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Around 30 million were watching tv last night - getting 50% of viewers is commendable but not sensational. I am sure the number crunchers here could find other shows with such an audience share.
If a viewer had to choose between antiques roadshow or XF a live show then the majority will choose the latter as the former is not exactly must see tv, it has been around for decades. Great for DA didn't expect the ratings to climb so much throughout the run. Top rating for Countryfile as well. Sunday tv here is still pulling in the viewers - but 50% of people still choose to do others things with their time. You have high expectations. More people are watching TV because of XF, which is why there is always a high number of people watching TV when the XF Live Shows start. It happened last year too.Quote:
A talented potential top 4 might make it wide open, but does that automatically translate into higher viewing figures? I think it might run into choppy waters when it gets to the last couple of weeks myself as there seems to be a a lot of people that like two or more of those acts this year, and won't care who wins. That's a recipe for a disappointing finale (especially from a voting perspective) unless they can somehow keep someone with a bit of an 'edge' like Cher in. I don't doubt it's possible for them to manipulate it somehow to make this happen.
----- Back to tonights ratings, anyone think Jack's final episodes in Corrie could just make 11m? They've been heavily promoted and there's a lot of drama with it too, plus the return of Vera. Jack is one of the few remaining Street legends, adding to that the bad weather, I hope the episodes do well. |
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X-Factor ratings never cease to amaze me.
With the whole guff that went on the show, do you think we will see people saying screw this show and not watch through protest or will people come back for more? Probably the latter I suppose. |
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howdo guys I'm back at work
lack of spoilers due to our internet going down during the day anyway all the consolidated data for week ending 31st October 2010 is now live on BARB website enjoy!
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BARB Top 20 Updates, w/e 31st October
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Most Watched Shows of 2010 [Top 20 - Officials] 01 - 16.41m - EASTENDERS (19/02/10) - BBC1 02 - 15.41m - THE X FACTOR (03/10/10) - ITV1/HD 03 - 14.63m - WORLD CUP 2010: ENG V ALG (18/06/10) - ITV1/HD 04 - 13.59m - WORLD CUP 2010: ENG V GER (27/06/10) - BBC1/HD 05 - 13.50m - BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT (05/06/10) - ITV1/HD 06 - 12.27m - DOCTOR WHO (01/01/10) - BBC1/HD 07 - 12.03m - CORONATION STREET (22/02/10) - ITV1 08 - 11.28m - STRICTLY COME DANCING (30/10/10) - BBC1/HD 09 - 10.57m - GAVIN AND STACEY (01/01/10) - BBC1/HD 10 - 9.97m - DOWNTON ABBEY (03/10/10) - ITV1/HD 11 - 9.96m - EMMERDALE (14/01/10) - ITV1 12 - 9.82m - A TOUCH OF FROST (05/04/10) - ITV1 13 - 9.68m - THE FIRST ELECTION DEBATE (15/04/10) - ITV1 14 - 9.64m - DANCING ON ICE (10/01/10) - ITV1 15 - 9.23m - SHERLOCK (25/07/10) - BBC1/HD 16 - 8.81m - SILENT WITNESS (07/01/10) - BBC1/HD 17 - 8.73m - BBC NEWS SPECIAL (11/05/10) - BBC1 18 - 8.70m - ROCK & CHIPS (24/01/10) - BBC1/HD 19 - 8.70m - LEWIS (02/05/10) - ITV1/HD 20 - 8.63m - THE APPRENTICE (13/10/10) - BBC1/HD Notes: - Only one World Cup entry per channel. - A weighted average for the full slot for the World Cup games. - No duplicates: i.e. no BGT/DOI in there twice. - HD audience included