Rutherford's jump happened in the middle of the heptathlon 800m IIRC, in fact it might well have been shown delayed so maybe difficult to say the 14m was down to the pulling power of Rutherford.

Well, for the purposes of the Ratings Thread it should be counted. But for the actual real purposes of ratings (to show which types of people are watching what) it's important to separate them out.

I suppose, BUT... the thing about 3D telly is that it's still very much a novelty. On the 3D highlights show on the first day, for example (not that I have a 3D TV, but it's on BBC HD so I saw - heard - the opening) they pointed out that they wouldn't be showing any of the cycling road race because it's not filmed in 3D, which suggests that it's there to be gawped at, and to supplement existing coverage, rather than replace it. So you could argue that people with no interest in the BBC1 coverage watched the 3D coverage purely because it was in 3D and wouldn't have bothered if it was 2D only. It's a very small number, obviously.

All fair points.

But then, are HD channels generally there to be gawped at if you acquire the technology to receive HD channels - so you might favour BBC1HD just for the sake of it rather than watching something on BBC3?

Where do we draw the line? Do we not count people who watched Downton Abbey on Christmas Day because they couldn't stomach EastEnders so watched it by default?

(Actually, now I raise that.... )

It couldn't possibly be anything to do with the fact the first series average 10 million viewers and the second 12m at all...

The main 3D events have been the athletics from the main stadium and swimming/diving from the aquatic centre, with hours and hours of live coverage.

I believe that traditionally the athletics and swimming have been the highest rating Olympic sports worldwide, so that's where OBS have put most effort in.

Most of the others have been single camera for highlights packages.

I've heard they're using 33 cameras in total, which is roughly the same number that covered the last nine holes of The Masters (which has been the best non-Sky, 3D sports broadcast to date).

Right, come on folks, as much as we all know X Factor is a powerfully hated force on this board, last year's eighth, Cowell-less series still manage to be the third most successful on average.

The new ads are very clever because they feature Cowell prominently as well as reminding viewers the show made ridiculously high profile stars like 1 Direction (cringe) by featuring them there. The "Who's time is now" line is a kind of "give it a go again" signal.

Think it could overnight at 10m.

I've checked the prev. 2 pages and I have no idea who this is aimed at...

It won't have an overnight of 10m for the launch of the auditions. Could grow to that but that depends on a lot of things.

If there are new ads I haven't seen them so an explanation would be nice; the X Factors difficulty is mainly last year was a real stumble and theres no obvious changes to the show. I suspect it'll be 'more of the same', but thats mainly based on Cowell being shown to just have had some luck with his 2 big shows and not really knowing what the audience wanted (R/B was bizzare and ITVs own talent should have helped explain things to him and point out problems, instead they just steamed full speed ahead with a truely flawed concept, a very very expensive pilot in the end).

It'll do alright overall, but it'll defoes be down on last year (which started very well) and likely the lives overall will be down unless something 'catches' with the audience.

Teaming it with R/B is a mistake imo and ITV will struggle to promote both of them as 'life changing' shows, but then maybe they'll be sensible and promote R/B as a fun Ant&Dec Saturday Night show.

In the past I've also wanted Downton to move away from X Factor, it doesn't need the lead in but other dramas could benefit from the exposure, but this year Downton will help draw people to the Sunday shows and X Factor overall.

The Olympic might make some of X Factor look a bit bizzare so it'll be good if they tone down the start of the series imo.

I would have thought there is a load of people who just have BBC1 on all day as there are people who do the same with ITV1, BBC News or other channels, a lot of people have a deafult channel. I don't think you can ever say that 100% of a show's viewers are actively watching the programme because they want to or paying any attention to the screen.

Im pretty sure the BBC News channel would have been focussing primarily on the opening ceremony all day too. They aired two special countdown programmes during the day and would have been letting viewers know the ceremony would be simulcast on the channel at 9pm too.

24.57m were watching the ceremony in the 9pm slot across the BBC's channels, which is what figure I would use,

Why does his post have to be aimed at anyone

He seemed to be bringing it up as if others in the thread had said something first. Just confused me is all.

Monday 6th August 2012
Olympic Ratings
BBC One
16:00 - Olympics 2012: 5.04m (36%)
18:00 - BBC News at Six: 5.585m (29%)
18:30 - BBC Regional News: 6.00m (29%)
19:00 - Olympics 2012: 9.33m (37.34%)
22:00 - BBC News at Ten: 6.37m (30%)

BBC Three
14:00 - Olympics 2012: 710k (5.2%)
19:00 - Olympics 2012: 600k (2.6%)
23:00 - EastEnders: 753k (6.3%)
24:30 - Family Guy: 506k (11.2%)
24:50 - Family Guy: 547k (15.1%)

15:15 - Gymnastics
- 5.000m (47.5%) - BBC One
- 0.271m (02.6%) - BBC Olympics 1
=> TOTAL = 5.271m (50.1%)

16:50 - Equestrian
- 1.670m (12.16%) - BBC Three
- 0.378m (02.74%) - BBC Olympics 2
=> TOTAL = 2.048m (12.90%)

17:45 - Cycling
- 6.600m - BBC One
- 0.435m - BBC Olympics 5
=> TOTAL = 7.035m

18:10 - Cycling
- 3.900m (20.39%) - BBC Two
- 0.504m (02.63%) - BBC Olympics 5
=> TOTAL = 4.404m (23.02%)

20:55 - Athletics
- 11.610m (42.75%) - BBC One
- 00.350m (01.29%) - BBC Olympics 1
=> TOTAL = 11.960m (44.04%)

