Production on Sherlock doesn't start until 2013

I wonder if Mr Selfridge could take the Wild at Heart slot, or is there something else ITV might have lined up for the slot.

The BBC has a new six-part nursing drama 'Frankie' which is currently filming. I think this will be getting the Call The Midwife lead-in on Sundays at 9pm, as I reckon a lot of CTM viewers would be interested in watching this drama so the lead-in would be effective.

A big new 'epic' 10-part drama 'The White Queen' is currently filming too but as the shoot began in September and will probably run until January, I can't see that finishing in time to get the CTM lead-in. If it had been shot maybe a few months earlier, I reckon it would've had a good chance of being shown on Q1 Sundays after CTM as it sounds like a major new series for BBC1 next year which will definitely get a big promotional campaign.

I think Sundays in January will look like this on BBC1:

6.00pm Countryfile
7.00 Antiques Roadshow
8.00 Call The Midwife
9.00 Death in Paradise

It's a shame The White Queen won't be ready, being ten episodes it would benefit from starting as early as possible so it doesn't run into late Spring/Summer. Could they not rush it a bit like The Paradise? Whenever it airs it should do well, really looking forward to it.

Would Frankie not be better suited to take over from Call the Midwife, two nursing type dramas in one night may be overkill, it could be promote heavily around Call the Midwife to bring in the viewers.

As wizzywick suggested Death in Paradise might work better, really wish The White Queen would be ready though it could have a created a 2 hour ratings powerhouse of drama.

I wonder if Copper will get picked up now that it's got a second series (http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/bbc-...medium=twitter), by who though? BBC seems an obvious choice on BBC2 (I doubt they'll have an american show on BBC1 even if it's from BBC America), or maybe FX.

Still no sign of The Secret Of Crickley Hall despite airing on BBC America next Saturday, commissioned for Halloween, maybe it's a dud, but still would have expected it stripped after the news 29th/30th/31st if it was.

Hmm, so if BBC One go with that ITV1 could try something along the lines of...

5.45 The Chase
6.45 Take Me Out
8.00 Dancing On Ice
9.00 Mr. Selfridge

Dancing On Ice will get buried but frankly it's going to suffer even more if they leave the show on Sunday's IMO. And if they keep the usual schedule:

7.00 Dancing On Ice
8.30 Mr. Selfridge
9.30 Dancing On Ice

Then Mr. Selfridge would start halfway through Call The Midwife...

FOX ratings now in. Originally, X Factor was scheduled to start at 8pm on the East Coast (7pm central). But, unsure when the rain delayed baseball would return, FOX put on a repeat of Ben & Kate which did a 1.2. Then they popped back to the baseball for a rain update. Then, 40 minutes late, X Factor began. It slumped to a 2.3 for the 67 minutes it aired before FOX pulled it. Then they aired 9 minutes of The Mindy Project which had a 1.7 before returning to the baseball just before 10pm.

Viewers on the West Coast got a 2 hour X Factor repeat at 8pm. In Canada, the local broadcaster CityTV simulcasts X Factor and aired over 90 minutes of it before pulling it off the air (allegedly at the instruction of FOX). Not quick enough because the Wikipedia page has been updated with pretty much all the results!

In happier news for the parent company. American Horror Story premiered on FX with a 2.2 rating among adults 18-49. That thumped the 1.5 for Chicago Fire on NBC, topped the 2.0 for Nashville on ABC and was just a tenth shy of timeslot leader CSI on CBS (2.3). On Tuesday night, Sons of Anarchy did a 2.2 in its 10pm slot and is frequently beating broadcast competition.

Something called Duck Dynasty did a 1.7 at 10pm and a 1.8 at 10.30pm so that comfortably beat NBC.

American Horror Story returned strong, FX is on form with two hits and some solid performers.

The White Queen I imagine will air in the Spring, BBC One have a few dramas for next year like Case Histories, Luther, Death in Paradise, Last Tango to Halifax etc Maybe Last Tango will air alongside Call the Midwife.

They could rush out The White Queen but it would be a very tight squeeze. By the first Sunday of January which is when CTM will probably launch, about 7 episodes of The White Queen would've been filmed. It would take maybe another 6 weeks to film the remaining 3 episodes plus more time for post-production. So if they do start airing the series before it's finished filming, it would give the last few episodes little time in terms of post-production etc. Perhaps they could still use the CTM lead-in and launch the first episode off the back off CTM in February, that is a more viable option.


Based on ITVMedia, it seems quite set in stone that Dancing on Ice will be split into two next year on Sundays, as usual. But it might not necessarily be like the above traditional schedule of drama at 8.30pm and DOI results at 9.30pm - because if they do that it will mean Mr Selfridge is pretty much DOA going up against CTM half-way through.

They could do something like: 18.30- Dancing on Ice, 20.00- [Half an Hour Show], 20.30- Dancing on Ice Results, 21.00- Mr Selfridge

Having one DOI show from 7-9pm (including the results) would make more sense as viewers would stick with it more but ITV must have their reasons for splitting it into two shows - must be something to do with maximising ad breaks doing it this way. I'm not sure what the half-an-hour programme at 8pm could be but because the show then is just 30 minutes, perhaps DOI viewers would be more likely to stick around for the results than if the gap between the two DOI shows was 1 hour. It is worth remembering too that in Q1/Q2 next year, about 7 episodes of Coronation Street will be displaced due to football coverage on Wednesday/Friday nights and up to 4 episodes of Emmerdale will be displaced due to potential British Europa League knockout matches on Thursdays. So it is possible (but probably unlikely as schedulers don't seem to plan rescheduling lost soap episodes too far in advance), that they could put those displaced soap episodes on Sundays at 8pm for 9 consecutive weeks sandwiched between the two DOI shows. Unlikely, I know, but it is a possibility if they were to plan it well in advance.

