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Old 08-12-2011, 11:59
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What's with the EmFm ratings boost?

Has another plane crashed, or are the lesbian vets getting it on in a wine bar? (I might have to tune in... )
I gather this soap is particularly popular with Northerners and Scottish people. They're all snowed in at the moment. And they can't get their front doors open because of the gale-force winds.

Either that or it's because ITV have been heavily trailing it this week due to
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Another soap whodunnit. How original.:yawn::yawn::yawn::yawn:
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Old 08-12-2011, 12:12
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Can anyone tell me the ratings for The Cafe on Sky1 (wednesday nights)?

Thank you.
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Old 08-12-2011, 12:42
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What did desperate scousewives get on monday?
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Old 08-12-2011, 12:43
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I didn't see Danny coming.
Danny is a good signing, a personable guy with a great voice especially live on stage. Think Gary Barlow without the sarcastic attitude, and a higher percentage of younger fans.
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Old 08-12-2011, 12:44
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Excellent rating for Frozen Planet.

Worryingly high rating for That's Britain! Do I hear the commission of a second series?
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Old 08-12-2011, 12:53
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Excellent rating for Frozen Planet.

Worryingly high rating for That's Britain! Do I hear the commission of a second series?

It's certainly a worrying prospect for this Christmas turkey that has arrived early. Why on earth do they keep using Nick Knowles on these sort of programmes (in fact of any sort of programmes)
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Old 08-12-2011, 13:45
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Daybreak is basically just not doing the 3 days between Xmas & New Year where it would usually appear. There is very little point doing a show that finishes at 8:30am when most of the population are having a lie-in.
That's true enough, the only real reason Breakfast do it is because they're doing it anyway for News 24 so it's easy enough to simulcast it. Although in the past, Breakfast Time would run between Christmas and New Year, in its original sofa form, it was only take off Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day, whereas the desk-bound Breakfast Time, and Breakfast News, were never on at Christmas or any Bank Holiday.

Of course at the end of the eighties and into the nineties, the Beeb would do full length Six O'Clock and Nine O'Clock Newses, plus a full length regional news at 6.30, on the days between Christmas and New Year, which wouldn't happen now (insert smartarse dumbing down-related comment here).

Under Suspicion Sunday / Monday ?
Why does Under Suspicion only appear in the first week of January? I don't know how many people remember what it is if they only do one story a year, exactly one year apart.

Bleak Old Shop of Stuff looks like a right hoot, is it just a one-off or is there going to be a series?
Well, it's a one-off for now, but it's based on a radio series so presumably there's scope for a series if it goes down well. I dunno if they'd be able to get the cast together for a series, mind.

Quite poor schedules there. I know the assumption is that everyone goes out on New Year's Eve but even so!
Two shows on primetime ITV there which have already been shown in primetime on other days of the holiday. I know one's opposite the Strictly result so nobody would watch it the first time, but Alright doesn't have much competition for its first showing. No surprise to see a long film on BBC1, it's a simple enough way to fill a quiet night. Expect the EBC thread in the Broadcasting forum to complain about BBC Scotland not being able to show the lottery.

Do C5 get absolute first pick every week or is it structured so they can't just show Man Utd?
No, they get first pick every week, but the way it works out means that each team in each tie gets one leg at 6pm and one leg at 8pm, so when Liverpool fell into it two seasons ago, Five passed up on the away leg of one of their ties because it was a 6pm kick-off. Depends on the ability to show Man U vs the unattractive kick-off time.

Exactly. Bizarre coupling.
Well, The Royal Bodyguard was always going to go out at nine o'clock, because there aren't any other slots for sitcoms on the Beeb unless they wanted it to get thrashed by Corrie or in the unhallowed Wednesday 8.30 slot. And Mrs Brown is harmless enough, my parents really like it. It's not Frankie Boyle, in any case.

If the BBC has first pick every round then they could follow England all the way to the final if we do well. Presumably they will toss up again after round 1, and for subsequent rounds?

All sounds a bit of a lottery to me...
I'm assuming this is only the case in the group stage, although to be honest it probably sorts itself out after a bit, because I know they don't like to have both matches in a day on one channel, so generally if one channel picks a primetime match, the other would generally take the afternoon match that day. Of course it doesn't mean the Beeb will neccessarily take two England group matches, they might opt for one and then pick Ireland's opening game or something, and then go for the potential England quarter final.

It's certainly a worrying prospect for this Christmas turkey that has arrived early. Why on earth do they keep using Nick Knowles on these sort of programmes (in fact of any sort of programmes)
I very much enjoyed the DIY SOS parody on The Impressions Show last night where Knowles indulged in some crap jokes ("Say hello, Nigel!" "Hello Nigel!") and then did a mirthless laugh and unconvinvincingly said "We have a right laugh, we really do", which summed up his presenting style perfectly.

Having now obtained (and memorised the entire contents of) the Christmas Radio Times, it doesn't look so bad, the festive season though I'm surprised at how often BBC1 comedy goes up against BBC2 comedy, especially in the second week when it seems to happen after ten o'clock every night, which surely is the first rule of scheduling. Also, C4's line-up looks hugely ropey, I think Home For The Holidays could get a tiny audience and they seem to be going for entertainment on Christmas Night which seems pointless when BBC1 have that market wrapped up.

