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Old 07-02-2011, 19:10
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Last week's Got To Dance first live show up 20% on last year's from 1,109m to 1,327m.

40% uplift from the overnights. It's amazing how many aren't watching live or same day.

Should get a third run. Shame the cancelled Must be the Music was put in a tough slot.
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Old 07-02-2011, 19:16
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Was Wallander a repeat?
Yes, 'Sidetracked' was an episode from series 1.
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Old 07-02-2011, 19:30
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Outcasts TV reviews...
The Times "Unbelievably dire - the worst BBC drama since Bonekickers".
The Scotsman "Awful...a po-faced ragbag of wooden dialogue, dreary plotting, heavy-handed moralising and one-dimensional characterisation".
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Old 07-02-2011, 19:32
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The "compromise" would have been to pay extra for the rights vis-a-vis what a commercial operator would pay, essentially to compensate the sponsors for loss of exposure. Of course this is a laughable waste of public money but this was the confused BBC of the last few years that thought it was a commercial tv network without the ads
Actually, there was no interest whatsoever from the BBC. One of the newspapers made it up. The press must have cost ITV a pretty penny!
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Old 07-02-2011, 19:39
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BARB is STILL reporting Monday Night Football wrongly.

On 24 January it was Bolton v Chelsea.

BARB is reporting EVERY Monday Night Football (ie every week it is on) as Blackburn v Sunderland.
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Old 07-02-2011, 19:43
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Outcasts TV reviews...
The Times "Unbelievably dire - the worst BBC drama since Bonekickers".
The Scotsman "Awful...a po-faced ragbag of wooden dialogue, dreary plotting, heavy-handed moralising and one-dimensional characterisation".
Despite the mixed reviews, it'll still get good premiere numbers, no doubt. It's been heavily plugged by the BBC for over three weeks and it's up against weak competition so it should be capable of averaging something around 6m if not more.
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Old 07-02-2011, 20:00
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BARB is STILL reporting Monday Night Football wrongly.

On 24 January it was Bolton v Chelsea.

BARB is reporting EVERY Monday Night Football (ie every week it is on) as Blackburn v Sunderland.
Programme names are occasionally labelled incorrectly by the system. Famously last year, E4 drama series Misfits was labelled each week as the 1960s movie The Misfits.

Not really a huge issue in the grand scheme of things. They can't quality control everything that goes out. As long as the actual figures are correct, that's the main thing.
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Old 07-02-2011, 20:06
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Anyone else concerned by FIVER+1's 10th most watched programme last week?

The rebrand can't come soon enough!
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Old 07-02-2011, 20:13
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Actually, there was no interest whatsoever from the BBC. One of the newspapers made it up. The press must have cost ITV a pretty penny!
you really believe that? surely you aren't that naive.
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Old 07-02-2011, 20:14
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Anyone else concerned by FIVER+1's 10th most watched programme last week?

The rebrand can't come soon enough!
*checks BARB*

*goes to top 10s*

10 TELESHOPPING (SAT 2500) 29

Hmmm.
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Old 07-02-2011, 20:14
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Superbowl had 111 million viewers last night. The most watched TV event in American history.
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Old 07-02-2011, 20:36
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Sensational figures for the Superbowl and Glee. How did Animal Planet's clever alternative the Puppy Bowl do?

*checks BARB*

*goes to top 10s*

10 TELESHOPPING (SAT 2500) 29

Hmmm.
Thanks for that. I couldn't actually bring myself to post it. Very unflattering to FIVER, that stat.
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Old 07-02-2011, 20:38
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Outcasts TV reviews...
The Times "Unbelievably dire - the worst BBC drama since Bonekickers".
The Scotsman "Awful...a po-faced ragbag of wooden dialogue, dreary plotting, heavy-handed moralising and one-dimensional characterisation".
I'm looking forward to it, in a kind of twisted way after reading the scathing reviews. It surely can't be as cringe inducing as Bonekickers. . .
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Old 07-02-2011, 20:42
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I'm looking forward to it, in a kind of twisted way after reading the scathing reviews. It surely can't be as cringe inducing as Bonekickers. . .
RadioTimes is less scathing...
It's an absorbing set-up. As often happens with first episodes, the characters converse in chunks of exposition and we're expected to care a bit too much about people we've barely met, but there are witty touches (a scene with a cloned piglet, for instance), Cunningham exudes charisma, and you may well end the first episode impatient to see the second - always a good sign.
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Old 07-02-2011, 20:57
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I wonder if the DOI results show will see a slight boost tonight with people tuning in to see the aftermath/round 2 of Jason and Karen's spat. Their row was great TV (Jason has clearly been waiting to say what he said for weeks) and it may boost the Skate Off a bit.
Looks like it made little difference, but Jason was so spot on with that - just a shame he didn't add in the line about her only being there as she's shagging Christopher Dean!

Will FOX want to sacrifice the ad space to promote The X Factor though? They may say 'pay up or no chance' to him.
I'm sure like here they'd be a quota for channel promos within the ads too, and FOX wouldn't just sit back and count the cash when they've got the opportunity to promote their products to a massive audience too.

Sunday 6th February Roundup


Channel 4
18:00- Time Team: 1.65m (inc. +1)
21:00- The Promise: 1.69m (7%) , +1: 83k (0.5%)
About as good as you could expect for The Promise - indeed I thought it might struggle to beat the audience Being Human has been getting, but in the end it won quite comfortably.

