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The Royal Wedding will get a collosal audience - probably around 25m.
I would have thought the lesson of recent years is obvious. If you give ANY event collosal hype and then, on top, broadcast it simultaneously on EVERY single major channel then it is guaranteed to get a collosal audience. Tonight's interview is going to have a combined audience of about 12m to 15m. So does anyone seriously think the actual wedding (with 1,000 times more hype) is not going to get a massively higher figure? |
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The Royal Wedding will get a collosal audience - probably around 25m.
I would have thought the lesson of recent years is obvious. If you give ANY event collosal hype and then, on top, broadcast it simultaneously on EVERY single major channel then it is guaranteed to get a collosal audience. Tonight's interview is going to have a combined audience of about 12m to 15m. So does anyone seriously think the actual wedding (with 1,000 times more hype) is not going to get a massively higher figure? |
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It will be a public holiday too, it wont quite be Diana and Charles but it isnt any old wedding. There will be a huge combined audience. I wonder if ITV will suspend adverts for the day like they did in 1981!
I think the nearest comparison will probably be the Jubilee coverage in 2002, which was on both channels and got decent ratings. It won't do as well as Charles and Diana, but it'll do way more than the last two Royal Weddings which were really low key anyway. |
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![]() I wonder how the first-ever episode will look on ITV1 HD? ![]()
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Charles and Camilla's wedding is no comparison - it was in a Registry Office with no TV coverage inside.
There were no fancy clothes, no special music, no procession, basically nothing at all to make it a TV spectacle. This reminds me a bit of some comments on here that the Election debates would get poor ratings as nobody would be interested in politicians talking for 90 mins. The point is that the subject matter is irrelevant - with collosal hype a massive audience is guaranteed. And with it simultaneously on every major channel then it has to get 100% of the casual audience. The only way the audience could be dented in any way would be if it's on a Saturday and it clashed with a big sporting event on terrestrial TV. But I would bet for certain they will ensure there is no such clash. |
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Looking on BARB for the Golden Jubilee (seeing as its been mentioned above):
Saturday 1st June 2002 20:10 - Prom at the Palace: 5.45m [BBC1] Sunday 2nd June 2002 18:30 - The Queen's Story: 3.90m [ITV1] 20:30 - Alistair McGowan's Big Jubilee: 4.60m [BBC1] Monday 3rd June 2002 18:30 - The Queen's Story: 4.56m [ITV1] 19:30 - Party at the Palace: 12.54m [BBC1] Tuesday 4th June 2002 BBC1 09:25 - The State Procession: 5.74m 11:25 - State Service of Thanksgiving: 6.51m 13:45 - Carnival in the Mall: 7.88m 18:45 - BBC News: 9.44m ITV1 19:00 - The Queen's Story: 6.31m 20:30 - Bertie and Elizabeth: 5.01m Wednesday 5th June 2002 19:00 - The Queen's Story: 8.63m [ITV1] |
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Vince Cable MP to appear on Christmas Strictly Come Dancing (which this year is for those who couldn't commit to being in the main show for 3 months).
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That's the point, it has been on loads of times, and it's a bit of a novelty but not something you need to see over and over again. It would have been better to have shown some other classic episodes, like Ken and Deirdre's wedding or something.
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Was Party at the Palace a concert in the vein of Live 8 or the Diana concert?
When is the Queen's Diamond Jubilee? I assume it's in 2012 and I imagine it'll be either before or after the Olympics. |
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Vince is a bit of a coup in my book. The calibre of celebs for the special seems pretty good and I would be inclined to either extend or split the Christmas special into two parts.
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Agreed. The first episode is only going to attract the hardcore fans whilst most of Corrie's audience switches over to Eastenders.
I think it's appropriate that they repeat the first episode during the anniversary week. |
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Was Party at the Palace a concert in the vein of Live 8 or the Diana concert?
When is the Queen's Diamond Jubilee? I assume it's in 2012 and I imagine it'll be either before or after the Olympics. |
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Was Party at the Palace a concert in the vein of Live 8 or the Diana concert?
When is the Queen's Diamond Jubilee? I assume it's in 2012 and I imagine it'll be either before or after the Olympics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6apRQM7f5Yc&feature=fvw Fireworks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kBz85FFb_0 Diamond Jubilee is in 2012 before the Olympics and a similar long weekend [i think the Tuesday will be a bank holiday again ] of Festivities are planned. |
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Funnily enough it's ten years on from her Golden Jubilee and I believe like in 2002 the May Bank Holiday will move to the first week in June with an extra bank holiday on the Tuesday!