Also, how many shows has Pip Schofield got on ITV? He's on every night!
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Old 08-12-2011, 13:56
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What do you want to add on the extra 4 viewers likely to be watching on +1.
You could say that about any +1 channel at launch. I was interested because last night's film was the first instance where they had really pushed the +1 option on promos and announcements.

Also since C5's primetime target is 1m, on nights like last night where programmes are very near to that level, +1 could mean the difference between them being the right side of that 1m mark and the wrong side.
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Old 08-12-2011, 14:06
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That Broadcast article is quite worrying for Channel 5. All that money spent doesn't seem to have impacted on ratings or the 16-34 demographic...
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Old 08-12-2011, 14:27
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Some Channel 5 news:

Frankie Cocozza has signed up for Celebrity Big Brother

Amy Childs has signed up for The Batchelor spin off which sees 25 men fight to become her boyfriend.
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Old 08-12-2011, 14:29
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Well, it's a one-off for now, but it's based on a radio series so presumably there's scope for a series if it goes down well. I dunno if they'd be able to get the cast together for a series, mind.
There is a short series to follow the Christmas episode - three more half-hours "early next year".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/comedy/20...of-stuff.shtml

But as you say, the cast could be a bit of a problem for a proper run in the future.

The Borrowers looks like it might have the same problem. The writer has said he's cooking up ideas for a whole series if the one-off is successful at Christmas - but again it would be next to impossible to retain the same cast if they did.
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Old 08-12-2011, 14:49
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Old 08-12-2011, 15:14
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Endeavour should do really well although I'm guessing Mamma Mia going to Wednesday. I think ITV are eyeing it as a replacement for Lewis although Lewis isn't doing badly, Kevin Whately want to end the show on a high.
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Old 08-12-2011, 15:23
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ITV have done poorly in 2011 if you consider overall TV viewing has held up well, despite all the non-TV entertainments around nowadays.

I blame their relentlessly low-brow focus with only the occasional 9pm drama to break it up.
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Old 08-12-2011, 15:25
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Media Guardian article re ratings summary for first 11 months of the year:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...k-viewers-fall
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Old 08-12-2011, 15:37
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Crozier explanation for hiring Chiles and Bleakley:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...stine-bleakley
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Old 08-12-2011, 16:23
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One hopes TRB/MBB won't be staying on Mondays now and going out opposite Endeavour!

At least it looks like what we got last night was only a draft, so maybe that 1h10 EE will become x2 35 min episodes leading in to Sherlock and something else on NYD?

When are the wk1 schedules confirmed?
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Old 08-12-2011, 16:26
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There is a short series to follow the Christmas episode - three more half-hours "early next year".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/comedy/20...of-stuff.shtml

But as you say, the cast could be a bit of a problem for a proper run in the future.

The Borrowers looks like it might have the same problem. The writer has said he's cooking up ideas for a whole series if the one-off is successful at Christmas - but again it would be next to impossible to retain the same cast if they did.
Keeping the cast together is certainly the problem for these all-star vehicles that get wheeled out around Christmas.

The Borrowers seems like an odd thing for the BBC to put to series though. Where would they schedule it? It doesn't seem like it'll be 'exciting' enough to hold its own in the Saturday night family drama slot which would probably leave a Sunday evening slot which seems like an odd place to schedule something with such a starry cast. I suppose, if it goes down well, it could become an annual part of the BBC1 Christmas schedule. Maybe a Borrowers mini-series stripped across the Christmas period.

I suspect The Bleak Old Shop... is more likely to be commissioned as a series of specials rather than a full series. Or you'd have to ditch half the cast.
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Old 08-12-2011, 16:32
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One hopes TRB/MBB won't be staying on Mondays now and going out opposite Endeavour!

At least it looks like what we got last night was only a draft, so maybe that 1h10 EE will become x2 35 min episodes leading in to Sherlock and something else on NYD?

When are the wk1 schedules confirmed?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/pro...astenders.html Its confirmed as being 1hr 10 minutes long.
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Old 08-12-2011, 16:45
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Looks like the Beeb have been stitched up good and proper there then with ITV's late switch bringing Endeavour to Monday to kill off the sitcoms and LOUK to Friday to dent Hustle.
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Old 08-12-2011, 16:51
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Friday nights at 9pm for Law & Order UK from 6 January.

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Endeavour Monday 2 Jan at 9pm.

New Years Day

Harry Potter & Half Blood Prince 7.15pm

The Unforgettable... John Thaw 9.45pm
What have ITV got on the Wednesday now, do you know?
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Old 08-12-2011, 16:57
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Anyone know the Perez Hilton Rating on ITV2 last night ???
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Old 08-12-2011, 16:59
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Anyone know the Perez Hilton Rating on ITV2 last night ???
10pm: 310k (1.8%)
11pm: 61k (0.6%)
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Old 08-12-2011, 17:02
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Confirmed: Celebrity Big Brother 2012 will launch on Thursday 5th January at 9pm with a two-hour premiere.
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Old 08-12-2011, 17:02
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Looks like the Beeb have been stitched up good and proper there then with ITV's late switch bringing Endeavour to Monday to kill off the sitcoms
I'm fairly sure the BBC were expecting that, I posted last night that it was obvious that it and Mamma Mia would swap.
They were not going to give a film repeat a Corrie lead in and a prime Bank Holiday slot and then Launch what could be their biggest banker drama in years in a normal Wednesday night slot with a Lead in from 'The Unforgettable'
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