It won't even be that. Don't forget it joined Freeview on 1 Feb and there is no official data for that period yet.

TNA Impact might just scrape a top 10 place when the officials come out, but I'd guess other shows (like Millionaire) will be more popular.

Yes, that's what I meant - two big shows on at the same time.

Not sure what I make of Miranda moving to BBC1 - I'm not sure whether it'll benefit from the move; it's very quirky. Will BBC1 use it as Coronation Street opposition or try it on another night, I wonder. I can just see it being aired at 8.30pm on Friday nights.

As for last night, TV Burp performed terribly and obviously does not work midweek. However, BBC1 did awfully as well with the other channels benefiting. The football did ok if not superbly.

I missed out Prime Suspect which is made by ITV Studios. It has been ordered to pilot (for a second season) by NBC's new boss.

For NCIS to increase despite competition from the football is excellent, I imagine it'll decrease a little due to Masterchef but remain above 2m. Cowboy Builders is faring well as well.

History of Ancient Britain and Madagascar did great for BBC Two and those type of shows do quite well for them.

967,000 for Mad Dogs - peaking at over 1m...

Very good start for Mad Dogs, should be mid to high 1m in the officials.

I think Mad Dogs will be shown on Freeview Ch 11 this weekend.

Marchlands: 5.7m (23%)

Source: Railway Arms

Good retention for Marchlands. I imagine that includes HD; if not could be ~6m; with near 7m in officials. Initial signs suggest recomission.

Yeah it includes HD. I also think it includes +1, although I'm not 100% sure.

It's an 88% retenion which is pretty good for a new drama.

That's a great rating and virtually identical to last week. It shows that if you make the shows people will watch them.

Julie Walters cast in ITV1’s The Jury:

That sonds REALLY good, ITV are schduling some really good drama these days.

E4 [inc +1]
22:00: Skins - 0.67m

With +1 stripped out, likely to be around 550k - 570k, which would be slightly lower than last week's record low of 573k. Should be OK as long as it can settle in this range in the mid 500k and not drop any further.


Source: C4 Sales

Looking forward to it. We tend to Sky+ three parters and watch them back to back in one evening.

...except it's a 6 parter?

Marchlands is a 5-parter, and we've had 2 episodes.
It's annoying for Ashes To Ashes / Life On Mars fans to have to choose between this (Dean Andrews) and Mad Dogs (Philip Glenister / John Simm), PVR's notwithstanding.

Very pleased for the Marchlands gang, an excellent drama so far.

Have rattings been delayed?

Anyone know how Vanessa Feltz's show is doing these days?

Thanks in advance.

DS have updated.

Pretty strong retention for Marchlands and it will be interesting to see how it holds up for the next 3 weeks against Masterchef.

10 O'Clock live still below 1m and hopefully Ch4 will replace Rome with a stronger rating programme to provide a better lead in.

Poor night for Ch5 with nothing over 1m and I see there's another JLC fronted show on Monday next week with Steven Seagal. All of his shows have shown variety and it would have been better if there was a different personality fronting them.

Celebrity Juice returned to a strong audience, pretty much unaffected by Skins which fell to a new low. I'm not surprised really, because many (including myself) have given up on this series. That said it's still a decent audience for E4 and it should timeshift ok.

Thursday 10th February Roundup
BBC One
13:45- Doctors: 1.78m (24.3%)
19:00- The One Show: 4.35m (20.4%)
19:30- EastEnders: 8.49m (37.3%)
20:00- Human Planet: 4.54m (18.6%)
21:00- Outnumbered: 3.88m (16%)
21:30- Not Going Out: 3.74m (15.6%)
22:35- Question Time: 2.64m (20.9%)

BBC Two
19:00- The Culture Show: 790k (3.6%)
20:00- The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best: 2.0m (8%) inc. HD
21:00- George VI: The Reluctant King: 2.29m (9.5%)
22:00- Victorian Pharmacy: 790k (4%)

