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For 29th October, Strictly is down for 6:30pm to 8:10pm with X Factor from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. Have both networks forgotten common sense?
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Yes i seems so. Both shows are going to suffer if they don't change things around. Did they not learn from last year?
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As regards to old comedy repeats on BBC1, did they not repeat Are You Being Served? from autumn 1997?
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It was just a one-off catch-up (or "check-up"!) with the original cast of Doctors. Not watched it yet, so I'm not sure how much original material there was. In any case, I don't think it's indicative of how the new series will rate. That series is due at the beginning of next year, with a new set of Doctors.
Probably a very cheap show for BBC3, and useful filler - they couldn't start a new 9pm series last night as they have a stripped 9pm programme about jobs next week Quote:
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21:00 - Extraordinary People: 1.12m (5.0%) |
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Do we really need such dramatics every week for a 'Provisional' schedule
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Not a disaster, but isn't Extraordinary People capable of more - and it didn't have any big name opposition last night
Last night's episode featured Hayley Okines who has also appeared in two previous Extraordinary People documentaries in 2008 and 2010. Perhaps some thought it was a repeat. It was actually a new episode catching up with how her story has progressed in the past year or so. It was once again an extremely moving hour of TV. |
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People on Twitter went a bit mad when ITV aired a scene in Coronation Street with a character calling another a bastard tonight around 8.40pm. This has happened just once or twice before and people were as scandalised then. Does the 9pm watershed need loosening? It's not even that bad a word! According to the rules: Quote:
For example, research showed that the word "bastard" is generally deemed to be offensive and thus, if it is to be included in programmes before 9pm, which it occasionally may be, its use must be clearly justifiable.
Wonder if ITV had to authorise.
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A bit of a shame, really, after all that good news, that Hidden recorded quite an uninspiring figure for it's second episode. Is it me, or do all these ambitious "conspiracy thrillers" usually end up struggling?
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Indeed they did. I remember the first episode was billed three times in the Radio Times, it was supposed to start on September 6th, but was cancelled for Diana's funeral, so was billed again the following week but instead they showed The Wrong Trousers which had been billed to follow the funeral but was dropped as it overran, and presumably loads of people complained. Then it finally started the following week. Anyway, it did pretty well in the ratings at half five, about five million or so, and they kept the run going well into the New Year.
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People on Twitter went a bit mad when ITV aired a scene in Coronation Street with a character calling another a bastard tonight around 8.40pm. This has happened just once or twice before and people were as scandalised then.
Does the 9pm watershed need loosening? It's not even that bad a word! |
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It occurs about once a year and is seemingly allowed because it is in context of the scene.
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no they are in line. Back in the day Ken used to call Mike a bastard occasionally and that would have been at 7:30
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Charlie's Angels has been cancelled by ABC after 4 episodes. There are still 4 episodes remaining but production has been shut down immediately. No word on what will take the timeslot.
On the CBS scheduling thing, I'm not sure that they're ready to do another 2 hour block. For that to happen, IMO, they need to be 100% confident in the Monday line-up for the next couple of years and also get another hit on Thursdays to anchor the 8pm hour (assuming TBBT goes to 9pm). I think the best option would be to air a procedural at 8pm on Thursdays (The Mentalist, perhaps) and move the existing comedy hour to 9pm. Thursday didn't really bring any good news for the networks. The second highest rated show on TV was Jersey Shore (3.8) and in third was a repeat of The Big Bang Theory. Awful night for NBC (historically bad). And while FOX won the night, X Factor taking its first real dip isn't the best news as the scheduling disruption is only going to get worse. Sunday could be way off the pace and that's not ideal for what is quite an important stage of the competition. I think they need to look at how they deal with the baseball interuptions next year. |
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no they are in line. Back in the day Ken used to call Mike a bastard occasionally and that would have been at 7:30
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On the CBS scheduling thing, I'm not sure that they're ready to do another 2 hour block. For that to happen, IMO, they need to be 100% confident in the Monday line-up for the next couple of years and also get another hit on Thursdays to anchor the 8pm hour (assuming TBBT goes to 9pm). I think the best option would be to air a procedural at 8pm on Thursdays (The Mentalist, perhaps) and move the existing comedy hour to 9pm.
Monday - How I Met Your Mother / 2 Broke Girls / Two and a Half Men / New Comedy Thursday - Mike & Molly / Rob Schneider / The Big Bang Theory / New Comedy But of course if Schneider's comedy doesn't work out and Men doesn't stablise pretty soon then we could see Big Bang Theory moving back to Monday's and one of the Monday block moving to Thursday 8PM (probably Mike & Molly or How I Met Your Mother). There's still a lot of variables in play with the CBS comedies. |
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ITV held their 2012 Upfronts this week and the 'showreels' can be found here, some of which show some stuff coming up over the next year. Some of the new dramas look or sound promising, but whilst it could be good, I can see Eternal Law tanking because of the concept. I notice that Michael Buble, Beyonce, Westlife and Justin Bieber all have music specials airing this Christmas on ITV1. I think the first 2 will do well but I can see Bieber in particular flopping.
