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Old 28-08-2012, 05:35
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Maybe revive Take The Valium( err High Road) every night, which would probably persuaded more Scots to get a satellite dish and tune into English channels. Actually this was cancelled when STV realised most of the audience were either dead or over 70.
Well rest assured STV have another ratings buster coming up next week, The STV 2012 Appeal with Lorraine Kelly & Mick McManus.

What they are appealing for is anyones guess, ratings, fresh ideas for programming.


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Old 28-08-2012, 06:10
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Just logged on after watching the most incoherent and boring episode of New Tricks ever. I 'll watch the ratings with interest as there are complaints from the cast about the quality of the scripts and if next week's is as bad, people will switch off.
Be interesting to see if interest in this episode fizzled out about half way through.

Interesting the link to the programme drew attention to this being the ninth series.
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Old 28-08-2012, 06:47
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Really interesting tactic by the ABC in Australia with regards Doctor Who. Rather than airing it on Sundays at 7.30 they are sticking to last years slot of the next saturday at 7.30 BUT the episode will be exclusively online within minutes of the UK episode having aired. So it premieres Sept 2nd 5.10am and is on TV on 8th Sept at 7.30pm, and this is apparently for all the episodes.
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Old 28-08-2012, 08:13
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It's him doing a rip off of Live at the Apollo, they even have celebrity guests in the audience (Olympians) .
Presumably not Rebecca Adlington?
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Old 28-08-2012, 08:18
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Well, I thought Citizen Khan went far better than I feared. I genuinely laughed out loud several times. Then it faded as the episode dragged a bit.

It's actually a half decent sitcom, with a likeable lead and supporting cast. I just think the "sit" isn't going to register with a wide mainstream audience (contrast with Mrs Brown's), and frankly millions won't even give a sitcom unashamedly set in the Birmingham Pakistani community a chance.

With that in mind, I do think the Beeb missed a trick by not taking advantage of the Bank Holiday to launch it right after New Tricks - that the first 15 minutes was actually rather funny may just have snared a couple million more.

I guess it will rate around the 2m mark this week, but suspect it's headed for the 1.5m's hereafter.
I watched most of it last night and it was OK, it wasn't great but not the worst thing i've seen in recent years. It did feel at times i was watching a sketch from Goodness Gracious Me, that could be because i loved that programme.
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:04
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Frankie leaving was the best thing to happen to Mock the Week. He became too overpowering a presence and not in a good way. Not sure he was well liked by his colleagues either. 'Edgy' C4 is the best place for him, nice and easy to avoid on there.

I suspect the key battleground tonight may have occurred in film as opposed to comedy, shaping up much better in that genre. Avatar (Film4), The Incredible Hulk (ITV2), Precious (BBC Two), Serenity (ITV1) and Airplane! (Sky1) combined to offer viewers a decent range. Lots of good movies on for the Bank Holiday.
You clearly don't watch Mock the Week Dancc, Frankie is hugely missed, I still watch, but it has lost its edge bigtime since he left.
What a dire selection of films, If that's all the competition the comedy had, it might actually do well.
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:08
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Why aren't the ratings for Aug 13 - Aug 19 on the BARB site yet?
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:12
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Why aren't the ratings for Aug 13 - Aug 19 on the BARB site yet?
Because yesterday was a Bank Holiday.
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:13
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Because yesterday was a Bank Holiday.
Oh right. Besides, any news on how Don't Blow the Inheritance has been doing lately?
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:29
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Any ratings for Channel 4's House Party? Albeit 12am-6am. I'm intrigued.
Didn't see it mentioned here, but i'm interested to learn about this too
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:43
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data for w/e 19th August 2012 live on BARB website

there are no top 30's for Channel 4

enjoy!
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:45
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data for w/e 19th August 2012 live on BARB website

there are no top 30's for Channel 4

enjoy!
Thanks Mike.

Do you have any ratings for last night?
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:50
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Official ratings for the first episode of XF are 8.08m, puts it in #3 beaten by two episodes of Corrie.
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:52
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You clearly don't watch Mock the Week Dancc, Frankie is hugely missed, I still watch, but it has lost its edge bigtime since he left.
What a dire selection of films, If that's all the competition the comedy had, it might actually do well.
It's not must-see for me no, but I still watch every now and again. There are far better comedians around than Frankie. All Mock the Week needs is more variety to the panel instead of the same old faces all the time.
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:52
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Official ratings for the first episode of XF are 8.08m, puts it in #3 beaten by two episodes of Corrie.
don't forget to at least add the 1m HD figure (and .68m on +1)

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Old 28-08-2012, 09:52
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Official ratings for the first episode of XF are 8.08m, puts it in #3 beaten by two episodes of Corrie.
Don't forget to add ITV1 HD.

ITV1 8,082,000
ITV1 HD 1,020,000
ITV1+1 679,000

9,102,000 or 9,781,000 including +1

Thoughts?
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:53
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Official ratings for the first episode of XF are 8.08m, puts it in #3 beaten by two episodes of Corrie.
Before you get too excited, have you included HD?
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:53
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don't forget to at least add the HD figure (and, +1)

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I got them from the BARB website (they've just been put up), so the HD and +1 aren't on there.
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:54
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7.8m for New Tricks.
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:54
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Don't forget to add ITV1 HD.

ITV1 8,082,000
ITV1 HD 1,020,000
ITV1+1 679,000

9,102,000 or 9,781,000 including +1

Thoughts?
That's OK considering the average when first reported seemed quite low, don't think anyone took in account people who were watching on HD and +1.

Why don't BARB report peaks?
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:55
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I got them from the BARB website (they've just been put up), so the HD and +1 aren't on there.
look at the top10s...

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Old 28-08-2012, 09:56
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I got them from the BARB website (they've just been put up), so the HD and +1 aren't on there.
They are. You need to look through the "Top 10s" for the channels.
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:56
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Official ratings for the first episode of XF are 8.08m, puts it in #3 beaten by two episodes of Corrie.
TXF went up a decent bit but I actually expected it to timeshift more. Doesn't bode that well for it.

The overnight for episode 2 was interesting though - mainly because the peak was so much higher than the average. The average wasn't great but the peak was mildly encouraging and suggested that the earlier start affected the average. Next week it's at 8:10pm and back to 60 mins so it should be above 9m (with +1).

Good start for New Tricks. A bit lower than last year but nothing to panic about - the Bank Holiday probably dented it a bit.
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:58
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Official ratings for the first episode of XF are 8.08m, puts it in #3 beaten by two episodes of Corrie.
Actually by my reckoning if you add HD and +1 alltogther you just squeek 10m give or take 0.01m
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Old 28-08-2012, 09:59
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That's OK considering the average when first reported seemed quite low, don't think anyone took in account people who were watching on HD and +1.

Why don't BARB report peaks?
The original overnights also included HD viewers. The X Factor always adds a fair bit on timeshift. It went from 8.7m to 9.7m including +1. That seems a low timeshift for the programme.
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