Pan Am seems the best replacement out there for Desperate Housewives, which it's time C4 relegated to E4 or More4. The quality also shines through in the promo compared to some other stuff out there.

Awake seems interesting but can it sustain a series. It would make a decent film plot and perhaps work as a mini-series, but as a returnable series I'm not so sure.

It doesn't really bother me what the papers write as I am aware of the truth (when it comes to ratings, that is). What I said was just an observation of how I'm sure BB's ratings will be spun badly by parts of the media, even if they're good. As Grenade says, that probably won't have an impact on the viewers watching the show who enjoy it, but I'm sure C5/Endemol would prefer there to be positive word of mouth for the series rather than negative. Even though it doesn't bother me, I can however understand why fans get annoyed if various newspapers are printing incorrect stories about one of their favourite shows. Obviously it doesn't mean people are suddenly going to stop watching, and I'm sure the majority of fans are aware of that, but you wouldn't be thrilled would you if newspapers were making up false stories up about your favourite TV show or football team or whatever you enjoy a lot? Being annoyed by such stories is just a natural reaction.

Somehow I don't think it'll be CBS.

You are right about Desperate Housewives, im sure C4 wouldnt mind it ending if i had Pan Am at check in, ready to replace it.

You are also right about Awake, its a good idea, but will being 22 episodes hurt it. Its actually midseason, so that might help it.

yeah I wouldnt want any invovlement, I just wouldnt be willing to risk Charlie Sheens behaviour.

You could always cheer yourself up by looking at the paper's circulation figures compared to a year or two ago.

Seven
18:00 Seven News 1.47m
18:30 Today Tonight 1.33m
19:00 Home & Away 1.12m
19:30 Border Security (R) 0.92m
20:00 Crash Investigation Unit 0.79m
20:30 The Amazing Race Australia 1.12m
21:30 Bones (R) 0.56m

Nine
18:00 Nine News 1.21m
18:30 A Current Affair 1.16m
19:00 The Block 1.36m
20:00 The Big Bang Theory (R) 0.95m
20:30 Rescue Special Ops 0.93m
21:30 CSI: Miami 0.57m

Ten
17:00 Ten News at Five 0.67m
18:30 6:30 with George Negus 0.44m
19:00 The 7pm Project - 500th Episode 0.80m
19:30 MasterChef Australia 1.65m
20:35 Can of Worms 0.91m
21:40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent 0.51m

Nine wins the night with a 21.1% share.

Is 1.12m as expected/higher/lower than what people thought The Amazing Race would get?

I loved the American version a few years back, but have gone off it recently.

Of course your not going to be pleased but these papers write stories to get a reaction and hit a nerve with people. The more people talk about a particular story the more coverage that paper gets meaning more people buy the paper to see the story themselves and get more website hits. You just have to ignore them, it may be frustrating but its the most effective way.

Anything over 1m is usually termed a success in Australia.

No neighbours rating?

ill look it up

412,000 or as Dancc would post it 0.41m

Thanks a lot

Yikes, only 2.6m for Show Me The Funny (excl +1)!

I knew it wouldn't do well but I wasn't expecting it to launch so low. When was the last time ITV was below 3m in that slot? Several years ago I suspect.

What a terrible Summer for ITV's entertainment department - surely heads will roll...

Good God that's bad! Corrie got 9m last night according to ITV. If that was for the 8.30pm edition then Show Me The Funny pissed away a massive audience.

I reckon Show Me The Funny probably started alright and then lost audience throughout the hour. It kind of picked up towards the end but the first 20-30 minutes was absolutely dire. I think they got it wrong focussing too much on the location, I'd have liked to have seen more of the standup routines. (as toe-curlingly awful as a few of them were)

Before seeing it I was thinking mid 3's for it, but then having watched it I guessed 2.8 so not too far off what it got last night. I could see Jason Manford returning to 8 Out of 10 Cats very soon.

It's doing okay, but a bit lower than I thought to be honest for a fairly high profile show on the #1 network. But then the same happened with The X Factor last year and Seven brought it back for a second year, so it may still get a recommission.

8.7 for new tricks last night.
Almost 2 million up on last year

And for a good episode too! I love New Tricks!

Not surprised by Show Me The Funny at all- up against tough competition in Summer in a slot not known for entertainment. Also the fact The Marriage Ref, Odd One In, Born To Shine have all flopped aswell as Popstar To Operastar and Penn & Teller underperforming.