Also, looking at the Upfronts and what we already know, I think they're going to make a big deal about Text Santa and there might be quite a bit of hype about it. Looks like Ant and Dec will be heavily involved. It's going to be live so it obviously won't be on Xmas Eve or Day, and I can't see them wanting it against the SCD Final, so Friday 16th, Sunday 18th or Friday 23rd seem the most likely dates for it (I think they'll want it at the weekend). As for Alright on The Night, I'm quite glad it's coming back as it's a decent little show that could do OK over Christmas. I think they might air it on 17th December against the SCD Final though which would dent it. I'm surprised they're only doing 1 live Millionaire for Xmas again, as after it did well last year I thought they might strip it over 3 or 4 nights or so in the week running up to Xmas (say Monday 19th to Wednesday 21st or Thursday 22nd). Could have worked for them. |
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I think a lot will depend on how the Rob Schneider comedy does midseason. If that gets traction then really CBS will have no choice but to open up another hour of comedy (or simply not pick up any new comedies next season). You'd be looking at schedules like this I'd assume:
Monday - How I Met Your Mother / 2 Broke Girls / Two and a Half Men / New Comedy Thursday - Mike & Molly / Rob Schneider / The Big Bang Theory / New Comedy But of course if Schneider's comedy doesn't work out and Men doesn't stablise pretty soon then we could see Big Bang Theory moving back to Monday's and one of the Monday block moving to Thursday 8PM (probably Mike & Molly or How I Met Your Mother). There's still a lot of variables in play with the CBS comedies. |
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It's easy to forget just how big a TV event a new Alright on the Night... was in the 1980s.
It was one of those shows that would always be talked about at school the next day, and no doubt in workplaces across the land. Even if some of the clips were a bit duff, particularly the older ones or the US ones from shows you didn't know, you could always bank on 3 or 4 corkers each show. Unlike today, where outtakes shows are ten a penny, I guess back then it was unheard of for outtakes to be aired. I think you needed the artist in question's permission to air them for a start, and most probably got put into TV company showreels for the Christmas party and never got publicly aired. Hence Denis Norden would make a big deal about how they had been working hard to unearth anything new - and you see they aired only 8 new compilations in 17 years or something like that. Probably not helped by the Beeb keeping hold of all their outtakes, it's a surprise really that it took the Beeb until the 90s to launch Auntie's Bloomers - no surprise that it debuted to 18-19m for its first two outings. Anyway, I'll always look back fondly on Alright... - some happy memories, and responsible for one of the funniest things ever seen on TV, namely: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCu9esuW-Oo I remember being in pain I was laughing so hard at that when I first saw it. It still cracks me up 20 years later.
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Talking of 1980s Saturday night TV drama - forget Bergerac, what about this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfIUi...eature=related Classic theme tune, if nothing else. ![]() (the clip is self evidently a summer repeat - I'm guessing a Thursday at 9.30pm, as that was when Entertainment USA aired on BBC2, I think - but the first run eps were always on Saturdays..) |
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Missing BARB figures
Some more consolidated figures for ITV1 (w/e 02/10/11)
01 - 12.92m - The X Factor - SUN (+1.22m time-shift) 02 - 11.23m - The X Factor - SAT (+1.57m time-shift) 03 - 10.80m - Downton Abbey - SUN (+2.07m time-shift) 04 - 10.05m - Doc Martin - Mon (+1.50m time-shift) Includes HD Some Huge time-shifts there, especially for Downton Abbey! |
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Some more consolidated figures for ITV1 (w/e 02/10/11)
01 - 12.92m - The X Factor - SUN (+1.22m time-shift) 02 - 11.23m - The X Factor - SAT (+1.57m time-shift) 03 - 10.80m - Downton Abbey - SUN (+2.07m time-shift) 04 - 10.05m - Doc Martin - Mon (+1.50m time-shift) Includes HD Some Huge time-shifts there, especially for Downton Abbey! 2010 Judges House Saturday: 12.68m Judges House Sunday: 14.51m The X Factor didn't beat the Sunday figure in the officials until the sixth results show, where it recorded a figure of 14.69m. 2009 Judges House Saturday: 11.46m Judges House Sunday: 13.35m So down slightly on the 2009 figure, which I think ITV'll be watching more than 2010's to be honest - but again nothing to seriously worry about. |
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The early evening Saturday repeat run of Are You Being Served followed in the footsteps of Dad's Army which was rerun pretty much continuously in the same slot in the early 90s. Surely there'd be some mileage in repeats of shows like Allo Allo and Hi De Hi at 5/5.30ish on a Saturday, a nice bit of nostalgia to hook in Strictly's *ahem* older-skewing audience before kick-off.
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I notice that Michael Buble, Beyonce, Westlife and Justin Bieber all have music specials airing this Christmas on ITV1. I think the first 2 will do well but I can see Bieber in particular flopping.
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Some more consolidated figures for ITV1 (w/e 02/10/11)
01 - 12.92m - The X Factor - SUN (+1.22m time-shift) 02 - 11.23m - The X Factor - SAT (+1.57m time-shift) 03 - 10.80m - Downton Abbey - SUN (+2.07m time-shift) 04 - 10.05m - Doc Martin - Mon (+1.50m time-shift) Includes HD Some Huge time-shifts there, especially for Downton Abbey! |
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Oh god, no, not Bieber!
![]() Wow, some super figures there. |
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I wonder how well the Wales/France RWC semi-final on ITV will rate? 4-5 million peak?
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Some more consolidated figures for ITV1 (w/e 02/10/11)
03 - 10.80m - Downton Abbey - SUN (+2.07m time-shift) 04 - 10.05m - Doc Martin - Mon (+1.50m time-shift) Includes HD Some Huge time-shifts there, especially for Downton Abbey! The extra few minutes of content along with the extended slot and extra break, is seriously eroding Downton's value. And no doubt the bulk of timeshifters are the demo that ITV want/need to reach. |
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