Explosure?

I don't think ITV will move now. Corrie before 7 is too early and it probably wouldn't damage SCD much anyway.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...d-down/150993/

Meaning CBS, NBC and ABC widen the gap above FOX...





... and the CW

Going by the blatant-plug style of their Tweets, it's Sara Cox and Tim Lovejoy. So if the ratings plummet tonight, are they to blame?

Was going to say BBC could stick with that for the weeks after if the earlier start doesn't damage Strictly too much but forgot about Match of the Day. Shame as I'd imagine Antiques Roadshow with a half hour headstart would do more damage to Downton than Andrew Marr.

I think Homeland will hurt Downton more than expected, I think there is a crossover and I think Homeland is more "must see" so they'll choose record DA instead. I know I will although I am finally enjoying it again, once you accept the brilliant the first season was a one off it becomes an hilarious farcical comedy.

Dallas itself was a pure accident for CBS. David Jacob's original idea was what became Knots Landing but none of the networks would touch it. So he wrote a 5 part miniseries based on Gary Ewing's family in texas... Dallas.

CBS has never been known to be daring like its rivals. Its current schedule is based on pretty much the same format drama plus a reboot of one its big 70s hits.

So for the second weekend in a row BBC One are trying to get the jump on The X Factor by starting Strictly slightly earlier than expected. It should pay off though ITV can easily rectify this by moving everything half an hour earlier.

Isn't Dallas on TNT? Or did you mean something else?

I think Hawaii 5-O

Ah OK thanks.

They thought hiring two "celebrity social media cheerleaders" was a worthwhile exercise?

Words fail me.

whats one of them?

Someone paid to big up your show on Twitter. Totally sad, isn't it? I bet Twitterers see right through it.

From what I can gather, a couple of z-listers are being paid to tweet about the show like it's the bee's knees.

Like that's going to make a jot of difference to anything. Stupidest idea I've ever heard.

Hotel GB is a huge flop for Channel4. Its been plugged to death over the last month as if its a huge event with many of C4s stars, it cant have been cheap to get all of these people involved, and yet it only begand with 1.4million viewers. Dreadful.

I notice that once again an Itv drama flopped. Its been a flop season for Itv when its come to new or 2nd season drama, lots of poor ratings for them. DI Banks probably will be the next one to rate badly next week.

it is vastly over estimating the importance of Twitter, and even having saying that, it takes something away from Twitter as a medium for speech, and a way to show appreciation of a TV show.

We do know from this thread, that Twitter trends mean little in terms of ratings, its like C4 has not realised that.

Now that you mention it, I'd say that The CW had the rating of the night (seeing as everything else was quite predictable). That 0.6 for 2 hours of a music festival is better than a few of their vastly more expensive scripted series had for most of last season.

Homeland's S1 ratings earlier this year (overnights):

ep 1--19/02/12: 1.96m (8.2%), +1: 0.302m
ep 2--26/02/12: 2.05m (7.8%), +1: 0.314m
ep 3--04/03/12: 2.05m (7.8%), +1: 0.315m
ep 4--11/03/12: 2.01m (7.6%), +1: 0.271m
ep 5--18/03/12: 2.11m (8.3%), +1: 0.351m
ep 6--25/03/12: 2.05m (7.9%), +1: 0.507m
ep 7--01/04/12: 1.93m (7.8%), +1:0.376m
ep 8--08/04/12: 1.82m (7.4%), +1:0.336m
ep 9--15/04/12: 2.15m (8.5%), +1: 0.421m
ep 10-22/04/12: 1.91m (7.6%) , +1:0.345m
ep 11-29/04/12: 2.02m (8.0%) , +1:0.323m
ep 12-06/05/12: 2.40m (9.9%), +1: 0.485m

Series average (overnights): 2.04m (8.1%), +1: 0.362m
Series average (consolidated): 2.80m, +1: 0.517m
Finale had 3.39m, +1: 0.622m consolidated

Extraordinarily consistent performer; very unusual to see an import (or indeed any show) improve in week 2.

Homeland will beat Andrew Marrs History of the World this Sunday, Im sure of it. Has Channel4 ever beaten BBC One on Sunday at 9pm with an import?

All broadcasters are guilty of putting too much emphasis on social media at the moment, but C4 are taking it to new extremes.

