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Old 19-09-2011, 12:28
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Is there becoming a trend for TV drama to be timeshifted for later viewing?


If I liked Downton Abbey I wold certainly not watch it as broadcast, too many adverts. Any ITV drama lends itself to PVRing through the every-8-minutes adverts
That is the case for me - there was a time when we had 4 episodes of The Shadow Line to watch (we both needed to be alert enough to follow the story so we elected to store them up for later viewing at a time of our choosing). ITV dramas are far better watched on a PVR due to the ability to skip to frequent adverts which can spoil the mood created by the writers and production team.
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Old 19-09-2011, 12:42
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Amidst all the Downton twitter, I see that the Beeb has confirmed that SPOTY will air on Thursday 22 December, from Salford, 8pm to 10pm.

I think it's crazy and wonder how many sports stars will want to be in Salford Quays on a weekday evening 2 days before Christmas.

But it is, anyway, now confirmed, and one key piece of.the Christmas schedule falls into place.

Frees up Sunday 18th for the Downton special, with filler on the Beeb now most probably?
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Old 19-09-2011, 12:50
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Amidst all the Downton twitter, I see that the Beeb has confirmed that SPOTY will air on Thursday 22 December, from Salford, 8pm to 10pm.

I think it's crazy and wonder how many sports stars will want to be in Salford Quays on a weekday evening 2 days before Christmas.

But it is, anyway, now confirmed, and one key piece of.the Christmas schedule falls into place.

Frees up Sunday 18th for the Downton special, with filler on the Beeb now most probably?
Perhaps this is the reason:

The 2011 programme will act as the climax of Celebrate Sport, a two-week celebration of sporting events taking place at MediaCityUK throughout December.

The mix of live shows, exhibitions, tours and interactive experiences is intended to "give thousands of adults and children the chance to immerse themselves in the exciting world of sport".

Events include a Christmas concert by the BBC Philharmonic and the Manchester United Foundation, a two-week residency by the National Football Museum and a special Audience with Question of Sport featuring Sue Barker with Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell.

Barbara Slater, the director of BBC Sport, said: "MediaCityUK in Salford will be a fitting venue for the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year. The facilities at the site are fantastic and the area has such a top-class sporting heritage, boasting top-flight teams across many sports.

"This is a great opportunity to celebrate that. It's wonderful to be able to also offer so many people the chance to get involved through Celebrate Sport which will throw open the doors to many exciting sport events and experiences."
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...o-salford.html
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Old 19-09-2011, 13:02
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Perhaps this is the reason:
The reason is that the 2 likely winners - Rory McIllroy & Darren Clarke arent available to be in the UK before that date.

Anyway footballers dont go away from Christmas - they have matches on the 26th. Same with most other sports.
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Old 19-09-2011, 13:07
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Although I have to wonder quite how much of an audience crossover there is between the two programmes. And I would have thought that Spooks is not something that the casual viewer would be likely to dip in and out of.
I would think the same of Downton Abbey, that said its possible I think that, because im not a fan of that type of show.
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Old 19-09-2011, 13:19
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Rather frustratingly, ITV1's Top 30 is missing for this week. Clearly someone has failed miserably in trying to manipulate Red or Black's officials....

Most Watched Shows of 2011 [Top 20 - Officials]
01 - 13.95m - THE ROYAL WEDDING (29/04/11) - BBC1/HD/BBC NEWS
02 - 12.63m - BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (04/06/11) - ITV1/HD
03 - 12.56m - CORONATION STREET (14/02/11) - ITV1/HD
04 - 12.18m - THE X FACTOR (20/08/11) - ITV1/HD
05 - 11.42m - EASTENDERS (03/01/11) - BBC1/HD

06 - 10.76m - BBC NEWS (29/04/11) - BBC1/HD
07 - 10.26m - COMIC RELIEF (18/03/11) - BBC1/HD
08 - 10.24m - THE APPRENTICE (17/07/11) - BBC1/HD
09 - 10.23m - DANCING ON ICE (09/01/11) - ITV1/HD
10 - 9.87m - NEW TRICKS (15/08/11) - BBC1/HD