ITV1
19:00- Emmerdale: 7.32m (35.3%) , +1: 60k (0.3%)
19:30- Tonight: Too Old For TV?: 3.19m (14%) , +1: 20k (0.1%)
20:00- Emmerdale: 7.7m (32.5%) , +1: 78k (0.3%)
* 20:00-20:25: 7.83m (32.9%) , +1: 76k (0.3%)
20:30- Coronation Street: 8.8m (34.5%) , +1: 138k (0.6%)
* 20:30-20:55: 8.86m (35.3%) , +1: 145k (0.6%)
21:00- Marchlands: 5.53m (22.9%) , +1: 136k (0.8%)

Channel 4
18:00- The Simpsons: 1.97m (inc. +1)
18:30- Hollyoaks: 980k (4.8%) , +1: 101k (0.4%)
20:00- Relocation, Relocation: 1.78m (7.3%) , +1: 262k (1.1%)
21:00- Rome Wasn't Built In a Day: 1.38m (5.7%) , +1: 149k (0.8%)
22:00- 10'Clock Live: 790k (4.5%) , +1: 107k (1.1%)

Channel 5
13:45- Neighbours: 780k (10.5%)
14:15- Home & Away: 380k (5.5%)
17:30- Neighbours: 1.47m (8.7%)
18:00- Home & Away: 861k (4.5%)
19:30- Top Trumps: Earthmovers: 688k (3%)
20:00- Julius Caesar: Rome Unwrapped: 649k (2.7%)
21:00- Justin Lee Collins: Turning Japanese: 799k (3.3%)
22:00- Just Cause: 681k (4.8%)

Primetime Shares
ITV1: 23.9%
BBC One: 21.4%
BBC Two: 6.4%
Channel 4: 5.4% (+1: 0.8%)
Channel 5: 2.9%

Ratings include HD where necessary

Multichannels
BBC Three
22:00- EastEnders: 1.06m (5.3%)

Dave (inc. +1)
20:15- Traffic Cops: 269k
21:00- Russell Howard's Good News: 311k

E4
19:00- Hollyoaks: 446k (2.1%) , +1: 119k (0.5%)
21:00- The Big Bang Theory: 616k (inc. +1)
22:00- Skins: 534k (3%) , +1: 136k (1.3%)
* lowest ever rating

Film4 (inc. +1)
18:45- Last Holiday: 167k
21:00- The Brave One: 540k

Fiver
18:30- Home & Away: 475k (2.3%)

Gold (inc. +1)
21:00- The Vicar of Dibley: 163k

ITV2
22:00- Celebrity Juice: 955k (5%) , +1: 219k (2%)

Sky 1
18:30- The Simpsons: 411k (2%)
19:00- The Simpsons: 595k (2.8%)
19:30- The Simpsons: 465k (2%)
20:30- The Simpsons: 373k (1.5%)
21:00- Mad Dogs: 967k (4%)

Sources: C4Sales, DS (1), DS (2), MG

Wow, Coronation Street winning on a Thursday! This is probably due to the build up to Leanne and Peter's blessing. Hopefully that will propel the ratings up on Monday to around 11m, clawing back to post-tram crash levels.

Neighbours also seeing a rise to nearer the 1.5m. Encouraging, but still a way away from the 1.7-1.9m that it normally gets at this time of the year.

another 1 million+ BBC 3 rating for EE, and no soap clash to explain it.

Soaps seem a bit low, nothing over 9m. Glad Marchlands retained the majority of its audience. Hollyoaks did well on E4, but a dismal C4 rating.

Corrie seems to be creeping up again now there's an advert out promoting next weeks episodes. Mondays should be close to 11m. EE has seen a bit of a drop this week-even without the soap clash Monday & Thursdays episodes have been down.

Emmerdale remains as stable as ever and last nights episodes were pretty decent with a plot actually advancing for once. I can see next weeks episodes seeing a boost and Thursdays 2nd episode should be back to over 8m.

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Also some commissioning news from Ch5:

-Impossible-6 part illusion show
-The Candy Bar
-The Beat Goes On-karaoke gameshow
-Mexican Food Made Simple
-The Restaurant Inspector
-Great Escapes-Paul Merton fronted doc
-The Walking Dead-US series
-Living In Las Vegas-JLC fronted doc
-So You Think You Can't Drive

Apart from The Beat Goes On, all of the above look like really decent shows and different to the stuff Ch5 is airing atm. Most of them look like successes too.