The Ratings Thread (Part 33)

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Charnham

19-03-2012

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“Industry bible Broadcast says talks are at an early stage between Harry and ITV.”

from the before mentioned industry bible

Quote:
“Harry Hill is in talks with ITV over a new series of TV Burp - potentially reversing his decision to end the show.”

the bits in bold are the important parts, that mean this isnt confirmed.

Fudd

19-03-2012

Originally Posted by Andy23:
“Although nobody within the show or on ITV ever referred to it as the final series anyway!”

I know, but it's still an inside joke of sorts. I think TV Burp has been missing a few 'in the know' asides of late if that makes sense.

Jonwo

19-03-2012

Originally Posted by AlexiR:
“
As I said before Game of Thrones is production values and not much else. That people are desperately clinging to this notion that Thrones is some kind of modern masterpiece is yet another example of how poor HBO's output has been in recent times and how poor US television in general has been as of late. True Blood had the exact same issue. For the first couple of years everyone was desperately trying to convince themselves it was a great piece of television but however you slice it, it just isn't. And that's fine not everything has to be that.

To deal with some of your other points

Game of Thrones averaged 8.3 million over multiple airings and on demand viewing. That sounds impressive but both True Blood and Boardwalk Empire are averaging more than 10 million by the same metric and the utterly terrible Entourage was pulling similar figures to Thrones (although it was down to 7-8 million for its final season).

I don't care about its first week DVD sales. They aren't particularly illuminating beyond telling us that Game of Thrones fans are a bit obsessive and I already knew that. More important are how the weeks to come do.”

Game of Thrones is entertaining but it's not a masterpiece, I think it'll get an increase this year and average 3-4m.

Showtime and Starz have proven that you don't need lots of money to make quality television. It's ironic that True Blood is such a big hit as it's probably cheap to produce in comparison to Boardwalk and GoT and also rates better and sell more DVDs.

Dancc

19-03-2012

Originally Posted by Charnham:
“the bits in bold are the important parts, that mean this isnt confirmed.”

Nope. Fair chance though that it will be coming back for more now if Harry is keen to do more as that looked to be the main stumbling block previously.

Fudd

19-03-2012

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“Nope. Fair chance though that it will be coming back for more now if Harry is keen to do more as that looked to be the main stumbling block previously.”

I wonder if Harry will use TV Burp as a bargaining tool to try and get a few more programming ideas at least piloted?

Jonwo

20-03-2012

Originally Posted by fodg09:
“Astonishingly good numbers for The Walking Dead last night,

https://twitter.com/#!/Variety_StuartL

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...ratings-301516

Also still doing good business for FX in the UK, had 720,000 in the latest officials and a further 117,000 for the Sunday repeat.”

The Walking Dead is definetly a phenomenon, given that AMC produces it, they're making money from it. I hope Channel 5 gives it a nice slot and promotion when it returns there, think it should air either after Once Upon a Time or Mondays.

Georged123

20-03-2012

Originally Posted by Fudd:
“Hardly; it's missing sport from the list. And drama. And light entertainment which doesn't break the bank and result in the broadcaster selling off other rights in the process (yes, I know sport and LE are from different budgets etc. etc.)

But screw it, I've had enough of having to constantly state my case over and over every time I dare to criticise the BBC.”

It was just a joke...

Fudd

20-03-2012

Originally Posted by Georged123:
“It was just a joke...”

I started off treating it as a joke, then got more and more serious. I'm sorry, not quite sure what came over me there.

I got over it...after three hours.

Georged123

20-03-2012

Originally Posted by Fudd:
“I started off treating it as a joke, then got more and more serious. I'm sorry, not quite sure what came over me there. I got over it...after three hours. ”

Ratings thread rage gets us all sometime.

Fudd

20-03-2012

Originally Posted by Georged123:
“Ratings thread rage gets us all sometime. ”

RTR syndrome.

I think I might stay out of this thread on Sunday - it could be a warzone.

robjames69

20-03-2012

Corrie has 12m last night according to Lorraine.

iaindb

20-03-2012

Originally Posted by robjames69:
“Corrie has 12m last night according to Lorraine.”

That's just a guesstimate based on past performances probably. It's the same figure quoted in this morning's Sun.

Costa over

20-03-2012

Coronation Street peaked at 11.3 million viewers last night according to John Williams.

