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Old 14-03-2011, 16:21
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Also noted in the officials:



Not great is it?

I remember when BBC1 could get 8m for replays involving Exeter City at this time of year...
of course you ............ahem ...........forget to mention that QF ratings are up considerably in 2011 versus 2010. I'm sure amnesia is just a side effect of the drugs.......
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Old 14-03-2011, 16:44
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Would be interesting to see how TMNT and The Mask as I imagine they must have done over 1m. Death Race should do better business next week.
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Old 14-03-2011, 17:20
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Again the BBC News at Ten is on for 30 minutes tonight due to the Japan tsunami.
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Old 14-03-2011, 18:05
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Seems ITV had a good night here.
But very bad for channels 4 and 5.
More proof that ITV1 has survived and prospered over the last 3 years without the soaps on Sunday. I don't think these are really weekend shows to start with- LWT saw off Albion Market in the eighties.
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Old 14-03-2011, 18:19
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Sunday 13th March 2011
BBC One
14:30 - Live Six Nations Rugby: 5.57m (34.7%)
* match average: 6.32m
* 5-minute peak: 8.0m


Crikey, it gets better...!

An 8m 5-min peak for a rugby match on a Sunday afternoon. I wouldn't be surprised if the FA Cup Final, once the highlight of the TV sporting calendar, fails to peak that high - assuming it is still on at Saturday 3pm this year(?).
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Old 14-03-2011, 18:30
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Crikey, it gets better...!

An 8m 5-min peak for a rugby match on a Sunday afternoon. I wouldn't be surprised if the FA Cup Final, once the highlight of the TV sporting calendar, fails to peak that high - assuming it is still on at Saturday 3pm this year(?).
It's just unfortunate the F1 wasn't on yesterday as well....
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Old 14-03-2011, 18:30
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Low for Waking the Dead especially as it has been long anticipated. I think the show works better on Monday/Tuesday. It's not really a Sunday show and I wonder whether trailing it so heavily as 'the final series' may have put off the casual viewer.
I agree. Also ITV have a lock on Sunday night with Dancing On Ice giving a good lead in to Wild At Heart.
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Old 14-03-2011, 18:33
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Originally Posted by RobbieSykes123;487*****
When you consider that the 9th series of WTD returned after a 2 year absence to face a 3m-rated documentary on BBC2 and a 7.2m-rated ITV drama with a 30 minute head start and the results of a major schedule-hogging celebrity talent show, a 6m-ish overnight (plus timeshift) isn't at all bad really.

I don't recall what Lewis was getting for ITV when WTD last got a sub-6m Sunday night audience, and what BBC2 was offering at the time, but at least it was head to head and probably not up against a combined BBC2/ITV1 audience of more than 10m.
It's funny how you take into account the competition and give all these excuses when it is BBC1 programmes under performing. You never seem to do this at other times.
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Old 14-03-2011, 18:36
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Dated: Dave's One Night Stand Series 2

14th April 9pm: Chris Addison
21st April 9pm: Mark Watson
28th April 9pm: Dave Gorman

Sensible to schedule this on Thursdays, which seems to be the biggest multichannel night these days. I think it should perform really well for them as the supporting acts seem pretty good as well.
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Old 14-03-2011, 18:49
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Sunday 13th March 2011
BBC One
14:30 - Live Six Nations Rugby: 5.57m (34.7%)
* match average: 6.32m
* 5-minute peak: 8.0m
19:00 - Countryfile: 5.58m (22.2%)
20:00 - Antiques Roadshow: 6.41m (23.8%)
21:00 - Waking the Dead: 5.87m (21.7%)
22:30 - Outcasts: 1.56m (11.6%)

BBC Two
19:00 - The Real Italian Job: 980,000 (4.1%)
20:00 - Top Gear: 2.76m (10.4%)
21:00 - Brian Cox's Wonders of the Universe: 3.00m (11.6%)
22:00 - FILM: V for Vendetta: 1.20m (8.6%)

ITV1
13:30 - Live FA Cup Football: 2.7m (19.5%)
* match average: 3.06m
19:10 - Dancing on Ice: 7.96m (30.6%)
* +1: 193,000 (0.7%)
20:30 - Wild At Heart: 7.22m (26.4%)
* +1: 145,000 (0.6%)
21:30 - Dancing on Ice: 6.95m (26.6%)
* +1: 208,000 (1.4%)
22:20 - FA Cup Highlights: 1.8m (11.9%)