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Funnily enough it's ten years on from her Golden Jubilee and I believe like in 2002 the May Bank Holiday will move to the first week in June with an extra bank holiday on the Tuesday. So that'll bugger up Britain's Got Talent's usual schedule then!
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Well ITV's dream FA Cup tie of AFC Wimbledon v MK Dons isn't going to happen a week Saturday!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...up/9191187.stm But they've already made the selection now so they're stuck with that game. |
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Anyone else think that ITV placed their future programming on a wall chart and sticked pins in it to decide what goes where? Shame I'm A Celebrity...The Reunion/Coming Out slipped under a sofa really. Some ridiculous scheduling there, and just when I thought they were showing some brains as well. I have no idea what they're doing with Coronation Street in anniversary week - starting a programme in the middle of a BBC1 programme never pays off, especially when it's a something like Holby City.
Talking of ITV, they must have been elated and slightly annoyed in getting the exclusive interview with William and Katie. I guess Clarence House set the embargo time, meaning that they had to air it at 7pm really. Mind you, knowing ITV they may have set it off their own back despite Emmerdale! I guess the plunges that that and, to a lesser extent, EastEnders take tonight will make Coronation Street's descent look reasonable come Thursday. In regards to the FA Cup - ITV now have the glorious tie of Wimbledon or Ebbsfleet v Stevenage Borough. Bet they can't wait for that one. Good figures for the main two channels last night, and the soap figures show that the winter is starting to set it now. |
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What Australia Watched: Tuesday 16th November
Seven
18:00 Seven News 1.30m 18:30 Today Tonight 1.25m 19:00 Home and Away 1.03m 19:30 Iron Chef Australia 0.91m 20:30 Packed to the Rafters 2.08m 21:25 Sneak Peak: Winners & Losers 2.24m 21:30 Parenthood 0.96m Nine 18:00 Nine News 1.10m 18:30 A Current Affair 1.11m 19:00 Two and a Half Men (R) 0.95m 19:30 Top Gear (R) 0.97m 21:00 (New) Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds 0.66m Ten 18:00 The Simpsons (R) 0.48m 18:30 Neighbours 0.54m 19:00 The 7pm Project 0.79m 19:30 Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation 1.18m 20:30 NCIS 1.16m 21:30 Good News Week 0.64m ABC1 19:00 ABC News 0.89m 19:30 The 7.30 Report 0.73m 20:00 The Old Guys 0.59m 20:30 An African Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby 0.46m 21:35 QI 0.62m 7TWO 19:30 Fawlty Towers (R) 0.24m 20:10 The Vicar of Dibley (R) 0.25m 20:45 Keeping Up Appearances (R) 0.21m |
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If I was to take a bet on Prince William's wedding ratings, I would go for 30 million viewers, possibly 35 million if everyone has the day off. As the Prince is the most popular Royal, I can see ratings of 30-35 million on the cards.
Yet I wonder if ITV will bother, or will have very reduced coverage, possibly only the service. For decades the BBC has flattened them in the ratings and ITV1 has largely withdrawn from covering national events for this reason ans on cost grounds. |
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Yawn all this fuss about Corrie. ITV were always going to milk it to death that week. As every episode that week should have at least 11m (if not they have a big problem) they would be fools if they didn't air extra episodes. The Emmerdale/EE clashes are unavoidable but do perhaps prove that ITV airs too much soap.
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Tonight on @ITV1 at 7pm: William and Kate: The Royal Engagement. @emmerdale follows at 7.30pm #itvpresscentre
23 minutes ago via web It does look to have worked out rather nicely for ITV, but I guess we'll have to see tomorrow. It may have given The One Show an unexpected boost - although given how slow ITV viewers are with the remote (probably stuck down the back of the settee under a pizza box or some old Carling cans), the 7.5m EmFm audience will have sat there waiting patiently for it. Quote:
itvpresscentre Confirmed: The @itvcorrie live, one-hour special will be on Thursday 9 December at 8pm #itvpresscentre
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ITV Scheduling for Corrie's 50th Anniversary Week
Coronation Street airs on every night of its 50th Anniversary Week: Mon 6th Dec: 7.30-8pm & 8.30-9pm Tue 7th Dec: 8.30-9pm Wed 8th Dec: 7-7.30pm Thu 9th Dec: 8-9pm LIVE Fri 10th Dec: 7.30-8pm & 8.30-9pm Coronation Street: 50 Years, 50 Moments airs on Tue 7th and Thu 9th Dec at 9pm. Also Coronation Street – The Big 50, hosted by Paul O'Grady, airs on Fri 10th Dec at 9pm. Oh, and on Monday 6th December at 8pm, ITV1 are repeating the first ever episode of Corrie. Emmerdale is scheduled as: Mon 6th Dec, 7-7.30pm Tue 7th Dec, 7-8pm Thu 9th Dec, 7-8pm Fri 10th Dec, 7-7.30pm Confirmed by ITV Press Centre: http://www.itv.com/PressCentre/progr...n/default.html Looks like 7.5 hours is nearer the mark! ![]() Are ITV shutting up shop for 2010 on December 11th? Looks like they're aiming to make as much money as they can between now and December 11th by piling it all up to the roof and flogging it all off at 50% off to get as many punters as humanly possible through the doors - and hope for the best. Desperate stuff really. ITV could until fairly recently achieve the same ratings hegemony 51 out of 52 weeks without even breaking sweat. Quote:
Saturday 4th December
5:40pm - Walk on the Wild Side 6:10pm - The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson 6:40pm - Strictly Come Dancing 7:40pm - Merlin Are they not dancing twice per show in the later rounds this year? Quote:
Road to Coronation Street should have aired on ITV1 - obviously executives feared it didn't appeal to the right demographic - typical ITV for not showing it.
