Well, in my view, they've got the top five right and in the right order too. But I expect SCD to finish 6th ahead of EmFm in 7th.

Hmmm,

how about taking the 40/1 and then starting a rumour that She's going to announce that Charles gets the job with immediate effect.

K

Has anyone got any daytime ratings for yesterday? in particular Only Fools and Horses

And now...

Top 20 Overnights (Monday to Wednesday)
01 - 11.5m - Coronation Street (Mon, ITV1)
02 - 10.6m - EastEnders (Mon, BBC1)
03 - 10.1m - EastEnders (Tue, BBC1)
04 - 9.1m - BBC Regional News (Mon, BBC1, 18:30)
05 - 8.8m - Emmerdale (Mon, ITV1)

06 - 7.9m - BBC Regional News (Tue, BBC1, 18:30)
07 - 7.8m - BBC Regional News (Wed, BBC1, 18:30)
08 - 7.6m - Emmerdale (Tue, ITV1)
09 - 7.6m - Emmerdale (Wed, ITV1)
10 - 6.8m - BBC News at Six (Mon, BBC1)

11 - 6.4m - Holby City (Tue, BBC1)
12 - 6.1m - BBC News at Six (Tue, BBC1)
13 - 5.7m - Top Gear (Tue, BBC2)
14 - 5.7m - Come Rain Come Shine (Mon, ITV1)
15 - 5.7m - Countrywise Winter Special (Wed, ITV1)

16 - 5.5m - BBC News at Six (Wed, BBC1)
17 - 5.2m - The Nativity (Mon, BBC1)
18 - 5.1m - BBC News at Ten (Mon, BBC1)
19 - 5.1m - The Nativity (Wed, BBC1)

Includes HD where necessary.

(OK, it's 19 at the moment, but will extend to 20 tomorrow!)

Given the poor opposition, I wonder if Coronation Street could be #1 again tonight?

BBC2 is having, yet again, a really good time of it ratings wise. It seems to happen every year that for months they put out new programming that struggles to get 2m then air a load of classic/nostalgic comedy at Christmas and it gets 3m. I would expect another set of good ratings tonight for the Ronnie Corbett programming.

Also, a very good, potentially job saving, rating for Chris Moyles' quiz night there. On Mondays he was getting around 1.1m/1.2m with +1 and last night got a much healthier 1.8m.


Those odds are pretty rubbish now. You could have got Eastenders at 4/7 a couple of weeks ago. Royle Family and Doctor Who are worth a couple of quid though.


I echo this post.

A bit of a Christmas bonus for E4 there - and absolutely no surprise Louie Spence flopped as usual for Sky1.

No surprise for Louis Spence, PDS didn't exactly light the world on fire despite all the hype they generated themselves

Very good retention by the ITV News at 10. Only lost 800k viewers from The Comedy Annual. And Countrywise did well too. Might help boost it for whenever the next series returns in the Eastenders filler slot. It's certainly one of ITV's better rating fillers


Very good for 5pm again. Kept some Monday momentum? And not bad at 7pm (by 7pm standards) even beating Studio Five


Nice the ratings picked up for the final shows. And the double probably means the penultimate episode got more than it would have on a 'stand alone' basis on a separate night

Those BBC Three and E4 numbers are probably the most impressive of the night. Big movies do great business at this time of year and I notice BBC Three are promoting a season of Pixar movies already. They took a re-airing of almost all BBC One's movies last year IIRC.

Very dull night otherwise across the main channels - Countrywise did well for ITV1 I suppose. C4 is getting reasonable numbers by trotting out its food programming, while BBC Two always prospers by gorging on nostalgia at this time of year.


The order further down is certainly a bit funny. Beyond the obvious, if I had to throw a quid at something, I'd take a punt on The One Ronnie. I'm not expecting anything too special - think I predicted 8 million - but its probably the least predictable of Christmas Day's offerings. Also, 11/1 is decent for Corrie, considering the form its in at the moment.

Agree here-perfect fillers against soaps but slot leaders no way.

13:45- Only Fools and Horses: 2.23m (21.1%)


19:00- 509k , +1: 144k
19:30- 491k , +1: 174k

Thanks rzt! (If you don't mind and if it's not too much trouble, if you get hold of the ratings for Today's and Friday's episodes, could you post them too?)

Hope rzt doesn't mind me posting these ITV1 breakdowns.

Countrywise
1900 - 5.46m
1905 - 5.50m
1910 - 5.35m
1915 - 5.47m
1920 - 5.68m
1925 - 5.81m

It's Paul Burling
2000 - 4.54m
2005 - 4.35m
2010 - 4.16m
2015 - 3.50m
2020 - 3.54m
2025 - 3.54m
2030 - 3.23m
2035 - 3.31m
2040 - 3.33m
2045 - 3.10m
2050 - 3.22m
2055 - 3.03m

The first 15 minutes saved Burling from a low 3m, but no further shows for him I imagine.

No problem, will do. Incidentally, OFAH yesterday beat the ITV1 programme in the same slot by 2:1.


I don't mind at all D.M.N.. Looks like Comedy Annual's breakdown was much more stable than It's Paul Burling's:

2100 - 2.990
2105 - 3.252
2110 - 3.278
2115 - 3.228
2120 - 3.310
2125 - 3.406
2130 - 3.337
2135 - 3.245
2140 - 3.365
2145 - 3.224
2150 - 3.059
2155 - 3.373

Cheers!!

Only Fools is still ratings gold

Natasha Kaplinsky has finished her final edition of Five News at 5pm. Matt Barbet will take over the role in the new year.

I was thinking earlier that maybe the BBC should have used a classic comedy to fill the 10:45pm slot on Christmas Day, rather than Starsky and Hutch. Something like Only Fooal and Horses, maybe the Jolly Boys Outing episode. Or something like a Vicar of Dibley Christmas repeat. I think there would be a lot more appetite for shows like that rather than a poorly received film repeat to finish of the big day.

Do you know how the childrens series "K9" is performing on Channel 5, weekday mornings 9:40am? Getting a lot of promotion at the minute across the channel. Thanks in advance.

Mon 20/12- 189k (2.3%)
Tue 21/12- 118k (1.6%)
Wed 22/12- 163k (2.2%)

Okay ish, but it's certainly no Sarah Jane Adventures!

Anyone know the celebs that are on WATBAM Live tonight?

Chris Evans, James Martin, Carol Voderman & Gok Wan according to the EPG

Ah Ok, Thanks

...and Ann Widdecombe.

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