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ITV did go quite aggressive on Big Brother for many years. I remember them sending out an advertising pack which was pretty much 30 pages of how Love Island was bright, exciting, vibrant, what all the young people was watching, great to be associated with and how Big Brother was failing, grey, boring, awful to be associated with. They kind of skipped the part where Big Brother got double the ratings.
But to be fair they should be aggressive and push themselves - its good for business. They just don't have to do it much because lets face it ITV have some of the biggest commercial shares seen in the World. They don't have much in the way of competition. |
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I don't really see anything wrong with it. I quite liked the fact they mentioned The Voice in their BGT press release on Sunday morning. Why not?
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But to be fair they should be aggressive and push themselves - its good for business. They just don't have to do it much because lets face it ITV have some of the biggest commercial shares seen in the World.
The near 30 year head start was also a bit of an advantage.
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I don't really see anything wrong with it. I quite liked the fact they mentioned The Voice in their BGT press release on Sunday morning. Why not?
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ITV did go quite aggressive on Big Brother for many years. I remember them sending out an advertising pack which was pretty much 30 pages of how Love Island was bright, exciting, vibrant, what all the young people was watching, great to be associated with and how Big Brother was failing, grey, boring, awful to be associated with. They kind of skipped the part where Big Brother got double the ratings.
But to be fair they should be aggressive and push themselves - its good for business. They just don't have to do it much because lets face it ITV have some of the biggest commercial shares seen in the World. They don't have much in the way of competition. And to be fair, Celebrity Love Island actually matched Big Brother. It was the catastrophic series in 2006 that got trounced. But even outside actual ad sales, the US networks are more openly competitive with frequent press releases spinning and gloating in supersize measures. In the UK it tends to be more sneaky - "sources from BBC/ITV" to the press. ITV putting out that BGT press release at the weekend was a (welcome) change. |
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I think they could have just left it as double the rating of anything else, to be honest. They didn't really need to hammer home the point.
Pride always comes before a fall. ). It was refreshing to see that press release IMO. Showed a certain confidence that ITV has been lacking for a while. And I genuinely don't see the difference between naming your rivals or saying "twice the audience of any other channel". Same message. |
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And how much of that is down to the strength of the BBC compared to non commercial PSBs in other countries?
The near 30 year head start was also a bit of an advantage. ![]() |
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Really impressed with the FOX previews. Everything they've got is way better than anything NBC has got.
I think The Following could be really big. |
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First liveshow for The Voice in Australia. Slightly down on last week. I watched the US, UK and australian Voice and I have to say the coaches on the UK version are the worst. There isn't 1 funny coach apart for Will.I.Am saying some ghetto stuff. Jessie J is annoying and is overactive. Tom Jones says nothing interesting and is repeting himself. Danny is the best out of the bunch but does do a lot of overacting. On the australian Voice There is Joel who is the funny one, on the US version that is Blake and Adam. Seal is the most geniune,honest and experienced coached what Tom Jones should have been. It also lacks a big name on the UK version where Christina Aguelira and Keith Urban do it for the other versions.
Ratings: Voice 2.2m 7 News 1.38m 9 News 1.36m Block 1.27m Tricky Business 1.16m Masterchef 1.04m Q&A 620k AFL 519k |
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Really impressed with the FOX previews. Everything they've got is way better than anything NBC has got.
I think The Following could be really big. Quite a selection for the UK networks to pick up, I could see The Following being picked up by Sky1/Atantic or Channel 5. Channel 5 has a gap now that CSI: Miami is gone so I think they'll be actively looking for a new show although I could see Body of Proof airing in the now vacant Miami slot. Still think they should pick up Person of Interest for an Autumn launch. |
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The Voice Australia reaches the live shows
No time for full roundup but The Voice Australia drew 2.19m for its first live show. It tied a series low, drawing roughly the same audience as the premiere way back on April 15th. How extraordinary that this pattern has repeated itself in yet another country, all going extremely well until the live shows started. Once again the early interest couldn't be sustained once the gimmicks were stripped away and a more familiar format revealed itself. Still exceptional numbers though I must stress for Australian TV, and nowhere near the tumble we've seen in the UK yet. Nine were also able to successfully launch new drama Tricky Business about a family of debt collectors around it.
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The Following does look it has murderer of the week crossed with an ongoing storyline, I imagine it'll replace The Mob Doctor at midseason. The comedies look good, The Mindy Project's preview was quite funny, I imagine The Goodwin Games will replace one of the new comedies or if Raising Hope has a short order.
