Yeah I know, but I don't want to over estimate. I'm really excited for Miranda!

Does anyone else have an opinion on how Miranda Series 3 will perform?

The existence of the live behind the scenes feed of Emmerdale might have to be factored into the ratings. A lot of folk seem to have been watching that to see actors bumping into each other and where the boom mikes were located!

It was also more unpredictable than this supposedly 'shocking' death storytline - shocking largely for how even casual viewers will have sussed it out days ago.

Shame they successfully kept a big story spoiler free and that - for once - this was utterly pointess because of poor plotting around it. That plotting was as subtle as a brick.

The live ep was - though - all done very well technically as there were lots of unrelated scenes. And as an event - well promoted on ITV programmes and the teatime news - will likely get 7 - 8 million viewers.

So well done on that score. And a few nice touches such as the baby naming which brought a tear to my eyes,

Can't think of anything less Christmassy than babies being born!

Overnight ratings round-up
Tuesday 16th October 2012

BBC One
13:45 - Doctors: 1.43m (20.2%)
18:00 - BBC News: 4.56m (25%)
19:00 - The One Show: 4.29m (19%)
18:30 - Regional News: 5.40m (27%)
19:30 - EastEnders: 7.685m (33.5%)
* includes BBC One Scotland opt-out (Scotland World Cup qualifier)
* EE was shown on BBC Two in Scotland
20:00 - Holby City: 5.08m (19.6%)
* includes BBC One Scotland opt-out (Scotland World Cup qualifier)
21:00 - The Paradise: 5.15m (22.0%)
* up 270k and 0.4 share point week-on-week
* includes BBC One Scotland opt-out (Scotland World Cup qualifier)
22:00 - BBC News: 5.005m (26%)
22:35 - Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender - an Imagine Special: 2.98m

BBC Two
20:00 - The Great British Bake Off: 6.54m (25.3%) inc 436k (1.7%) on BBC HD
* all-time high for programme
* highest-rating BBC Two origination since Top Gear on 4 March 2007 (7.96m/29.7%)
* 12-month slot average: 2.76m (11.9%)
* up 930k and 1.6 share points week-on-week
* 5-minute peak: 7.2m (27%) inc BBC HD from 20:50
21:00 - Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip: 2.37m (10.2%) inc 109k (0.5%) on BBC HD
* up 100k and 0.1 share point week-on-week
* 2nd in slot
* three-part series averaged 2.30m (10.0%) inc ~120k (0.6%) on BBC HD
* BBC Two Scotland showed The Paradise in this slot

ITV1
17:00 - The Chase: 3.24m inc +1
* best daytime rating for this show for some time, possibly a record
18:30 - ITV News & Weather: 3.765m (19%) inc +1
19:00 - Emmerdale: 7.43m (35.1%), +1: 268k (1.1%)
* 7.35m full-slot rating (inc + 1) is highest on a Tuesday since February
19:30 - International Football Live: 4.24m (17.1%)
* 15-minute peak: 5.29m (exc +1) from 20:00
* 15-minute breakdown is here
21:10 - Doc Martin: 1.79m (7.8%), +1: 94k (0.6%)

Channel 4
18:00 - The Simpsons: 1.65m inc +1
* 6.5 Child rating
18:30 - Hollyoaks: 1.07m (5.3%)
20:00 - Double Your House For Half the Money: 1.24m (4.8%), +1: 268k (1.1%)
21:00 - Jewish Mum of the Year: 1.19m (5.1%), +1: 181k (1.1%)
22:00 - Fresh Meat: 870k (5.1%), +1: 111k (1.2%)

Channel 5
13:45 - Neighbours: 702k (9.9%)
17:30 - Neighbours: 1.04m (6.8%)
18:00 - Home and Away: 854k (4.7%)
21:00 - Person of Interest: 1.26m (5.4%), +1: 109k (0.7%)

Multichannel - see round-up from danisfunny here

Primetime shares

BBC One - 23.2%
ITV1 - 15.2%
BBC Two - 12.7%
Channel 4 - 4.4% (+1: 0.8%)
Channel 5 - 3.6% (+1: 0.3%)

All-day shares (inc+1)

BBC One - 22.1%
ITV1 - 16.5%
BBC Two - 8.7%
* total for BBC portfolio: 36.5%
Channel 4 - 6.0%
Channel 5 - 4.6%
ITV3 - 2.4%
ITV2 - 2.1%

Sources: DS (Main, Soaps), Broadcast, C4 Sales, Attentional, ITV Media, Mike Teevee

nice rating for Hollyoaks, maybe there is some hope for the show after all.

Yes I think it will work better in a pre-watershed slot. Although for all the criticism of the spin-off, on reflection I felt the last series of YA was far superior to the most recent series of The Apprentice which really needs to sort itself out for next year.

Thanks for the round-up Neil, not seen a roundup that detailed in a long time. I haven't seen a rating for The Chase (daytime, and including +1) that high for a long time. If you don't mind me asking, how much did it get without +1?

How is 1.07m a "nice rating" for Hollyoaks. That's still very much at the lower end of what is should be getting, even if it is at the upper end of what it's been getting lately.

like you said because its better than what its been getting recently, it does need that period of time, when its ratings improve, but are not yet where they should be.

