Not really. It got high ratings and generated a lot of discussion on this thread. So I thought it relevant to mention it.

Just like someone thought it relevant to mention on Saturday night that the Sundays were reporting Cowell and Cole allegedly quitting TXF - another show which generates the odd mention on here from time to time...

That is excellent for South Riding. My guess would have been around 5.5m. I wonder whether it affected The Promise and Being Human?

Could we have a breakdown of SR please? I thoroughly enjoyed it but I've seen comments about 'worthy but dull' so interested in likely retention rate for next week.

I doubt it. South Riding seems to have the same ratings as Lark Rise, although transmitted an hour later.

well its ok but its no Downton

I read that they start filming series 2 this month, even though Fellowes was reported to have said at Christmas that he hadn't started on any scripts and he would have to burn the midnight oil to get them done in time.

Sounds more like Rushjob Abbey to me...

Not all shows can piggy back on The X Factor now can they George?

Great start for South Riding but the true test will come if it holds its audience. Will it act like Downton Abbey or Outcasts?

Maybe Dancing On Ice was dented. Media Guardian have put these figures up.

South Riding: BBC1, 9pm - 6.6 million/23.9%

Wild at Heart: ITV1, 8.30pm - 6.8 million/23.7%

Dancing on Ice: the Skate-Off, 9.30pm - 6.8 million/24.9%

The Promise: Channel 4, 9pm - 1.2 million/4.7%

Ghost Rider (film rpt): Channel 5, 9pm - 1.4 million/6.2%

Interesting, thanks. All very close.

The Promise holding very well which is pleasing.

Was K Katona leaving last night a cynical ploy to keep viewers away from South Riding?

Blimey, South Riding managed to beat Wild at Heart in terms of audience share. Terrific performance.

DoI slightly ahead but definitely dented, below the magic 7 million.

Beaten by Channel 5's movie repeat though which will be a kick in the teeth for Channel 4 this morning.

Excellent start for South Riding, although I think ITV still held up pretty well.

Glad to see C4 and C5 perform quite alright... shame that The Promise didn't get a better slot.

I'm not sure if the ITV rating includes HD and +1 though but still it was very close.

I'm loving The Promise but I do prefer the grandfather's story with Christian Cooke (so much better than in Demons, which shows that the script was the problem), than the modern day story with Claire Foy.

Sunday 20th February Overnights
BBC One
18:00- Sheila Hancock Brushes Up: the Art of Watercolours: 3.2m (13.6%)
19:00- Countryfile: 6.15m (23%)
20:00- Antiques Roadshow: 6.19m (21.2%)
21:00- South Riding: 6.62m (23.9%)
* 21:00-21:30: 6.75m
* 21:30-22:00: 6.49m
* up 28% on slot average
22:55- Match Of The Day 2: 1.44m (11.3%)

BBC Two
19:00- Graham Hill – Driven: 1.44m (5.4%)
20:00- Top Gear: 6.01m (20.6%) inc. HD
21:00- Toughest Place To Be a Paramedic: 2.09m (7.5%)
22:00- The Prestige: 1.31m (8.9%)

ITV1
18:35- Dancing on Ice: 8.33m (30.9%) , +1: 184k (0.7%)
20:30- Wild at Heart: 6.77m (23.7%) , +1: 89k (0.4%)
* 20:30-21:00: 6.79m
* 21:00-21:30: 6.75m
21:30- Dancing on Ice: Skate-Off: 6.83m (24.9%) , +1: 193k (1.2%)
22:00- That Sunday Night Show: 3.07m (14.8%) , +1: 121k (1.1%)
* 22:05-22:35

Channel 4
19:00- Come Dine With Me: 1.57m (5.9%) , +1: 284k (1%)
20:00- The People's Supermarket: 1.06m (3.6%) , +1: 149k (0.5%)
21:00- The Promise: 1.19m (4.8%) , +1: 97k (0.6%)

Channel 5
20:00- Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol: 661k (2.3%)
21:00- Ghost Rider: 1.44m (6.2%)

Primetime Shares
ITV1: 25.3% (+1: 0.6%)
BBC One: 21.9%
BBC Two: 10%
Channel 4: 4.7% (+1: 0.7%)
Channel 5: 4.4%

