Originally Posted by rzt:
“I thought ITV1's 7pm hour rated better than usual. They averaged about 5.9m (inc. HD) between 7-8pm. Usually they average about 5.2m (inc. HD) due to Emmerdale getting ~7.5m at 7pm and the 7.30pm filler getting ~3m or even worse sometimes.
BBC1 across the hour rated about the same as usual, I'd say. 6.7m between 7-8pm last night, usually they'd have just under 5m for TOS and 9m for 'Enders so about the same overall. [Great rating for The One Show yesterday by the way]
So overall, despite losing both the 7pm and 7.30pm slots to BBC1 it was definitely a schedule change worth doing for ITV. Firstly it would've been a bit ridiculous anyway not showing the interview at 7pm as the embargo expired then but also their 7-8pm average was boosted and there was a significant boost for The Zoo too - 4m in that slot is practically unheard of.”
“I thought ITV1's 7pm hour rated better than usual. They averaged about 5.9m (inc. HD) between 7-8pm. Usually they average about 5.2m (inc. HD) due to Emmerdale getting ~7.5m at 7pm and the 7.30pm filler getting ~3m or even worse sometimes.
BBC1 across the hour rated about the same as usual, I'd say. 6.7m between 7-8pm last night, usually they'd have just under 5m for TOS and 9m for 'Enders so about the same overall. [Great rating for The One Show yesterday by the way]
So overall, despite losing both the 7pm and 7.30pm slots to BBC1 it was definitely a schedule change worth doing for ITV. Firstly it would've been a bit ridiculous anyway not showing the interview at 7pm as the embargo expired then but also their 7-8pm average was boosted and there was a significant boost for The Zoo too - 4m in that slot is practically unheard of.”
Ah OK, on first glance it appeared to be slightly down (hence "looks like", never claimed it to be fact), but on closer inspection it was actually slightly up so that's good at least for ITV. I still think The One Show did well to beat the ITV1 special by the amount that it did.
I also completely agree that ITV1 were right to show it at 7pm and have never said otherwise. Not sure they should have aired Emmerdale at 7:30pm though, but as they are already running an hour-long on Thursday and had football tonight I suppose their options were limited.
The Zoo did well in fairness. I won't go OTT, its rating still isn't brilliant, but it's a lot more respectable than ITV's usual performance in that slot.
Originally Posted by rzt:
“Holby City continued excellently as per usual and Turn Back Time held up well considering IAC's big rating which is up on last year's equivalent figure. Poor start for The Family and CSI: Miami was dented too - is that its lowest ever audience?”
“Holby City continued excellently as per usual and Turn Back Time held up well considering IAC's big rating which is up on last year's equivalent figure. Poor start for The Family and CSI: Miami was dented too - is that its lowest ever audience?”
Whilst I can't address your question with any certainty, I seem to remember it logging 1.7 in the overnights on occasions before where it has clashed with football of some kind.
The Family seems far more likely to have logged an all-time series low, but we won't point that out, eh?
