The Ratings Thread (Part 28)

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Glenn A

14-12-2011

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“The Mentalist begins its midseason break after the episode 'Pink Tops' on December 29.

Europa football will air predominantly on Thursdays from February through to May, so unless it's going to take a much longer break than this year, it will probably move back to Fridays for the second half of the season.”

Well after May Channel 5 won't care as the contract has ended. However, they could be kicking themselves if the final involves the two Manchester teams and ratings hit 8 million, but OTOH if it involves Norwegian Nonentities versus Latvia Losers, then they won't be upset. This tournament shows its real worth by being one of the few Sky and the two main channels aren't bothered about.

Brekkie

14-12-2011

Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas got 5.1m (20.5% share) and a further 723k C4+1.”

Caught the end before This is England last night and still can't understand how a show about wedding dresses is so ridiculously popular.

This is England wasn't too grim or heavy last night either so should retain a decent audience tonight I'd have thought.

Originally Posted by grahamzxy:
“Nobody likes to see ITV1 suffer in this season of goodwill”

Have you not met Robbie?

Originally Posted by rzt:
“Here's the 'Royal Variety Performance' overnight ratings from the last decade or so:

2002: 8.0m [Sun 8-10pm, BBC1]
2003: 8.2m (39%) [Wed 9-11pm, ITV1]
2004: 7.1m (31%) [Wed 8-10pm, BBC1]
2005: 9.5m (35%) [Sun 8-10.30pm, ITV1]
2006: 7.9m (34%) [Tue 8-10pm, BBC1]
2007: 7.4m (27%) [Sun 8-10.30pm, ITV1]
2008: 7.5m (32%) [Wed 7.30-10pm, BBC1]
2009: 8.8m (37%) [Wed 7.30-10pm, ITV1]
2010: 8.3m (33%) [Thu 8-10pm, BBC1)”

So that counters the usual argument about how shows would rate better if on the BBC.

I doubt they would as it isn't the done thing here and it would hurt ratings, but it could I guess air in weeks without the football and with the breaks in the US still air a finale pretty soon after the US version. They could also move it to 10pm - would be a better fit after the football than something like Amy Childs!

rzt

14-12-2011

Originally Posted by Brekkie:
“So that counters the usual argument about how shows would rate better if on the BBC.”

Not really. It just mainly shows that the Royal Variety airing on BBC1 normally faces tougher competition (i.e. Corrie/Emmerdale/The Bill) which dents its average, compared to when the Royal Variety airs on ITV1.

Brekkie

14-12-2011

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“Generally I'd agree a continuous run is better, but it bothers me far less with procedural drama than it would a serial drama.”

I think two blocks in autumn and spring for any US drama is fine - but think Sky have made a mistake in the same week strategy in the US when it's on a couple of weeks, off a couple of weeks etc.

I'd run flagship shows in those autumn/spring slots, with second tier imports airing in two blocks when they take a break - so Jan-Mar and June-Sept.

Dancc

14-12-2011

Originally Posted by Glenn A:
“Well after May Channel 5 won't care as the contract has ended. However, they could be kicking themselves if the final involves the two Manchester teams and ratings hit 8 million, but OTOH if it involves Norwegian Nonentities versus Latvia Losers, then they won't be upset. This tournament shows its real worth by being one of the few Sky and the two main channels aren't bothered about.”

ITV were bothered enough to secure the 1st pick rights from 2012 onwards.

Originally Posted by Brekkie:
“This is England wasn't too grim or heavy last night either so should retain a decent audience tonight I'd have thought.”

I haven't seen it yet, but I'm already hearing good things about it from family and friends. I'm recording all 3 eps to watch back-to-back over the weekend.

Great ratings for it last night, too. It was a really good idea to schedule it after BFGW.

Joe40

14-12-2011

Fulham knocked out of the Europa League with the (literally)LAST touch of the game.