for all programmes airing on HD. - Touch of Frost rating ammended so it's for the full slot, not just 68-minutes which BARB did. It would've been in 12th place anyway. Most Watched Multichannel Shows of 2010 [Top 20 - Officials] 01 - 4.54m - EASTENDERS LIVE: THE AFTERMATH (19/02/10) - BBC3 02 - 3.72m - THE INBETWEENERS (11/10/10) - E4 03 - 2.44m - LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (31/01/10) - Sky Sports 1 04 - 2.30m - LIVE CARLING CUP FOOTBALL (27/01/10) - Sky Sports 1 05 - 2.21m - DEBATE DAY - THE SKY NEWS LEADERS DEBATE (22/04/10) - Sky News 06 - 2.04m - GLEE (19/04/10) - E4 07 - 2.03m - LIVE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (16/02/10) - Sky Sports 2 08 - 2.01m - THE WEAKEST LINK - EASTENDERS SPECIAL (19/02/10) - BBC3 09 - 2.01m - XTRA FACTOR (28/08/10) - ITV2 10 - 1.95m - BRITAIN'S GOT MORE TALENT (08/05/10) - ITV2 11 - 1.85m - AN IDIOT ABROAD (07/10/10) - Sky1 12 - 1.84m - WHAT KATIE DID NEXT (18/03/10) - ITV2 13 - 1.80m - EASTENDERS (01/06/10) - BBC3 14 - 1.73m - LIVE FORD FOOTBALL SPECIAL (03/04/10) - Sky Sports 1 15 - 1.69m - LIVE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL (07/09/10) - Sky Sports 2 16 - 1.64m - WORLD CUP 2010: ENG V GER (27/06/10) - BBC HD 17 - 1.61m - BEING HUMAN (10/01/10) - BBC3 18 - 1.55m - FAMILY GUY (04/07/10) - BBC3 19 - 1.53m - BBC NEWS (11/05/10) - BBC News 20 - 1.49m - FILM: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (31/03/10) - BBC3 Source: BARB. Excludes +1, Includes HD for Terrestrial Chart. Only 1 programme per 'show', i.e. only one UEFA Champions League game. ------- Only change is that Strictly Come Dancing records another series high. |
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X Factor peaked at 16.7m last night...
![]() Sunday 7th November 2010 BBC One 18:30 - Countryfile: 7.89m (32.3%) 19:30 - Strictly Come Dancing: 10.57m (38.0%) 20:00 - Antiques Roadshow: 5.80m (19.3%). 21:00 - The First World War from Above: 2.77m (9.9%) BBC Two 19:00 - Top Gear: 1.85m (6.9%) 20:00 - Stephen Fry and the Great American Oil Spill: 1.18m (3.9%) 21:00 - James May’s Man Lab: 1.63m (5.0%) 22:00 - The Trip: 1.25m (5.2%) 22:30 - Match Of The Day 2: 2.75m (20.1%) ITV1 [inc HD] 19:00 - The Cube: 5.67m (21.5%) 20:00 - The X Factor: 14.92m (49.7%) * peak: 16.7m (53.2%) at 20:50 * highest ever results show figure * could end up being most watched programme of the year 21:00 - Downton Abbey: 9.94m (37.3%) Channel 4 [inc +1] 19:00 - The Genius Of British Art: 580,900 20:00 - Undercover Boss USA: 1.01m 21:00 - The Secret Millionaire: 2.28m 22:00 - Desperate Housewives: 1.29m Five 18:15 - FILM: The Dirty Dozen: 1.13m (4.3%) 21:00 - FILM: Shallow Hal: 1.25m (5.3%) 23:20 - FILM: Harold & Kumar Get The Munchies: 418,000 (5.6%) ITV2 [inc +1] 21:00 - The Xtra Factor: 1.78m (6.5%) 22:00 - The Only Way Is Essex: 851,000 (4.0%) Sky1 21:00 - Thorne: 330,000 (1.2%) Source: Attentional, Channel 4 Sales, Broadcast, Digital Spy Wow. That's all. Collosal figure for The X Factor last night, and could actually end up being the most watched programme of the year if it timeshifts 1.5m, which is quite possible. And there was me thinking something other than Cowell would be number 1!Solid night for BBC1 until 9pm, really. Poor for the WWI documentary. But two ratings you must not forget, are Strictly and The Only Way is Essex. Fantastic for Strictly, and despite people before Essex started saying it would flop, last nights ratings got the 2nd highest (just after the first episode) |
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Absolutley Fantastic Ratings for The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing.
