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just seen the ratings for last night. Great for Call the Midwife, and even though Wild at heart is down from last year its good to see 2 dramas at the same time get over 14m.
Dancing on Ice rating is poor and as Roscoe said ratings like those are unacceptable for it. |
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Its also why I think Harry Hill stopped being a killer show, or of high quality - they didn't let them make fun of ITV shows! Even amongst the daybreak stories filling the newspapers!
ITV seem to think that they can somehow control information, when all it does is create a very niche audience. No point flogging a dead horse - and certainly not taking it to market to sell! Harry Hill culminated this in bringing Christine Bleakly (she may be included in the metaphor above!) in...not for a joke...but to PLUG DAYBREAK ![]() The joke is though that there probably is more space to create a more dominating morning/day-time TV schedule than it is for primetime. But ITV seem to use it as a very very very long lead in. Jonathan Ross has fortunately been able to keep ITV out of his show mostly. Although that hasn't really helped ![]() |
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Day of big ratings news = start of new thread.
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As well as this, I'd like to know how Countdown's rating with Hewer as host? I've always thought it's on an hour too early - it should be on at 4.15pm as it was from 2001-03.
I'm surprised too C4 haven't tried Celebrity Coach Trip in primetime - that could probably sustain 10x1 hour shows. |
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Is Miranda definitely back this autumn? Think that will be massively successful, she seems to be winning over even more fans in Call the Midwife. Certainly 6m+, but probably 7m, maybe 8m.
So who thinks Call the Midwife will go up again this Sunday coming?! I don't think it will myself, and will settle at 8-9m, but who knows, it's certainly got momentum! BBC1 is certainly going to have a big year, two dramas already that are bigger than all of 2011's efforts. And what a shame Mrs Brown isn't getting a better lead in, it's getting fantastic ratings considering. |
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This is the whole problem. ITV1 now has to fight for revenue and no longer commands the huge audiences they enjoyed decades ago. However, reality is a poisoned chalice as its demos aren't as good as drama and there is no way it can be repeated on ITV3 like Lewis would. I somehow wish ITV had less competition so they could ditch some of their rubbish and go back to quality drama on weekeday nights.
In this case more competition has weakened quality, and I can't see how the terrestrial commercial channels can survive this without extenidng their 'cheap for most parts plus a couple of big hitters' approach. Which is why the license fee is more important than ever; to keep some quality on TV. I don't think the BBC spend the license fee wisely all the time, but that's a different subject entirely. |
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Oh Jesus Christ! I can Find my Judge John Deed Box set.
This is bad news I only have about 50 mins until you know what! Oh Damn and Blast! The only day I get to put something on I like and I can't find it. The next thing it will be my wife coming home early from her 'Night out'. |
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Celebrity Big Brother to beat The Royal Bodyguard tonight? I think it might happen, a BIG episode coming up
. Has Channel 5 ever beaten BBC1 at 9pm for a show which isn't live?
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I honestly wish we could go back to the day of five channels - the commerical revenue would be more concentrated and they would be able to spend more cash on programming in the process.
In this case more competition has weakened quality, and I can't see how the terrestrial commercial channels can survive this without extenidng their 'cheap for most parts plus a couple of big hitters' approach. Which is why the license fee is more important than ever; to keep some quality on TV. I don't think the BBC spend the license fee wisely all the time, but that's a different subject entirely. |
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Celebrity Big Brother to beat The Royal Bodyguard tonight? I think it might happen, a BIG episode coming up
. Has Channel 5 ever beaten BBC1 at 9pm?
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Celebrity Big Brother to beat The Royal Bodyguard tonight? I think it might happen, a BIG episode coming up
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Celebrity Big Brother to beat The Royal Bodyguard tonight? I think it might happen, a BIG episode coming up
. Has Channel 5 ever beaten BBC1 at 9pm for a show which isn't live?Will be a great episode though
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I honestly wish we could go back to the day of five channels - the commerical revenue would be more concentrated and they would be able to spend more cash on programming in the process.
In this case more competition has weakened quality, and I can't see how the terrestrial commercial channels can survive this without extenidng their 'cheap for most parts plus a couple of big hitters' approach. Which is why the license fee is more important than ever; to keep some quality on TV. I don't think the BBC spend the license fee wisely all the time, but that's a different subject entirely. |
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Well, I have no interest in Big Brother but even I've heard about the big episode tonight, so it probably will. Dare I ask why it's a big episode?
