It hasn't been rating better at all. It's stuck on 800k - 900k which is about half what BBC1 is getting. It's AIs remain in the toilet, too (it took four of the bottom five places last week, with the fifth occupied by Tamara Ecclestone: Billion Dollar Girl....so that's the sort of company it keeps in the public's affections).

Daybreak has been a disaster from the outset. The editorial content is rubbish and the format (if you can call it that) is too broken up by ads and insultingly-easy PRTS competitions. It's preoccipied with sport, which its target audience (young housewives with children) is largely uninterested in. And the endless celeb news and gossip is as trashy as OKTV. As for Adrian and Christine, they are actually very good presenters, who have been woefully miscast. They're just not suited to early mornings, which has been patently obvious from Day One.

You honestly believe "polictics and back biting in the press" and "people on the internet with an axe to grind" have done for them? Get real. ITV is a serious business whose only purpose is to make lots of money. But it's been committing commercial suicide in the mornings for more than a year now, and the advertisers and shareholders have finally said 'enough is enough'.

You often make good points when defending ITV George, but as far as Daybreak's concerned you've had your head in the sand for months. If even Peter Fincham, the man responsible for the whole debacle, can now effectively admit that ITV got it wrong, then you should be able to do so, too.

Well remembered. I forgot about that. But he must be doing a Pointless special as I doubt he wouldn't be featured prominently on his own otherwise.

Does anyone know what format The Royal Bodyguard is? I know there's been location filming, but is it all single camera or multi camera studio with an audience and location inserts?

Also checking IMDB for Great Expectations there appears to be two BBC productions this year. A film with Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham-Carter and a TV with Ray Winstone and Gillian Anderson.

Sorry, let me correct your posting:

I like when Hislop does that, if the BBC was not so worried about appearing biased, I would give him his own show.

It was actually down to 700,000 earlier this week and it isn't even half term

have we had the soap ratings yet?

Friday 25th November - Soap Overnights
BBC One
13:45- Doctors: 1.51m (20.3%)
20:00- EastEnders: 8.12m (35.2%)

ITV1
19:00- Emmerdale: 7.03m (33.4%)
19:30- Coronation Street: 8.52m (38.2%) , +1: 106k
20:30- Coronation Street: 8.42m (36.2%) , +1: 133k

Channel 4
18:30- Hollyoaks: 1.05m (5.1%)

Channel 5
13:45- Neighbours: 680k (9.1%)
17:30- Neighbours: 1.28m (7.6%)
18:00- Home and Away: 908k (4.8%)

Ratings include HD and are tape-checked where necessary

Multichannel
5*
18:30- Home and Away: 647k (3.2%)

BBC Three
22:00- EastEnders: 617k (2.8%)

E4
19:00- Hollyoaks: 471k (2.2%)

Source: DS

Another impressive Friday outing for H&A - not so much the Channel 5 showing this time but the 5* first look. Can't remember the last time it was over 600k.

EastEnders' Branning Week has been a disappointment ratings wise.

Fairly close between the soaps last night. As expected elsewhere, apart from a poor rating for Live at the Apollo.

sadly I have to agree.

Not often I say this but I hope loads of people are watching Sky Sports 1 right about now.

why has it broken down, or something?

Re. The reality battle tonight (it makes a change from Christmas ) - I think it'll be a shock if Strictly doesn't win again. They've been hyping up one of the couples all week on the spin off so I'm sure they'll be left until last to hurt The X Factor. I think the latter is just going through the motions now; hoping to keep above the 10m mark and having a revamp for next series.

In a sense, the lack of audience for The X Factor may not be a good thing for The Voice; I have the feeling Dancing On Ice sees a boost for it's launch with people having Strictly withdrawals but there are not so many people watching X Factor religiously this year which could hurt the Voice in turn.

