The Ratings Thread (Part 39)

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iaindb

05-09-2012

Originally Posted by Martin Phillp:
“Indiana Jones is also trending. Film on BBC Three currently as well.”

I woldn't be surprised if this takes 1m viewers. Indiana Jones films on BBC3 usually do however often they show them (and even though it was only shown on BBC1 a few weeks ago),

AlexiR

05-09-2012

Are people still getting over excited about Twitter trends and the like?

D.M.N.

05-09-2012

Most watched Channel 5 programmes ever

Code:

#	Programme					Date			Time	Audience (Millions)
1	Euro 2000 Qualifier: England v Poland		Wed 8 September 1999	1900	5,630,000
2	World Cup Qualifier: Albania v England		Wed 28 March 2001	1900	5,590,000
3	Independence Day				Tue 7 September 1999	2100	5,410,000
4	Celebrity Big Brother				Thu 18 August 2011	2100	5,266,000
5	The Rock					Tue 8 February 2000	2100	5,050,000
6	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines		Sun 14 November 2004	2100	4,950,000
7	Miracle on 34th Street				Sun 7 December 2003	1755	4,850,000
8	UEFA Cup 2002/3: Celtic v Liverpool		Thu 13 March 2003	1945	4,610,000
9	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation			Tue 17 March 2009	2100	4,550,000
10	Joey						Sun 13 February 2005	2035	4,530,000
11	Euro 2000 Qualifier: Luxemburg v England	Wed 14 October 1998	1900	4,380,000
12	Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory		Sun 24 July 2005	1810	4,320,000
13	Erin Brockovich					Mon 10 March 2003	2100	4,260,000
14	Gladiator					Sun 19 October 2003	2100	4,260,000
15	FlashForward					Mon 5 October 2009	2100	4,250,000
16	CSI: Miami					Tue 30 June 2009	2100	4,220,000
17	The Mentalist					Thu 26 March 2009	2100	4,210,000
18	Terminator 2					Sun 27 July 2003	2100	4,160,000
19	The Da Vinci Code				Sun 10 May 2009		2000	4,090,000
20	Ransom						Mon 10 April 2000	2100	4,040,000

Thanks to Dancc for the original list, have adjusted it to include CBB 2011.

Martin Phillp

05-09-2012

Sue Ellen trending worldwide.

Charnham

05-09-2012

news about Doctor Who on BBC Am

Quote:
“It was a very good Labor Day weekend for BBC America. The September 1 season premiere of Dr. Who and the broadcast of the third episode of the new historical police drama Copper delivered the network its highest rated weekend ever. The return of the eccentric Time Lord brought BBC America its highest-rated, most-watched telecast ever in Live + Same Day. Number one on cable in its 9 PM EDT Saturday time slot, Dr. Who pulled in 1.555 million viewers, with 723,000 among Adults 25-54. The Cineflix-produced Copper, which debuted on August 19 with 1,805 million viewers, has become BBC America’s highest rated drama ever, with more than a million viewers a week.”

from Deadline.

Jonwo

05-09-2012

Copper is doing quite well for BBC America. Doctor Who doing brilliantly as well, I imagine they'll try and use this success to expand into more homes as they're in 66 million homes which 33 million that TNT, FX or USA.

Score

05-09-2012

Originally Posted by AlexiR:
“Big news coming out of the US - NBC's The Voice will go head-to-head with Fox's The X Factor next week.

NBC have expanded The Voice's return to screens for its third season to three nights next week bumping a repeat of America's Got Talent on Wednesday night in favour of a fourth hour of The Voice. This Wednesday 8PM showing places The Voice directly up against the first hour of The X Factor's second season premier and will lead into the final of America's Got Talent on NBC which will compete with The X Factor's second hour.

This should be fun.”

My guess is they've done it to boost AGT. It dropped to a 2.3 last night so they were probably worried about it collapsing starting halfway through X Factor's premiere. The Voice should certainly boost it but at what cost? Three nights is total overkill but in addition the chances are that X Factor will beat The Voice head to head that night, which would be great publicity for X Factor and a load of bad publicity for The Voice, even if the X Factor rating is lower than The Voice's Monday premiere, as the head to head will be where the interest lies. Yes XF will premiere lower than it would have done otherwise but really I can't see that NBC have much to gain and publicity wise it could do The Voice more harm than good, and possibly even help XF.

Brekkie

05-09-2012

Originally Posted by Martin Phillp:
“Indiana Jones is also trending. Film on BBC Three currently as well.”

It always seems to be on BBC3. As for Dallas - I suspect it'll premiere well but then drop off quite quickly. It would surely have made more sense too to launch it in the first week of Celeb BB to try and prop it up for 3-4 weeks before letting it fly solo, not that Celeb BB is much of a prop up nowadays, but I'd have thought there is a decent crossover in audience.

P.S. Any ratings for Deal or No Deal on More4 - hadn't realised it had been continuing with new episodes and don't think C4 have really pointed people to it, or flagged up the 4seven repeat.