Ratings include HD where necessary

Multichannels
BBC Three
21:00- Being Human: 1.37m (5.0%) inc. HD
22:00- Family Guy: 760k (3.7%)

Dave (inc. +1)
18:00- The Gadget Show: 377k

E4 (inc. +1)
19:00- 90210: 210k
21:00- Bulletproof Monk: 470k

Film4 (inc. +1)
18:45- In Good Company: 203k
21:00- Alien 3: 330k

Gold (inc. +1)
22:00- National Lampoon's European Vacation: 123k

More4
17:50- Come Dine with Me: 822k (3.8%)
22:00- Kimberley: Young Mum...: 305k (inc. +1)

Sky1
18:00- Got To Dance: 940k (3.9%)

Sky Sports 1
12:00- Celtic v Rangers: 771k (6.8%)

Watch (inc. +1)
18:00- No Ordinary Family: 103k

Yesterday (inc. +1)
18:00- Antiques Roadshow: 164k

Sources: DS, MG

rzt, easy geezer! Hope you're well and in good health. A couple more for you:

Sky Atlantic drama Treme 66,000

Saturday (excuse if already posted)
Sky Atlantic drama Boardwalk Empire 306,000
BBC4 drama The Killing 357,000
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Does anyone know what the FA Cup football and highlights got on ITV1 yesterday? Cheers

Why did you dislike it so much? Was it just because it is ITV?

I thought it was a pretty well made piece of drama, as was Upstairs Downstairs. I think it's good for the television industry that a period drama can appeal to a mass audience, means more drama being commissioned and risks taken.

Not sure whether thats a good figure or not for AR. Switching times and new and old episodes must be very confusing. Its not added all that much by shifting into 8.00 and has about held what LRTC was getting in its last few flings.
South Riding is definitely not LRTC, and from what I saw, pretty cheerless stuff-it will be interesting to see what kind of retention it gets. Did well though against ITV's big hitters so that they all become much of a muchness. DOI is not piling on the viewers as the weeks go by in the same way XF and SCD do, in relation to the rest of the big five -its very much on par with IAC.
Good figures again for Top Gear and another 12 million over the BBC channels confirms this at least is a bit of good complementary scheduling.

Very good night for BBC1, it amazes me how it gets over 6m against the Dancing on Ice and Wild at Heart combination.

Quite a coup for ITV to get it exclusive, especially with the somewhat renewed interest in the royals lately, thanks to the wedding this year, 60th Jubilee next year etc. Intresting, because of being one of them royal events I thought it was a bit more like the Xmas message. i.e Buckingham Palace etc deciding rather than ITV/BBC bidding for it. But i suppose thinking about it. it's more of an Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund decsion.

IIRC it does do pretty well ratings wise doesn't it? Around 8m+ on both ITV1 & BBC1 IIRC. Plus because of the BGT winner getting a place on the bill, it seems to fit on ITV1 pretty well. Always seemed that on the years it wasn't on ITV, the BGT winners didn't fit in as well with the rest of the line up.

Brilliant from South Riding given the competition. It did seem to rather dent ITV than elsewhere. Not particularly pleasing numbers for The Skate Off really - but then again, I sort of agree that its a bit late, especially given the length of the main show. I cannot for the life of me understand why they haven't split it over the weekend.

Other stand outs must be Top Gear still holding above 6m and Being Human which sustained its excellent figures.

That Royal Variety move does make a lot of sense for ITV. With the BGT winner appearing, and the useful time of year for ad revenue in the run up to Christmas - it must be worth quite a bit to them.

The officials for w/e 13th Feb are now on, but no top ten for Sky Atlantic again, even though it's in the 'total viewing summary'.

Good figures for Mad Dogs, 1.613m. Wonder how many more watched it on Anytime/Anytime+/Sky Player?

It appears that BBCHD and ITV1HD are still suffering from being moved from the front page to the fourth of the Sky HD EPG.

The BBC and ITV have alternated with the Royal Variety since 1962, in the previous two years ITV had it exclusively but Bernard Delfont intervened on the BBC's behalf.

My word! Ten years is a long long time and this is somewhat out of the blue. Whilst not sweeping all before it like during the long variety heyday, its going to be very useful in the run up to Christmas.
Im very surprised, the BBC is supposed to be into events that bring the public together but clearly so is ITV , and the BBC is being muscled out it seems-certainly regarding half of this "event". I wonder if there is any shock at BBC HQ.