Just to say I can't ever imagine Take Me Out being on a Sunday. It's a definite Saturday show.

By the media blurb it appears that ITV are dedicated to splitting the show into two distinct programmes. What football coverage have they got coming up on Wednesday nights? I thought the FA Cup replays, Champions League matches and international football were all lined up for Tuesday's now? Understandably they're going to lose Friday's thanks to the international switch.

But if they switch to the half hour, there's no reason why BBC One can't do the same

6.30 Countryfile
7.30 Antiques Roadshow
8.30 Call The Midwife
9.30 Death In Paradise

and then we'll have a game of cat and mouse with ITV again in the weaker position.

My argument behind Take Me Out switching to Sunday's is it seems strange to me that Saturday night TV seems to be 'young person' night while Sunday night TV seems to be for the older viewer. Surely it'd make more sense to air programming which is attractive to the younger demo on a Sunday night when they're more likely to be about? It would be a risky move but it could pay off - I don't think it would destroy the show, anyway.

I agree airing off the back of the last one or two episode of CTM seems more likely, but it will depend on what airs after it first, if it's Frankie that's 6 episodes, leaving 2 episodes to launch something else, but if it's Death in Paradise that's 8 episodes so will air for the duration of CTM's run.

Hebburn was very good, I believe it was developed from a comedy showcase that the BBC did in Salford a year or so ago but I think it was meant for BBC Three but ended up being commisioned by BBC Two. Citizen Khan also came from that same showcase.

The definite football matches will: Eng v Brazil (Wed 6/2), San Marino v Eng (Fri 22/3), Eng v Ire (Wed 28/5).

Likely football matches to displace Corrie but not yet 100% confirmed are: FA Cup 4th Round Replay (Wed 13/2: with the way CL and International fixtures are around that time, Wed seems like one of the only options), Europa League Final (Wed 15/5: will be on ITV1 if a British team or someone like Barca/Real is involved). Also the National TV Awards are normally 2.5 hours and they might stick with the 7.30-10pm slot on 23/1, displacing Corrie for that evening.


That's definitely a possibility. That's why I think if they're going to stick with DOI just on Sundays, they're better off just doing 1 combined performance+results show (7-9pm) and then giving whatever drama they want to launch a good platform to do so at 9pm. I don't think the DOI/WAH type scheduling they've done the last few years will work with Mr Selfridge because Call The Midwife is a very strong show and will have locked in a big drama audience by the time Selfridge starts at 8.30pm.

Thanks. Part of me thinks they may as well have left Coronation Street on Thursday's!


Wasn't Strictly's average dragged down badly when they did an all-in-one show, as they had to air filler as people voted? Albeit Strictly had The X Factor in opposition but Dancing On Ice would presumably have Call The Midwife.

BBC One usually air the BAFTA Awards in the 9pm hour one week (even though it really doesn't rate all that strongly) and that falls on 10th February next year. That would leave only 5 weeks beforehand, and two weeks of a CTM lead-in afterwards, assuming it begins on the first Sunday of the year. Which is a bit awkward.

The White Queen would be an obvious candidate for the push, if possible, and I'm also expecting The Village (another big 6 part historical drama) to land somewhere in the first few months of next year too. Plenty of period drama flying around - it's no wonder the BBC tried to expand outside of Sundays with The Paradise (with 'OK, but not great' results).

In any case, I think its clear we'd better strap in for some scheduling poker come Q1 Sundays. Big hands to play on both sides - which is a good thing!

Death in Paradise I imagine will get a weekday slot, with no Hustle, there's a slot available for a new drama series, I wonder if Mondays will be comedy night again or keep in on Thursday or Friday.

Sundays I reckon will be Case Histories although it's meant to be 2x120 minutes but I think they'll do it as 4x60m.

Somebody who cares might like to show BBC1 the ratings for Don Joly's Fool Britannia before they schedule that. They may need to borrow the Hubble telescope to see them, though.


Sherlock against Downton Abbey next Autumn? It would only be for three weeks.

Maybe ITV are planning to go with:

7pm DOI
9pm Mr Selfridges
10pm DOI Results.

Then they have DOI putting on a decent performance against CTM (certainly doing considerably better than Andrew Marr is doing against Downton) and they'd be hoping that Selfridges could benefit from the appetite for gentle Sunday night period drama. And a plan for a 10pm results show could explain why they've axed The Sunday Night Project. Or was that an autumn show?

Last Winter, of course, the BBC put CTM and Top Gear on at the same time with the two programmes attracted a combined audience of about 17m. And with DOI and Wild At Heart atrracted 7m. What a February! As Louis Walsh might say "Terresterial Televison, you owned that Sunday night."

Here's a thought for BBC1 Sunday nights.

7pm Countryfile
8pm Call The Midwife
9pm Miranda
9.30pm Mrs Brown's Boys

If the sitcoms are both 6 episodes then that's one episode for Christmas and 5 episodes to screen before the BAFTAs

Sorted.

Found it interesting that in the releases about the SPOTY changes regarding increase from 10 to 12 shortlisted candidates, there is not one mention of whether the show will be two hours or three hours:

- http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-...ality/19999241
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sportedit..._the_year.html

Crikey that's a right bunch of has beens and never even were's.

Who or what is a Luke Campbell.

Probably late like everything Caroline Aherne does.