Friday 30th December
BBC One:
21:00 New Tricks (Repeat)
ITV1:
21:00 A Royal Year to Remember
BBC One:
21:00 New Tricks (Repeat)
ITV1:
21:00 A Royal Year to Remember
The Ratings Thread (Part 28)
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Originally Posted by Andy23:
“Good for Corrie last night reaching the magic 40% share for the first time this Autumn, it wasn't even a particularly major episode.
Poor for EastEnders though, a million adrift of Corrie and on the back of a massive hyped week of episodes.
I'm a Celeb continues to do well.
”
“Good for Corrie last night reaching the magic 40% share for the first time this Autumn, it wasn't even a particularly major episode.
Poor for EastEnders though, a million adrift of Corrie and on the back of a massive hyped week of episodes.
I'm a Celeb continues to do well.
”
Last year:
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...&postcount=802
Soap gap remains at 1m, and the three soaps and Celeb are all down year-on-year.
Originally Posted by Dancc:
“Friday 30th December
BBC One:
21:00 New Tricks (Repeat)
ITV1:
21:00 A Royal Year to Remember
”
“Friday 30th December
BBC One:
21:00 New Tricks (Repeat)
ITV1:
21:00 A Royal Year to Remember
”
Perhaps the one weak point for the BBC there. Why not put the premiere of Tropic Thunder there instead of relegating it to 10.20 after Great Expectations? That would of been much much more appropriate. Or the first edition of The One...?
On the other hand Christmas Eve and Boxing Day a vast improvement. A cornucopia of festive delights.
ITV1 have generally got Boxing Day wrong - big time.
They are giving a free start to The Borrowers at 7.30pm with that hour long 'Unforgettable' and hour long Corrie.
And I predict that 9pm hour on Boxing Day to be the highest rated of the Christmas period on BBC One.
But I can see why they've moved Fast Freddie out of the way.
They are giving a free start to The Borrowers at 7.30pm with that hour long 'Unforgettable' and hour long Corrie.
And I predict that 9pm hour on Boxing Day to be the highest rated of the Christmas period on BBC One.
But I can see why they've moved Fast Freddie out of the way.
The baffling scheduling continues. What's the story here? This was supposed to be one of Channel 4's highlights of the entire festive period:
Elsewhere on Channel 4, Comedy Showcase with Angelos Epithemiou takes 9pm on Friday 30th December.
Big Fat Quiz of 2011 airs Tuesday 27th December at 9pm.
Quote:
“CHILDRENS: Felix and Murdo
On: Channel 4 (4)
Date: Wednesday 28th December 2011 (starting in 29 days)
Time: 22:35 to 23:10 (35 minutes long)
Comedy duo Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong star in their brand new sitcom Felix and Murdo. This one-off Christmas comedy, written by Simon Nye, is set in Edwardian London in 1908, the year the Olympic Games first came to the city. Murdo and Felix are 'modern' men and best friends who indulge in a drink and drugs spree while simultaneously competing in the Olympics... with no training whatsoever.
(Subtitles)
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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=87587
Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.”
“CHILDRENS: Felix and Murdo
On: Channel 4 (4)
Date: Wednesday 28th December 2011 (starting in 29 days)
Time: 22:35 to 23:10 (35 minutes long)
Comedy duo Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong star in their brand new sitcom Felix and Murdo. This one-off Christmas comedy, written by Simon Nye, is set in Edwardian London in 1908, the year the Olympic Games first came to the city. Murdo and Felix are 'modern' men and best friends who indulge in a drink and drugs spree while simultaneously competing in the Olympics... with no training whatsoever.
(Subtitles)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=87587
Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.”
Elsewhere on Channel 4, Comedy Showcase with Angelos Epithemiou takes 9pm on Friday 30th December.
Big Fat Quiz of 2011 airs Tuesday 27th December at 9pm.
Totally baffled by the New Tricks repeat when they have 3 episodes of The One, some decent films, and HIGNFY seemed to have been extended up to the 30th.
