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Old 15-10-2011, 16:27
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Good. Lenny Henry was dreadful last time and McMullen has much more of a personality on Minute To Win It. Hopefully they don't make him dull on Magicians though.
First step in the right direction. And nice to see a face that isn't totally saturated.

I was amazed that shows ratings managed to hold so steady considering the million and one things wrong with it. They ought to use this opportunity to go back to the drawing board and come back with something that doesn't rely on z-list celebrities and 1990's production values.
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Old 15-10-2011, 16:36
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A bit more like it from Big Brother last night. It looks like the tactic of keeping the eviction announcement for the 11pm show paid off, hitting a new high in that timeslot. I don't think they should do it again however- it made sense last night given the result.
Yes, if there are a large number of nominees they can partly satisfy the 9pm audience with the reveal of the 'saved' housemates one by one, which hopefully doesn't leave viewers feeling manipulated or cheated by having to wait another hour. Not for normal two-way battles though.
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Old 15-10-2011, 16:58
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Does anyone know how Spy on Sky1 did? It was good stuff
490k, peaked at 543k.

Should get around 1m in the officials. There's a Sunday teatime repeat at 5.30pm.

Very positive reaction all round. Looking forward to watching it.
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Old 15-10-2011, 16:59
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I think Maybe if it Does get another Series maybe ITV could put it in Doc Martin's slot next year.
I hope that they give that slot to Scott & Bailey

DCI did well last night, I'd be surprised if it wasn't recommissioned

BB holding up well, deservedly so, it has been a good series so far IMO
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Old 15-10-2011, 17:01
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490k, peaked at 543k.

Should get around 1m in the officials. There's a Sunday teatime repeat at 5.30pm.

Very positive reaction all round. Looking forward to watching it.
Thats pretty good going and a timeshift to the 1m mark would make it a great debut.

I think I am right in saying it is up on the usual 8.30pm performance and higher than Modern Family (in terms of overnights)?
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Old 15-10-2011, 17:03
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Anyone have the ratings for A League of Their Own on Sky1 last night at 10pm, thanks
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Old 15-10-2011, 17:07
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Anyone have the ratings for A League of Their Own on Sky1 last night at 10pm, thanks
A League of Their Own had 676k, which was up about 200k week-on-week.

Source: Stuart Murphy, Sky 1 director of programmes
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Old 15-10-2011, 17:09
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That's a better performance from Big Brother, but I think they need to forgo a couple of big evictions as it were to get rid of minor characters - I can name at least three HMs who I don't see the point of now from an entertainment point of view. Also, while it was up on previous weeks, it was seemingly in fifth place between 9-9.30pm which is probably not what Channel 5 were looking for when they bought the show.

ITV1 will be happy with their evening - DCI Banks did well and Wild Britain held up opposite EastEnders. Have I Got News For You isn't the show it was but it still did ok; Would I Lie For You? held up but did little more. The Comic Strip Presents did well and may have hurt BBC One.Autumnwatch performed well for BBC Two.
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Old 15-10-2011, 17:09
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A League of Their Own had 676k, which was up about 200k week-on-week.

Source: Stuart Murphy, Sky 1 director of programmes
Thanks, I appreciate it
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Old 15-10-2011, 17:51
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Friday 14th October - Soap Overnights
BBC One
13:45- Doctors: 1.51m (21.9%)
20:00- EastEnders: 7.61m (33.3%)

ITV1
19:00- Emmerdale: 6.65m (33%) , +1: 130k (0.6%)
19:30- Coronation Street: 7.8m (36.4%) , +1: 145k (0.6%)
20:30- Coronation Street: 7.56m (32.7%) , +1: 202k (0.9%)

Channel 4
18:30- Hollyoaks: 1.03m (5.5%)

Channel 5
13:45- Neighbours: 703k (10.1%)
17:30- Neighbours: 1.05m (7.3%)
18:00- Home and Away: 856k (5.1%)

Ratings include HD and are tape-checked where necessary

Multichannel
BBC Three
22:00- EastEnders: 581k (2.9%)