Quite a selection for the UK networks to pick up, I could see The Following being picked up by Sky1/Atantic or Channel 5. Channel 5 has a gap now that CSI: Miami is gone so I think they'll be actively looking for a new show although I could see Body of Proof airing in the now vacant Miami slot. Still think they should pick up Person of Interest for an Autumn launch. Interesting they are keeping back their two best shows (in my opinion) for mid season. |
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Daily Mail article re The Voice:
"[A show source said] ‘There will be changes – it definitely won’t be the same. Obviously, there were issues like the pre-recorded results show, which seemed to take away the drama of the series, so don’t be surprised if there is a live results show next year. ‘As for the coaches, they have only signed an option to appear on series two next year. This works both ways, though: If we don’t want them back, we don’t have to have them back. At the moment, we don’t know who will be back next year.’" Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...#ixzz1utetJYkN |
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Just watched the FOX trailers and I'm really impressed. I wouldn't usually go for medical dramas but The Mob Doctor looks like it puts a significant spin on that idea. Like the look of The Following as well - although it does seem like the kind of show that might benefit from shorter runs and nobody trying to drag it out to 7 seasons.
I like all the comedies as well. Ben & Kate seems cute and cheerful more than hilarious but I really like the look of The Goodwin Games and The Mindy Project. Nice to see Becki Newton doing a sitcom as well. My only complaint would be that the scheduling could be better. I'd have The Goodwin Games at 8pm, New Girl at 8.30pm, The Mindy Project at 9pm and Ben & Kate at 9.30pm with Raising Hope on the bench. Raising Hope at 8pm sets alarm bells ringing for me and that potentially makes it difficult for Ben & Kate. New Girl at 9pm might not be that strong either when you look at how it finished this season. Indeed one thing that strikes me is that FOX aren't preparing for failure with just one drama and one sitcom as replacements. |
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I wish CBS would take a risk and pickup some single camera comedies, I know the multicamera comedies work for them but I think they were would get more acclaim and maybe a slightly younger audience. I do think they'd need their own comedy hour rather than mix with the other CBS comedies.
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First liveshow for The Voice in Australia. Slightly down on last week. I watched the US, UK and australian Voice and I have to say the coaches on the UK version are the worst. There isn't 1 funny coach apart for Will.I.Am saying some ghetto stuff. Jessie J is annoying and is overactive. Tom Jones says nothing interesting and is repeting himself. Danny is the best out of the bunch but does do a lot of overacting. On the australian Voice There is Joel who is the funny one, on the US version that is Blake and Adam. Seal is the most geniune,honest and experienced coached what Tom Jones should have been. It also lacks a big name on the UK version where Christina Aguelira and Keith Urban do it for the other versions.
Ratings: Voice 2.2m 7 News 1.38m 9 News 1.36m Block 1.27m Tricky Business 1.16m Masterchef 1.04m Q&A 620k AFL 519k Quote:
No time for full roundup but The Voice Australia drew 2.19m for its first live show. It tied a series low, drawing roughly the same audience as the premiere way back on April 15th. How extraordinary that this pattern has repeated itself in yet another country, all going extremely well until the live shows started. Once again the early interest couldn't be sustained once the gimmicks were stripped away and a more familiar format revealed itself. Still exceptional numbers though I must stress for Australian TV, and nowhere near the tumble we've seen in the UK yet. Nine were also able to successfully launch new drama Tricky Business about a family of debt collectors around it.
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Some have suggested starting TVUK much earlier next year. If it's 11 weeks again like this series, how about starting on Saturday 12 January and finishing on Saturday 23 March, the weekend before Easter? It would avoid BGT (hopefully
) and those big late-season football matches, but would there be any googlies ITV1 could throw in during that period?6.30pm Eastenders 7pm The Voice 8pm Eastenders 8.30pm Call The Midwife Sorry for the fantasy schedule
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56 Up was watched by 4.8m (4.5m ex+1) - the highest rating documentary in peak time, winning the 9pm slot.
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56 Up was watched by 4.8m (4.5m ex+1) - the highest rating documentary in peak time, winning the 9pm slot.
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56 Up was watched by 4.8m (4.5m ex+1) - the highest rating documentary in peak time, winning the 9pm slot.
47 seconds ago Jenny Cummins Perhaps stately home shows need to air on Sundays....?
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Not bad, considering how many documentaries on last night. How does this compare to the previous "Up's"?
It must have had 10m+ in the 70s/80s I should have thought? |
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Although it is the lowest rating one, I don't think it really matters - after all it would be a ridiculous decision by ITV to axe this.
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[quote=RobbieSykes123;58221961]I think the last one got about 5.7m, although that is an official rating. The one before was on BBC1, oddly, and got around 8m for one episode.
It must have had 10m+ in the 70s/80s I should have thought?[/QUOTE] yes, but didn't most things.... |
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Although it is the lowest rating one, I don't think it really matters - after all it would be a ridiculous decision by ITV to axe this.
The last one got 5.54m and 5.03m for its 2 parts in the officials, so last night's will end up in line with those, which 7 years on is pretty good going. |
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Demographic Information for BBC1 and ITV1 for Monday 7th May to Sunday 13th May: http://i50.tinypic.com/bfq3wl.jpg
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). It was refreshing to see that press release IMO. Showed a certain confidence that ITV has been lacking for a while.