Unacceptable, and truly bizarre!
Unacceptable, and truly bizarre!
Originally Posted by gavin shipman:
“EastEnders will win hands down why is everyone so worried?
It had 11.4m million last year with no promotion.
This year will be heaviuly promoted and we have a huge christmas and new year planned.
DownTown Abbey will be lucky to get 8million EE will be flying with 12 maybe even 13.”
“EastEnders will win hands down why is everyone so worried?
It had 11.4m million last year with no promotion.
This year will be heaviuly promoted and we have a huge christmas and new year planned.
DownTown Abbey will be lucky to get 8million EE will be flying with 12 maybe even 13.”
13 million????
It hasn't had that on Xmas Day since 2007 and that was on the back of the culmination of a massive, long-running storyline for EastEnders. Having seen the storyline for this Christmas I'd be very surprised if it's hitting anything like those kinds of numbers.
Originally Posted by square_eyes:
“ITV1 have generally got Boxing Day wrong - big time.
They are giving a free start to The Borrowers at 7.30pm with that hour long 'Unforgettable' and hour long Corrie.
And I predict that 9pm hour on Boxing Day to be the highest rated of the Christmas period on BBC One.
But I can see why they've moved Fast Freddie out of the way.”
“ITV1 have generally got Boxing Day wrong - big time.
They are giving a free start to The Borrowers at 7.30pm with that hour long 'Unforgettable' and hour long Corrie.
And I predict that 9pm hour on Boxing Day to be the highest rated of the Christmas period on BBC One.
But I can see why they've moved Fast Freddie out of the way.”
Bizarre. I expected Em at 7.30 then Corrie. How did that happen?
BBC1's Boxing Day looks great, best night of the lot I think. Chance it could win every slot from half five till midnight, even beating Corrie.
Originally Posted by Dancc:
“The baffling scheduling continues. What's the story here? This was supposed to be one of Channel 4's highlights of the entire festive period:
Elsewhere on Channel 4, Comedy Showcase with Angelos Epithemiou takes 9pm on Friday 30th December.
Big Fat Quiz of 2011 airs Tuesday 27th December at 9pm.”
“The baffling scheduling continues. What's the story here? This was supposed to be one of Channel 4's highlights of the entire festive period:
Elsewhere on Channel 4, Comedy Showcase with Angelos Epithemiou takes 9pm on Friday 30th December.
Big Fat Quiz of 2011 airs Tuesday 27th December at 9pm.”
Better scheduling than last year when it aired on the 3rd January until late on one of the biggest 'school nights' of the whole year!
Where's the Top Gear Special ended up? Hope the numpties aren't going to damage BBC1's fantastic Boxing Day line up with it?
Originally Posted by davey_wavey:
“I was expecting Desperate Scousewives to be closer to the 1 million mark, considering how successful shows like TOWIE have been. But it may grow its audience through word of mouth. Someone on Twitter last night said 'Desperate Scousewives makes TOWIE look like Downton Abbey'
so it may grow its audience as people check out how bad it is!
I think ultimately there's only room for one show like this though, and that's TOWIE. Made in Chelsea is mildly successful, due to the more sophisticated and posh characters and setting that it features, but Desperate Scousewives doesn't seem to have a USP that makes it stand out from other reality programmes. It's a complete TOWIE rip off.”
“I was expecting Desperate Scousewives to be closer to the 1 million mark, considering how successful shows like TOWIE have been. But it may grow its audience through word of mouth. Someone on Twitter last night said 'Desperate Scousewives makes TOWIE look like Downton Abbey'
so it may grow its audience as people check out how bad it is! I think ultimately there's only room for one show like this though, and that's TOWIE. Made in Chelsea is mildly successful, due to the more sophisticated and posh characters and setting that it features, but Desperate Scousewives doesn't seem to have a USP that makes it stand out from other reality programmes. It's a complete TOWIE rip off.”
Let's hope it's the beginning of the end of these type of shows then - though I think 400k is around about where they all began.