E4
19:00- Hollyoaks: 506k (2.5%)

Source: DS
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Old 15-10-2011, 17:56
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The second Coronation Street seems low. The first episode, EastEnders and Emmerdale did ok. It'll be interesting to see how Hollyoaks does next week but that's a strong First Look figure for it on E4. The teatime soaps seem to be seeing a boost now the nights are closing in.
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Old 15-10-2011, 18:02
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Just as everyone predicted when Charlie's Angels was announced. Another flop for C4 to burn off then - just as everyone predicted too.
Channel 4 may not have to air it. There should be a clause in their contract for the show that allows them to get out of it if the 13 episode order isn't produced.

First step in the right direction. And nice to see a face that isn't totally saturated.

I was amazed that shows ratings managed to hold so steady considering the million and one things wrong with it. They ought to use this opportunity to go back to the drawing board and come back with something that doesn't rely on z-list celebrities and 1990's production values.
Yeah it was incredibly obvious that they'd spent basically no money on The Magicians. It is however one of those shows that has a good format hidden away in there somewhere its just a case of trying to find it.
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Old 15-10-2011, 18:12
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Channel 4 may not have to air it. There should be a clause in their contract for the show that allows them to get out of it if the 13 episode order isn't produced.
I dont know about that, C4 did air CBS show Clubhouse despite only 5 episodes airing on CBS. That said another 6 aired on another channel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clubhouse_%28TV_series%29

I may actually be the only person who saw that show in the UK, and ive read the book it was based on.
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Old 15-10-2011, 18:14
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which leads me to wonder why Thursday is so bad for Corrie, are some Corrie fans really against watching it on a Thursday?
Well, Charnham, until ITV rearranged their Champions League contract, it was a given that the soap would be shown at 7.30 on Wednesdays. I am pleased it is going back to its traditional slot next June as it seems ITV1 falter in this slot now when there's no football. Also I would suggest axeing the extra Friday episode and the pointless Saturday omnibus, which achieves zilch in the ratings.
On a different note moving the ECL to a Tuesday on ITV1 will give the station something to shout about in the ratings.
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Old 15-10-2011, 18:18
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Well, Charnham, until ITV rearranged their Champions League contract, it was a given that the soap would be shown at 7.30 on Wednesdays. I am pleased it is going back to its traditional slot next June as it seems ITV1 falter in this slot now when there's no football. Also I would suggest axeing the extra Friday episode and the pointless Saturday omnibus, which achieves zilch in the ratings.
On a different note moving the ECL to a Tuesday on ITV1 will give the station something to shout about in the ratings.
They won't axe the second episode. They would have to find another program that gets them 7-8m
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Old 15-10-2011, 18:22
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Overkill, laddie, 5 episodes a week is too much. I think once ITV1 move the veteran soap back to Wednesdays, the extra Friday episode should go. 8.30 on Fridays always meant light entertainment. Maybe ITV1 might consider reviving something like Play Your Cards Right or comedy for this slot.
Also RIP Betty Driver, she came from an era when Coronation St was worth watching.
It should be reduced to four nights a week: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7.30pm brings a nice consistency (all at 7.30pm, two day gap between each episode, gives opportunity for momentum to build nicely through the week).

And RIP Betty. You will be sorely missed on Coronation Street.
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Old 15-10-2011, 18:33
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It should be reduced to four nights a week: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7.30pm brings a nice consistency (all at 7.30pm, two day gap between each episode, gives opportunity for momentum to build nicely through the week).

And RIP Betty. You will be sorely missed on Coronation Street.
I concur, this was the line up the show successfully had 10 years ago. I can see where Samthefootball is coming from in his post about the extra episodes getting 7-8 milion viewers, but how about this for a curved ball for next year? Maybe slot the extra XF episode into Fridays from 8.30 to 10.00 and move Coronation St back to a Sunday.
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Old 15-10-2011, 18:46
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Channel 4 may not have to air it. There should be a clause in their contract for the show that allows them to get out of it if the 13 episode order isn't produced.
Well we've seen haven't we that the seller usually has the upperhand when it comes to selling the rights to US shows, although I can't think of recent examples of anything less than 13 episodes airing here when it comes to axed shows.

