It's been hovering around the 0.9m mark most days. Here's its ratings from the last two weeks:

15/8: 812k (11.7%)
16/8: 941k (12.2%)
17/8: 824k (12.2%)
18/8: 944k (12.4%)
19/8: 886k (12.7%)
22/8: 846k (11.4%)
23/8: 948k (12.0%)
24/8: 924k (12.7%)
25/8: no data
26/8: 942k (11.8%)

I'm not really too sure how it compares to the ratings ITV1 usually get in that slot most year round or what they would've been expecting. I do know though that Lunch with Gino and Mel has generally rated about the same as how Loose Women was rating in that slot in the couple of weeks before it. In the two weeks before Lunch with Gino and Mel launched, Loose Women averaged:

25/7: 932k (13.1%)
26/7: 872k (12.4%)
27/7: 751k (11.3%)
28/7: 861k (13.0%)
29/7: 930k (13.2%)
01/8: 945k (12.2%)
02/8: no data
03/8: 737k (10.8%)
04/8: 1.05m (12.2%)
05/8: no data

Loose Women seemed to be a bit more erratic, going down into the 700s one episode but back up to 1m's the following episode. I guess it might be because some people tuned in depending on who the panellists were each day.

Confirmed:

- Doc Martin at 9pm on Monday 12th September
- Billy Connolly's Route 66 at 9pm on Thursday 15th September

Source: ITV Press Office on Twitter.

Maybe, but I think there could be too much factual in the schedule at times. I would like to see more entertainment formats now CBB has launched successfully.

Do you remember this Channel 5 daytime classic?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJPoH9bbcrM

Lots of familiar faces in that clip. It's like a who's who of the BBC's current biggest primetime stars!

Channel 5 in its early days does seem to have been a launchpad for many of the talent we know of today, Both Chris Moyles and Christian O'Connell had shows, Graham Norton had his own show as well covering Jack Doherty. Anyone remember Suburban Shootout? Two of the actors Ruth Wilson and Tom Hiddleston were on it are now very well know.

I do wonder how a fly on the wall similar to 24 Hours in A&E would do on Channel 5, they have the cops shows like Police Interceptors but that's more like Traffic Cops.

Dancc, if you have the figures there, may I ask what the RPG average is for Doctor Who and the two Red or Black shows on Saturday?

I know the RPG tends to be quite close to actual so am interested to see the averages.

Thanks - have corrected the Law and Order UK threads suggesting this was returning on 26 September, which self evidently it cannot now be doing.

Genius!! Excellent as ever! Cheers Mate!

ITV Press Centre has DCI Banks down as starting on Friday 16th September at 9pm. A surprising move which suggests that ITV are realising that the entertainment stuff isn't really working there.

There is really not much on the other Channel 5 channels; it's just repeats of shows we've already seen plus the in my opinion boring CSI, NCIS, CISN, NSCI etc. programmes on loop.

Meanwhile E4 has my daily dose of vintage How I Met Your Mother at 7.30pm, with repeats of Scrubs, and the Comedy Lab coming up this Friday. In fact, I only watch Channel 5 for Big Brother, and even that isn't as good as last year.

Firstly nice to see these regular Channel 5 ratings posts

A bank holiday probably isn't the best day to measure this, but how does Five's typical 'breakfast time' share compare to Channel 4. (I presume BBC2 normally beats Channel 5)


Seems to have held up relatively well for a Bank Holiday


Bank Holiday fluke or actually gaining momentum? Rating is higher than past reported ratings IIRC


Did a solid job share wise for nearly 3.5 hours


More people watching TV than normal at 5pm yesterday compared to a normal weekday? Ok-ish rating but share seems quite a bit lower than normal


Would be better off with similar repeats at 6.30pm every weeknight I think. Far better than OKTV and Five News at 7!


Performed reasonably, almost at a million


Just over a million, not the best of starts, but not a flop either


Seems like a decent figure for the highlights, considering the athletics is on an unfamiliar channel compared to normal

Cheers for that. A little disappointing considering where it was a few weeks ago but still a good rating. It's a shame it's been moved to 8pm as it could probably do 3.5-4m at 9pm, but I get that they did it to boost the 9pm dramas. I hope they move it back to 9pm soon though as otherwise it'll end up clashing with The X Factor which would dent it and that'd be a shame. Not that it'll affect its renewal prospects though as this is only the first year of a 3 year deal signed late last year so it's guaranteed another 2 series after this one.


Scott and Bailey could go in the Spring I guess, but with Vera and Lewis presumably running in April/May again there won't be room unless they move it to another night, and it worked on Sundays. Having said that Vera has apparently begun filming already so I wonder if that could go in January, with Wild At Heart starting in February, running through to mid-April. Could shake things up a bit (it would mean splitting DOI though, which we keep discussing but they have shown no desire to do it).

Monroe could potentially struggle in the Summer, but if they aren't filming until next year it won't be ready for the Spring and they only seem to want big performers in the Autumn so there might not be room for it, so it might have to go in the Summer. I like your 3 part thriller idea. They could run a thriller inbetween Euro 2012 and the Olympics, run repeats for 2 weeks against the Olympics and start Monroe in August the week after the Olympics end, thus avoiding a clash.