15m for a results show! I can't believe the judges chose katie over treyc though. that was such a fix! SCD is amazing though. Many shows have achieved 15 million in the four channel past but its quite something these days and lets face it, no awards were being given out last night -it was just a run of the mill result and all but one of them will turn up again next week. Its hard to see anything getting in the way of XF-if Wagner actually wins it will assuredly nail the concept as a joke (if it isnt already)-but will it stop people tuning in? I doubt it. This is the cold winter for the BBC.The unstoppable XF with the addition of three solid weeks of IAC and the Coronation Street bandwagon surely growing to its own crescendo will make this a ratings fest over the next month and contrive to limit the BBC's options quite dramatically-better get the tin hat RS! (Id love to know what the BBC's and Danny Cohen idea of "the next big thing" for Saturday night is to be. I dont think we ought to hold our breath though-that is likely to be quite dangerous) |
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Just huge numbers all round last night - everything seems to be hitting highs. Frankly, I've nothing to say about the XF - this years rise has defied all logical analysis so I think we'll just have to sit back and see where it takes to next. Downton Abbey has been a huge success - I imagine they'll give it the XF lead-in once more, but it'd be interesting to see just how well it could cope on its own feet. At least to the tune of 8m+, I reckon.
Strictly did brilliantly yesterday too - hitting more big series highs. I'm surprised given that its a fairly lacklustre recorded show so doesn't really have the live "buzz". Still, I suppose the snappy run time helps it. And the Countryfile and Antiques Roadshow wrapping the BBC puts around it is perfect alternative scheduling. |
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Just huge numbers all round last night - everything seems to be hitting highs. Frankly, I've nothing to say about the XF - this years rise has defied all logical analysis so I think we'll just have to sit back and see where it takes to next. Downton Abbey has been a huge success - I imagine they'll give it the XF lead-in once more, but it'd be interesting to see just how well it could cope on its own feet. At least to the tune of 8m+, I reckon.
Strictly did brilliantly yesterday too - hitting more big series highs. I'm surprised given that its a fairly lacklustre recorded show so doesn't really have the live "buzz". Still, I suppose the snappy run time helps it. And the Countryfile and Antiques Roadshow wrapping the BBC puts around it is perfect alternative scheduling. |
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Downton Abbeys rating are amazing really and I am pleased for tv drama as a whole.
I am used to seeing all the reality tv figures that high, but a new drama on itv doing that well and standing up there with the reality shows and passing some soap ratings too, is really positive for the genre. It shows viewers want to watch good drama on tv done well. I am sure the X factor lead in helped, but it can't be relied on for everything, sure the first couple of weeks maybe, but to carry on getting those figures and building on them every week is down to the show alone. |
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Sunday 31st October Overnights
ITV1 [inc. HD] 12:35- Coronation Street Omnibus 0.8m 7.1% BBC One [inc. HD] 15:15- EastEnders 1.3m 8.8% 13:30 The Ghost of Greville Lodge 950,000 15:15 The Canterville Ghost 1.27m Some excellent ratings for Channel 5 daytime there. Anybody have the rating for the Disney classic The Aristocats yesterday? (16:25-18:00) |
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Downton Abbeys rating are amazing really and I am pleased for tv drama as a whole.
