Friday 11th March - Soap Overnights
BBC One
13:45- Doctors: 1.72m (21.6%)
20:00- EastEnders: 8.54m (34.4%)

ITV1
19:00- Emmerdale: 7.14m (32.7%) , +1: 105k (0.4%)
19:30- Coronation Street: 8.67m (36.9%) , +1: 91k (0.4%)
20:30- Coronation Street: 7.78m (30.7%) , +1: 148k (0.6%)

Channel 4
18:30- Hollyoaks: 985k (4.7%) , +1: 79k (0.3%)

Channel 5
13:15- Home & Away: 236k (2.9%)
13:45- Neighbours: 641k (7.9%)
17:30- Neighbours: 1.15m (6.8%)
18:00- Home & Away: 879k (4.4%)
18:30- Home & Away: 719k (3.4%)

BBC Three
22:00- EastEnders: 697k (3.4%)

E4
19:00- Hollyoaks: 376k (1.7%) , +1: 65k (0.3%)

5*
19:00- Home & Away: 206k (0.9%)

Ratings include HD and are tape-checked where necessary

Source: DS

Fine ratings all round, although thought EE would be higher considering it was a big episode.

People seem to forget how consistently Doctors rates above any other soap. While the big three may often fluctuate wildly over the course of a normal week, Doctors nearly always rates in the 1.5-2m bracket, quite impressive really.

Why was Corrie's 2nd ep so low last night?

cause the bbc had a special news report on japan and also ee was a 35 min ep which was a tad naughty, but also viewers are perhaps a bit fed up of the sophie storyline in corrie.

there seems to be a trend of friday nights dipping a little with the soaps, perhaps we have had enough by friday. friday could be a soap free zone perhaps?

The BBC didn't promote the episode and infact other then the baby swap EastEnders is the only soap in the big 3 that has had no promotion this year


Doctors out does the other soaps on quality too.
For a Daytime soap they sure show some gritty stuff
the 4th most rated soap and This Morning are now to cover Doctors on their soap box


EastEnders often has these 35/40 mins episodes and always have done.
Last night they didn't want to cut anything out so made it 35 mins.
ITV once of twice have moved corrie to 8:35pm to avoid any clash.
It was obvious the BBC would have a News Special (Ch 4 also did) and 8:35pm seemed the best place for it


EastEnders has rated about the same all week (apart from Monday) so it's been very consistent however it was never EastEnders most watched episode of the week and also soaps will fall now as it's getting lighter and warmer

Doctors out does the other soaps on quality too.
For a Daytime soap they sure show some gritty stuff
the 4th most rated soap and This Morning are now to cover Doctors on their soap box

Dan i 100% agree with this i have been sky+ing Doctors each week and have been watching it before all the other 3 soaps it has been constantly brilliant, storylines, acting you can't fault it!

I caught it by chance back in 2003 and i've been recording it ever since.
The acting,drama and writing are just brilliant and i think it does comedy really well too

Haha. i'm just imagining your reaction if Corrie showed a 35 minute episode on the 7.30 showing. I bet it wouldn't be so understanding

there would be an ofcom investigation.

Corrie used to quite often finish past 8:00pm on Fridays and Mondays cutting throught EastEnders anyway.

as I have said EastEnders quite often has had 35/40 mins episodes over the years so it's not really a new thing

My god this thread hasn't been used in a whille

Thursday 17th March

Doctors-1.59m (21.6%
Neighbours-726k (9.8%)/5:30pm 1.35 (8.6%)
Home and away-261k (3.5%) /6:00pm 809k (4.4%)
Hollyoaks-990k (4.9%)
Emmerdale-7.12m (33.1%)
EastEnders-8.18m (36%)
Emmerdale - 6.88m (29.3%)
Corrie-7.66m (30.6%
EastEnders BBC3-748k (3.7%
Corrie +1-195k (0.8%)
Emmerdale +1-182k (0.8%) (8:00pm ep)

EastEnders,Emmerdale,Corrie must have been dented by the football on FIVE

good for EE

not much of a gap between Corrie and the first Emmerdale

It was St Patrick's day yesterday too wasn't it? i know quite a few people went to the pub.

yeah that could of had an effect on Ratings aswell as Chris moyles on Radio 1 (i suspect more people listened then normal and viewed red button)

Pretty good for EE last night then.

yeah 480 k down on last week, poor night for all concerned.

Down the least amount of the big 3 though and it still managed to top 8million

indeed it did. most watched soap of the evening, regaining its thursday crown. but it was still a poor night for all, but ee ratings were the best of a bad bunch.

It was a Brilliant episode and on form this week.

Corrie will be the most watched soap tonight though

Friday 18th March Overnights
BBC One
13:45- Doctors: 1.64m (21.8%)
19:00-22:00: Comic Relief 2011: 9.87m (40.5%)
* 19:00-20:00: 7.84m (34.2%)
* 20:00-21:00: 10.5m (41.5%)
* 21:00-22:00: 11.29m (45.2%)
* peak: 12.4m

ITV1
19:00- Emmerdale: 6.36m (29%)
19:30- Coronation Street: 7.2m (29.9%) , +1: 176k

Channel 4
18:30- Hollyoaks: 1.04m (5.4%)

Channel 5
13:45- Neighbours: 765k (10.1%)
17:30- Neighbours: 1.13m (7.3%)
18:00- Home and Away: 743k (4.1%)

E4
19:00- Hollyoaks: 313k (1.4%)

5*
18:30- Home and Away: 523k (2.7%)

Ratings include HD and are tape-checked where necessary

Sources: DS, DS (2)
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About 11 million people saw EastEnders' mini 10-minute episode last night. The ITV soaps dented by Comic Relief, although Emmerdale held up better than two years ago.

Was it just a one-off H&A getting 486k at 1.15pm one day? It seems like a random boost, what could have caused it?

Brilliant. EE really is the best at the moment. Fantastic return to form these past few weeks and April looks fantastic with Ann Mitchell joining.

I think it's a bit dodgy to claim that EE pulled in 11 million viewers to be honest. I think many of those viewers would have been watching the bulk of the telethon anyway and would not have tuned in solely for Eastenders