Jonwo

15-12-2011

I think it's more likely that it'll back in February on Fridays once CBB is over. Unlike last year, they're not as close to the US airing so in theory they'll be able to air it without interruption until May.

Body of Proof is also scheduled for Tuesdays at 9pm, wonder if it'll stay at 9pm or be moved back once CSI returns.

Fudd

15-12-2011

I doubt Channel 5 will be depressed at losing Fulham; they have gained the Manchester clubs after all.

Dire night for ITV1; why are they so happy to let Tuesday collapse? BBC One and Channel 4 really benefited with very strong ratings from both.

Jonwo

15-12-2011

Originally Posted by Fudd:
“I doubt Channel 5 will be depressed at losing Fulham; they have gained the Manchester clubs after all.”

Fulham would have been a good addition although with the two Manchester clubs, I doubt Fulham would have been first picked by Channel 5.

Given that Liverpool matches did 2-2.5m average, I expect Man City to do 1.8-2m while Man United to do 2.5-3m. I think if it is an all English final, I expect 5-6m average for the match.

Dr. Linus

15-12-2011

Why did 2005 get such a high rating? I would have thought 2009 would have been the highest as it was Susan Boyle's year, still outshines all the other years since BGT started though I guess. Just wondering what was particularly interesting about 2005 though.

C14E

15-12-2011

Originally Posted by Fudd:
“Dire night for ITV1; why are they so happy to let Tuesday collapse? BBC One and Channel 4 really benefited with very strong ratings from both.”

I doubt they're too happy about it!

But it doesn't seem like they're particularly bothered about improving the situation. Tuesdays are to ITV what Fridays are to the US networks.

grahamzxy

15-12-2011

Originally Posted by Dr. Linus:
“Why did 2005 get such a high rating? I would have thought 2009 would have been the highest as it was Susan Boyle's year, still outshines all the other years since BGT started though I guess. Just wondering what was particularly interesting about 2005 though.”

w/e 11 Dec 2005
BBC1
SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR (SUN 2000) 5.06m
BBC2
TOP GEAR (SUN 2002) 4.76m
ITV1
THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE (SUN 2004) 9.82m

Oddly there was some healthy competition that night, but SPOTY was a non Olympic/Football Tournament year and didn't rate huge (Andrew Flintoff won it). RVP was Will Young, Shirley Bassey, Andre Bocelli.

Callum24

15-12-2011

Does anyone know what the ratings for Grey's Anatomy are like on Sky Living?

iaindb

15-12-2011

Possible new TV format up for grabs?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/news...announced.html

Channel 5, Sky Living, Watch and BBC4 expected to be the front-runners to buy the rights.

ftv

15-12-2011

US Network News Ratings
Week of December 5

CBS was the only programme to increase its audience on the same week last year but NBC remained dominant.
Average nightly audiences:

1. NBC Nightly News w/Brian Williams 9.22 million
2. ABC World News w/Diane Sawyer 7.87 m
3. CBS Evening News w/Scott Pelley 6.70 m

c Neilsen

Wryip

15-12-2011

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“Possible new TV format up for grabs?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/news...announced.html

Channel 5, Sky Living, Watch and BBC4 expected to be the front-runners to buy the rights.”

Can't do much worse than some of Channel 5's offerings of late, a perfect replacement for OKTV and probably a damn sight more entertaining

Dancc

15-12-2011

Originally Posted by Wryip:
“Can't do much worse than some of Channel 5's offerings of late, a perfect replacement for OKTV and probably a damn sight more entertaining”

Ok! TV ends for good tomorrow.

derek500

15-12-2011

Originally Posted by Callum24:
“Does anyone know what the ratings for Grey's Anatomy are like on Sky Living?”

Around 500k in the officials for the first showing on Wednesdays.

rzt

15-12-2011

Royal Variety Performance on ITV1 - average of 6.8m (29.1%) [+1: 200k]. 7.8 million peak.