Originally Posted by RobbieSykes123:
“Weakest BBC1 schedule in years.
”
“Weakest BBC1 schedule in years.
”
And that is saying something. Unfortunately though they'll still win the night.
I'm glad ITV have gone for Downton on Christmas Day but being two hours long will hurt it - they should either have split it over two days or kept it to 90 minutes. I think too they should have given it a head start on EastEnders - but it's an interesting head to head. Wouldn't be surprised if Downton got the higher figure but EE wins head to head in the 9pm hour.
Originally Posted by Andy23:
“Good for Corrie last night reaching the magic 40% share for the first time this Autumn, it wasn't even a particularly major episode.
Poor for EastEnders though, a million adrift of Corrie and on the back of a massive hyped week of episodes.”
“Good for Corrie last night reaching the magic 40% share for the first time this Autumn, it wasn't even a particularly major episode.
Poor for EastEnders though, a million adrift of Corrie and on the back of a massive hyped week of episodes.”
It's interesting. I find that soap audiences are very slow to react to perceived shifts in the "quality" of the show. If I had a pound for the amount of times I saw "Corrie deserved more" or "don't know why so many are sticking with EE. It's rubbish!", then I'd be a very rich man.
I think generally there's a bit of a time-lag. It takes a period of sustained momentum to build the audience up - and equally, it takes a sustained period of poor storylines to lose them again.
There are exceptions for the really huge exits, events, disasters or whatever - as seen with the anniversaries last year - but generally audience levels shift very slowly.
Originally Posted by RobbieSykes123:
“Totally baffled by the New Tricks repeat when they have 3 episodes of The One, some decent films, and HIGNFY seemed to have been extended up to the 30th.
Unacceptable, and truly bizarre!”
“Totally baffled by the New Tricks repeat when they have 3 episodes of The One, some decent films, and HIGNFY seemed to have been extended up to the 30th.
Unacceptable, and truly bizarre!”
im pretty sure that HIGNFY on the 23rd is a Christmas Special, and the 30th a Best Of, but dgigiuide does not give me enough to confirm that.
Still dont know what that CEve Gadget Show is either.
Tonight's Digiguide update has created more confusion.
Also still no Thomas movie on Channel 5s schedule.
However good the BBC may be this Christmas they are the cherry on top short-whatever the storyline in Eastenders it should never be the centrepiece of the day-even if thats just because its on so much for the rest of the year.
Clearly Royle Family would have made a difference to the look of the day-but had the rumoured OFAH anniversary took place maybe we wouldnt be having all this discussion about Downton. Whatever the standard of OFAH, people would have tuned in in huge numbers.
Royal Bodyguard presumably isnt good enough, then again sitcoms dont command attention these days and debuting one on the biggest day of the year would have been taking too much of a risk.
Clearly Royle Family would have made a difference to the look of the day-but had the rumoured OFAH anniversary took place maybe we wouldnt be having all this discussion about Downton. Whatever the standard of OFAH, people would have tuned in in huge numbers.
Royal Bodyguard presumably isnt good enough, then again sitcoms dont command attention these days and debuting one on the biggest day of the year would have been taking too much of a risk.
Originally Posted by Brekkie:
“Let's hope it's the beginning of the end of these type of shows then - though I think 400k is around about where they all began.”
“Let's hope it's the beginning of the end of these type of shows then - though I think 400k is around about where they all began.”
Not so. TOWIE launched with 982k inc. +1, albeit with an Xtra Factor lead-in.
Originally Posted by Charnham:
“Still dont know what that CEve Gadget Show is either.”
“Still dont know what that CEve Gadget Show is either.”
On the Monday they've pushed it back to 7pm with Charley Boorman at 8pm and two movie premieres back-to-back from 9pm.
I bet the Xmas Eve edition of The Gadget Show will turn out to be a repeat of that Monday episode, or the Christmas special which TX's next week.
Originally Posted by Dancc:
“On the Monday they've pushed it back to 7pm with Charley Boorman at 8pm and two movie premieres back-to-back from 9pm.