11 - 9.68m - THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST (14/05/11) - BBC1/HD
12 - 9.52m - EMMERDALE (13/01/11) - ITV1/HD
13 - 9.11m - SCOTT & BAILEY (29/05/11) - ITV1/HD
14 - 8.86m - DOCTOR WHO (23/04/11) - BBC1/HD
15 - 8.80m - BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDINGS (08/02/11) - C4

16 - 8.80m - COME FLY WITH ME (01/01/11) - BBC1/HD
17 - 8.69m - WILD AT HEART (09/01/11) - ITV1/HD
18 - 8.50m - SILENT WITNESS (17/01/11) - BBC1/HD
19 - 8.31m - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LIVE (28/05/11) - ITV1/HD
20 - 8.31m - STRICTLY COME DANCING (10/09/11) - BBC1/HD

Notes:
- No duplicates: i.e. no BGT/DOI in there twice.
- HD audience included for all programmes airing on HD
- BBC1 HD is bundled in automatically with BBC1
- ITV1 +1 excluded
- Thanks to MattJ and rzt for some of the missing ratings off BARB
- The Royal Wedding is BBC1 and BBC News only.

Most Watched Multichannel Shows of 2011 [Top 20 - Officials]
01 - 2.69m - LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (06/02/11) - Sky Sports 1
02 - 2.63m - GLEE (17/01/11) - E4
03 - 2.25m - CELEBRITY JUICE (19/05/11) - ITV2
04 - 2.00m - HATTIE (19/01/11) - BBC4
05 - 2.00m - TROLLIED (04/08/11) - Sky1

06 - 1.99m - BRITAIN'S GOT MORE TALENT (04/06/11) - ITV2
07 - 1.97m - LIVE FORD FOOTBALL SPECIAL (01/03/11) - Sky Sports 2
08 - 1.94m - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LIVE (12/04/11) - Sky Sports 2
09 - 1.81m - LIVE FA COMMUNITY SHIELD FOOTBALL (07/08/11) - Sky Sports 1
10 - 1.77m - MAD DOGS (03/03/11) - Sky1

11 - 1.72m - EASTENDERS (30/05/11) - BBC3
12 - 1.71m - FAMILY GUY (22/05/11) - BBC3
13 - 1.69m - JUNIOR DOCTORS (15/03/11) - BBC3
14 - 1.67m - LIVE FORD MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (22/08/11) - Sky Sports 1
15 - 1.58m - THE XTRA FACTOR (10/09/11)

16 - 1.57m - THE ONLY WAY IS ESSEX (04/05/11) - ITV2
17 - 1.57m - BEING HUMAN (23/01/11) - BBC3
18 - 1.56m - FILM: INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (25/04/11) - BBC3
19 - 1.49m - FILM: INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (30/04/11) - BBC3
20 - 1.45m - GAME OF THRONES (18/04/11) - Sky Atlantic

Source: BARB. Excludes +1, Includes HD for Terrestrial Chart. Only 1 programme per 'show', i.e. only one Ford Super Sunday game.
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Old 19-09-2011, 13:45
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Great rating for Strictly. Although we don't have the BBC1 +1 (day...) figure, we know it got a 2.9m overnight, so that's well over 11m on the reporting methodology favoured by many on here...

George Gently grew for its second episode - 7.20m. Very good.
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Old 19-09-2011, 13:49
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Great rating for Strictly. Although we don't have the BBC1 +1 (day...) figure, we know it got a 2.9m overnight, so that's well over 11m on the reporting methodology favoured by many on here...

George Gently grew for its second episode - 7.20m. Very good.
Who is really going to watch something twice in 2 hours? But they might watch it the next day if theres nothing else on .
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Old 19-09-2011, 14:12
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BBC Two
19:00- Top Gear: 2.16m (9.9%) inc HD
20:00- A South American Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby: 1.29m (4.9%)
21:00- World's Most Dangerous Roads: 2.26m (8.3%) inc HD
22:00- Match of the Day 2: 3.4m (18.8%)
Good night for BBC2 there bar the 8pm hour, World's Most Dangerous Roads did very well given the competiton.

So that is 3 days ITV1 have beat BBC1 I wonder how they will do tonight.
Well considering ITV1 have a show that got 8.5m last week at 9pm against a BBC1 show that didnt get 4m, I reckon ITV1 might sneak it.
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Old 19-09-2011, 14:21
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This scheduling quirk on 5* worked wonders then...