If they were to put even half the amount of effort they put into ensuring they are being talked about, into ensuring their scheduling is as spot on as possible for example, their ratings might be very different.


Indeed. Very very good acquisition. I really didn't expect it to hold its audience, let alone grow, even though it's an excellent show.

A fair few on the RPG expect it to set a new high on Sunday too. Downton concerns me a bit but there was room for both Downton and Spooks last year and I doubt the crossover is that big.

It's ridiculous - just who are the (#obvious) hashtags on everything aimed at. Those into Twitter will use them anyway (and if it's anything other than an obvious hashtag they'll use the obvious one anyway, not something like #HomelandC4) - while for the rest of the audience it's just on screen junk. So many US shows now have them on screen as a DOG throughout, especially on cable.

And as you say Dancc the ratings show they don't make a blind bit of difference - indeed arguably encouraging second screen viewing is just encouraging viewers to be less engrossed in what they're watching and hence more likely to tune out in the future.

Yes, I think I've gone too low at 2.3m, particularly with Marr tanking. Shame it's not a Star Rating!

fair enough, had to laugh at the end of Cuckoo tonight, when one of the Tweets read out was a reference to Friends. So much for BBC 3s youthful demographic.

They should stick to just #thenameoftheshow, displaying different hashtags might give them a few more of the trending topics occasionally (don't know how successful they are, do they all trend during X Factor?) but they don't promote the show like their main hashtag will as they require you to be watching the show to know what they're a reference to, most viewers won't bother to look them up and find out.

Overnights Monday 01 October 2012

BBC One
13:45 Doctors 1.49m (21.2%)
20:00 EastEnders 6.91m (28.7%)
20:30 Panorama 3.27m
21:00 New Tricks 7.25m (30.2%)

BBC Two
20:00 University Challenge 2.88m
21:00 Masters of Money 1.1m (4.6%) / 68k (0.29%) BBC HD

ITV1
19:00 Emmerdale 6.66m (32.8%) / +1 157k (0.7%)
19:30 Coronation Street 8.41m (37.8%) / +1 245k (1.0%)
20:00 Paul O'Grady: For The Love Of Dogs 4.96m (may include +1)
20:30 Coronation Street 8.4m (34.4%) / +1 376k (1.6%)
21:00 Monroe 3.43m (14.32%) / +1 240k (1.45%)

Channel 4
18:00 The Simpsons 1.52m (inc +1)
18:30 Hollyoaks 1.04m (5.6%) (1.10m inc +1)
20:00 Cruises Undercover: Dispatches 1.91m (inc +1)
21:00 Hotel GB 1.56m (7.1%) / +1 218k (1.6%) (C4 Sales report 1.72m inc +1)

Channel 5
13:45 Neighbours 670k (9.5%)
17:30 Neighbour 886k (6.0%)
18:00 Home and Away 717k (4.2%)
21:00 Speed 770k (3.9%)/ 66k (0.56%) +1

BBC Three
22:30 EastEnders 578k (4.0%)

E4
18:30 The Big Bang Theory 0.78m (inc +1)
19:00 Hollyoaks 686k (3.4%)
21:00 Revenge 0.67m (inc +1)

5*
18:30 Home and Away 449k (2.4%)

Film4 (inc +1)
18:35 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 0.28m
21:00 Hot Tub Time Machine 0.44m

More4 (inc +1)
21:00 Grand Designs Australia 0.39m
22:05 My Brother, The Murderer 0.34m

Watch (inc +1)
19:00 New Masterchef Australia 0.18m

Yesterday (inc +1)
19:25 Last Of The Summer Wine 0.33m

Dave (inc +1)
22:00 Have I Got A Bit More News For You 0.33m

http://www.channel4sales.com/data/ov...1/October/2012
https://twitter.com/LiamHamiltonDCD
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/rating...047243.article
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3...on-monday.html
http://www.attentional.com/screenwatch/

I forgot about BBC Three. Using a short, rare and valuable 20 second window to read out a load of ass-licking tweets and generally pat themselves on the back, that could be used to relay more useful information like when stuff is actually on, is another big no no. It's like some of these channels don't want the ratings !

God, I sound like such a misery guts tonight. Time for bed me thinks, hopefully get out of the right side of the bed tomorrow.