Once again why C4 commission episodes of a show which usually pays out £100k a week in prize money alone during an event they've known for a long time they'll be airing (since before the last DOND contract was signed!) god knows. Meanwhile Countdown has been pretty much off air since late July through to mid-September (returns 17th Sept), though I think it came back for a week or two before disappearing again.

On that topic now C4 is the exclusive free to air broadcaster of racing it would be nice to see them be more willing to drop Deal or No Deal and run the full race cards on weekdays of events like Cheltenham and Ascot - or at the very least continue coverage on More4 once Deal or No Deal airs.

excel99

05-09-2012

Originally Posted by NeilVW:
“Not sure what was playing in Wales and the Channel Islands, although we can discount the latter surely in ratings terms.”

Channel Islands was as network. Generally they follow the network apart from any overnight gambling. Though this Summer they have had a Thursday night opt-out replacing Tonight

Wales was 'Time of Your Life'

Originally Posted by Brekkie:
“, though Daybreak have plucked their "Newshour" presenters from the relative obscurity of regional TV and Channel 5!”

Where ironically at least one - and possibly both of them - got higher ratings

Originally Posted by Brekkie:
“I don't understand really why C4 haven't tried to flesh Freshly Squeezed out into a more substantial breakfast show. It wouldn't cost them much I imagine to double it to an hour and air it either 7-8am or from 7.30am, and though it might not have the wide appeal The Big Breakfast did it would show the C4 is there at breakfast time and is offering a genuine alternative. It's been running for six years now so must be doing something right and as it's basically T4 without any programmes it wouldn't take much more than an extra couple of music videos and an additional pre-recorded interview to take it to 60 minutes.”

I've never quite understood the point of Freshly Squeezed. Does it rate well? Meet a quota? It doesn't get replayed on E4 or 4music. It's pretty 'anonymous' really

dan2008

05-09-2012

Doctors airs on Monday 10th Sept at 4:00pm on BBC1

I wonder how this could rate?

Rob1985

05-09-2012

Originally Posted by dan2008:
“Doctors airs on Monday 10th Sept at 4:00pm on BBC1
I wonder how this could rate?”

If its just Monday, I think lower than 1 million?

dan2008

05-09-2012

Originally Posted by Rob1985:
“If its just Monday, I think lower than 1 million?”

There's a Short news 1:00pm-1:15pm,Local news 1:15 to 1:25 and then Olympics 2012 to 4:00pm so Doctors could get a pretty good figure.

The last time Doctors moved slots (from 12:30pm) to 2:05pm it rated well and the BBC gave it that slot.

With Cbbc off soon could this be the new slot if it works?

jda135

05-09-2012

Very interesting. Can't imagine Cowell being too happy with that. The Voice will use themselves and AGT to try and batter The X Factor. Could backfire a little for Simon.

NeilVW

05-09-2012

Well. Dallas is actually bloody good.

Salv*

05-09-2012

Exceptional reaction to Dallas everywhere online.

Dancc

05-09-2012

Originally Posted by AlexiR:
“Are people still getting over excited about Twitter trends and the like?”

Probably.

But I suppose it's a good sign that younger viewers appear to be connecting with it. The most likely Dallas viewer probably isn't even on Twitter.

Mostly positive reviews I'd say too. And deservedly so. A great opener I thought.

Rob1985

05-09-2012

Really enjoyed it! Never seen it before, but will definetly be watching next week!

AlexiR

05-09-2012

Originally Posted by NeilVW:
“Well. Dallas is actually bloody good.”

No it isn't.

Dancc

05-09-2012

Originally Posted by Salv*:
“Exceptional reaction to Dallas everywhere online.”

It ticked a lot of boxes, didn't it?

And that theme tune ! Gosh, they just don't make theme tunes like that these days.

Martin Phillp

05-09-2012

Dallas was exceptional and a league above the usual US imports on C5. Should be on BBC1.

D.M.N.

05-09-2012

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“Probably.

But I suppose it's a good sign that younger viewers appear to be connecting with it. The most likely Dallas viewer probably isn't on Twitter so it's a good sign that it trended!

Mostly positive reviews I'd say too. And deservedly so. A great opener I thought. ”

One thing I found interesting looking on Twitter is that you normally get "too many adverts" comments. I couldn't find any of them, suggesting people enjoyed it a lot and therefore were not fussed too much about adverts.

I can see ~4m overnight, but it could very easily be higher.

comedy89

05-09-2012

I am in my 20's never seen Dallas before but used wiki to research it a bit, and I loved it. I think I am going to be hooked. Larry Hagman is a legend.

AlexiR

05-09-2012

Originally Posted by Martin Phillp:
“Dallas was exceptional and a league above the usual US imports on C5. Should be on BBC1.”

It really isn't and it really shouldn't be.

dubsj

05-09-2012

When does XFactor go live?
Is it the 6th / 7th October?

grimshaw

05-09-2012

Glad to hear its getting positive reviews. I think its going to be a big hit.
Chose to watch Vexed instead, it was good tonight too but I suspect some dreadful ratings in the morning sadly

Will defoes be catching up on Dallas though.

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