DCI Banks renewed for 6 more episodes with Caroline Catz joining the cast.

garyessex

20-03-2012

Originally Posted by robjames69:
“Corrie has 12m last night according to Lorraine.”

I don't think Lorraine is a reliable source tbh

cylon6

20-03-2012

Originally Posted by robjames69:
“Corrie has 12m last night according to Lorraine.”

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“That's just a guesstimate based on past performances probably. It's the same figure quoted in this morning's Sun.”

Correct.

Originally Posted by Costa over:
“Coronation Street peaked at 11.3 million viewers last night according to John Williams.”

And had 10.2m for 7.30pm and 10.3m for 8.30pm. That's with ITV+1. Scott & Bailey had 6.6m with +1.

gavin shipman

20-03-2012

EastEnders had nearly 9.2million at 8pm. 680,000 watched again at 10pm.

rzt

20-03-2012

Monday 19th March - Soap Overnights
BBC One
13:45- Doctors: 1.41m (19.7%)
20:00- EastEnders: 9.13m (36.5%)

ITV1
19:00- Emmerdale: 7.55m (34.8%)
19:30- Coronation Street: 10.02m (43.2%) , +1: 149k (0.6%)
20:30- Coronation Street: 10.62m (42.3%) , +1: 267k (1.1%)

Channel 4
18:30- Hollyoaks: 1.21m (6.0%)

Channel 5
13:45- Neighbours: 762k (10.5%)
17:30- Neighbours: 1.07m (6.7%)
18:00- Home and Away: 929k (5.0%)

5*
18:30- Home and Away: 575k (2.9%)

BBC Three
22:00- EastEnders: 656k (3.5%)

E4
19:00- Hollyoaks: 519k (2.4%)

Ratings include HD and are tape-checked where necessary

Source: DS

RobbieSykes123

20-03-2012

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“Correct.

And had 10.2m for 7.30pm and 10.3m for 8.30pm. That's with ITV+1. Scott & Bailey had 6.6m with +1.”

S&B slipping back a bit then week on week. Should take a knock when BBC1 offers something competitive.

I see there is a predictable twitter storm about Dennis Waterman's supposed wife beating comments to Piers Morgan. I'm sure the ITV PR machine would not be in full flow if he was the star of a 10m rated ITV1 drama....

Dancc

20-03-2012

Originally Posted by rzt:
“Monday 19th March - Soap Overnights
Channel 5
13:45- Neighbours: 762k (10.5%)
17:30- Neighbours: 1.07m (6.7%)
18:00- Home and Away: 929k (5.0%)

5*
18:30- Home and Away: 575k (2.9%)”

Better for all of these, moving in the right direction.

iaindb

20-03-2012

Originally Posted by RobbieSykes123:
“S&B slipping back a bit then week on week. Should take a knock when BBC1 offers something competitive. ”

That'll be Silent Witness returning for its 15th series

in two weeks time.

D.M.N.

20-03-2012

Very good ratings for all 3 soaps last night, with Corrie's big 8:30pm episode and EastEnders' 8pm episode up 1 million week-on-week.

James J

20-03-2012

Comfortably above 40% share for both Corrie's.... Excellent ratings.

RobbieSykes123

20-03-2012

I'll wait for Roscoe to come along later with his Tuesday morning EE vs EF comparison. I still can't find the Ratings Thread abacus.

Perhaps George melted it trying to calculate the cost of all the expensive sport on the BBC on Saturday afternoon...

iaindb

20-03-2012

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“Very good ratings for all 3 soaps last night, with Corrie's big 8:30pm episode and EastEnders' 8pm episode up 1 million week-on-week.”

Now sure I'm overly impressed with Eastenders figure considering it was the murder of one of its best known characters, although it was on against the University Challenge final on BBC2.

Score

20-03-2012

Originally Posted by RobbieSykes123:
“I see there is a predictable twitter storm about Dennis Waterman's supposed wife beating comments to Piers Morgan. I'm sure the ITV PR machine would not be in full flow if he was the star of a 10m rated ITV1 drama....”

I didn't realise he was the star of a 10m rated drama at all. New Tricks certainly has never hit 10m in the official ratings.

There's lots of coverage of it though - Life Stories seems to be generating quite a bit of discussion this time round as it hasn't even started airing yet.

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