I am used to seeing all the reality tv figures that high, but a new drama on itv doing that well and standing up there with the reality shows and passing some soap ratings too, is really positive for the genre. It shows viewers want to watch good drama on tv done well. I am sure the X factor lead in helped, but it can't be relied on for everything, sure the first couple of weeks maybe, but to carry on getting those figures and building on them every week is down to the show alone. |
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Changes are highlighted:
Most Watched Shows of 2010 [Top 20 - Officials] 01 - 16.41m - EASTENDERS (19/02/10) - BBC1 02 - 15.41m - THE X FACTOR (03/10/10) - ITV1/HD 03 - 14.63m - WORLD CUP 2010: ENG V ALG (18/06/10) - ITV1/HD 04 - 13.59m - WORLD CUP 2010: ENG V GER (27/06/10) - BBC1/HD 05 - 13.50m - BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT (05/06/10) - ITV1/HD 06 - 12.27m - DOCTOR WHO (01/01/10) - BBC1/HD 07 - 12.03m - CORONATION STREET (22/02/10) - ITV1 08 - 11.28m - STRICTLY COME DANCING (30/10/10) - BBC1/HD 09 - 10.57m - GAVIN AND STACEY (01/01/10) - BBC1/HD 10 - 9.97m - DOWNTON ABBEY (03/10/10) - ITV1/HD 11 - 9.96m - EMMERDALE (14/01/10) - ITV1 12 - 9.82m - A TOUCH OF FROST (05/04/10) - ITV1 13 - 9.68m - THE FIRST ELECTION DEBATE (15/04/10) - ITV1 14 - 9.64m - DANCING ON ICE (10/01/10) - ITV1 15 - 9.23m - SHERLOCK (25/07/10) - BBC1/HD 16 - 8.81m - SILENT WITNESS (07/01/10) - BBC1/HD 17 - 8.73m - BBC NEWS SPECIAL (11/05/10) - BBC1 18 - 8.70m - ROCK & CHIPS (24/01/10) - BBC1/HD 19 - 8.70m - LEWIS (02/05/10) - ITV1/HD 20 - 8.63m - THE APPRENTICE (13/10/10) - BBC1/HD Notes: - Only one World Cup entry per channel. - A weighted average for the full slot for the World Cup games. - No duplicates: i.e. no BGT/DOI in there twice. - HD audience included for all programmes airing on HD. - Touch of Frost rating ammended so it's for the full slot, not just 68-minutes which BARB did. It would've been in 12th place anyway. Most Watched Multichannel Shows of 2010 [Top 20 - Officials] 01 - 4.54m - EASTENDERS LIVE: THE AFTERMATH (19/02/10) - BBC3 02 - 3.72m - THE INBETWEENERS (11/10/10) - E4 03 - 2.44m - LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (31/01/10) - Sky Sports 1 04 - 2.30m - LIVE CARLING CUP FOOTBALL (27/01/10) - Sky Sports 1 05 - 2.21m - DEBATE DAY - THE SKY NEWS LEADERS DEBATE (22/04/10) - Sky News 06 - 2.04m - GLEE (19/04/10) - E4 07 - 2.03m - LIVE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (16/02/10) - Sky Sports 2 08 - 2.01m - THE WEAKEST LINK - EASTENDERS SPECIAL (19/02/10) - BBC3 09 - 2.01m - XTRA FACTOR (28/08/10) - ITV2 10 - 1.95m - BRITAIN'S GOT MORE TALENT (08/05/10) - ITV2 11 - 1.85m - AN IDIOT ABROAD (07/10/10) - Sky1 12 - 1.84m - WHAT KATIE DID NEXT (18/03/10) - ITV2 13 - 1.80m - EASTENDERS (01/06/10) - BBC3 14 - 1.73m - LIVE FORD FOOTBALL SPECIAL (03/04/10) - Sky Sports 1 15 - 1.69m - LIVE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL (07/09/10) - Sky Sports 2 16 - 1.64m - WORLD CUP 2010: ENG V GER (27/06/10) - BBC HD 17 - 1.61m - BEING HUMAN (10/01/10) - BBC3 18 - 1.55m - FAMILY GUY (04/07/10) - BBC3 19 - 1.53m - BBC NEWS (11/05/10) - BBC News 20 - 1.49m - FILM: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (31/03/10) - BBC3 Source: BARB. Excludes +1, Includes HD for Terrestrial Chart. Only 1 programme per 'show', i.e. only one UEFA Champions League game. ------- Only change is that Strictly Come Dancing records another series high. |
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D.M.N - Sorry to be a pain but do you have (or anyone else) the top 20 programmes for 2009?
