The weather's definetly made a dent as everything was down from last week. It's similar weather today so I imagine everything will be down today as well.

I think Chiles was well-known in certain quarters for Working Lunch and then he got MOTD2 which involved a mandatory shot every week of him at the WBA match with his pal Frank Skinner. Whether or not you regard that as ''rated'' is a matter of opinion.Christine was in the relative obscurity of BBC Belfast and has since been described as a ''presenter'' although it's never been clear what she presented, it certainly wasn't the local news.

Adrian had of course had a good career at the BBC before The One Show, but I dont think ITV would have been that interested in him (expect for maybe the odd footie match) if he had never done The One Show.

Also CSI was done, becasue it was a rubbish episode.

We were all on the front watching the kids playing, laughing and joking with friends and neighbours enjoying the sun. God bless the PVR, whether it be Freeview or Sky etc. Everyone said the same- just nip in and set the Sky box etc to record, will be back out in a minute.

Justin Bieber getting his head blown off made for a hugely entertaining ep all on it’s own I thought!

Enjoyed the rest too with their small-screen Hannibal Lecter making a reappearance.

Terrific share for EastEnders yesterday - its highest in 3 months. It's been a strong week for EastEnders and hopefully some of the casual viewers will stick around for the next few months as we head towards summer. Good shares for Emmerdale and Home & Away too - its very rare that H&A is above 6% these days. Poor for Hollyoaks - C4 better be hoping the forecasts about this summer being a washout are correct otherwise there'll be some dismal ratings for the show during June/July.

That'll be it for Candy Cabs, then. I can't see them bringing that one back. They're bringing Accused back which got similar figures but at least that was well received critically. For the sort of show Candy Cabs is, though, I've seen much worse before. A very poor retention for The Reckoning, which dropped 35% from its premiere audience - that's the 2nd biggest second episode drop for a new ITV drama in recent years (Married Single Other's 36% was the biggest). ITV should be relieved they only ordered 2 episodes of this stinker - I had my doubts about it when they kept delaying it from what was originally meant to be a January showing to March and then to April, but still didn't expect it'd drop that much. Poor day for Channel 4 - Fern tanked, The Sex Education Show started badly by its standards. It lost viewers from its lead-in (which is unusual) and was down 0.8m and 3.4 share points compared to the previous series opener. Atrocious for Campus, which surely had C4's lowest ever 10pm audience last night?!

CSI on C5 slipped from recent weeks' ratings of 2m+ but I think that was probably due to the extra drama competition last night. It should rebound back over 2m next week. Excellent evening for BBC3. Once again, a documentary at 9pm got about 1m, EastEnders posted one of its highest rated BBC3 ratings ever and White Van Man is holding up very well. I said a few months ago I thought BBC3 was the best digital channel last year and they've continued to improve and are building up quite a number of hit shows. White Van Man will be renewed and I think if they repeat it quite a lot over the next 12 months to expose it new viewers and promote the 2nd series a lot, it could be getting 1-1.5m ratings for its 2nd series.

I dont hate him that much, so he failed to make an impression on me, due to the fact he was a poor actor, didnt care one jot when he was shot.

Well, it was hevaily reported that they approached Adrian in about 2008, way before his contractual wrangles at the Beeb, about becoming their new football presenter, but he turned it down. That's not too surprising as ITV Sport are always chopping and changing their personnel, they also approached Jeff Stelling a few years back, and I wonder why anyone would choose to work for them as they always seem to be hunting for the flavour of the month, like when Des Lynam replaced Bob Wilson. Fair play to the likes of Matt Smith and Jim Rosenthal for hanging around despite being treated incredibly badly.

Indeed Adrian was great on Match of the Day 2, it was no wonder ITV were after him, it's important to realise just what a breath of fresh air he was when he started doing football. During the 2006 World Cup I always watched the Beeb highlights, even though I'd seen all the games, just because he was doing them. Unfortunately he can't do what he did then in the five minutes before a Champions League match on ITV.

I also remember a few years back, I think when Lorraine Heggessey was controller of BBC1, that she'd seen one of Chiles' shows and thought he was brilliant and asked people to pitch ideas for new vehicles for him. It's a shame it's all gone wrong for Adrian, five years ago or so I'd have called him my favourite person on telly. Not now.

I did mention that ITV may have liked Adrian for the football, but that probaly woudlnt have been the big money and big attention deal that the Daybreak deal was, I mean its not like he would have joined GMTV.

Interesting story in the Mirror and on DS Headlines that EE producer Bryan Kirkwood is pursuing cast members who have allegedly been leaking story lines to the tabloids. The BBC Investigator (ie the BBC's own internal policeman) has been called in to investigate with the threat that any actor found guilty ''will never work for the BBC again.'' I thought most of the leaking was done officially by the EE press office although we know one actress who had to hastily leave EE for that very reason

I wonder who at Channel 4 thought Campus was strong able to sustain an hour! I think it wouldn't be doing as bad if was half an hour, I dont think it'll be pulled but they will have to rethink their comedy output.

