Wow, I realise C5 had footie but that Monte Carlo show is rating appallingly.


From Channel 4 Sales inc +1.
Weds: 1.43m
Thurs: 1.25m


Very strange schedule change that, normally we get BBC Oxford & BBC South here in Oxford but they seem to have broadcast the BBC West edition of Wild Weather. I've (mistakenly) received BBC Midlands & BBC London before but never BBC West. [EDIT: just read Dancc's post, maybe it was national?]
Anyway, be interesting to see if The One Show suffers from the lack of regional news beforehand. Emmerdale could see a rise maybe.

Very strange. Of all the stuff in the archives, why choose that?

Sorry for the late reply Charnham, busy day no time... LOL. I agree with you Re "The event" however I am so suprised at just how fickle the americans can be about new programs lately judgeing by how quick ratings decline!

On atother matter perhaps more current, with new tricks coming to the end of a roughly 7m run, will BBC replace it with outcasts on Fridays, and if so can outcasts survive in that slot seeing as it will have no predermined following to rely on as a debut series?

Idon't think Friday would be good for it, what does everyone else think?

P.S Charnham you did take my DS virginity

It's a shame that STV aren't showing Downton Abbey - it would have been great to see a drama with a 10m average. 2 hits and suddenly ITV are looking far healthier - although DA isn't showing up in the weeknight 9pm comparisons. Obviously DCI Banks performed well but DA is doing far better, can be run for longer and is a non crime drama success. Not to mention that they've got X Factor confirmed for the same slots next year.

The question for ITV now is whether or not to keep DA in the post XF slot next year. FOX are often used as the example for ITV to follow - but series like 24, House and now Glee have enjoyed two or three series with Idol lead-ins. Plus they've got Doc Martin returning next year.

It's second to Fringe in the PVR uplift ratings, with a 41% increase. So not all bad.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/01...rankings/70322

We all know STV are a law unto themselves!!! Remember though that if XF rumors are true and it starts in Nov. 2011 in UK then DA either won;t have XF as a lead in, or will have to move to Jan. 2012, the rough start of any Live XF shows.

I think ITV should air Sunday episodes of TXF right from the auditions, and if they do that next year, they can have Downton Abbey plus a new drama series both getting TXF lead-ins next Autumn.

And then a bit like FOX's stategy, in 2012 they could move DA away the post TXF slot, and have a new drama following TXF as well as the drama from the previous year (providing its a success). So basically a rota-type system which maximises the number of successes they can have instead of having the same show airing in the same slot year after year.

I'm guessing next year Doc Martin will air either on Mondays or Thursdays.

Derek500, Was PVR uplift the same roughly for FlashForward though? Because if it was, we all know what happened to that show!

Just seen an ad for a Dispatchers doc on C4 about sweat shops. Did they ever come round to showing that Devil Wears Primark show that was mysteriously pulled literally hours before it was due to be broadcast last year?

We already know what will follow New Tricks, repeats of New Tricks once we've had CIN in a fortnight. Outcasts will begin in early January. The 9pm slots are pretty much full until Xmas. Unless, and this is a very long shot, it runs twice weekly, but even so, there is still no room....

But as mentioned last weekend, we have had no information on press, publicity and preview screenings, and if it was to start before Xmas, we'd have had some of that arranged already. Personally, I'm worried about it,

On other news, Upstairs Downstairs WILL transmit during the holiday season. Either over three weeks beginning the weekend of the 18/19th, or quite possibly over three successive nights, maybe 27-29 December. A preview screening is being held in mid-December. If it does well, expect a 6/8/10 parter next Autumn...

Finally, as mentioned last week too. Aurelio Zen is now nailed on for three Sundays in January, beginning the 3rd or 10th. The three books which are being shown are being re-issued during that week to tie in with the expected transmission.

By the way, all of the above is subject to me being wrong, but most of that is pretty well sourced...

Confirmed: Next 2 Sundays for X Factor will be double elimination.

The BBC one could stand as Breakfast with Bleakely and Chiles.
Otherwise what about TVAM?

One thing about ITV's 9pm performance - you air trash, you get trash ratings. News at ten seemed to hold up relatively well consdiering the lead in it received, though.

While Five's football ratings are superb it's worth remembering that they have got lucky with Liverpool slipping to the Europa League. If they were in the Champions League, ITV's ratings would be higher and Five lower.

I'm not sure they got lucky as such. Liverpool are nowhere near Champions League standard right now.

I can't really see where else Downton Abbey could go - it's very Sunday really. Question is whether series 2 will be ready for the same slot next year - sometimes these costume dramas take longer so it could very well be held back till Winter 2012.


Think the recent ITV/Syco deal put an end to that speculation.

They start filming Series 2 in February so I see no reason why it won't be ready by the Autumn.

I notice this story hasn't been picked up by The Guardian. I thought their 'raison d'etre'' was reporting on 'biased' 24 hour news channels?

Or perhaps it's leaning the right way?

And it's only 30 minutes again next Friday so the hour-long edition only lasted one week

Any E4 Hollyoaks ratings?

9pm on weekdays seems to be a bit of a dead zone for ITV1, excluding Mondays where their dramas get 5 million viewers. I very much doubt 71 Degrees North and Monte Carlo or Bust will be recommissioned and POG seems shaky in his slot against BBC hits like New Tricks.

Friday 5th November 2010
BBC Breakfast - 1.3m
ITV Daybreak - 0.8m
BBC News at One - 2.6m

Source: Kevin Bakhurst, BBC News Controller

So BBC Breakfast lost 200,000 (presumably as a result of curtailed coverage due to the strike) but Daybreak didn't seem to put any on.

Considering that Breakfast wasn't its usual format, that's a good figure. But Daybreak has been doing well this week with a steady 800,000.

Getting the same audience share as most of last week, is doing well?

Well I mean it was on 600,000 now it's at 800,000. Ratings are technically up. Still prefer Breakfast though, so I'm glad it had 1. million watching.