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Last night: At least I'm A Celebrity... is not seeing X Factor like drops even if it is down on last year. The big soaps seems very low for late November; surely EastEnders and Coronation Street shoud be above the 9m mark and Emmerdale more comfortably within the 7m range? Have I Got News For You isn't the powerhouse it once was though it's rating is reasonable but obviously hurt by Would I Lie To You and Live At The Apollo. Autumnwatch performed better than it has it previous weeks, and QI did well for the 10pm slot though would be more than capable of filling a slot on BBC One. 8 Out Of 10 Cats is really suffering on Channel 4 - was the double bill one new episode and one repeat or...?
Channel 5 had a quite night, though at least Ice Road Truckers managed to get over the 1m mark.

Lol, nope. Saints demolishing Sarries as we speak...

http://www.espnscrum.com/premiership...ch/142537.html

And best of all, it's only half time! If that's not Saturday night entertainment I don't know what is.

I think it's because Northampton are doing well at rugby.

im going to pretend I understood that post

As for Strictly Vs X-Factor I think we should agree in advance who has had the most publicity, so that it can be factored in without any bias when ratings appear tomorrow.

Fudd I thought it was the New Orleans Saints

I'd say both have had relatively little coverage this week - the general momentum appears to be with Strictly but will it suffer from Russell's exit?


Not a fan of sport, Charnham?

It's posts like these that make me realise how much a facepalm emoticon is needed.

As for Strictly v TXF, I'm predicting another win for Strictly, but more marginal than last week.

a Picard one is always good.

http://96.30.16.216/%7Egallifr/forum...picardicon.gif


I have seen a few articles about Russel himself, and how apparently Strictly saved his life, but not so many about Strictly.


what gave me away?

Just little clues here and there.

I hope I was subtle about it.

I should warn you all now, ive just opened a bottle of red, so any posts made after this one, maybe slurred and show evidence of drink.

I think ITV1 are guaranteed two big hits on Christmas Day- CS and DA- and Emmerdale will pull 6 million away from BBC One. I'd actually like DA to top the Christmas Day ratings as this is such a good show and will prove to the doubters that ITV can do Christmas and the memories of awful ITV1 Christmases( yes I do recall the woeful 1993 schedule and 1982 when Chas and Dave bussed in a load of drunken fans for a knees up).
Actually for all I can be ITV's biggest critic at times, I am also a fan when the peoples channel get it right as I think they are for Christmas.

Well Brucie has bought himself down to X Factor's level this week by slating it in the press (despite claiming he never watches). I suspect both will feel a bit flat this week - Strictly after the buzz of Wembley, and X Factor just because it's got no buzz about it at all - two weeks out from the final nobody particularly cares who wins at all. With the US episodes a day earlier this week they could have done with shipping Simon over just to give the show a bit of a lift this week, whether as a guest judge or simply as a mentor for the VTs.

Disappointing rating and share for Eastenders in its big week, BBC3 not much good either. Looks like the Wednesday episode and then the Emmerdale clash on Thursday sapped all the momentum out of EE after recording an 8.85m overnight on Tuesday. Beaten by Coronation St by 400k as well last night. Sometimes Eastenders gets an influx of viewers in the aftermath of big event episodes so I'm still hopeful of a 9m on Monday. Failing that though we may have to wait until Christmas week before we see it above 9m again.

Elsewhere, Coronation St did alright but should really be aiming a bit higher at this stage. Channel 5 soaps did quite well last night, with Neighbours recording its highest Friday rating since March.

Hollyoaks did poorly last night, back down to just scraping above 1m, which is poor for late November. Interestingly despite the boost in ratings earlier this month during the big serial killer storyline, the monthly average has now fallen below where it was last year. I suspect it will be back to recording monthly averages below 1m again next summer.

Hollyoaks C4 (exc +1) overnight average
.........2011.....................2010...............2009
Sep 1.09m (6.0%).....1.16 (6.4%).......1.41m (8.0%)
Oct 1.15m (5.8%)......1.06 (5.4%).......1.47m (7.6%)
Nov 1.25m (5.9%)......1.26 (5.8%).......1.54m (7.5%)