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Sounds like ESPN's game this afternoon was a bit of a goal fest! I missed it somewhat typically, but looking forward to seeing how it rated.
That's bad news for CBB again tonight in the clash with MOTD. |
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How to solve a problem like Saturdays?
I think Channel 5 need to rethink the Saturday schedule because the US drama repeats are not going to work now all the big entertainment formats are returning. Last night's CSI: NY was one of the best episodes of all-time and it logged a pitiful 2% share because of the stupid timeslot it had. They should ditch the US drama repeats for a while and try movies instead, like Sundays. Providing they start before TXF, they should be good for at least a 4% audience share and prevent the night from being a total flop.
Unfortunately I fear they are going to put the new season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the pre-BB Saturday slot, which will be doomed to fail against Casualty and TXF and a waste of a good rating show. |
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im not sure what Channel 5 has to put in that slot, if not US drama.
Maybe Desmond wil revive Generation Game next ![]() If the new series of Charlie Angels had been a few years back I would suggest they use it to replace Charmed, but that is going to far back now. |
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I think Channel 5 need to rethink the Saturday schedule because the US drama repeats are not going to work now all the big entertainment formats are returning. Last night's CSI: NY was one of the best episodes of all-time and it logged a pitiful 2% share because of the stupid timeslot it had. They should ditch the US drama repeats for a while and try movies instead, like Sundays. Providing they start before TXF, they should be good for at least a 4% audience share and prevent the night from being a total flop.
Unfortunately I fear they are going to put the new season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the pre-BB Saturday slot, which will be doomed to fail against Casualty and TXF and a waste of a good rating show. |
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Without Big Brother the line up of US drama made sense on a Saturday night - but BB frankly throws a spanner in the works as it's after a completely different audience to the shows around it.
Still, it could be worse. 3% for Channel 4? I thought their 3.3% a couple of weeks ago was bad. ITV2 must have ran it pretty close last night, if not beaten it. |
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Manchester United v Arsenal will always draw in viewers, so that's going to be a problem as well.
Duh duh duh! Very eventful day in the Premier League, MOTD should perform very well indeed tonight. |
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When Athletics starts the events are scheduled from 7:00 - I suspect BBC2 is the more likely option.
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DS forgot to mention how The Gadget Show did on Friday. It had 768k (3.4%) between 8-9pm.
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Soap fans on this forum are going to be torn - on the one hand they won't be able to complain about the Olympics taking over completely, leaving them with no EE - on the other they might be a little upset when its ratings slump massively.
![]() Whichever option (or combination thereof) is chosen, I'd still prefer it over having no EastEnders for a fortnight. |
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DS forgot to mention how The Gadget Show did on Friday. It had 768k (3.4%) between 8-9pm.
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No, the original interview was quite clear, but it has been altered to create a story. rzt's post neatly summarizes the whole thing.
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With the current state of TV I'm not sure any channel deserves the award, but I guess ITV1 gets credit for their run of new dramas breaking through - though that seems so long ago when you're in the middle of summer ratings.
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Good start for Doctor Who, I always look at the 6m overnight and then think "ouch", only to think "oh yeah, 2 million people can't be bothered to watch it live". I do find it peculiar, to be honest. Another great rating for X Factor. I see not many hung around for Will Young though.
Not sure what to think about CBB, but I'm not hopeful for tonight. |
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After watching the BBC's remake of Upstairs, Downstairs, I'm sure it's not just Fellowes who believes that.
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im going to loose respect for the British public, if Doctor Who isnt watched by by at least 8 million, it was AWESOME.
You guys may have noticed I really liked yesterdays Doctor Who ![]() ![]() I watched it, but, despite having seen every episode since the mid-1980s, I'm not entirely sure I understood it all.
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Good start for Doctor Who, I always look at the 6m overnight and then think "ouch", only to think "oh yeah, 2 million people can't be bothered to watch it live". I do find it peculiar, to be honest..
After all, why have a PVR if you watch everything live, or miss things when you are otherwise engaged? |
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cept X factor is up 1 million on last years 2nd audition show
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As lazy as it is I do think the BBC should just stick something like My Family repeats in that 5.30pm slot. After all for most of the 90s in the House Party/Generation Game era it was usually Dads Army repeats at 5.30pm - and occassionally "Stay Tooned" IIRC.
ITV have pretty much given up now commissioning new shows pre-7pm on Saturday nights apart from You've Been Framed so there isn't much reason for the BBC to commission for the 5.30pm slot IMO.
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Or maybe they didn't forget, they just wanted to save it embarrassment.
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4 goals in that one already at HT.
Duh duh duh! Very eventful day in the Premier League, MOTD should perform very well indeed tonight.
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However, if technology allows it, why not take advantage of being able to timeshift to a more suitable (or less TV-busy) time. So it's not always a case of not being bothered to watch live, more a case of using technology and devices to fit in with lifestyle.
After all, why have a PVR if you watch everything live, or miss things when you are otherwise engaged? |
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In the meantime, have two graphs: http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/1061/graphsq.png
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(Don't press "show" if you want to watch MOTD2 without knowing the scores - no results in post but there are hints.) |
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What I don't get is why people would view Family Fortunes 'live' compared to Doctor Who? It just seems to me odd why people don't consider Doctor Who appointment to view anymore. I could understand if it clashed with X Factor or something, but it doesn't. It's odd.
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I'd be happy to see My Family repeats there, and there have been a few there in the past, but the BBC are unwilling to pay for primetime repeats of it anymore, (I think the last ones in any evening slot were in 2009), and I have a feeling 5.30pm on Saturday might count as primetime for repeat fees.
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For those wondering, live Athletics coverage yesterday from 10:30 to 15:10 on Channel 4 had less than 0.6m and was not inside the top 50 programmes yesterday on UK TV. The audience share as a result will only be about ~6%. It was at least third out of the five terrestrials, both ITV1 and BBC One were higher during that time period. The highlights programme at 19:10 had 0.6m (2.8%), however was last of the five terrestrials at that time.
Does anyone know how much Channel 4 paid for the rights? Because either way, they're not getting their money's worth... |
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