Other Ratings
BBC Two
18:00 - Olympics 2012: 3.99m (20%)
20:00 - EastEnders: 6.20m (24.2%)
20:30 - Panorama: 1.30m (4.9%)
21:00 - Horizon: Eat, Fast and Live Longer: 2.15m (8.3%)

ITV1
19:00 - Emmerdale: 5.75m (26.2%), +1: 147k (0.6%)
19:30 - Coronation Street: 7.07m (29.8%), +1: 115k (0.4%)
20:00 - Countrywise: 2.34m (~9.1%) inc +1
20:30 - Coronation Street: 6.84m (25.6%), +1: 162k (0.6%)
21:00 - The Hit Factory: 2.07m (7.99%), +1: 177k (0.93%)
* slot average: 5.34m (21.51%)

Channel 4
18:00 - The Simpsons: 1.23m inc +1
18:30 - Hollyoaks: 758k (3.7%)
20:30 - Simply Italian: 700k (2.5%)
21:00 - Undercover Boss: 1.33m (5.1%), +1: 305k (1.6%)
* series average:1.64m (6.97%)
22:00 - Thelma's Gypsy Girls: 1.05m inc +1

Channel 5
13:45 - Neighbours: 558k (5.9%)
17:30 - Neighbours: 856k (5.1%)
21:00 - Big Brother: 1.02m (3.9%), +1: 91k (0.48%)

5*
18:00 - Home and Away Classics: 185k (1.0%)
18:30 - Home and Away Classics: 169k (0.8%)

5USA
21:00 - NCIS: 501k (1.9%)

BBC Four
22:00 - After Life: the Strange Science of Decay: 234k (1.4%)

Dave (inc +1)
22:00 - Have I Got A Bit More News For You: 346k

E4
18:00 - The Big Bang Theory: 501k inc +1
19:00 - Hollyoaks: 366k (1.7%)
21:00 - Revenge: 621k (2.4%) inc +1
22:00 - Beaver Falls: 181k (1.0%), +1: 100k (0.97%)
* first series debut: 366k (1.72%)
* slot average: 355k (1.94%)

Film4 (inc +1)
18:55 - FILM: The First Wives Club: 248.5k
21:00 - FILM: The Ghost: 433k

ITV2
21:00 - Hell's Kitchen USA: 602k (2.3%) inc +1
22:00 - Lemon la Vida Loca: 450k (2.2%), +1: 96k (0.5%)

ITV3 (inc +1)
21:00 - Taggart: 553k (2.1%)

More4
21:00 - Jimmy's Forest: 293k inc +1
22:00 - My Kidney and Me: 140k (0.7%), +1: 40k (0.34%)

Really (inc +1)
20:00 - Hart Of Dixie: 167.5k

Yesterday (inc +1)
19:25 - Last Of The Summer Wine: 199k

All Day Shares inc +1's
BBC One - 34.4%
ITV1 - 11.9%
BBC Two - 7.9%
BBC Three - 4.0%
Channel 4 - 3.8%
Channel 5 - 2.8%

Source: Attentional, Broadcast (1, 2), C4 Sales, DS, ITV Media, MG

On a side note from the Olympics, it looks like (unfortunately) Lemon La Vida Loca is a hit based on three airings of episode 1...

02/08 - 1.041m (5.2%)
05/08 - 642k (4.6%)
06/08 - 546k (2.7%)
=> TOTAL = 2.23m (12.5%)

I think that the Keith Lemon character is coming to the end of it's popularity. In my opinion, "Celebrity Juice" is losing it's sparkle and just becoming a bit predictable, "Lemonaid" was terrible, and "Lemon La Vida Loca" was just a bit meh. It was clever for it to be scheduled in the "CJ" slot but it will be interesting to see how it holds up.

The joke is wearing a bit thin. I'm not remotely interested in seeing the movie either.

Is the weatherview that aired after the Olympic Opening Ceremony too short to make it into the Barb offficials?

Also it seems the Eastenders repeat on BBC3 moves to 2230 from next week. Probably a sign of the network maturing and not needing EE to support original content

Weatherview presumably not on long enough?

Then again, TXF contestant pop videos in ad breaks have twice made the ITV Top 30, perversely....

BBC Three controller Zai Bennett has decided to use the 2200 slot for his new commissions. Also with EE having two episodes on some nights next week, it gives an hour gap between the end of the BBC One episode and the start of the repeat.

Confirmed:

Saturday 18th August
18:15 - You've Been Framed!
19:15 - Red or Black?
20:00 - The X Factor
21:15 - Red or Black?
22:00 - The Jonathan Ross Show

And tonight on BBC1 they agreed with you Fudd. The Six O'Clock News was on BBC2. You should work in scheduling.

wow talking about throwing Red of Black? a life line.

the BBC 3 EE figure is good as well.

Channel 5 Schedules w/c 18th August


Source: DigiGuide.

I think Lemonaid showed that the character doesn't work early evening on ITV. Celeb Juice got it's best ratings last series I think and Lemon La Vida Loca started much better than E4's new 10pm comedy offerings Beaver Falls and Celebrity Bedlam. So he has his fans.

Parade's End starts on Friday 24th at 9pm according to digiguide, I really hope this changes. It doesn't seem to be a great slot for it, I was hoping for Tuesday 9pm.

The right move. I'm watching online at work and feared they would have shunted the tremendous climax of the cycling competition to BBC2. Should be a magnificent rating for Hoy's superb sixth gold.

No Look East again

Good grief. I suppose Red or Black? can do no worse than previous August programming even if it leading into The X Factor.


I'd love to work in scheduling. I think that proves excel99 right when they said yesterday that the BBC kept the news on BBC One because it was a big news day.