I reckon The Good Wife has been renewed for syndication purposes and the fact it get acclaim and awards. it will have done 68-69 episodes by this season so need only 19-20 episodes to hit the magic 88 episode mark.

I reckon Miami will be renewed over NY, CBS isn't likely to cancel both in the same season. NY they could replace it with Person of Interest or another new drama.

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Remember, Corrie moves back to Wednedays later in the year with its Thursday slot supposedly being taken over by new comedies. It'll be interesting to see if BBC1 continues with hour long shows on Thursdays at 8pm or switch to two half-hour shows in a bid to win the 8.30 slot.

Reckon Young Apprentice will switch to either Wednesday or Thursday at 8pm.

Why don't we agree to implement a "tag" system, where anyone posting actual ratings just puts something like "#ratings" or "####" at the top, then we can just search the thread for the tag if we just want to see actual ratings posts?

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56 percent of Brits still havent heard of The Voice according to a poll, despite huge promotion and publicity: http://mingle-trend.respondi.com/uk/...012/the-voice/

Not gone yet - they could still be renewed in May. But I can't see them both getting a full season order. At best they'll both be back but sharing a slot.

Friday night could become home to The Good Wife. Although they just tested The Mentalist there which would put even more pressure on CSI: NY.

Also depends on whether or not CBS plan to expand the Thursday comedy block - they're trying it out with repeats in the 9pm hour in a few weeks.

Unforgettable is done. I think Rob will go. Rules might get another shot under similar circumstances to last year.

CBS will deny either have been axed, however this means at least one (if not both) will be axed. I would TBH surprised if both are axed, buts its not impossible.

Which means 44% have heard of it which is 27 million people.

I wouldn't read too much into it - we don't know what is "normal". I suspect that might be quite good compared to most new shows. In 20-29 and 30-39 it's far lower than that and those are the key demographics for this show. You've also got the 4m who watch Tonight's The Night with John Barrowman on BBC1 so presumably that's 4m that have broken their remote controls and can be counted on for The Voice as well.

Plus, 24% of the total sample plan to watch it - so a premiere audience in the region of 14m?!

to be honest I would be amazed if CSI NY returns, but yeah its certainly possible Miami will get a shorter series next fall, like CSI NY did this fall.

Still im not one of those people who lives in denial about this kind of thing, and I wont be betting the house on either returning.

CSI you have to admire the strength in what CBS has just done, no other networks could even hope to do something like that, and CBS has done it for quite a few years now.

It was about the ten millionth repeat of Survivors. The problem with BBC HD is that it's a right odds and sods channel. I'm forcing myself to watch stuff on HD because I know that if I don't, Derek will cry, but I either forget stuff is on BBC HD or I can't be bothered checking.

What irritates me about BBC HD is that they do now and next stuff even though their schedule has no logic about it whatsoever because they're simulcasting BBC2, BBC3 and BBC4 at various times, so tomorrow they have Sarah Millican off BBC2 followed by Catholics on BBC4, and they'll say "coming next..." as if anyone wanted to watch both. You'd have to be demented to watch BBC HD all night, and it's wrong to compare it to a normal linear channel. I get annoyed when Broadcast include the Top Gear simulcast in the multichannel chart, because everyone watching Top Gear would otherwise watch it on BBC2, nobody just flicks on to BBC HD and takes their pick.


If that was the case they wouldn't run it on Wednesdays in the spring when it ends up going against England games and the Champions League. Although less of a problem with the latter this year, obviously.


Indeed, yet he's been commissioned for about ten thousand episodes. In fact with David Dickinson, ITV's afternoon is basically BBC1 daytime fifteen years ago. It is surprising how low BBC2 rates at lunchtime, though, you'd think there'd be an audience who doesn't want to watch the news but thinks Loose Women, correctly, is appalling.

Great though Pointless is, I wonder why BBC1 now seem so desperate not to innovate in the 5.15 slot, like how they kept The Weakest Link running week in week out, and now they're doing the same with Pointless, and they wouldn't even risk Masterchef there. Yet the lead-in to that slot is under half a million, and The Six O'Clock News gets a loyal audience who switch on whatever, so there's surely nothing to lose with being a bit braver in that slot? A poor performance is hardly going to see the whole of BBC1 collapse, or hand much of an advantage to ITV.

I mean, Pointless is brilliant, but I might not be so excited about it in twelve months having seen every episode three times. At least they could have two or three quizzes alternating.

These were the ratings for CSI: NY's last new episode way back on 10th February. Not too shabby if you ask me for a Friday:

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...ted-up/119549/

Shame more younger viewers are not watching. But the demo figures are always low on a Friday so not sure if CBS can really do much if any better here.

I thought that, but interestingly Variety states this:

"That the Miami and New York editions are on the bubble is not entirely surprising given both are showing their age this season. The older of the two, "CSI: Miami," is down 14% season to date in the demo compared with its performance in the same Sunday 10 p.m. time slot last year. "CSI: NY" is only down 5% from last year, a solid performer for the Eye's Friday lineup."

Some hope for NY, then.

Delighted to see The Good Wife get renewed. It is such good television.

Didn't really think it would but am relieved I get another season of Alicia and co!

I'd rather NY was renewed over Miami, NY has consistently had better episodes whereas Miami hasn't been good for a few seasons, last season was dire!

CSI I reckon has a few more years in it thanks to Ted Danson, it'll more likely get a final season than be cancelled.

Still their biggest show by miles but that is some crash for Gypsy Weddings since last year, especially considering by C4 standards it hasn't even been milked - the Royal Wedding and Christmas specials were kind of inevitable.


Haven't seen daytime figures for a whlie but they seem to have dropped a bit for BBC1 - I know it's not January but aren't they usually comfortably above 2m? And ouch for Weakest Link - looks like Deal or No Deal still wins it's slot though.


Ratings wise I don't think the terrestrial HD channels can ever become the first point of call when they're not at 1-5 in the EPG. Also worth noting that most HD TVs can't actually receive HD channels - you have to watch them through your Freeview/Sky box, so I suspect many will just watch 1-5 through the TV and believe they're watching in HD (just like those with squashed pictures believe they're watchnig widescreen).


Not so secret weapon - and not actually a weapon at all nowadays.


I think BGT will just nudge it but thanks to recordings and people skipping the ads - so the advertisers will really lose out which surely makes it a bad move for ITV.


It's Twilight all over again.

Really don't see why C4 couldn't leave MPD another week. It was never going to air on Fri 23rd Mar due to Sport Relief (both due to Davina hosting that and C4 not usually competing with it), so they could have just left it an extra week rather than rescheduled the episode for Sunday.


God - is it that time of year already. Surely though now Person of Interest has got a second series someone here has to pick it up.


And 56% of Brits don't watch TV most nights.

Makes me sound like a superhero. The costume chafes a bit, though.

Two people I know are doing rather well out of being former XF contestants, so it has its good points.

I reckon it'll be picked up soon. It could air over the summer with the second series in January/February 2013.

Me too. It's one of those that doesn't start particularly great apparently but picks up as the season progresses. I'm quite excited to see this show but I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up on a digital channel first.

I'm still thinking it'll be Channel 5 but it wouldn't surprise me if it is picked up by Watch or FX first.

TGW was no surprise for me really; relatively cheaper than the CSI trifecta, the only drama on CBS that gets awards, near to syndication and critical acclaim.

the question is, do you deliver?

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IF both Miami and NY end this season, I wonder if C5 will take the Elementary! gamble

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