Yesterday, Dinner Date had 1.1m, while Four In A Bed had 1.5m.

DD has been doing better than that (around about 1.3m) but was hit by yesterday's BBC1 Wimbledon coverage, which was getting 5m viewers at that time.

Confirmed, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow to air on Christmas Day: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pre...mcintyre.shtml

Thanks.

Looks like Dinner Date isn't doing too well on the whole, although the dip yesterday is understandable. It aired at 12:30pm last year so maybe it isn't strong enough for 5pm. Four In A Bed doing quite well though, and I think better than how Three In A Bed was doing in primetime.

This Morning has always has provocative moments designed to shock like the couples trying Viagra years back, or the testicular examination. But those items had a journalistic value.....unlike the recent large-breasted guests. They were just TV to gawp at, and no different to 90s stuff like Eurotrash.

Waterloo Road's a big success story for the BBC. It's taken a few years to get to this stage and has experienced some dips on the way, but at last they've hit a winning formula with the scheduling and storylines (it seems judging by the consistency in ratings) where it's now become a solid 5m performer and importantly another continuing drama series for BBC1. It might not necessarily rise to 6m in the winter as it'll face tougher competition than Poms in Paradise but it brings a lot of stability to the Wednesday schedules - what's the chances that a future re-commission will have the episode order increased to 40 episodes or more?

The Apprentice this year has been fantastic.

Yeah, a series high rating last night for The Apprentice. It's rating brilliantly this series and seems to be gaining momentum as it's now gone up three weeks in a row. Next week's could be hitting 8m.

As for series averages, it's not yet 100% definite it'll be the most watched series. Here's the overnight series averages since 2009 at this stage of the competition (after episode 9):

2009- 7.59m (31.1%)
2010- 6.86m (26.3%)
2011- 7.36m (29.7%)

So in terms of the overnights, it's still slightly behind the equivalent average for the 2009 run. However it is timeshifting more these days (about 0.4m more) so it is very much possible it'll end up being the most watched series in the consolidated figures as long as ratings don't dip - I think it might come down to how the final rates which of course annoyingly will have the You're Hired bit bundled in with it. It's +7% up from last year's series though so the switch back to spring/summer has definitely paid off.

Yesterday's Wimbledon breakdown:

BBC1
13:45- 1.1m (14.9%)
14:00- 1.6m (22.0%)
14:15- 2.0m (28.5%)
14:30- 2.2m (30.2%)
14:45- 2.3m (31.2%)
15:00- 2.5m (33.1%)
15:15- 2.6m (32.4%)
15:30- 3.0m (35.1%)
15:45- 3.4m (36.3%)
16:00- 4.0m (38.9%)
16:15- 4.3m (39.5%)
16:30- 3.8m (33.8%)
16:45- 4.4m (36.2%)
17:00- 5.2m (40.5%)
17:15- 5.6m (41.2%)
17:30- 5.6m (38.6%)
17:45- 6.3m (40.4%)
18:00- 5.6m (32.6%)
18:15- 6.0m (32.8%)
18:30- 7.0m (37.5%)
18:45- 6.6m (34.8%)

Channel 4 are planning a bid for Formula 1.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/b...medium=twitter

From Broadcast:Channel 4 enters F1 race

Channel 4 has opened discussions to acquire Formula 1 rights from the BBC when the deal with the corporation expires in two years time.

Bosses at C4 are understood to be eyeing the sport as a means of attracting the young male audience.

How is the Wright Stuff Extra rating? Better than Vanessa?

Terra Nova will air on Sky1 in the Autumn.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...erg-terra-nova

Great analysis there rzt, I love looking at the yoy trends, gives a much better picture of overall performance, thanks for those.

It's going to be intersting to see how it pans out from here on in. I just read on the DS Apprentice forum that there are no interviews this year, as Lord Sugar is looking for a business partner as opposed to an employee.
I wonder will that effect ratings? That episode(second last) usually does particularly well IIRC .

that was expected.

F1 on C4, guess its possible. Sport seems to be making a return to C4.

another Wimbeldon rating


this being Australia.

All the talk on here about This Morning declining in quality and becoming more trashy
well one of the old Producers of Loose Women Karl Newton is now the Producer of This Morning
Need i say more

Now that is interesting and though probably more of a wise move for ITV rather than the BBC, I have wondered how having the full regional news after the News at Ten rather than early evening would perform. Any figures for UTV, where it airs Monday to Thursday in a half-hour slot (unless they've dropped that.


I'd rather see C4 go for something they can make an impact with rather than fritter away cash into Bernie Ecclestone's bank account. Although I'd rather see the BBC keep the Six Nations and Wimbledon over F1, I think C4 could make a bigger impact bidding for either of those two if they are looking for a flagship sport for the channel.


Talking of sport, confirmation the BBC will screen the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow:
http://www.touchline.tv/other_sport/...enwealth-games

Interesting dip at 18:00, clearly some were not interested in watching Murray. And the 1m rise at 18:30 is due to people thinking the Regional News was going to be on. Or at least I would assume that, anyway.