01 - 18.29m - BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT (30/05/09) - ITV1 02 - 16.28m - THE X FACTOR (13/12/09) - ITV1 03 - 12.04m - DOCTOR WHO (25/12/09) - BBC1/HD 04 - 11.92m - THE ROYLE FAMILY (25/12/09) - BBC1/HD 05 - 11.67m - EASTENDERS (25/12/09) - BBC1 06 - 11.54m - STRICTLY COME DANCING (19/12/09) - BBC1/HD 07 - 11.46m - CORONATION STREET (02/02/09) - ITV1 08 - 11.31m - DANCING ON ICE (22/03/09) - ITV1 09 - 10.86m - I’M A CELEBRITY - GET ME OUT OF HERE! (21/11/09) - ITV1 10 - 10.79m - I DREAMED A DREAM - THE SUSAN BOYLE STORY (13/12/09) - ITV1 11 - 10.31m - CHILDREN IN NEED 2009 (20/11/09) - BBC1/HD 12 - 10.28m - DOC MARTIN (08/11/09) - ITV1 13 - 10.18m - GAVIN AND STACEY (25/12/09) - BBC1/HD 14 - 10.08m - THE GRUFFALO (25/12/09) - BBC1/HD 15 - 9.91m - JONATHAN CREEK (01/01/09) - BBC1 16 - 9.84m - COMIC RELIEF (13/03/09) - BBC1 17 - 9.76m - THE APPRENTICE (03/06/09) - BBC1 18 - 9.56m - THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE (16/12/09) - ITV1 19 - 9.26m - WHITECHAPEL (02/02/09) - ITV1 20 - 9.20m - KILIMANJARO: THE BIG RED NOSE CLIMB (12/03/09) - BBC1 For anyone interested BTW, MediaTel report a peak audience for the Brazilian Grand Prix of just under 6 million. Apart from the fact it was on earlier that previous years, it'll be the worst Brazilian figure since 2006. I'll try and get both averages tomorrow if Media Guardian don't update. |
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Do we know that the second series will air next year-there was some suggestion in The Guardian that it might be in two years time-also if it gets the XF lead in again presumably Doc Martin would go to Mondays?
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Most Watched Shows of 2009 [Top 20 - Officials]
01 - 18.29m - BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT (30/05/09) - ITV1 02 - 16.28m - THE X FACTOR (13/12/09) - ITV1 03 - 12.04m - DOCTOR WHO (25/12/09) - BBC1/HD 04 - 11.92m - THE ROYLE FAMILY (25/12/09) - BBC1/HD 05 - 11.67m - EASTENDERS (25/12/09) - BBC1 06 - 11.54m - STRICTLY COME DANCING (19/12/09) - BBC1/HD 07 - 11.46m - CORONATION STREET (02/02/09) - ITV1 08 - 11.31m - DANCING ON ICE (22/03/09) - ITV1 09 - 10.86m - I’M A CELEBRITY - GET ME OUT OF HERE! (21/11/09) - ITV1 10 - 10.79m - I DREAMED A DREAM - THE SUSAN BOYLE STORY (13/12/09) - ITV1 11 - 10.31m - CHILDREN IN NEED 2009 (20/11/09) - BBC1/HD 12 - 10.28m - DOC MARTIN (08/11/09) - ITV1 13 - 10.18m - GAVIN AND STACEY (25/12/09) - BBC1/HD 14 - 10.08m - THE GRUFFALO (25/12/09) - BBC1/HD 15 - 9.91m - JONATHAN CREEK (01/01/09) - BBC1 16 - 9.84m - COMIC RELIEF (13/03/09) - BBC1 17 - 9.76m - THE APPRENTICE (03/06/09) - BBC1 18 - 9.56m - THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE (16/12/09) - ITV1 19 - 9.26m - WHITECHAPEL (02/02/09) - ITV1 20 - 9.20m - KILIMANJARO: THE BIG RED NOSE CLIMB (12/03/09) - BBC1 For anyone interested BTW, MediaTel report a peak audience for the Brazilian Grand Prix of just under 6 million. Apart from the fact it was on earlier that previous years, it'll be the worst Brazilian figure since 2006. I'll try and get both averages tomorrow if Media Guardian don't update. a few things surprise me. No Emmerdale in the top 20 and Coronation Street only reaching #7. |
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While I do not follow Ozzie ratings closely I was there some years ago and Nine was very much the No 1 network (I think it called itself ''The One''). There seems to have been a gradual reversal of fortunes - has 9 gone down or is it just 7 is much better these days ?
