Also a lot of people were still driving home from work when it was on, so if it had become a real nailbiter and went on into peak time, then 7 or even 8 million viewers would have tuned in. However, Murray has certainly made viewers want to watch Wimbledon again as, if it was 2 obscure East Europeans playing this evening, ratings would have been vastly lower.

No, I think they are just running a week behind.

I apologise to everyone for that post earlier - it has just been one of those days.

I do feel that the BBC should set out and keep to it what they intend to do when a British player is playing in teatime, evening. For me only the semi-final should take priority over news and certain programmes. There was no reason why the match couldn't have carried on BBC Two at 6pm.

It all depends what programme is being shunted to bbc2, also the bbc don't know when a tennis match will start or end - Murray was second on centre court the match could have started and ended as early as 2.30pm or as late as 8.30pm.

Let us see what happens on Friday, ideally for BBC Murray would be in the final set of a 5 set thriller as 7.00pm approaches on BBC1, the match would end at 7.50pm leading nicely into EE, CS would be dented for the 1st episode.

What do you mean by 'watch Wimbledon again' as if this is the first year Wimbledon has had a UK hopeful?

With Murray and Henman before him, this has been the case for over a decade.

I think most regions did. A 5 minute local news programme with a full length bulletin this evening after the Ten O'Clock News.

It's on at 10.55pm tonight.

Rose tinted glasses springs to mind. The Phil & Fern era was riddled with innuendos and rarely won any awards, Richard & Judy era had a talking robot and a man in his late 40s jumping about on a weather map in the hope he would fall in.

It has never been any more, or any less, than Take a Break meets Inside Soap. I don't understand where the notion of it becoming more and more innane comes from, it has always been pointless TV and has never pretended to be anything more than it is. Yes it has become a little stale, but when you're running a show for 23 years with no drastic changes to the format it is bound to happen. Its also long overdue a new set.

With 4m of them wondering....where the hell is George Aligaih?

Keith Lemon as guest editor?

EastEnders and Emmerdale to clash next Thursday.
EastEnders has a very Odd Hour-Long Special (they usually only do it if eps are missed) and it's Ronnie's Exit so quite a big one.
Followed by a 90mins Best EastEnders exits on BBC3.

Thats my Thursday sorted then

Not Ratings Related But Where has Robbie gone. I hope he hasn't left the thread i would miss hin Bashing the X Factor The year.

Also what does everyone think Torchwoord will get when it returns. I think about 4.8m

Children of Earth did 6.5, 6.1, 6.4, 6.8 and 6.6 million for it's 5 episodes.

I'd guess Miracle Day episode 1 will do more than 4.8. Think it's good for a 6 million final ratng.

I think its making up for the comic relief episode that was only 10 mins and not classed as a proper episode

The 10mins ep counted as the missed episode.
Next Thursday is just a special it seems and looking at the spoilers alot is going to happen

Come off it. The logo is dreadful, the graphics, studio design, Keith lemon, the hub, boasting about having 2 guests that have the biggest breasts in the world , Philip Schofield etc. the list goes on.

Just because it is a daytime show doesn't mean you can justify a poor production.

I see Murray won in three straight sets then, didn't miss much last night... Don't forget the Wimbledon average will be from 13:45 to 19:00.

Good point, the Federer shock exit game might have got decentish daytime ratings, but yes I doubt the overall average will be nowhere near 5 or 6m, not for such a long extended show.

The Apprentice - 7.8m

Lewis - 3.7m

Wimbledon peaked with 7m at 6.30pm

I'm looking for some football tv ratings from last season. Don't know if anyone can help me.

1) How well all the Championship matches from the BBC did
2) Sat 5 Mar 2011 - Man City v Wigan (Premier League on ESPN)
3) Tue 28 Dec 2010 - Coventry v QPR (Championship on Sky Sports 1)

Waterloo Road - 5m

Emmers - 5.9 (6.1m inc HD and +1)

Afghanistan: Battle for Helmand - 900k

24 Hrs in A&E - 2.2m (2.6 inc +1)

Wednesday 29th June Overnights
BBC One
06:00- Breakfast: 1.6m (36.8%)
13:45- Wimbledon 2011: 4.0m (34.9%)
* peak: 7m at 18:30
19:00- The One Show: 3.4m (17.8%)
19:30- Waterloo Road: 5.0m (25.4%)
20:30- In With the Flynns: 3.6m (17.1%)
21:00- The Apprentice: 7.8m (32.6%)
22:00- BBC News at Ten: 5.1m (24.4%)
22:25- Regional News and Weather: 5.1m (27.9%)
22:50- The National Lottery Wednesday Night Draws: 3.6m (23.1%)
23:00- Not Going Out: 2.0m (16.4%)

BBC Two
18:00- BBC News at Six: 2.3m (13.1%)
18:30- Battle of Britain: The South Coast Trail: 1.6m (8.8%)
19:00- Wimbledon 2011: 2.1m (11.0%)
20:00- Today at Wimbledon: 1.9m (9.2%)
21:00- Afghanistan: The Battle for Helmand: 0.9m (3.7%)
22:00- The Apprentice: You're Fired: 3.4m (16.3%)
22:30- Newsnight: 1.0m (6.8%)

ITV1 (inc ITV1+1)
06:00- Daybreak: 0.8m (17.5%)
08:30- Lorraine: 0.9m (18.2%)
18:30- ITV News & Weather: 3.1m (15.9%)
19:00- Emmerdale: 6.1m (30.9%)
19:30- Poms in Paradise: 3.4m (17.5%)
20:00- Lewis: 3.7m (15.9%)
22:00- ITV News at Ten & Weather: 2.1m (10.1%)

Channel 4 (inc C4+1)
18:00- The Simpsons: 1.5m (6.6%)
18:30- Hollyoaks: 0.9m (4.4%)
19:00- Channel 4 News: 0.7m (3.2%)
20:00- Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic: 1.9m (8.2%)
21:00- 24 Hours in A&E: 2.6m (9.4%)
22:00- Desperate Housewives: 0.9m (4.4%)

Channel 5
17:00- 5 News at 5: 0.5m (4.0%)
17:30- Neighbours: 1.0m (6.3%)
18:00- Home and Away: 0.8m (4.4%)
18:25- OK! TV: 0.3m (1.8%)
19:00- 5 News at 7: 0.2m (0.9%)
19:30- Pawn Stars: 0.5m (2.7%)
20:00- Submarine School: 0.8m (3.7%)
21:00- NCIS: 0.9m (3.6%)

Ratings include HD and are full-slot averages

Cheers Bushmills.

Really good for The Apprentice. After a bit of a dip last year it's done incredibly well this year and it may end up being the highest rating series ever in the official ratings. OK for Lewis considering it was a repeat and had tough competition. It's a similar rating to what a new Marple got a few weeks ago!

Bushmills, do you know how Dinner Date is doing at 5pm on ITV against Four In A Bed/Come Dine on C4. Both shows seem to be going for a similar audience so I'd be interested to see how they're doing.

Also really good for Waterloo Road. A 25.4% share is really good for it and for it to get 5m in a c3.5m sandwich is really good going. It's a valuable show for BBC1 and I can see why they keep producing more episodes. If it's getting 5m at 7:30pm in the Summer then it may well be close to 6m in the Winter.

Impressive. I think the Murray nadal match could top 10 milllion

Very good rating for Wimbledon. Murray/Nadal will bring big numbers. Great rating for The Apprentice as well, almost certainly the most watched series as well.