Channel 4
19:00 - Come Dine With Me: 1.40m (5.6%)
* +1: 372,000 (1.4%)
20:00 - Civilisation: Is The West History?: 960,000 (3.6%)
21:00 - Country House Rescue: 1.37m (5.1%)
* +1: 203,000 (1.1%)
22:00 - FILM: Taken: 1.36m (9.4%)
* +1: 107,000 (1.4%)

Channel 5
20:00 - Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol: 764,000 (2.8%)
21:00 - FILM: Phone Booth: 560,000 (2.3%)

BBC Three
21:00 - Being Human: 1.05m (3.5%)

More4
19:00 - Crufts 2011: 675,000

Primetime Shares
ITV1 - 25.8% (+1: 0.6%)
BBC One - 22.2%
BBC Two - 7.6%
Channel 4 - 5.2% (+1: 0.8%)
Channel 5 - 3.7%

Ratings include HD and are tape-checked where necessary. Source: DS, MG

And as per, late start time... DOI below 8m. Waking the Dead did alright, will be interesting it versus Law and Order tonight.

Big victory for Six Nations over the Football.

(edit - BroadcastNow.co.uk articles are no longer searchable via Google, so no ratings from there I'm afraid)
Channel 5 usually do quite well with their films on Sundays Although i think Iv seen Phone Booth a few times on C4 and E4!
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Old 14-03-2011, 19:03
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Channel 5 usually do quite well with their films on Sundays Although i think Iv seen Phone Booth a few times on C4 and E4!
The actual rating is even lower than that it seems. The above must be tapechecked as MG have it as low as 546k.

A terrible rating for Channel 5, excluding the obvious can't think of a worse performing show in primetime in a long time.

But a quick search on DigiGuide revealed the problem with C5 showing this title last night. The C4 channels (which repeat a LOT more frequently than C5) have aired this movie 7 times since May last year. The titles which C5 normally hold the rights to and air on movie Sundays are shown once or twice a year max, whereas last night's title had been shown twice already this year on Film4.

Basically, Channel 4 are responsible for Channel 5's diabolical performance last night.
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Old 14-03-2011, 19:06
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Pretty disappointing start for Waking The Dead, I was expecting more considering how it usually performs and how well other programmes have done in that slot recently. That said, there was tough competition not just from ITV1, but BBC2 and BBC3 too, and also looking at its figures the last few years there's been a clear downward declining trend - just 4 years ago, its series debuted with over 9m! It's shed its audience series by series recently, so it seems like the last few series haven't really clicked with viewers and maybe we shouldn't be too surprised it was closer to 6m than 7m. I wouldn't be surprised, however, if next week's rating is higher because there'll be weaker competition, especially from ITV1 as Wild at Heart is over.

Speaking of Wild at Heart, it's been another strong series ratings-wise, with 7m+ almost every week and figures up year-on-year (+4%). Its definitely got a loyal audience given how steady it is against all sorts of competition. Another series should be a shoe-in. Underwhelming figures for Dancing on Ice - despite the later start-time (which dents it) I thought it would've been capable of 8m+ for the performance shows. However it was up y-o-y vs. the same weekend last year so it wasn't too bad - I don't understand why people are questioning if DOI will be back next year. Of course it will: its ratings are up compared to last year and what other show do ITV have in the wings which could replace it and get ~8m on Sundays for over 2 hours, 13 weeks of the year which is also cost-effective?

Solid for Wonders of the Universe. It was down half a million compared to last week but I expected that as last Sunday's episode was heavily promoted and inevitably not everyone would return this week. Great figure for the England 6Nations match, which bodes well for next week's big one against Ireland - could be another 7m+ figure like the England v France match. I wouldn't make a big fuss over the FA Cup only getting half of that audience though - obviously West Ham v Stoke was never going to be a ratings winner and the gap between the two competitions fluctuates depending on the teams involved in the matches broadcast. The previous day the FA Cup beat the Rugby 2:1 so it's mostly dependent on the teams involved, like 90% of sports broadcasting. RobbieSykes123 is probably right that the FA Cup Final won't peak with over 8m - it's looking likely that the final will be: Man Utd v a "non-big" team. The last time there was a lineup like that (2004), BBC1's FA Cup Final coverage peaked with 6.8m, so I suspect ITV1's coverage wouldn't peak much more, or even match, that.
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Old 14-03-2011, 19:10
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New thread!

A few people have noted how the FA could find themselves a bit short of rights revenue for the next contract, if there's no BBC bid, and a lower one from ITV. I'm inclined to agree.
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Old 14-03-2011, 19:13
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Did we ever get any daytime news ratings for the Japan news?
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Old 14-03-2011, 19:17
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Pretty good for ITV last night. Anyone know how DOI is shaping up compared to previous series?