Despite the quote, I wouldn't take that as being set in stone, six months before Christmas Day, anything could happen. In fact I wonder if they might change that quote later to remove the "Day". Be a bit boring if it does go on Christmas Day, I don't think it's special enough, a bit like when they used to do They Think It's All Over on Christmas Day, which I never liked the idea of.


The other good thing, of course, as far as the Beeb's concerned is that it costs bugger all to make with the set standing all year round and its massive cast, so I reckon there's a good chance they'll keep churning it out. Its popularity does baffle me a bit, though, especially among young people, I dunno why they're so mad for it.


Yes, UTV do indeed do half an hour of news at 10.30, which I think is a much better way of tailoring the ITV schedule to a local audience than STV's stupidity. I think it worked well for everyone yesterday, both for the tennis and the local news as the ratings for it were really good. Despite the complaints on here, in the end it was really no different to when they cut it down to five minutes during the World Cup. I imagine the late bulletin being the main one will be a frequent occurance during the Olympics.

It'd be unlikely to be the case to become the main bulletin full time, though, simply because the hours are more anti-social and I doubt they'd be able to get all the technical staff working at 10.30 as they normally have at 6.30, especially in some of the smaller regions. That said, i always wonder why they have a late bulletin on Sundays, it must surely be easier to get people if they did it at lunchtime.

Article from today's Sun re ITV1's weekend ratings. (Presumably the spokesman they've quoted is the same person who pops up at the end of every Daybreak-in-crisis article, saying that the channel is "delighted" with its performance).

REFFIN’ AWFUL! ITV IN RATINGS SLUMP

ITV is embroiled in a weekend ratings CRISIS with its three key shows proving a major turn-off.

Much-vaunted panel show The Marriage Ref, fronted by Dermot O'Leary, is struggling to get more than 10 per cent of viewers in its peaktime Saturday 9pm slot.

Magic show Penn & Teller: Fool Us, hosted by Jonathan Ross, has seen its audience do a vanishing act with figures down by thousands on its first Saturday outing a fortnight ago.

And Sunday night's Popstar To Operastar, presented by Myleene Klass, has proved a flop after losing a THIRD of its viewers.

Now insiders are predicting all three shows will be AXED in a desperate clearout aimed at saving the channel's weekend strategy.

One said last night: "It's a disaster. If big name stars like Dermot, Myleene and Jonathan can't help get these shows big audiences, then you're stuffed."

The figures speak for themselves. The Marriage Ref - which has already flopped in America - managed an average audience of just 2.3million. That was less than half the 5.2million BBC viewers watching its veteran hospital soap Casualty.

Penn & Teller: Fool Us, recorded a better average audience of 3.3million. But it was a massive 400,000 down on the week before.

Popstar To Operastar is proving the biggest headache for ITV. It started with 4.1million viewers four weeks ago but last Sunday had just 2.7million - pummelled by Top Gear on BBC2 - making it a dead cert for the axe.

ITV was putting on a brave face last night, claiming it was still popular with the younger audience.

A spokesman said: "We're pleased that our new entertainment shows meant ITV1 was the most watched channel in peak time among younger viewers on Saturday night."

Regarding Waterloo Road, I thought this was a bit interesting for BBC's continuing drama averages:

May
8.77m - EastEnders (18 episodes)
5.92m - Waterloo Road (4 episodes)
5.64m - Holby City (4 episodes*)
5.36m - Casualty (2 episodes*)

* excluding the episode versus BGT

Has Waterloo Road leapfrogged Holby City and Casualty?

And ITV moved Coronation Street from Wednesdays, to accomodate Champions League Football, which by my reckoning took place on 15 Wednesdays out of 52 in the last 12 months.

The switch to last autumn killed the momentum it was gaining from 2008-2009 and the 2010 series could have increased further. It just got lost last autumn amongst other hit shows of the same genre. Even if this years series doesn't quite beat 2009, I think next years series will providing it is a good one.

Junior Apprentice in the autumn should also see a rise because that was on last summer and was very low key yet still got 5m+.

How is You're Fired doing in comparison to previous years?

Junior Apprentice is only 6-8 episodes. It did okay last year but nowhere as big as the parent show. I think The BBC will be happy with 5-6m as it will dented by tougher competition like Apprentice was last year.

Terra Nova on Sky1 was expected but I think the concept is a huge risk but it could pay off big time. Wonder if we'll hear more pickups soon.

Not forgeting last night BBC Wales/ Scotland and NI had their local news on BBC2 at 6.30.
A big ask but..
Does anyone have the regional split to see how ratings there compared to those in England.??

Pearcesport
No surprise that Wimbledon have announced that Murray-Nadal will be second match on court tomorrow. Tea-time viewing
5 minutes ago

Not when you remember how interesting Pebble Mill used to be 30 years ago, which is the closest equivalent. However, that was a different era.