So confirmation in the new schedules that Royal Bodyguard and Mrs Brown are being paired on Monday nights.

Monday night is very much comedy night on BBC1, the schedule for the 9th:
8.30 The One Jasper Carrott
9.00 Royal Bodyguard
9.30 Mrs Brown
10.35 HIGABMNFY
11.20 Would I lie to you?
11.50 Graham Norton

For a normal Monday weekday - interesting!

Actually Christine's agent did very well. He actually got 300,000 of her much more than the payout she got from ITV. He argued the case that he negotiated her move to ITV and should be rewarded. He won the case so it could be argued that he is to blame for giving her bad advice

[quote=jake lyle;55308835]It was only 10 minutes longer than the last Royal Variety on ITV1 2 years ago in the same slot.

2009 Overnight: 8.8m (37%) [Wed December 16th 7.30-10pm, ITV1]




I was under the impression that they sulked off weeks before originally planned, as professional as ever!
Leaving the production team scrambling to find suitable substitutes, apparently even John Stapleton had to be called up this week.

I thought that they were sacked. Why would they keep presenting if they had been let go. John Stapleton presented with Christine before she left, so I think he is always there as a backup and Kate and Dan are always presenting when A and C weren't there so how could they be scrambling to find presenters.

75 minutes! I hope it's a live task or it's not going to do well although with hardly any competition, it will probably do over 1m.


Has Panaroma been dropped from Mondays? Comedy has always been on Thursdays or Fridays on BBC One so Monday makes a change.

Up against 'The Talent Show Story' on ITV1. I know what I'd rather watch!

Also looks like there will be an hour of live streaming over on 5* on eviction nights in between the main show and Bit on the Side.

I think the last time comedy was on Monday's was when the last series of One Foot in the Grave was paired with The Royle Family in autumn 2000. Think they both did pretty well too, pulling in about 9m each.

But he didn't win the case, he was paid off before the case was heard. The hearing would have been very embarrassing for her because it would have shown that Christine hasn't been exactly truthful in her interviews
Whats even more hilarious is that its her own submission that admits her lies.

I expect that will be the final week of its Christmas break.


Disappointing if Jasper's show is only worthy of a slot like this. Must be pretty rubbish (unless Corrie's being dropped from its slot to make up for the extra helpings over Christmas)

Dancc, how many episodes is Body of Proof listed for? I know Season 1 is 13 episodes but if Channel 5 is showing Season 1 and 2 back to back then it'll be 29 episodes.

My prediction for Royal Bodyguard is that it will rate very highly on Boxing Day but end up losing 50% of viewers in the regular Monday slot, at least after Bank Holiday Monday. The fact that it was moved off Christmas Day and the clips seem a bit slapstick points to it being not as good as many will expect.


Do we ever learn anything new from the endless Daybreak discussion, the ratings were crap and still are crap, or is it there just to maintain the regular level of ITV bashing in this thread?

I assume Alibi will get first dibs, They haven't shown season two yet.

9 episodes. As Derek said, I'd imagine Alibi will show 2 first.

Well OK TV was piffle and had to die. Can Channel 5 also zap that Z lister Amy Childs as I think the market for Z list celebs is drying up as even the most fanatical reader of celeb mags must wince at this show?
I like Channel 5, but can it keep these trashy shows for Sky Living and MTV as even ITV2 seems to be moving away from these reality fly on the wall things.

I imagine it was moved off Christmas day to avoid Downton Abbey. Poirot is much weaker competition from a ratings point of view.

And why should being a bit slapstick stop it being good? I give you Laurel & Hardy, Chaplin, Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. TRB is by the writers of Worst Week Of My Life which was also very slapstick and IMHO was very funny. Did quite well critically IIRC. Sadly it wasn't a big ratings hit. TRB might be a bit more successful there because of its big name star.

Season two starts on January 5 on Alibi. So not on C5 until June at earliest.

Season 2 is only 21 episodes so I imagine Summer is most likely for the Channel 5 airing as they could pair it with Castle.

The Walking Dead will likely return in March or April, think it should go on a weekday rather than Sundays and as I mentioned, Channel 5 should pick up the rights to American Horror Story either for Channel 5 or 5USA.

Is Sons of Anarchy returning to 5USA in January, I know they've tweeted about it? I think they should pair it with Justified although that doesn't start in the US until January 17th so I imagine 5USA will wait until February or late January at the earliest to show it.

Which extra helpings?

The second half of season two dorsn't return to FX until mid February. I expect a bit of a gap before five gets it.

American Horror Story deserves an HD, DD5.1 outing, or at least in semi decent SD. It will be wasted on fuzzyvision 5USA.

