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Wow at the final rating for the Closing Ceremony. 24.46m is a figure we may never see again - so we should savour this moment today. Just outstanding. And it topples OFAH to become the most watched show of all time based on single showings. Elsewhere, I notice TXF pulled in just over another 2m+ for its repeats on ITV1 and ITV2 on Sunday. I honestly think it will be up on Saturday. A sub 8m figure wouldn't be acceptable at all. CBB seems to be struggling this time around. Didn't the previous series have around 2.5m every night. The time of year is probably the reason and from this stellar cast, I'd imagine C5 were hoping for more. |
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Wow. Just stopping in to doff my cap and belatedly join Robbie's conga line for the Closing Ceremony figures. Absolutely remarkable, and a sign of just how much the Great British public got behind the Olympic Games - as far as I'm aware, Opening Ceremony ratings usually comfortably outstrip the Closing. In this case, I just think the public wanted to hang onto the Games for as long as they could. Amazing.
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Maybe host nation is exception to the rule. In Australia it was a similar story back in 2000.
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Ah, I was going tio mention The Last Weekend ratings but I forgot. Yeah you're right - it is a very poor rating. I did watch it and it was pretty good tbh. I don't invent my own standards based on channel standards. I said yesterday TXF didn't do great - and thats speaking as a fan of the show. I watch all channels and don't have a favourite channel like several posters on here. If I like a show, I like it. Regardless of what channel its on. The fact that anyone can like everything on a certain channel is quite beyond me.
Most on here such as yourself like to see the status quo of BBC One and ITV1 dominating things with the same few shows year after year continue, which is fine. We all look for different things in the numbers, there's no right or wrong way and nobody is 'above' anyone else just because they take a different approach. Back to last night, and The Last Weekend must be a disappointment at ITV HQ but Silent Witness was always going to wipe the floor with whatever ITV served up in terms of new drama. Maybe ITV should have aired the Batman movie long overdue that's been sat gathering dust on the shelf for months. Instead what's the betting they save it for the run up to Christmas, when the sequel will be coming out on DVD and Blu-Ray. Better for ad sales maybe, but really viewers are getting a poor deal with ITV Movie Premieres and I'd sooner see them lose the contract to C4 who seem to get their films to air a lot quicker. |
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They should have had a 'Bond Classics' season or something at least. Be bold and open with Casino Royale/QoS then mix them up from there in
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I think the Strictly and X Factor finals will definitely hit the top 10 as will Downton Abbey and I'm A Celebrity. I also have a feeling the Christmas edition of Call The Midwife will hit 12m. Now if we get bad snow like we did in 2010 in the Autumn we could see some big audiences before year end.
EDIT: There will be a New Tricks series this Autumn. It starts on Bank Holiday Monday. Could it finally crack the 10m barrier this series? And then what happens if something like Call the Midwife or Doctor Who or Downton Abbey pulls a 12+ million number out of the bag over Christmas? We could be looking at a situation where one or potentially both of the countries 'biggest shows' don't actually crack the top 10 for the year. |
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Anything else? Maybe the Doctor Who Christmas Special with nice scheduling? Or Call the Midwife at Christmas? And I suppose possibly EastEnders although that's not looking all that likely unless they plan to blow up the square on Christmas Day and it isn't used to defuse Downton again. Its gonna be interesting.
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And is there a New Tricks run this Autumn? Probably not going to hit the Top 10 but it could push the Top 15.
Back to its Monday slot and outside the Summer months due to the Olympics displacing it. Should be top 15, possibly in front of Sherlock.Quote:
DMN's most watched shows of the year is fascinating. I'm looking at that figure for The Voice and wonder if it will ever get a rating that big again? Will EastEnders get 12m before the end of the year? Will any new dramas on BBC1/ITV1 do a Call The Midwife and be huge? Fascinating.
Oh and The Voice will never manage that again But who knows - maybe people like the auditions enough? And unlike X Factor their getting new judges in. Always helps.Quote:
EastEnders has another Branning family Christmas planned, thats always fun. We will probably find out that Max has been having an affairs with Laurens gf (not a spoiler, storyline I made up) It should get good ratings.
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Only whatever there planning has been built anywhere near as well (or as long) as the affair reveal they're so clearly trying to replicate. I honestly think their best bet for a big EastEnders rating at Christmas this year is a major Christmas disaster since they just don't have any particularly interesting or compelling long term story lines currently running. Especially not now they've blown the murderer reveal in the middle of summer.