What does surprise me though is how high New Tricks is! 8.7m in a Summer slot is fantastic!

Absolutely superb for New Tricks. What a powerhouse!

Channel 5 held up well last night with Police Interceptors improving to 1.3m/5.6% and Bad Boys pulling in a healthy 1.35m/6.8%, thrashing Sirens which slumped further to 0.96m/5.4% for C4.

So why was New Tricks so low last weeks by its own standards, I know 7.6m is good by any other show but the other 2 ep were 8.3m and 8.7m overnight.

Some big soap ratings last night compared to as of late:

Monday 18th July 2011
BBC One
13:45 - Doctors: 1.82m (23.5%)
19:30 - Fake Britain: 3.76m (17.1%)
20:00 - EastEnders: 8.54m (36.3%)
20:30 - Panorama: 3.62m (15.2%)
* slot average: 2.92m (11.73%)
* third highest Panorama of the year
21:00 - New Tricks: 8.73m (35.6%)
22:00 - BBC News at Ten: 5.3m (25.8%)
23:35 - Celebrity Apprentice USA: 640k (9.5%)

BBC Two
19:00 - The Truth About Wildlife: 870k (4.3%)
19:30 - Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury: 1.28m (5.8%)
20:00 - University Challenge: 2.52m (10.7%)
20:30 - Antiques Master: 1.59m (6.7%)
21:00 - The Life of Muhammad: 1.42m (5.84%) inc HD
22:00 - QI: 1.93m (9.4%)
22:30 - Newsnight: 1.19m (8.3%)

ITV1
19:00 - Emmerdale: 7.30m (36.2%)
19:30 - Coronation Street: 8.93m (40.3%)
* +1: 105k (0.4%)
20:00 - Countrywise Kitchen: 3.19m (13.5%)
20:30 - Coronation Street: 8.95m (37.6%)
* +1: 139k (0.6%)
21:00 - Show Me The Funny: 2.64m (10.7%)
* +1: 110k (0.6%)
* slot average: 4.59m (18.31%)
* age 25 to 44: 0.9m (34%)
22:00 - ITV News at Ten: 2.0m (9.7%)

Channel 4
18:30 - Hollyoaks: 1.31m (6.8%)
20:00 - Dispatches: 900k (3.8%)
* +1: 106k (0.4%)
21:00 - Embarrassing Bodies: 2.03m (8.2%)
* +1: 477k (2.6%)
22:00 - Sirens: 960k (5.4%)
* +1: 122k (1.4%)

Channel 5
13:45 - Neighbours: 764k (9.9%)
17:30 - Neighbours: 1.22m (8.3%)
18:00 - Home and Away: 861k (4.8%)
19:30 - How Do They Do It?: 370k (1.7%)
20:00 - Police Interceptors: 1.30m (5.6%)
21:00 - FILM: Bad Boys: 1.35m (6.8%)

Primetime Shares
BBC One - 26.0%
ITV1 - 20.8% (+1: 0.4%)
BBC Two - 6.9%
Channel 4 - 5.3% (+1: 0.9%)
Channel 5 - 4.9%

Ratings are tape-checked and include HD.

Multichannels
5*
18:30 - Home and Away: 606k (3.1%)

BBC Three
21:00 - Small Teen, Bigger World: 621k (2.5%)
22:00 - EastEnders: 755k (3.7%)
22:30 - World's Craziest Fools: 616k (3.7%)

E4
19:00 - Hollyoaks: 571k (2.8%)

Source: Broadcast, DS, Kevin Bakhurst on Twitter

Something similar happened for its last summer run in 2009. It started with 8.1m/34%, but fell to 6.8m/29% the following week against ITV1's revamped The Bill (4.5m/19%). A week later New Tricks nudged up slightly to 6.9m/30% vs 4.2m/18% for The Bill. And by the run's end, New Tricks was back up to 7.7m/33% vs 3.6m/15% for The Bill.

I guess it will fluctuate a bit depending on its competition but it's always going to be a high rating show, no doubt about that.

Holy shiza!! New Tricks is on fire at the moment!!
Brilliant for the soaps compared to lately, and wow for Hollyoaks, that is one of the highest ratings on just C4 alone I remember, surely the highest of the year?