As for why, Seven has definitely upped its game programming wise whilst Nine has relied too heavily on shows that are a bit past it. I think complacency cost them their position. Also, for reasons unbeknownst to me, Seven's news and current affairs shows overtook Nine's. And that was significant, because for the most part anyway, they are the most watched programmes on a daily basis. 2003 Shares Nine 31.2% Seven 25.6% Ten 23.2% 2009 Shares Seven 28.8% Nine 26.8% Ten 22.2% |
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Any figures for ITV2 5:45pm -8pm Back to the Future?
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Another question for BARB w/end 31 Oct final figures. The CITV share % is 0.7% up from 0.3% the previous week. Is this figure correct & what is driving it? Half term perhaps?
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Sky Movies Showcase is up to 0.4% after the paywall was removed for 2 days. Predictably the top 10 is dominated by movies shown on those 2 days.
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This is it though. At the end of the day people will argue, gossip and deliberate in their millions about Katie and Treyc and Wagner and whoever the others are, and yet the minute the series ends the vast majority will never give them another thought. The great achievement of Cowell is to get so many people to care about them for the duration of the series-as lets face it only a few actually in XF history actually have any real talent.
Many shows have achieved 15 million in the four channel past but its quite something these days and lets face it, no awards were being given out last night -it was just a run of the mill result and all but one of them will turn up again next week. Its hard to see anything getting in the way of XF-if Wagner actually wins it will assuredly nail the concept as a joke (if it isnt already)-but will it stop people tuning in? I doubt it. This is the cold winter for the BBC.The unstoppable XF with the addition of three solid weeks of IAC and the Coronation Street bandwagon surely growing to its own crescendo will make this a ratings fest over the next month and contrive to limit the BBC's options quite dramatically-better get the tin hat RS! (Id love to know what the BBC's and Danny Cohen idea of "the next big thing" for Saturday night is to be. I dont think we ought to hold our breath though-that is likely to be quite dangerous) |
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Exceptional evening for ITV1. It's amazing that TXF keeps growing every year because before every series you'd think the ratings hike will stop at some point. Yesterday's episode was the 2nd most watched episode of TXF ever (only behind last year's final) and up 4% from last year's equivalent episode which was an immense rating anyway. It really is a stunning set of ratings and I'd imagine TXF will pass EE: Live's rating in a couple of weeks time, if the controversial contestants are still in it.
A bit surpised that Downton Abbey got its highest rating of the series last night (by over a million too) because I thought the extended length of the episode would dent it a little bit because audiences tend to tail off from 10pm onwards, especially for ITV shows. 10.1m is remarkable - obviously it helps airing off the back of TXF but I don't think anyone would've predicted pre-series that its last episode would rate 2.4m better than the first one! Usually the last episode rates worse by that much not better. It's also interesting that DA performed better than Doc Martin which was in the same slot last year. With filming of the next series starting in February, its likely DA will air at the same time next year. Countryfile and SCD rated excellently too, with SCD getting I believe its highest non-final rating ever. The scheduling for it is perfect and of course it looks like Ann Widecombe is a big draw to the show this year. I can see the final getting about 13.5m if the trend continues, and especially if Ann makes the final which is entirely possible! The First WW did about a million worse than I expected because these sorts of documentaries usually hold up quite well even against massive competition. But with it being just a one-off and Garrow's Law starting next week, BBC1 should do 1.5m better next week in the slot. |
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Coronation Street looks set for its best ratings in a while tonight. I predict over 10m for both episodes, with a possible peak of 12-13m towards the end of the second episode.
News about tonight's episodes is currently the second most read story on the BBC News website. When Vera died in 2008, it aired on a Friday IIRC and pulled 12.5 million in the climaxing 15 minutes. |
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Anyone got the Daybreaker figures?
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Anyone got the Daybreaker figures?
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You have high expectations. More people are watching TV because of XF, which is why there is always a high number of people watching TV when the XF Live Shows start. It happened last year too.