They couldn't hang on to the murder reveal much longer, and certainly not till Christmas, its also an excellent example of what I said above, even in Mondays episode it was providing some really good drama, this time between Jay and Billy. |
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Thanks for updating this, DMN.
![]() My take on simulcasts, and I am changing my tune slightly, is that you add up the host channel and one direct HD simulcast. Adding in the 3d coverage which was billed as "Opening ceremony in 3d", had different start and end times, and different audio and pictures to BBC1, and the separate red button channels, just gets a bit silly. So I say it can be added up as total viewership. Direct simulcasts only count on a channel if it's the same broadcast across different network channels. So BBC1/BBC1HD, ITV1/ITV1 HD etc Quote:
I've said my piece before on England v Italy. I think we should use the same numbers as BARB and all the rest of the media.
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As for the earlier question about EE not making the Ratings Thread chart top 10, I would say that's nailed on with SCD, TXF, DA and DW's Xmas Special still to come. It's going to need >13m and only the xmas day ep could usually be expected to get that - but now its got Downton in its way.
I think the chart will lose programmes 8-10. Replaced by Strictly, X Factor and I'm A Celeb finals. We could have an end of year top 10 with no soaps! We shall see.
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Oh and The Voice will never manage that again
But who knows - maybe people like the auditions enough? And unlike X Factor their getting new judges in. Always helps.Whatever they do, however brilliant it might be, it's always going to be prefaced with "in a bid to boost flagging ratings...................." And that's the challenge they face. Convincing people to care about a show that after starting so so well, turned into just another TV talent show and fizzled out fast. |
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Ripper Street I can see getting 8-10m. Could timeshift well too.
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fair enough it wont be as good as the Max / Stacey reveal However EE is at its past when a family gets together, and learns a secret, so likely its still going to be good.
They couldn't hang on to the murder reveal much longer, and certainly not till Christmas, its also an excellent example of what I said above, even in Mondays episode it was providing some really good drama, this time between Jay and Billy. The murderer reveal is another example of the lazy unfocused writing that has plagued EastEnders for years now. Their primary focus after Heather's murder should have been building up that Mitchell family unit so that when you drop that bomb on it it actually means something. And the way the reveal itself was handled was piss-poor. I still think they should have done a slowly everyone but Shirley is in on the secret reveal and ultimately made the focus of the storyline 'when will Shirley find out and how will she react'. So this big summer reveal could have been Jay finally cracking and confessing all to Billy and you then have the drama of Phil trying to keep Billy quiet and how that changes Billy's relationships within the family etc. etc. But that's another subject for another time... |
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I suppose, the difference is, with The X Factor they normally do that simply to freshen it up and keep it at the top of its game, whereas with The Voice it really needs a lift from somewhere, and that's exactly how it will be interpreted by the media as well who know only too well the ratings pressures that it will be under next year.
Whatever they do, however brilliant it might be, it's always going to be prefaced with "in a bid to boost flagging ratings...................." And that's the challenge they face. Convincing people to care about a show that after starting so so well, turned into just another TV talent show and fizzled out fast. |
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Have a sneaky feeling the Ian Brady Cutting Edge docu will rate well tonight in terms of people expecting something new.
Bit of publicity in news bulletins as well after Winnie Johnson's family gave C4 the go-ahead |
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In other news NBC have just given a straight to series 22 episode order to a new Michael J Fox sitcom. It'll debut Fall 2013 and will be loosely based on Fox's own life. He'll play a father diagnosed with Parkinson's trying to balance his family, career and disease. After watching him in the likes of Scrubs, Rescue Me, The Good Wife and Curb Your Enthusiasm a full time Fox return to television can only be a good thing (this will be his first regular/lead role since leaving Spin City after going public with his Parkinson's diagnosis).
On top of that a straight to series 22 episode order is basically unheard of in modern American television which speaks to how much all of the networks wanted this. It'll be interesting to see how it pans out. |
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In other news NBC have just given a straight to series 22 episode order to a new Michael J Fox sitcom. It'll debut Fall 2013 and will be loosely based on Fox's own life. He'll play a father diagnosed with Parkinson's trying to balance his family, career and disease. After watching him in the likes of Scrubs, Rescue Me, The Good Wife and Curb Your Enthusiasm a full time Fox return to television can only be a good thing (this will be his first regular/lead role since leaving Spin City after going public with his Parkinson's diagnosis).