It's a BBC programme - presumably the BBC commissioned Granada to make this? There was talk of BBC2 repeating it in December to coincide with the Coro 50th, but they would struggle to find a slot that week not already filled by Coro programming! An hour on BBC2 too would be overkill... ![]() Quote:
Looking on BARB for the Golden Jubilee (seeing as its been mentioned above):
Monday 3rd June 2002 19:30 - Party at the Palace: 12.54m [BBC1] Tuesday 4th June 2002 BBC1 09:25 - The State Procession: 5.74m 11:25 - State Service of Thanksgiving: 6.51m 13:45 - Carnival in the Mall: 7.88m 18:45 - BBC News: 9.44m Party at the Palace peaked with 17m IIRC, and averaged 15m over the 2 hours from 8-10pm, but only got 12.5m over the full slot because ITV aired Corrie as normal at 7.30, dragging BBC1 down considerably for the first half hour. The 4 Tuesday ratings posted there I think constituted the entire day's programming on BBC1 from 9.25 to 7.30pm that bank holiday. Sensational average for the whole day, which absolutely pulverised ITV. The Carnival in the Mall peaked with around 11m or so - not bad for a hot summer's afternoon (and public holiday). Quote:
In regards to the FA Cup - ITV now have the glorious tie of Wimbledon or Ebbsfleet v Stevenage Borough. Bet they can't wait for that one.
![]() Well worth every penny of the £130m they paid. (OK, granted that wasn't just for this match!
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Yawn all this fuss about Corrie. ITV were always going to milk it to death that week. As every episode that week should have at least 11m (if not they have a big problem) they would be fools if they didn't air extra episodes. The Emmerdale/EE clashes are unavoidable but do perhaps prove that ITV airs too much soap.
At least BBC1 gets to repeat the complement in the following 2-3 weeks - albeit without the big numbers every night, but by delivering a diverse mix of quality programming across all genres rather than something akin to sitting down to a Brewers Fayre "all you can eat" carvery dinner every night followed by great big bowlfuls of toffee pudding and custard. |
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Must be pretty depressing for the BBC1 command today as ITV trotted out a full week of programming when they will win virtually every primetime slot and bust BBC1's balls with a big bat in the ratings.
At least BBC1 gets to repeat the complement in the following 2-3 weeks - albeit without the big numbers every night, but by delivering a diverse mix of quality programming across all genres rather than something akin to sitting down to a Brewers Fayre "all you can eat" carvery dinner every night followed by great big bowlfuls of toffee pudding and custard. |
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Must be pretty depressing for the BBC1 command today as ITV trotted out a full week of programming when they will win virtually every primetime slot and bust BBC1's balls with a big bat in the ratings.
At least BBC1 gets to repeat the complement in the following 2-3 weeks - albeit without the big numbers every night, but by delivering a diverse mix of quality programming across all genres rather than something akin to sitting down to a Brewers Fayre "all you can eat" carvery dinner every night followed by great big bowlfuls of toffee pudding and custard. I am told they are hideous though, so it seems a good analogy... |
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Worth remembering - ITV are in it for the money; BBC are in it to supply a service. Their approaches will be different. In a sense, it's a shame the approach in advertising has diversified so much as it's affecting the commercial channels badly.
It also makes a mockery of Adam Crozier's statment about trying to change " a remarkable lack of diversity" in the schedules. It sure is a diverse selection of programming that week. |
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to be fair I think his plans for a diverse ITV scheulde, is slightly more long term, possibly not until autumn 2011
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