Per Broadcast:

"Sky is hunting for a head of Sky Atlantic as it ramps up the support for the entertainment channel, which is home to its portfolio of HBO content."

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/

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Aha, I see The Vanessa Show is discussing our pet favourite subject, Daybreak's ratings. If I was her, I'd look at her own ratings...

Ab Fab is back for 3 new episodes. Christmas maybe?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/...re-ab-fab.html

lol yes kettle calling pot black that one

EastEnders easily the standout from last night. The share for the main showing is brilliant, and the raw number for the BBC Three repeat extremely impressive. In fact, the repeat seems to have been working overtime over the last couple of weeks - keeping viewers hooked even as the good weather steals them from the main showing. After a slightly dodgy period, the shows ratings are back on track - at least for the moment.


If the story is true, then you would think so. The last episode only got 6.3m on Christmas Day 2004, but it did air at 10.30. I'm sure it would still be a very welcome addition to the Christmas comedy line-up.

Interesting to see some of these faces back on BBC One. Danny Cohen made a big thing in one of those interviews at the start of the year of getting "national treasures" back on the channel. In the past month, we've seen a David Jason comedy, a new Michael Palin travelogue, and now perhaps this. I think all would fit the bill of what he was referring to.

Interesting that Ab Fab is coming back, they originally ended it due to Jennifer Saunders thinking it had run its course but she's been absent from television aside from Comic Relief due to her illness so it'll be good to see her back.

Interesting that the Australian soaps held up so well compared to other teatime shows yesterday. I feared the worst when I saw Hollyoaks' rating but I needn't have!

That share for teatime Neighbours must be its biggest in months (it was also its highest audience since March 17) and H&A ditto.

They’ll have to sticker that “Absolutely Everything” DVD set now it won’t have er.....absolutely everything in it!

http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/prim...-buzz-edition/

The first round-up of Hollywood buzz on the new pilots, many being shot just now.

The main focus is on ABC & NBC because CBS & FOX have very limited needs. Though FOX have 2 high profile drama projects. JJ Abrams "Alcatraz" and the Tim Kring (Heroes) - Kiefer Sutherland, "Touch".

20th TV (who produce Modern Family & How I Met Your Mother) have apparently got 2 hot comedies. For sister network FOX, The New Girl stars Zooey Deschanel "as an unlucky-in-love teacher who moves in with three unruly guys". They're also behind one of the Parents Television Council's most hated new comedies, Don't Hate The Bitch In Apartment 23. It's at ABC and the story is about "an earnest, honest, optimistic girl from the heartland (Dreama Walker) who, due to circumstances beyond her control, is forced to move in with Chloe (Krysten Ritter), a sexy, unstable New York City party girl who has the morals of a pirate." Both comedies have apparently been testing extremely well.

THE BRITS:

Outnumbered is dead at FOX... again.

Mixed news it seems for ITV. Prime Suspect at NBC is an "early favorite based on the pedigree and the cast" - last year the pilot was abandoned due to casting issues but it was put back in development this season. Identity has "fans at the network and ABC Studios" but "some question whether a straight ensemble procedural can work on ABC, which has struggled to launch one with Detroit 1-8-7 this season".

Others looking good;

NBC's Steven Spielberg produced musical series "Smash" - which Bob Greenblatt took with him from Showtime.

Period dramas "Playboy" (NBC) and to a lesser extent, ABC's "Pan Am".

ABC's "Charlie's Angels" (surprise, surprise!) is described as solid, which seems pretty weak compared to the praise dished out for others. But it's always going to be a frontrunner.

Shonda Rhimes' new ABC drama, Damage Control, about a crisis management consultant (based on a true story).

Of course, it's still very early and agents, publicists, studio execs, network execs, producers and directors are all desperately trying to hype their new shows. Even strong testing isn't a guarantee - FOX passed on Breakout Kings last year.

It's available in four times as many homes, no surprise really.

Last week Man Utd v Chelsea on Sky had a match average of 2.8m - compared to a race average of 4.1m for F1 on BBC1 on Sunday morning.

Some more ratings from yesterday, from Broadcast:

BBC Four
21:00 - Close Up with Jonathan Ross: 185,100 (0.8%)

ITV2
21:00 - The Vampire Diaries: 511,300 (2.2%)
* +1: 126,200 (0.73%)

E4
21:00 - 90210: 244,500 (1.1%)
* +1: 203,500 (1.2%)

Sky Living
21:00 - Katie: 256,900 (1.1%)
* +1: 114,700 (0.7%)
22:00 - The Hunks: 158,300 (0.9%)
* +1: 39,800
* slot average: 103,600 (0.6%)

F1 had a race average of 4.1m (47.5%) between 08:00 and 09:45 last Sunday.

OK - I've now edited my post above!