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Launching last week would have been a terrible move, just a few days before it would face the jubilee stuff and The Apprentice final. That would have made no sense at all. Despite the relative lack of hype I am still sensing an opportunity for BB tonight with most of the jubilee related stuff done and dusted. I'm clearly not seeing these great unmissable shows that are apparently going to tempt viewers away on the other channels!
Who cares if it's a twist that's been done before? Most people are not going to remember that far back. And I doubt it will play out exactly the same as last time. The fact is, after this many years it's difficult to keep coming up with new ideas. All the likes of the X Factor can muster most years is new judge(s), and people don't go "oh, they revamped the panel only last year!" |
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At least PM can always get the crowd going, Adele's two albums appear to be about heartbreak at ages 19 & 21, not what you call Summer party music at all and might have put a dampener on the whole spectacle.
Most of the music, I understand, will be at the closing ceremony - which is billed as a "symphony of British music". If that line up is as staid and safe as McCartney and chums, then I'll agree with the complaints. But I don't think it will be. Apologies - this is woefully off topic. Of course none of this will impact the ratings here at home - though internationally, attaching a name like McCartney to the ceremony can only help. |
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I suspect people's PVR's are quite full after the weekend, tonight may be catch-up TV if anything. (Corrie, Vera, Apprentice, maybe even the concert if people missed bits)
Only in this thread does TV revolve around those two channels.
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Maybe even catching up on shows not broadcast on BBC/ITV as well Dave? You never know, stranger things have happened.
Only in this thread does TV revolve around those two channels. ![]() Tuesday's not a very busy TV night, hence my comment.
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The French Open peaked with 1.23m on ITV4 yesterday. Its 3.0% all-day share was from what I recall, the channel's highest ever all-day share.
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My PVR is empty!
Just thought I'd share that. ![]() Excellent ratings for the concert.
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My PVR is empty!
Just thought I'd share that. ![]()
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I can't wait for BB
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The French Open peaked with 1.23m on ITV4 yesterday. Its 3.0% all-day share was from what I recall, the channel's highest ever all-day share.
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The French Open peaked with 1.23m on ITV4 yesterday. Its 3.0% all-day share was from what I recall, the channel's highest ever all-day share.
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Launching last week would have been a terrible move, just a few days before it would face the jubilee stuff and The Apprentice final. That would have made no sense at all. Despite the relative lack of hype I am still sensing an opportunity for BB tonight with most of the jubilee related stuff done and dusted. I'm clearly not seeing these great unmissable shows that are apparently going to tempt viewers away on the other channels!
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Who cares if it's a twist that's been done before? Most people are not going to remember that far back. And I doubt it will play out exactly the same as last time. The fact is, after this many years it's difficult to keep coming up with new ideas.
I think most of us old BB fans now admit the show has moved on beyond us and no longer cares about bringing back the viewers it has lost in recent years, but even so reading the snippets of info about the launch and the housemates today and it is certainly a feeling of seen it all before.Quote:
All the likes of the X Factor can muster most years is new judge(s), and people don't go "oh, they revamped the panel only last year!"
Well they do round here actually! The point is Big Brother has gone from being fairly creative with it's twists over the first 7-8 years to now just rehashing old twists and expecting the same result - so new fans are being sold short, and even if it's still running in five years time I doubt C5 is cementing the sort of foundations with a new generation of viewers that C4 did with Big Brother which saw viewers stick around year after year after year. The same can be said for many long running shows though - will the new Corrie fans of today be as loyal as those who started watching in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s? Quote:
I know I was just giving examples.
Tuesday's not a very busy TV night, hence my comment. |
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My PVR is empty!
Just thought I'd share that. ![]() Excellent ratings for the concert. ![]() I put stuff on record and it just accumulates so fast and half of it I never get round to watching. A lot just ends up deleted to make space for more stuff that probably won't get watched. My first choice now for when there's nothing on the channels is Netflix, which I can't recommend enough. |
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I know I was just giving examples.
Tuesday's not a very busy TV night, hence my comment.
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The first dozen pages of every paper wasn't full of the Jubilee though in the latter half of last week.
It was pretty much the same in January (bar a tiny bit of speculation about what celebs might be going in) and very much the same in September. At least this way there's a chance people might be jubilee-d out (as I am) and looking for something undemanding to round off the long weekend. |
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The pub were I work was very quiet this lunchtime, far quieter than yesterday. Might suggest a lot of people staying at home to watch the jubilee on TV this afternoon
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Can we expect you to be watching Big Brother tonight then Pizza?
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I wish mine was.
I put stuff on record and it just accumulates so fast and half of it I never get round to watching. A lot just ends up deleted to make space for more stuff that probably won't get watched. My first choice now for when there's nothing on the channels is Netflix, which I can't recommend enough.
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Assuming same format as today (which I think is highly likely), Murray will be 2nd on court tomorrow after a womens singles quarter-final.
That makes the start time pretty predictable - ie almost certainly somewhere between 2.30pm and 3.30pm. Surely that warrants ITV1. It must be better than daytime filler - not just for tomorrow but as others have said to build the profile of the event and encourage subsequent viewing on ITV4. There would be a decent chance of the match ending by 6pm. If it goes past 6pm then it can switch to ITV4. It would also enable the Nadal quarter-final to be on ITV4 (pre 6pm). |
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Lol, it really makes no difference. BB didn't have a cat in hell's chance of coverage outside of Desmond's papers whether it was a slow news day or not.
It was pretty much the same in January (bar a tiny bit of speculation about what celebs might be going in) and very much the same in September. At least this way there's a chance people might be jubilee-d out (as I am) and looking for something undemanding to round off the long weekend. |
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Be interesting to see what channels broadcast The Queen's message. I presume the normal ones who do the Christmas message, however it's on Radio 1, which is very unusual indeed, so that might indicate its more widespread.
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Assuming same format as today (which I think is highly likely), Murray will be 2nd on court tomorrow after a womens singles quarter-final.
That makes the start time pretty predictable - ie almost certainly somewhere between 2.30pm and 3.30pm. Surely that warrants ITV1. It must be better than daytime filler - not just for tomorrow but as others have said to build the profile of the event and encourage subsequent viewing on ITV4. There would be a decent chance of the match ending by 6pm. If it goes past 6pm then it can switch to ITV4. It would also enable the Nadal quarter-final to be on ITV4 (pre 6pm). |
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Yes, that is definately what I would do tomorrow. Indeed we're missing the dual coverage today - it didn't matter so much in the first week but having had it on Sunday and now being at a point where big matches are happening simultaneously they could have done with coverage on both ITV1 and ITV4.
(Though Eurosport are showing both the Djokovic and Federer matches live on their two channels). ITV are doing a good job so it seems a bit churlish to criticise but at the same time it does seem ridiculous that neither the Nadal or Federer quarter-finals will be shown! (Or only bits will be shown). |
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Be interesting to see what channels broadcast The Queen's message. I presume the normal ones who do the Christmas message, however it's on Radio 1, which is very unusual indeed, so that might indicate its more widespread.
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True, but I think in all honesty the days of Big Brother attracting a mainstream casual audience are now long over. There is the new generation of BB die hards who'll have been counting down the days like I used to do, and I guess like with every channel that C5 has a small "casual" audience of it's own but ultimately I think they'll be happy with anything above 2m tonight.
The celeb one seems to have more life and ratings potential and this should pull in 2.5 million. However, at least Channel 5 have backed off from copying ITV2 type reality shows after Billion Dollar Girl and It's All About Amy stiffed. This was a concern of a few people on here that they were moving to the bottom of the market. |
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Not where the schedules are concerned aha...
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