Lowest rating for it in years.

grahamzxy

15-12-2011

Attentional
Fair fare: #jamieoliver festive 2-parter #christmaswithbellson tantalised taste buds of almost 2.3m on C4 (Total) http://bit.ly/bchwmm

Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy at 9pm on BBC2 1.4m (5.9%)

rzt

15-12-2011

Wednesday 14th December Overnights
BBC One
06:00- Breakfast: 1.7m (37.0%)
18:00- BBC News at Six: 4.9m (25.3%)
18:30- Regional News and Weather: 6.1m (29.6%)
19:00- The One Show: 4.8m (22.3%)
19:30- That's Britain!: 3.1m (14.0%)
20:30- The Impressions Show: 2.2m (9.0%)
21:00- The Truth About Adoption: 2.3m (9.4%)

BBC Two
18:30- Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two: 2.4m (11.6%)
19:00- Victorian Farm Christmas: 1.6m (7.3%)
20:00- MasterChef: The Professionals: 3.3m (14.2%)
21:00- Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy: 1.5m (6.2%)
22:00- Class Dismissed: 1.0m (4.9%)
22:30- Newsnight: 1.0m (6.9%)

ITV1 (inc ITV1+1)
06:00- Daybreak: 0.7m (17.5%)
08:30- Lorraine: 1.1m (19.5%)
09:25- The Jeremy Kyle Show: 1.4m (28.1%)
18:30- ITV News & Weather: 3.5m (16.9%)
19:00- Emmerdale: 7.4m (34.2%)
19:30- The Royal Variety Performance 2011: 6.9m (29.9%)
* peak: 7.8m
22:10- ITV News at Ten & Weather: 2.8m (14.7%)
22:45- American Dreamz: 0.7m (7.4%)

Channel 4 (inc C4+1)
18:00- The Simpsons: 2.1m (10.7%)
18:30- Hollyoaks: 1.2m (5.9%)
19:00- Channel 4 News: 0.7m (3.3%)
20:00- Superscrimpers: A Christmas Special: 1.5m (6.4%)
21:00- Jamie's Christmas with Bells On: 2.3m (9.5%)
22:00- This Is England '88: 1.6m (9.1%)

Channel 5 (inc C5+1)
18:00- Home and Away: 1.0m (5.2%)
18:25- OK! TV: 0.3m (1.7%)
19:00- 5 News at 7: 0.2m (1.1%)
19:30- Europa League Football: 1.6m (7.0%)

- Ratings include HD and are full-slot averages
- For ratings excluding +1, please visit here and here, where figures will be reported soon.

kwynne42

15-12-2011

Originally Posted by derek500:
“Around 500k in the officials for the first showing on Wednesdays.”

How about the ratings for Channel 5's showing of Greys at 4.10am on tuesday morning wonder what they are heh.

cylon6

15-12-2011

Originally Posted by rzt:
“Royal Variety Performance on ITV1 - average of 6.9m (6.7m excl +1). 7.8 million peak.

Lowest rating for it in years.”

Well I was surprised as with BBC1's line up I thought it'd rate higher!

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“Not a chance. Wretched line up on BBC1, which is usually a generally poor night for BBC1 anyway. At least 7m but more likely over 9m I think.”

Well I was close with 7m.

Originally Posted by Andy23:
“Sounds to me like overpredicting considering a few posts before someone said it got 8 or 9m in the last 2 years.

You should also know that BBC almost always holds up well against major programmes on ITV”

I know I over predicted!

grahamzxy

15-12-2011

I sensed RVP would be lower this year (I went for 7.4m on RPG) but 6.8m seems way too low, although it was on ITV1. Maybe 2 hrs 45 mins is a little too long for viewers to sit through the whole show.

cylon6

15-12-2011

Originally Posted by grahamzxy:
“I sensed RVP would be lower this year (I went for 7.4m on RPG) but 6.8m seems way too low, although it was on ITV1. Maybe 2 hrs 45 mins is a little too long for viewers to sit through the whole show.”

How long was last year's BBC1 show? Must've been 2 hours.

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