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I agree with the specialist sports channels, but the proliferation of entertainment channels offering little more than repeats and cheap reality shows has dragged quality down and meant revenue has been spread more thinly. I am sure many ITV and Channel 4 staff would quite happily scrap reality as a format for high quality drama and comedy, but they know if a ten bob reality show like Shipwrecked fails they can throw it in a skip and forget about it, but if a major drama like Hacks fails, then they have lost millions in potential export and DVD sales, not to mention repeats.
ITV1 gets a lot of criticism, but outside of scheduling I'm not sure what they can do now. They simply do not have the funds to take the risks they used to. Neither do Channel 4. And Channel 5 began broadcasting as Sky started to take off so has never really had the sure footing of ITV1 or, to a lesser extent, Channel 4. |
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I think tonight will be Coronation Street's best chance of getting its top rating of the year. I dunno what other storylines they have lined up for this year, but with the exit of a high profile character tonight, I can't see many other episodes for it in 2012 rating better. A 10.5m overnight rating might even be enough for it to secure top most watched soap episode of the year. I'm not sure it'll get that based on its current ratings form though, it would've definitely managed it this time last year, but 2012 hasn't been the best ratings-wise for it so far.
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BTW, Wheres George(S) and Andy(23)?
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FOUND IT! Its Judge John Deed night for me tonight. I can't wait to get stuck in.
![]() Why did Judge John Deed end? It still seemed to get good ratings.
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Yeah tonight is a really good chance of Corrie securing a decent rating for Becky's Exit. It would be nice if it could pull something really special out of the bag, but 10.5m is a possibility. 11m would be great but these past few weeks have been disappointing for January so who knows. If it can do well tonight it may build some momentum for next weeks trial for Frank's rape of Carla.
I'm assuming that ITV1 will schedule BGT week in the same way as it gurantees them a 8m audience across two and a half hours. I wonder what the storyline will be for it...the Stape plot wasn't exactly brilliant last year. |
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I'm surprised they didn't try and hold the trial back for BGT week. It wouldn't be pushing the realms of credibility to have such a gap between charge and trial, would it? If need be, they could've had a mistrial first time round, delaying the trial itself for BGT week.
I'm assuming that ITV1 will schedule BGT week in the same way as it gurantees them a 8m audience across two and a half hours. I wonder what the storyline will be for it...the Stape plot wasn't exactly brilliant last year.
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The ratings discussion has seriously outgrown this one main thread. This thread in all its parts has way more posts than some whole forums - it really needs a sub-forum and I'm not the first to suggest this! Please, mods?
![]() What I'd like to see is the ratings in their own thread and discussion taken elsewhere - as someone who only pops in occasionally it can be very hard to find the ratings you want. On the whole I don't really care about the debate - what I want to know is how did X do, what's the breakdown across the show etc. |
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I agree with the specialist sports channels, but the proliferation of entertainment channels offering little more than repeats and cheap reality shows has dragged quality down and meant revenue has been spread more thinly. I am sure many ITV and Channel 4 staff would quite happily scrap reality as a format for high quality drama and comedy, but they know if a ten bob reality show like Shipwrecked fails they can throw it in a skip and forget about it, but if a major drama like Hacks fails, then they have lost millions in potential export and DVD sales, not to mention repeats.
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I'm assuming that ITV1 will schedule BGT week in the same way as it gurantees them a 8m audience across two and a half hours. I wonder what the storyline will be for it...the Stape plot wasn't exactly brilliant last year.
I mean it was intentional, it had to be.
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I'm surprised they didn't try and hold the trial back for BGT week. It wouldn't be pushing the realms of credibility to have such a gap between charge and trial, would it? If need be, they could've had a mistrial first time round, delaying the trial itself for BGT week.
I'm assuming that ITV1 will schedule BGT week in the same way as it gurantees them a 8m audience across two and a half hours. I wonder what the storyline will be for it...the Stape plot wasn't exactly brilliant last year. |
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This is bad news I only have about 50 mins until you know what! 
I mean it was intentional, it had to be.