Are there any unclaimed shows out there which E4 could possibly fill 22 hours with next year?
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Old 15-10-2011, 18:47
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I concur, this was the line up the show successfully had 10 years ago. I can see where Samthefootball is coming from in his post about the extra episodes getting 7-8 milion viewers, but how about this for a curved ball for next year? Maybe slot the extra XF episode into Fridays from 8.30 to 10.00 and move Coronation St back to a Sunday.
I like your idea about a X Factor on Friday Glenn. If there are going to be 16 in the Live shows again they could do same as Strictly. Half on Friday and half on Saturday
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Old 15-10-2011, 18:47
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I concur, this was the line up the show successfully had 10 years ago. I can see where Samthefootball is coming from in his post about the extra episodes getting 7-8 milion viewers, but how about this for a curved ball for next year? Maybe slot the extra XF episode into Fridays from 8.30 to 10.00 and move Coronation St back to a Sunday.
Yes indeed.
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Old 15-10-2011, 18:57
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Are there any unclaimed shows out there which E4 could possibly fill 22 hours with next year?
Yes, Packed to the Rafters!

Obviously not going to happen though. UK buyers are just not interested in Australia's ever popular family drama.
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Old 15-10-2011, 19:21
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I was trying to find the same day last year's ratings (which I'll post below) when I came across this post from rzt... http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=2379

Drama
- Angels of the North: currently unknown, "made by Life on Mars creators"
- Kidnap and Ransom: 3x60' thriller
- Injustice: 5x60' legal thriller
- Monroe: 6x60' medical
- Point of Rescue: 2x60' crime
- Scott and Bailey: 6x60' crime
- The Oaks: 5x60' supernatural thriller
- The Reckoning: 2x60' thriller
- The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: 1x120' crime
- Vera: 4x120' murder mystery

Factual
- Caroline Quenton: Passage to India
- London Zoo
- Long Lost Family
- Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
- Martin Clunes: Man to Manta
- Perspectives (Documentary strand)
- Strangeways (follow up to Wormwood Scrubs)
- The Biggest Loser
- The Dales
- Trevor McDonald's Secret Mediterranean
Am I right in saying the highlighted have yet to air?

On the same day last year, the soaps had 6.7m, 8.4m, 8.5m and 8.7m (time order) - so there's a few drops year-on-year.
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Old 15-10-2011, 19:21
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I like your idea about a X Factor on Friday Glenn. If there are going to be 16 in the Live shows again they could do same as Strictly. Half on Friday and half on Saturday
Thankyou, Corrie could find a temporary home on a Sunday at 7.30 when TXF is on and the Friday shows at 8.30 could pull in 10 million viewers and put BBC One on its back. After all, this was always the time when LWT wheeled out its entertainment big guns and TXF is a son of these shows. Also Corrie on a Sunday would be a welcome ratings hit for ITV1.
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Old 15-10-2011, 19:28
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I was trying to find the same day last year's ratings (which I'll post below) when I came across this post from rzt... http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=2379



Am I right in saying the highlighted have yet to air?

On the same day last year, the soaps had 6.7m, 8.4m, 8.5m and 8.7m (time order) - so there's a few drops year-on-year.
Point of Rescue and The Oaks have been aired but were renamed to 'Case Sensitive' and 'Marchlands'. Angels of The North has been renamed 'Eternal Law' and will air early next year. Both of those factual shows have aired. London Zoo aired on Tuesdays at 8pm last November whilst Man To Manta aired in January.
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Old 15-10-2011, 19:29
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which leads me to wonder why Thursday is so bad for Corrie, are some Corrie fans really against watching it on a Thursday?
I'm not sure - it's an awkward time slot (not following directly after EastEnders doesn't help), and there's a big gap between the Monday and Thursday editions, not to mention the familiarity of the Wednesday night slot which Corrie had occupied since it started in 1960. I think long-term viewers appreciated that familiarity so it was always going to be a big ask when they shifted it to Thursday nights.
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