Another Monday, another top 20.

Most Watched Shows of 2011 [Top 20 - Officials]
01 - 12.39m - CORONATION STREET (03/01/11) - ITV1/HD
02 - 11.42m - EASTENDERS (03/01/11) - BBC1/HD
03 - 10.23m - DANCING ON ICE (09/01/11) - ITV1/HD
04 - 9.52m - EMMERDALE (13/01/11) - ITV1/HD
05 - 8.80m - BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDINGS (08/02/11) - C4

06 - 8.80m - COME FLY WITH ME (01/01/11) - BBC1/HD
07 - 8.69m - WILD AT HEART (09/01/11) - ITV1/HD
08 - 8.50m - SILENT WITNESS (17/01/11) - BBC1/HD
09 - 8.10m - MIDSOMER MURDERS (02/02/11) - ITV1/HD
10 - 7.91m - FILM: INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (01/01/11) - BBC1/HD

11 - 7.68m - LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD (09/01/11) - BBC1/HD
12 - 7.50m - ABOVE SUSPICION (03/01/11) - ITV1/HD
13 - 7.38m - TOP GEAR (23/01/11) - BBC2/HD
14 - 7.36m - MARCHLANDS (03/02/11) - ITV1/HD
15 - 7.15m - BBC NEWS (03/01/11) - BBC1/HD

16 - 7.04m - HUSTLE (14/01/11) - BBC1/HD
17 - 6.95m - CASUALTY (02/01/11) - BBC1/HD
18 - 6.92m - COUNTRYFILE (30/01/11) - BBC1/HD
19 - 6.92m - ANTIQUES ROADSHOW (02/01/11) - BBC1/HD
20 - 6.71m - RUGBY SIX NATIONS (04/02/11) - BBC1/HD

Notes:
- No duplicates: i.e. no BGT/DOI in there twice.
- HD audience included for all programmes airing on HD
- BBC1 HD is bundled in automatically with BBC1
- ITV1 +1 excluded
- Thanks to MattJ and rzt for some of the missing ratings off BARB
- The National Television Awards had 6.58m excluding HD; good chance it will be in the chart near the bottom if the HD figure was included

Most Watched Multichannel Shows of 2011 [Top 20 - Officials]
01 - 2.69m - LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (06/02/11) - Sky Sports 1
02 - 2.63m - GLEE (17/01/11) - E4
03 - 2.00m - HATTIE (19/01/11) - BBC4
04 - 1.61m - MAD DOGS (10/02/11) - Sky1
05 - 1.57m - BEING HUMAN (23/01/11) - BBC3

06 - 1.53m - LIVE FORD FOOTBALL SPECIAL (12/02/11) - Sky Sports 1
07 - 1.41m - MIDSOMER MURDERS (08/01/11) - ITV3
08 - 1.39m - EASTENDERS (08/02/11) - BBC3
09 - 1.35m - FOYLE'S WAR (13/02/11) - ITV3
10 - 1.34m - GOT TO DANCE (02/01/11) - Sky1

11 - 1.21m - THIS IS YOUR LIFE: HATTIE JACQUES (19/01/11) - BBC4
12 - 1.20m - CELEBRITY JUICE (10/02/11) - ITV2
13 - 1.20m - LIVE CARLING CUP FOOTBALL (12/01/11) - Sky Sports 1
14 - 1.10m - LEWIS (30/01/11) - ITV3
15 - 1.07m - THE ASHES TOUR (06/01/11) - ITV4

16 - 1.04m - BENIDORM (09/01/11) - ITV2
17 - 1.03m - SKINS (27/01/11) - E4
18 - 1.03m - FILM: THE INCREDIBLES (08/01/11) - BBC3
19 - 1.03m - LIVE AT THE APOLLO (15/01/11) - BBC3
20 - 1.02m - HAWAII FIVE-0 (06/02/11) - Sky1

Source: BARB. Excludes +1, Includes HD for Terrestrial Chart. Only 1 programme per 'show', i.e. only one Ford Super Sunday game.

Big Fat Gypsy Weddings breaks into the top 5 with 8.80m. Including +1, its rating is 9.71m.