On top of that a straight to series 22 episode order is basically unheard of in modern American television which speaks to how much all of the networks wanted this. It'll be interesting to see how it pans out. |
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And is there a New Tricks run this Autumn? Probably not going to hit the Top 10 but it could push the Top 15. It'll also be interesting to see if Channel 4 can get any of the Paralympics into the Top 20 as well. How far will Olympics fever spread?
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I think The X Factor could struggle to top 9 million, it's been a blisteringly hot day in the South east, people are having parties and sitting in the garden with a drink, so unless it pulls in bigger than usual numbers on +1, I doubt it will top last years show.
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Larry Hagman on the one show should have boosted its ratings but dear god that alex jones is thick as shit, kept saying oohing instead of Ewing and asked the same moronic questions twice, baker is equally thick.
A change of presenters is required, the YTS kids need to go. |
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Have a sneaky feeling the Ian Brady Cutting Edge docu will rate well tonight in terms of people expecting something new.
Bit of publicity in news bulletins as well after Winnie Johnson's family gave C4 the go-ahead |
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Doubtful that New Tricks will be top 15 as it will need over 11, it's never been over 10m. And it's last Autumn series rated worse than last year's Summer series.
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Larry Hagman on the one show should have boosted its ratings but dear god that alex jones is thick as shit, kept saying oohing instead of Ewing and asked the same moronic questions twice, baker is equally thick.
A change of presenters is required, the YTS kids need to go. |
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What Australia Watched: Monday 20th August
Seven
18:00 Seven News: 1.33m 18:30 Today Tonight: 1.22m 19:00 Home & Away: 1.11m 19:30 New Series: The X Factor: 1.6m * most watched series premiere to date. 21:00 New Series: GCB: 873k Nine 18:00 Nine News: 1.25m 18:30 A Current Affair: 1.18m 19:00 Big Brother: 1.21m 20:00 Big Brother: Live Nominations: 1.18m 20:30 Underbelly: Badness: 1.23m 21:30 New Series: Gordon Behind Bars: 417k Ten 17:00 Ten News at Five: 749k 18:00 The Project: 573k 19:00 Modern Family (R): 484k 19:30 New Series: Can of Worms: 590k 20:30 New Series: Don't Tell the Bride: 583k 21:45 The Shire: 251k Shares Seven - 26.0% Nine - 22.4% ABC1 - 14.0% Ten - 10.8% |
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I find The One Show unwatchable with those two. Both lack personality.
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I'm gobsmacked that it gets 4 million average a night, never has the phrase pig ignorant been more apt where Bland & Drones are concerned.
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His return to topline a series is definitely going to be a big deal. NBC seem to have made a few straight to series orders lately, although none as big as this.
The only other show that's had a straight 22 order was The Firm and that was certainly a co-production with Entertainment One selling to Sony (for international distribution) before NBC. What's really telling here though is that the Fox show got a straight to series order from an initial pitch with from all reports not even the beginnings of a script in place.. Hannibal had a script from Bryan Fuller, Crossbones is based on a book as was The Firm. So basically NBC has just brought Michael J Fox. |
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Seven
18:00 Seven News: 1.33m 18:30 Today Tonight: 1.22m 19:00 Home & Away: 1.11m 19:30 New Series: The X Factor: 1.6m * most watched series premiere to date. 21:00 New Series: GCB: 873k Nine 18:00 Nine News: 1.25m 18:30 A Current Affair: 1.18m 19:00 Big Brother: 1.21m 20:00 Big Brother: Live Nominations: 1.18m 20:30 Underbelly: Badness: 1.23m 21:30 New Series: Gordon Behind Bars: 417k |
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Wow at the final rating for the Closing Ceremony. 24.46m is a figure we may never see again - so we should savour this moment today. Just outstanding. And it topples OFAH to become the most watched show of all time based on single showings.
Just to say goodbye to the rights at least.
But who knows - maybe people like the auditions enough? And unlike X Factor their getting new judges in. Always helps.
So I say it can be added up as total viewership. Direct simulcasts only count on a channel if it's the same broadcast across different network channels. So BBC1/BBC1HD, ITV1/ITV1 HD etc 