Quite unexpected, I thought this was going to take the Thursday slot. Whilst it'll rate better than how entertainment shows have done in that slot, I can't help but think it'll rate lower there than how it would've done on Thursdays. Plus, it's going to clash against Strictly Come Dancing during its series which is going to dent it a lot, and have a knock on effect on the next episode since it's a 2-parter. All in all, I think it's a bad scheduling move and would've had DCI Banks on Thursdays and the travelogues on Fridays.

Edit: I wonder if they'd take a week off during the SCD launch night. Unusual I know, but I think something like DCI Banks would be really badly damaged going up against the launch of a big show with a similarly elderly skewing demographic. They could show the first story over 2 weeks, take a week break, whilst meanwhile promoting the next story which would begin the week after the SCD launch.

Personally I think 5USA is an excellent channel. If you don't like US shows then you won't like it obviously, but if you do then it's a good reliable channel to switch to when there's nothing of note on the main channels. I know the likes of CSI are there when I want them. It's got a very clear market and it's well liked by its audience. It does have exclusive shows as well like Sons of Anarchy and Justified which are well worth a look.

5* is the weak link and compared to the likes of E4 and ITV2 its ratings are embarrassing.

According to the latest full set of figures I saw it was beating BBC Two actually. But CBBC/CBeebies can rate higher IIRC. Milkshake! is certainly rating well in a competitive market. You'd expect the BBC offerings to fair better due to no adverts.

Doctor Who- 5.7m
Red or Black (Launch)- 6.7m
Red or Black (Resuilts)- 6.8m



I'll update the DSRPG more fully soon-- been a busy day, popping on here when I get the chance.

QI Night - Sat 10.09.11 21:00-00:15 BBC Two
Holding Out for a Hero - Sun 11.09.11 19:00 ITV1
Movie Premiere: Vantage Point - Sun 11.09.11 20:00 Channel 5
9/11 Kids - Sun 11.09.11 21:00 Channel 4
Little England - Mon 12.09.11 20:00 ITV1
The Queen's Palaces - Mon 12.09.11 21:00 BBC One
Dragons' Den - Mon 12.09.11 21:00 BBC Two
Doc Martin - Mon 12.09.11 21:00 ITV1
Embarrassing Bodies - Mon 12.09.11 21:00 Channel 4
The Hotel Inspector - Mon 12.09.11 21:00 Channel 5
Rude Tube - Mon 12.09.11 22:00 Channel 4
Mayday Mayday - Tue 13.09.11 19:30 ITV1
Missing Millions - Tue 13.09.11 20:00 ITV1
The Body Farm - Tue 13.09.11 21:00 BBC One
Hairy Bikers Meals on Wheels - Tue 13.09.11 21:00 BBC Two
71 Degrees North - Tue 13.09.11 21:00 ITV1
Waterloo Road - Wed 14.09.11 19:30 BBC One
Planet Dinosaur - Wed 14.09.11 20:30 BBC One
Grand Designs - Wed 14.09.11 21:00 Channel 4
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Wed 14.09.11 21:00 Channel 5
Ghosthunting with The Only Way is Essex - Wed 14.09.11 22:00 ITV2
UEFA Europa League: Fulham v FC Twnete - Thu 15.09.11 19:30 Channel 5
Billy Connolly Route 66 - Thu 15.09.11 21:00 ITV1
The Killing (Season Finale) - Thu 15.09.11 21:00-23:05 Channel 4
Celebrity MasterChef - Fri 16.09.11 20:30 BBC One

ITV's golden handcuffs will be out if The Royal Bodyguard is a success.

As expected for Doc Martin, then. I'm sure it'll do brilliantly there. rzt said yesterday that it seems Celebrity Masterchef is down for Mondays on BBC One at the moment too. It would make sense if that was the revamped 9pm version - a steady, non-scripted, and surprisingly younger-skewing alternative to an big ITV drama.

Well blow me, theyre going to pad this new schedule-hogging TV event out to buggery. Who'd have thunk it?


Ah, that should be interesting. I drive up and down the M66 motorway quite a lot myself, so looking forward to this.

And it sounds a lot more interesting than some other ITV light factual of late....

Can someone tell me the schedule for the x factor the next few weeks
I know
this week its
Saturday-2015-2115
but what about the week after?

Well New Tricks has shown what can be delivered in that slot. 9m and with no Corrie lead in.

Doc Martin needs to be delivering 10m a week there, and surely it will do with Masterchef Celebrity as competition. Yes?

I assume you're referring to the official ratings there as New Tricks hasn't had any 9m overnights. It got 8.0m last night against sub-2m competition on ITV.

Interesting. I think personally the launch is too high by at least 0.5m.

I hope it flops, and given the money ITV have paid for it, well that was their chioce.

Surprised we dont know whats going on with Spooks

can someone answer mein question?