Ok, so 'someone' has to 'know' which programmes are the same, and then painstakingly go through, add them, re-calculate the average audience and administrate as appropriate. Who exactly should be doing this? Secondly, BARB does report the official data files, so this idea that the "ratings on record" are incorrect is nonsense. If BBC Scotland want to schedule a programme at a different time, that's their perogative, they don't need BARB's permission, nor do they need to tell BARB what episode it is and how it should be added with the network showing. I think you believe that BARB has a lot more metadata regarding broadcasts than it actually does, I agree, the website should hold a caveat that regional non network audiences are not included but there is no way it can go further and tell you when the other showing was or what that audience is, because there is no linkage or information to do that in the data files. Frankly, the level of 'free data' that is on the website I think is very impressive.

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 - 9.85m - DOC MARTIN (12/09/11) - ITV1/HD
12 - 9.68m - THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST (14/05/11) - BBC1/HD
13 - 9.52m - EMMERDALE (13/01/11) - ITV1/HD
14 - 9.11m - SCOTT & BAILEY (29/05/11) - ITV1/HD
15 - 8.86m - DOCTOR WHO (23/04/11) - BBC1/HD

16 - 8.80m - BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDINGS (08/02/11) - C4
17 - 8.80m - COME FLY WITH ME (01/01/11) - BBC1/HD
18 - 8.69m - WILD AT HEART (09/01/11) - ITV1/HD
19 - 8.50m - SILENT WITNESS (17/01/11) - BBC1/HD
20 - 8.31m - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LIVE (28/05/11) - ITV1/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.
- Doc Martin official rating for 12/09/11 noted earlier in this thread
- Downton Abbey will be somewhere in the Top 10

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.

And at this point I should note that if the amount of posts on here from me reduces dramatically, it is not because I have disappeared into thin air, it is because I started Uni today.

Regarding last night's ratings I wonder if the early start caught out X Factor viewers? Would be interested to see a breakdown.

US Ratings – Sunday September 26
Quick note Sunday Night Football’s numbers on NBC are subject to major adjustments in the finals (available Tuesday) and CBS’ schedule is also subject to major adjustments with football overruns in major CBS markets last night. You can also discount Fox’s 7PM hour.

Predictably Sunday Night Football dominated the night for NBC although unpredictably it hasn’t dominated premiere week in the way most would have expected. Preliminary numbers are also down vs. last year’s week three game although adjustments may very well change.

Elsewhere Desperate Housewives returned with its lowest season premiere ever down 28% vs. last years season opener but even with last years season finale. Pan Am had a healthy debut at 10PM and was up 7% vs. Brothers & Sisters in the same slot last year. On CBS The Good Wife’s preliminary numbers are down vs. last years premiere and finale and well down on Undercover Boss’ premiere last year. But football overrun makes that a difficult comparison. Sticking with CBS CSI: Miami also had its lowest ever season premiere down 31% vs. last season but that may change with finals on Tuesday.

Animation Domination returned solidly on Fox. The Simpsons was up vs. last year although Family Guy was down but it premiered with an hour long episode last year.

EDIT - Total viewers and NBC now added.

ABC

7PM: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – 1.3 [5.42]
8PM: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – 2.3 [8.77]
9PM: Desperate Housewives – 3.1 [9.78]
10PM: Pan Am – 3.1 [10.87]

CBS

7PM: 60 Minutes – 2.6 [12.56]
8PM: The Amazing Race – 3.0 [10.52]
9PM: The Good Wife – 2.2 [10.50]
10PM: CSI: Miami – 2.2 [9.98]

Fox

7PM: The OT – 7.6 [18.90]
*Football overrun inflated
7:30PM: The OT – 4.7 [11.10]
*Football overrun inflated
8PM: The Simpsons – 3.8 [7.91]
8:30PM: The Cleveland Show – 3.1 [6.02]
9PM: Family Guy – 4.1 [7.63]
9:30PM: American Dad! – 3.0 [5.72]

NBC

7PM: Football Night in America – 1.9 [5.52]
7:30PM: Football Night in America – 3.4 [8.89]
8PM: Football Night in America – 5.9 [15.64]
8:30PM: Sunday Night Football – 7.5 [19.06]
9PM: Sunday Night Football – 7.3 [18.46]
9:30PM: Sunday Night Football – 7.3 [17.77]
10PM: Sunday Night Football – 7.1 [17.01]
10:30PM: Sunday Night Football – 6.9 [16.46]

In a funny way it's sort of the US equivalent of Downtown. A entertaining, glossy and nostalgic drama for Sunday evening. And the pilot seems to have done well at any rate.

Oh i was thinking it was a comedy with 'Pam Ann'

So the BARB Torchwood Miracle Day ratings were:

Episode 1 : 6.59m Final (4.83 overnight)
Episode 2 : 5.75m (4.40)
Episode 3 : 5.49m (4.13)
Episode 4 : 5.19m (3.98)
Episode 5 : 5.17m (4.1)
Episode 6 : 4.6m (3.4)
Episode 7 : 4.48m (3.4)
Episode 8 : 4.64m (3.47)
Episode 9 : 4.63m (3.5)
Episode10: 5.13m (3.9)

TWMD US overnight ratings on Starz were:

Ep 1) 1.51m
Ep 2) 0.98
Ep 3) 1.02
Ep 4) 0.94
Ep 5) 1.02
Ep 6) 0.88
Ep 7) 0.92
Ep 8) 1.17
Ep 9) 1.05
Ep10) 0.95

(timeshift ratings for Starz haven't been published yet)

Some ratings for X Factor UK/USA on TV3 in Ireland,

http://twitter.com/#!/MediaworksIre

I agree! One thing interests me though. The "official" ratings on the website discount the "ads" and "promos" and so are, IIUC, averages for the shows themselves, which is good from "our" POV. But, do the subscribers get the "just the ads and promos" broken out as a separate statistic and, if they do, just once in a while, it would be interesting to see those numbers for something like TXF or BGT etc. Would that be something you could possibly reveal?