I wonder too how Time Team would do in a different slot - it's performed relatively stably in the 5.30/6pm slot it's had for years, but could a better slot see it's audience jump, or perhaps just do more harm than good?

Decent start for The Promise considering the slot, length & type of show it was. Not sure why on earth they are wasting new CDWM in that 7pm slot, when there's already enough of it on Mon-Sat in slots it performs much better in. They may as well air film repeats or repeats of shows recently aired on Ch4, because it just seems a waste.
They've just really over commissioned on Come Dine with Me at the moment - there's pretty much been new primetime and daytime versions on weekly since September now, which is ridiculous when you consider the sort of ratings repeats bring in. Certainly with the primetime version rather than wasting episodes in what are effectively dead slots I'd just stick the celeb versions in primetime and keep the regular ones for daytime.

Some The X Factor USA news for anyone interested:

- winner will receive $5m recording contract with Sony
- age limit is 12
12 is ridiculous - the 14/15 they had for one UK series was quickly dropped, and I suspect in the US despite the age limit they'll tell most people aged 12-14 they don't think they're ready.

Also I think 12/13 by most is still perceived as a child - and that's not good viewing.

Superbowl had 111 million viewers last night. The most watched TV event in American history.
Interesting - based on recent years I'd guess it'll probably climb to around 125-130m worldwide, which somehow the NFL will spin to "one billion".

And back to Glee - I'm kind of thinking it's continued ratings success isn't doing it any favours and it could do with actually collapsing a bit so it is axed after series 3/4 - as from what I've seen so far of this series, it's beginning to look like a one-trick pony.
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Old 07-02-2011, 21:20
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Wow, 15 minutes in and Outcasts is terrible.

Can't even find a discussion thread on here.

Ah, it just appeared.
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Old 07-02-2011, 21:35
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Wow, 15 minutes in and Outcasts is terrible.

Can't even find a discussion thread on here.

Ah, it just appeared.
Quite a few interesting comments as well.

(ps, a thread is in Cult as well; and its trending high on Twitter as well, for all the wrong reasons)
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Old 07-02-2011, 21:48
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Reasonable night for ITV1 last night. BBC1 did well until 9pm and then fell apart with a filler. Channel 4 did as well as could be expected, really.
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Old 07-02-2011, 22:12
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Seven
18:00 Seven News 1.25m
18:30 Today Tonight 1.25m
19:00 Home and Away 1.05m
19:30 My Kitchen Rules 1.33m
20:30 Bones 1.21m

Nine
18:00 Nine News 1.19m
18:30 A Current Affair 1.05m
19:00 Two and a Half Men (R) 0.88m
19:30 Two and a Half Men 1.19m
20:00 $#*! My Dad Says 1.06m
20:30 (Premiere) Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here 1.38m
*first in a series of three standalone telemovies based around the hugely successful Underbelly franchise.

Ten
18:00 6pm with George Negus 0.39m
18:30 Ten Evening News 0.37m
19:00 The 7pm Project 0.73m
19:30 Glee 0.77m
20:30 Undercover Boss 0.61m

Eleven
18:30 Neighbours 0.36m
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Old 07-02-2011, 22:17
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Ten
18:30 Ten Evening News 0.37m
Eleven
18:30 Neighbours 0.36m

That awkward moment when....
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Old 07-02-2011, 22:18
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And back to Glee - I'm kind of thinking it's continued ratings success isn't doing it any favours and it could do with actually collapsing a bit so it is axed after series 3/4 - as from what I've seen so far of this series, it's beginning to look like a one-trick pony.
I think it should continue for until a 6/7th series but take a hit just so they come out of this self-centred attitude they've seemed to develop circa S2
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Old 07-02-2011, 22:35
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How humiliating for Ten. So when do we think Neighbours will actually outrate it? Place your bets.
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Old 07-02-2011, 22:39
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How humiliating for Ten. So when do we think Neighbours will actually outrate it? Place your bets.
Next couple of days I reckon. Probably Wednesday as that's when it peaked last week.
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Old 07-02-2011, 22:41
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Neighbours ahead of TEN Evening News, in 3 (of 5) markets, too close for comfort is my thinking.

Rank Description Network Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
32 Total Ppl Network TEN TEN EVENING NEWS 372,000 79,000 134,000 61,000 30,000 68,000
33 Total Ppl Network ELEVEN NEIGHBOURS 356,000 91,000 138,000 52,000 33,000 43,000
Neighbours ahead in Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide.

As for Outcasts, so im the only one who enjoyed it, ok I say enjoyed I thought it was ok, kinda a slow burner, but still ALOT better than Bonekickers.
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Old 07-02-2011, 22:59
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I said it was only a matter of time last year, now it has finally happened. ITV3 has overtaken ITV2 to become the UK's most watched digital channel. In January, the former had a total audience share of 2.5%, whilst ITV2 held a total of 2.4%. It's the first time ITV3 has beaten ITV2 with +1 included.

More info: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s....php?t=1434419
However, ITV2 could bounce back with Britain's Got More Talent in the spring. It does seem quite dependent on spin offs from ITV1's three big non soap shows( I wouldn't really call BGT a reality show as it's a talent contest like New Faces). However, could an ageing population be behind ITV3' success and the fact ITV2 seems totally fixated on repeats of soaps, Jeremy Kyle and American people shows. Also these Next Chapter shows seem to be running their course now.
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