5* (was FIVER)
FILM: MATILDA (1996) (SAT 1703) 335,000
FILM: MATILDA (1996) (SAT 1803) 74,000
FILM: MATILDA (1996) (SUN 1534) 368,000
FILM: MATILDA (1996) (SUN 1634) 33,000

Same film... more or less same timeslot two days running. 400k+ inc. +1 both days.
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Old 19-09-2011, 14:23
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From my post in the BB Ratings Thread:

The Celebrity Big Brother 2011 consolidated ratings in full now that BARB has released all the data:

Code:
	Date   Million
Thu	18.8	5.27
Fri	19.8	3.37
Sat	20.8	3.15
Sun	21.8	2.47
Mon     22.8    2.69
Tue     23.8    2.84
Wed     24.8    2.92

Week 1          3.24

Thu     25.8    2.88
Fri     26.8    3.04
Sat     27.8    2.24
Sun     28.8    2.54
Mon     29.8    2.63
Tue     30.8    2.69
Wed     31.8    2.61

Week 2          2.66

Thu     01.9    2.45
Fri     02.9    2.63
Sat     03.9    1.94
Sun     04.9    2.77
Mon     05.9    2.69
Tue     06.9    2.40
Wed     07.9    2.46
Thu     08.9    3.23

Week 3          2.57
The consolidated series average for Celebrity Big Brother 2011 is 2.81 million. This compares to an overnight average of 2.47 million, so it had an average timeshift of +0.34 million. Hence:

CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 1 (2001): 5.2m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 2 (2002): 4.4m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 3 (2005): 4.3m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 4 (2006): 4.9m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 5 (2007): 4.6m
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 6 (2009): 3.3m [inc. +1]
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 7 (2010): 3.7m [inc. +1]
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 8 (2011): 2.8m

And....

The first 3 days of BB12 had 2.77m, 1.67m and 1.72m; compared with overnights of 2.63m, 1.39m and 1.48m.
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Old 19-09-2011, 14:25
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Final Hollyoaks Later ratings are in

Mondays 776,000
Tuesdays 621,000
Wednesdays 735,000 (+250,000) = 985,000
Thursdays 612,000 (+236,000) = 848,000
Fridays 657,000 (+289,000) = 946,000

E4 first chance also performed well
Tuesdays 777,000
Wednesdays 558,000
Thursdays 612,000
Fridays 580,000

Normals Oaks also hit 1.44 on Channel 4
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Old 19-09-2011, 14:27
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Excellent rating for X Factor and Downton. Spooks also did around where I thought it would be, and was tough competition for ITV. The Xtra Factor held up incredibly well at 1.1 million against such tough competition on all channels. I can easily believe that Downton crashed ITV Player as its crap, i'm suprised more people dont use STV Player which I find much more stable

For Holding out for a Hero, you cant help but think ITV should have put that on at 6pm then put Countryfile on at 7, but called it 'Downton Abbey- A Countryfile Special'. I think that would have rated much better prehaps reaching 5m.

On BBC3 Young, Dumb and Living of Mum ended on a fizzle. Much worse than previous series, however its currently number 3 programme on iPlayer. Its awful yet somthing about it compels you to watch.


Edit: Apparently Downton peaked at 9.9 million.
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Old 19-09-2011, 15:44
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The reason is that the 2 likely winners - Rory McIllroy & Darren Clarke arent available to be in the UK before that date.

Anyway footballers dont go away from Christmas - they have matches on the 26th. Same with most other sports.
Good points.
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Old 19-09-2011, 16:26
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Old 19-09-2011, 16:33
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Is it being sponsored again by Robinsons' barley water. And are people being charged to sit in a BBC studio and watch it ?
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Old 19-09-2011, 16:35
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Edit: Apparently Downton peaked at 9.9 million.
What time was that? Be interesting to know if it grew, or fell away.

Interesting that the peak was lower than the full overnight average for the previous episode last November.

Perhaps they didn't promote it enough.....
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Old 19-09-2011, 16:38
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What time was that? Be interesting to know if it grew, or fell away.

Interesting that the peak was lower than the full overnight average for the previous episode last November.
I don't think it needs to be said that the peak was in the first 5/15 minutes on the breakdowns.

21:00 to 21:15 - 9.9m (~36.4%)
22:15 to 22:30 - 8.6m (~35.2%)

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14969985
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