I bet the Xmas Eve edition of The Gadget Show will turn out to be a repeat of that Monday episode, or the Christmas special which TX's next week.”
“On the Monday they've pushed it back to 7pm with Charley Boorman at 8pm and two movie premieres back-to-back from 9pm.
I bet the Xmas Eve edition of The Gadget Show will turn out to be a repeat of that Monday episode, or the Christmas special which TX's next week.”
its possible of course.
Why has Watchmen moved to Christmas Day? its not really a Christmas Day movie.
Originally Posted by Dancc:
“Boxing Day
ITV1:
18:30 Emmerdale
19:00 The Unforgettable Ernie Wise
20:00 Coronation Street
21:00 Poirot”
“Boxing Day
ITV1:
18:30 Emmerdale
19:00 The Unforgettable Ernie Wise
20:00 Coronation Street
21:00 Poirot”
Have ITV1 focused so much on Christmas Day that they quickly put Boxing Day's schedule together in one second? What on Earth is that?
Originally Posted by Fudd:
“Have ITV1 focused so much on Christmas Day that they quickly put Boxing Day's schedule together in one second? What on Earth is that?”
“Have ITV1 focused so much on Christmas Day that they quickly put Boxing Day's schedule together in one second? What on Earth is that?”
is it a Tuesday?
Originally Posted by square_eyes:
“ITV1 have generally got Boxing Day wrong - big time.
They are giving a free start to The Borrowers at 7.30pm with that hour long 'Unforgettable' and hour long Corrie.
And I predict that 9pm hour on Boxing Day to be the highest rated of the Christmas period on BBC One.
But I can see why they've moved Fast Freddie out of the way.”
“ITV1 have generally got Boxing Day wrong - big time.
They are giving a free start to The Borrowers at 7.30pm with that hour long 'Unforgettable' and hour long Corrie.
And I predict that 9pm hour on Boxing Day to be the highest rated of the Christmas period on BBC One.
But I can see why they've moved Fast Freddie out of the way.”
Completely agree, it should be Emmerdale at 7pm, Corrie at 7.30 and Poirot at 8.30 with the Ernie Wise tribute on another night. I'm glad they've moved Fast Freddie but I don't think they've moved it to a great slot against Great Expectations and The Big Fat Quiz. Everything else they've done looks OK though.
Originally Posted by Charnham:
“is it a Tuesday?”
“is it a Tuesday?”
Boxing Day's a Monday. They originally had:
7.00 Emmerdale
7.30 Coronation Street
8.00 TV Burp
8.30 Coronation Street
9.00 Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me
IIRC.
Originally Posted by Chris1964:
“Royal Bodyguard presumably isnt good enough, then again sitcoms dont command attention these days and debuting one on the biggest day of the year would have been taking too much of a risk.”
“Royal Bodyguard presumably isnt good enough, then again sitcoms dont command attention these days and debuting one on the biggest day of the year would have been taking too much of a risk.”
9.30pm on Boxing Day against Poirot may well be a better slot than 10pm on Christmas Day against Downton. We'll see which comedy gets the higher overnights.
Back in the 1970s such greats as Porridge, Dad's Army, Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads and Steptoe And Son never got a Christmas Day slot for their Christmas specials.
Good to see Outnumbered getting a much better slot than it got last year.
I noticed TV Burp has been pulled, guess that was only ever a Best Of.
I see in all the confusion ITV 2 has forgotten to pull Tweets of the Year, I may send them an e:mail to remind them.
I see in all the confusion ITV 2 has forgotten to pull Tweets of the Year, I may send them an e:mail to remind them.
Originally Posted by Dancc:
“On the Monday they've pushed it back to 7pm with Charley Boorman at 8pm.”
“On the Monday they've pushed it back to 7pm with Charley Boorman at 8pm.”
I may use this as the first chance to watch Channel 5 +1, to allow me to do what I always do, and record Gadget Show at 8pm, watch EastEnders, then watch The Gadget Show.
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