last one is 10:35pm. The first two are not so simple. I hope BBC do not stick Wallace and Gromit against ITV's soaps, because that has the potential to get very good ratings in my view simply because it has the words "Wallace and Gromit" in front of it.

Simple Suppers will likely be in a 7.30pm slot like last time. Wallace and Gromit is a bit harder because I think it should go on at 8pm but there isn't an 8pm slot available.

I predict Wallace and Gromit will get the Wednesday 7:30pm slot because it's got too much potential to throw away against the ITV soaps, with Nigel Slater taking Friday 7:30pm.

Or

Wallace & Gromit to get the 7pm Sunday slot right before SCD (Countryfile airing between 6-7pm), and Nigel Slater getting the Wednesday 7.30pm slot which would be the same slot as last year's series.

Finally, a programme which might just rate well on Channel 4:


Should be a good night for the channel, with that, Grand Designs and The Million Pound Drop Live.

EDIT: Although BBC One beats it with a schedule change next Monday at 20:30: http://faq.external.bbc.co.uk/questi...hedule18102010

The Sunday option would be better as it would be a good alternative to The Cube especially if it airs after Countryfile and before Strictly.

The One Show starts its one-hour Friday shows on the 29th, so neither new series will be airing on Fridays at 7.30pm.

ABC:
8pm – The Middle – 7.94m (2.4)
* Season 2 is up 8% vs Season 1 so far (A18-49)
8.30pm – Better With You – 6.50m (2.1)
* Down 16% from last week
* Ties series low
9pm – Modern Family – 11.34m (4.7)
* Up 4% from last weeks fast national rating
* 2nd highest ever rating among A18-49
* Up 50% from same night last year
* Likely to be #1 non-sports show of the week in the demo
9.30pm – Cougar Town – 7.30m (3.2)
* 2nd highest ratings since January
* Up 7% from last week
* Won half hour with adults 18-34
10pm – 20/20 Chile Special – 6.16m (1.8)
* 38% higher than The Whole Truth last week
* Dropped from a 2.1 in first 30 mins to 1.4 in final 30 mins

CBS:
8pm – Survivor – 12.13m (3.7)
* #1 among viewers & Adults 18-49 at 8pm
9pm – Criminal Minds – 13.84m (3.5)
* Most watched show of the night
10pm – The Defenders – 9.91m (2.5)
* Recovered 19% from last weeks low

FOX:
8pm – Hell’s Kitchen – 6.80m (3.1)
* 100th episode
* Flat vs last week

NBC:
8pm – Undercovers – 5.98m (1.5)
* Seems to have stopped falling
9pm – Law & Order: SVU – 8.00m (2.2)
*
* Down 12% from last week
10pm – Law & Order: LA – 7.20m (1.9)
*
* Down 21% from last week
* Now around 40% down from Ep1 2 weeks ago

NETWORKS:
#1 - CBS - 11.96m (3.2) - Up 7% vs same night last season
#2 - FOX - 6.79m (3.1) - No Change
#3 - ABC - 7.57m (2.7) - Up 17%
#4 - NBC - 7.06m (1.9) - Down 10%

Tvbythenumbers

Nightmare for NBC. When SVU starts to tank you know it's time to panic. They need to get it back into a 10pm slot. Good news for CBS with The Defenders bouncing back - that's in line with The Good Wife on Tuesday (2.6).

Mixed news for ABC. Strong for the 9pm hour but Better With You dipped down again to a weak looking 2.1. Overall, ABC were up vs the same night last year - their third consecutive night of year-to-year growth. FOX were pipped to the A18-49 crown by CBS but there was just 0.1 in it.

Glee had a 4.6 in fast nationals which rose to a 4.7 in finals. Modern Family starts from a 4.7 and nearly always adds 0.1 so it should beat Glee. Grey's Anatomy could top MF, though.

If Glee and Modern Family went up, Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives will also go up. The pattern for Glee and MF is pretty much similar with Grey's and Housewives, in my opinion. Although it is not always like that, I have a sudden feeling it might this week.

Speaking of which, Modern Family is really starting to look like a top hit now. They were outstandingly good last season, but they were always beaten by The Big Bang Theory or Glee, in terms of comedy. This season could see Modern Family taking the top spotlight (finally!). Better With You has slipped, but when a new sitcom beats a new drama, that would mean something. Also, according to ABC press release, Better With You has great retention from The Middle, especially with adults 18-34 (94% from The Middle, 88% in 18-49). Having said that, they can do better. Cougar Town is also receiving terrific numbers and continuosly rise with 18-49. They are starting to pick up again.

Survivor and Criminal Minds are solid performers, as usual. They dominated with total viewers and The Defenders are seeing rises, which should be welcoming news for CBS. More of a pleasing news for them when they have beaten LOLA by a country mile. Despite this, will CBS keep The Defenders or cancel the show, as it doesn't perform as strong as other CBS dramas (not counting Fridays). We will just have to wait and see.

Absolutely horrible for NBC and SVU got f*&ed over again. First by Jay Leno Show last season and now by the 9pm tanking. I am now starting to think SVU might move to USA like Criminal Intent, if the numbers go any lower. They are too good to be canceled and SVU is the best out of the L&O franchise. Plus, Mariska Hargitay always receives an Emmy nomination for her performance, alongside few other nominations. Interestingly, TVbyTheNumbers is wondering if The Good Wife is being cut slack for their ratings performances, mainly because of the show's Emmy triumph last season with their wins and nominations (http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/12...ood-wife/67587).

NBC just sucks at the moment

Channel Five beats both of them to it.

Rescuing the Chilean Miners: A Five News Special airs at 1900 tonight.

LOLA will have gotten a full series order wont it? based on the fact its a L&O spin-off by Dick Wolf?

Can anyone spot a pattern in NBC's Wednesday ratings vs last year?

In premiere week, they were up 22% from 2009. In week 2 they were up 19%. In week 3 they were up 5%. In week 4 they were down 10%... That's quite a slide.

As for The Good Wife, I think a 2.6 would be fine if it weren't for the 2 midseason dramas that CBS have lined up. We know The Defenders will be cut after 13. But where does the second one go?

For all their scheduling ambition, CBS are being punished for keeping CSI in its slot. Last week its 2.7 was the lowest rating for any CBS programming between 8-10pm on Sunday-Thursday (which all had 3.0+).

It was originally reported by Deadline as 13.

It's really a race to the bottom at NBC. It's hard to see where they'd start with midseason changes. Undercovers and Chase need to go before LOLA. And The Apprentice won't be on in January.