Also thought it was worth noting, I know it's been said a million times it was starting in the Autumn, but there wasn't a specific month given, but just came across the Comic Relief Ebay Auction, one of the prizes are ".... two tickets to see Jonathan Ross's new talk show when it starts in October."

So it's a 13 week run which means ( if it is on a Saturday & i imagine it won't run into the new year) that it will start on Sat October 1st and fits in perfectly for an Christmas Eve last episode. That or it'll start one week later and end on New Years Eve.

..... yes i am planning ahead!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JONATHAN-ROSS-...item3a640148d8
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Old 14-03-2011, 19:44
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Pretty good for ITV last night. Anyone know how DOI is shaping up compared to previous series?

Also thought it was worth noting, I know it's been said a million times it was starting in the Autumn, but there wasn't a specific month given, but just came across the Comic Relief Ebay Auction, one of the prizes are ".... two tickets to see Jonathan Ross's new talk show when it starts in October."

So it's a 13 week run which means ( if it is on a Saturday & i imagine it won't run into the new year) that it will start on Sat October 1st and fits in perfectly for an Christmas Eve last episode. That or it'll start one week later and end on New Years Eve.

..... yes i am planning ahead!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JONATHAN-ROSS-...item3a640148d8
When ITV signed him up for a chat show, it was said there'd be 18 editions.
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Old 14-03-2011, 19:55
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When ITV signed him up for a chat show, it was said there'd be 18 editions.
Yes your right ! Never trust Wikipedia!

"The 18-part series, which is likely to go out on a Friday or Saturday night after The X Factor, will air from late 2011 to early 2012"

Still at least we know it'll be staring in October now!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...ross-chat-show
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Old 14-03-2011, 20:04
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Anyone got the non tape-checked rating for Man U v Arsenal on Saturday? MG only updated with Sunday's ratings.
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Old 14-03-2011, 20:10
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Anyone got the non tape-checked rating for Man U v Arsenal on Saturday? MG only updated with Sunday's ratings.
I thought for the RPG, if sport over-ran, you took the rating including the over-run into account? Or maybe I misread the rules?

Anyway, the non tape-checked rating was: 5.76m.

Source: Media Week
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Old 14-03-2011, 20:18
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I thought for the RPG, if sport over-ran, you took the rating including the over-run into account? Or maybe I misread the rules?

Anyway, the non tape-checked rating was: 5.76m.

Source: Media Week
You're right. I forgot that extended injury time was the reason for the programme overrunning. Thanks, the tapechecked will do.
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Old 14-03-2011, 20:18
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Solid enough for DoI. Very bizzare how it get's it's second worst rating of the series so far even when it started at 19.10 (and we are very close to the end now with the semi-final next week). It just doesn't seem to be building any momentum at all. It's just getting 8-8.5m a week which is obviously good, and there will be another series, it's just a shame it can't grow each week like SCD and TXF. The current overnight average stands at 7.8m.

WTD returned with a little less than I was expecting. I think tonight will be very similiar against L&O: UK but next week there's no WAH, so it may increase. It's a great show anyway and 9 year's is a good run!
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Old 14-03-2011, 20:41
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Old 14-03-2011, 20:48
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Do you think ITV will have another Dancing on Ice next year?
The only threat is if The X Factor gets pushed back till January, but I think they'd still rub Dancing on Ice from March rather than ditch it completely.

Again the BBC News at Ten is on for 30 minutes tonight due to the Japan tsunami.
Is it really worth adding just five minutes?

New thread!

A few people have noted how the FA could find themselves a bit short of rights revenue for the next contract, if there's no BBC bid, and a lower one from ITV. I'm inclined to agree.
As I said in the last thread perhaps focusing on quality rather than quantity and selling the first pick of games to FTA - this weekend shows that more often than not, the second FTA game (the 3rd or 4th pick I guess) just doesn't have the pulling power.

Although it would mean reduced revenue for the FA and in advertising for ITV, I think quite a good balance would be to have the first pick on ITV, two more games (3rd and 5th?) on ITV4 and two (2nd and 4th) on ESPN, with replays perhaps consigned to ITV4 and ESPN. (ITV could promote games deemed worthy of it).
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Old 14-03-2011, 20:52
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Apologies if it's been mentioned, but The X Factor has been recommissioned in Australia.
http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/03/...-to-seven.html
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Old 14-03-2011, 21:05
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Being Human will be recommissioned...

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