(1)Alot of cases are settled beforehand, why did he come to an agreement if he thought he could win the case? Maybe he knew he couldn't have won it or got more money.
(2) Why is it hilarious? Most people leave jobs to move to other ones that pay more money, don't they? I have. Even if she didn't admit to it, it is hardly a big revelation.

I really hope Mrs Brown doesn't suffer from it's earlier slot - it's perfect 10.35pm material really and pairing it with what David Jason is selling as a family comedy seems a bit stupid - wouldn't be so bad if it was after Have I Got News for You or something.

Poor for RVP. Just under 7m is about 1m lower than I expected. Odd really considering it performs well every year. This Is England '88 took abit of a hit. I thought it would hold up better, but last nights episode was pretty depressing!

On another note, Channel 5 are starting a new Big Brother in January. So that will be 3 series in as many months. Talk about flogging a dead horse. Overkill is not the word here. Why are they launching another series so soon? It will hold up better than the normal run which was around 1.4m every night, but still, its madness!!

I don't think there's any way it can be hurt by the move. It's numbers aren't going to be any worse at 9.30 than they would be at 10.35 - no matter how badly The Royal Bodyguard might flop. Even if it did struggle to take the 4m+ considered acceptable for the slot (and I think it'll make that easily) then the BBC would simply move it elsewhere for the already commissioned third series. There's plenty to gain and not all that much to lose.

I know! Great isn't it? More like 4-5 months though. They just want to get back in sync with the old Channel 4 air pattern as soon as possible.

New promo launches on air tomorrow. The campaign so far has been spot on and people are already talking about it, hoping this latest one with Brian and ex celeb housemates is as good.

P.S. The last series opened with over 5 million viewers and closed with 3 million viewers- for Channel 5 a smash hit, and absolutely not a "dead horse."

The Christmas special will give us an idea of how the second series may perform. I think 5-5.5m and while there is bad language, it's just as silly and full of slapstick as The Royal Bodyguard. Judging from the clips from the Christmas special, it hasn't change a bit for an earlier timeslot.

Would be fun either for Sport Relief or CIN for them to do a Mrs Brown/Miranda crossover.

Simon Cowell has filled one judging vacancy - Howard Stern is taking over from Piers Morgan on America's Got Talent. Tbh, when the rumours first surfaced I thought there was no way it would happen especially given the lack of ambition in previous appointments (Howie Mandel?!). But it's now confirmed. The show moves to New York and he's in for a massive payday as well. It should bring some more media attention to the show which is quite low profile considering it delivers fairly good numbers (a 3.3 average last summer, it's best cycle ever according to NBC). Despite his own age, Stern has youth appeal so he might help on that front as well. Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel are expected to return. Nick Cannon will host again.

NBC Press Release

FOX, NBC and CBS have all renewed their NFL deals through until 2022 (a record breaking extension). They'll rotate The Superbowl and NBC retain Sunday Night Football. ESPN have Monday cable rights until 2021.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...ytheNumbers%29

The top 15 cable series in 2011:

1. Jersey Shore (MTV) - 6,568,000 (adults 18-49)
2. The Walking Dead (AMC) - 6,039,000
3. Sons of Anarchy (FX) - 3,636,000
4. Pawn Stars (History) - 3,623,000
5. The Game (BET) - 3,433,000

6. Teen Mom (MTV) - 3,432,000
7. Tosh.O (Com Cen) - 3,337,000
8. Falling Skies (TNT) - 3,285,000
9. Keeping Up With The Kardashians (E) - 3,059,000
10. American Horror Story (FX) - 3,015,000

11. Deadliest Catch (DISC) - 2,852,000
12. Suits (USA) - 2,824,000
13. Storage Wars (A&E) - 2,771,000
14. South Park (ComCen) - 2,737,000
15. Royal Pains (USA) - 2,651,000

The list is for basic cable entertainment only. So ESPN's Monday Night Football (which would easily top the list) isn't included. True Blood on HBO isn't either - I think it would be behind The Walking Dead but ahead of Sons of Anarchy.

A pretty even split - 5 scripted and 5 unscripted in the top 10. 8 scripted and 7 unscripted when you extend it to the top 15.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...ytheNumbers%29

Also worth a mention - some much needed good news for Endemol and NBC. Fear Factor was back on Monday and it hit a 3.4 rating for the 2 hour broadcast. A pretty good performance although The Sing Off was doing ~3.0's there last year and halved when thrown into a weekly slot against DWTS. Once again, NBC seems to be mopping up the DWTS audience in December - ABC's gameshow "You Deserve It" continues to flop, posting a 0.9 on Monday.