K

I know these are wrong, but TGW really just needs to get to syndication levels now, very poor for CSI: Miami if unadjusted.

you'd expect a pilot at Pam Am to do well....


I'll get my coat

CSI:NY has been outperforming Miami in total viewers but it skews older, think if CBS has a choice to axe one of them, I would go for Miami.

I should point out that if the CBS schedule is adjusted it’s likely to be adjusted down rather than up. Certainly that has been the case in previous years when Sunday nights have been hit by football overruns of this nature.

It’ll be interesting to see what CBS ultimately does with both CSI: Miami and in particular The Good Wife.

I suspect midseason might see The Good Wife shipped over to Friday nights and I imagine a fourth (and final) season would likely play out there as well. Assuming CBS don’t get cold feet on this idea of pushing it to syndication level. CSI: Miami is harder to call. It has a healthy syndication deal that’s helping to subsidise production so there’s a vested interest in keeping it going for as long as they can. I think we might be in a position next year where Miami and New York are in a timeslot share although that depends on whether CBS decide they actually want to try on Sunday nights in the Fall or not. It has been a problem night for them for a few seasons now.

Thats a good premiere for Pan Am and I've been quite surprised by the strong reception from critics and on social networks. Particularly impressive following a very uninspired Desperate Housewives premiere rating. A promising sign for ABC which actually hasn't done too badly with the limited slate of new shows it put into premiere week. With Revenge and Pan Am, they seem to have two dramas that might just have what it takes to stick around. Not to be sniffed at given their recent record. Throw in the good performances of the Wednesday comedies and Castle, and there's some bright spots to balance out the problems caused by fading old favourites (Housewives, Greys, and - for this week at least - Dancing). Can't say I'm too optimistic about some of its coming new series' though - the coming Tuesday comedy block looks like its got 'flop zone' written all over it.

Not a great night for CBS' dramas and I feel The Good Wife might find life quite tough on Sundays alongside yet another ageing procedural. That was probably always anticipated - but they were clearly not for axing something with such critical love.

Fox's Animation Domination - well, what do you say? It's just bulletproof.

Well all the very best-it will be Christmas hols before you know it

I think CBS would be wise to make Sundays a comedy night as it would solve the overrun problem and make the night younger.

Miami has really declined since moving to Sundays. The Good Wife while critically acclaimed isn't strong enough for 9pm.

I wouldn’t get too excited about either show just yet. Neither show can afford to drop too far from where they’ve debuted (especially not with ABC desperately on the hunt for new breakout hits) and both have tough roads ahead of them especially Pan Am it would seem.

We’ll see how things go but I think ABC are going to need to be much more inventive and risky with their scheduling come midseason if they want to avoid an NBC like collapse. They have for example left it far too late to try and launch a new show out of Desperate Housewives. Why they allowed Brothers & Sisters to be propped up in that slot for so long I’ll never know and the same is true with Private Practice on Thursdays. They desperately need to make better use of the Grey’s lead-in midseason. I’d also suggest moving Castle. It should be able to hold a steady audience away from Dancing with the Stars now and they need that lead-in.

A ratings free fall just like her career in politics.

Kind of surprised Wolverine only did 1.9m excluding plus one when previous superhero films have done 2.5-3m but it was against X Factor and it's not very well. Think Star Trek will do better next week.

Mrs Doubtfire did very well but I think they should the Warship repeats even though for a repeat, it's not done that badly, think a longer film would be better lead in for BB,

Warship's doing fine. Better to show something worthy in that slot that will at least get them kudos as nothing will do 1m+ for them there.

I think Castle would be hurt by both a weaker lead in and The Mentalist. Think it is one of the few shows that works out of DWTS and I think Hawaii Five-0 would gain any viewers that would usually watch Castle,

All the best. Make the most of it and enjoy every minute, rather than spending your time posting television ratings on the internet. Come back to that once you've graduated and are bored at work...

If you want, I'll do the updates to the Top 20 shows for you. See above - I've already started.

(Wanted to put a marker down on this particular issue before TXF starts breaching the 13m threshold!)

What is everyone's Prediction for the X Factor next weekend. Will it be higher or lower

My Preditions for the Episodes are

Saturday: 10.6m
Sunday: 11.4m

I agree - kind of seems a bit too mainstream for BBC2. I'd have thought C4 was the obvious choice with a need to line up a Desperate Housewives replacement (even before it was officially axed), or of course Sky1.

I'm surprised at how low that X Factor average was after seeing the peak. It was a good bit off last year and not much above 2009. Worth noting of course that last year it ran 7:45-9 not 7:30-9, and that it started at 7:45 the previous Sunday too, so the start time was consistent. I suspect a lot of viewers were caught out last night, and I suspect the 8-9 average (inc +1) wasn't far off 12m. Holding Out For A Hero will have dragged the beginning down a bit too. I just think it says a lot that the peak was a whopping 2.7m above the average, and that whilst the average was down -1.5m y-o-y, the peak was only down -0.4m, suggesting that the interest is still there. The breakdown for last night's episode probably shows a large rise throughout the show, and next week's results will be interesting.

Elsewhere, magnificent for Downton, especially that it was up week on week. Spooks did fine considering the circumstances but it could do so much better elsewhere. Holding Out For A Hero needs to go, and That Sunday Night Show did very poorly too.

Good luck at Uni D.M.N.