No problem - I enjoy it when I'm in the mood. D.M.N.'s busy at Uni I think.

I got the rating for The Chase from Screenwatch - they only gave the +1-included figure and it wasn't reported elsewhere.

I forgot to include in my round-up MediaGuardian, which had a rating for Channel 5's Serial Killing Saviour: Born to Kill? (1.0 million/3.9%) at 20:00 and a share for BBC1's 22:35 doc, Freddie Mercury: the Great Pretender (25.8%).

Never mind. I apologise if this will annoy you, but by any chance, do you have the peak share for XF on Sunday (14th)?

Wow Neil!

Thanks for the comprehensive ratings round up!

I'm here, I'm just getting increasingly frustrated with some users around here failing to use manners and also there being an 'expectation' that the roundup is posted by XX:XX.

Chances are, if the roundup has not been posted by me by say 17:00 then that means I haven't had time to do it therefore "can someone else do it". This being a ratings thread, it is frustrating when other users haven't combined all the ratings into one post. I mean, that has been the purpose of this thread for the past 5 years, not only to discuss ratings, but also to make it easier for others who are looking for other ratings?

It doesn't all need to be left to one or two users, I don't have any "special powers" to post the ratings, all the sources in the posts are free, so I'm not sure what the difficulty is.

I don't mean to moan but it is kind of frustrating. I don't mind doing round-ups if I'm free, but on Tuesdays and Thursdays don't expect a round-up from me until late (hence why it is easier for another user to post).

PS, this is not directed towards you NeilVW, because you've done a great job with the round-ups as of late.

That must be one of Imagine's very best audiences.

It's contained within a round-up, coming shortly. Note that it won't include +1, and there is a question over the average +1 figure.

The Freddie Mercury Documentary was superb.

Overnight ratings round-up
Sunday 14th October 2012

BBC One
18:25 - BBC News: 4.68m (24%)
18:50 - Strictly Come Dancing: 8.06m (32.5%)
* peak: 8.73m (33.9%) at 19:20
19:30 - Countryfile: 6.445m (25.4%)
20:30 - Antiques Roadshow: 4.51m (19.8%)
21:30 - Andrew Marr's History of the World: 2.60m (11.3%)
* up 240k and 2.3 share points week-on-week
* 21:30-22:00 - 2.25m
* 22:00-22:30 - 2.95m
22:30 - BBC News: 2.99m (19%)

BBC Two
19:00 - Fawlty Towers: 1.57m (6.2%)
21:00 - Dragons' Den: 1.79m (7.9%) inc 173k (0.75%) on BBC HD

ITV1
18:45 - ITV News & Weather: 2.945m (13%)
19:00 - Coronation Street: 6.24m (25.3%), +1: 484k (1.8%)
20:00 - The X Factor Results: 9.37m (35.3%), +1: 345k (2.0%)
* Broadcast reports a +1 figure of 254k (1.0%)
* peak: 11.38m (40.7%) exc +1 at 20:50, highest peak of series
21:00 - Downton Abbey: 9.46m (36.6%), +1: 254k (1.0%)
* 12-month slot average: 5.91m (22.6%)
22:05 - ITV News & Weather: 4.88m (24%)

Channel 4
20:00 - Kevin McCloud's Man Made Home: 1.42m (5.4%), +1: 248k (0.9%)
21:00 - Homeland: 1.83m (7.0%), +1: 415k (2.3%)
* 12-month slot average: 1.79m (6.85%)
22:00 - Friday Night Dinner: 715k (3.6%), +1: 104k (0.8%)
* MediaGuardian reports 0.9m inc +1

Channel 5
16:35 - FILM: A Bug's Life: 1.57m (10.2%), +1: 212k (1.1%)
21:00 - FILM: Rocky Balboa: 1.10m (5.1%), +1: 104k (0.8%)

Multichannel

BBC Three
22:20 - American Dad!: 659k (3.7%)
22:40 - Family Guy: 610k (4.3%)
23:05 - Family Guy: 731k (7.4%)

ITV2 (inc +1)
21:00 - The Xtra Factor Results: 1.12m (4.3%)
22:00 - The Only Way is Essex: 964k (5.1%)

E4 (inc +1)
18:30 - The Big Bang Theory: 682k (3.2%)
19:30 - The Big Bang Theory: 600k (2.4%)
20:00 - FILM: Jumper: 586k (2.2%)

Sky 1
18:00 - The Simpsons: 595k (3.3%)

Primetime shares
ITV1 - 29.6% (+1: 1.2%)
BBC One - 19.9%
Channel 4 - 5.4% (+1: 1.2%)
BBC Two - 5.4%
Channel 5: 4.4% (+1: 0.5%)

All-day shares (inc +1)
BBC One - 17.4%
ITV1 - 16.8%
Channel 4 - 6.3%
BBC Two - 5.9%
Channel 5 - 5.4%
ITV2 - 3.8%
ITV3 - 2.4%

Sources: DS, ITV Media, C4 Sales, Broadcast, MediaGuardian

Agreed, this is one thing the BBC is good at and still shows how many people like Queen and Freddie Mercury. 2.98 million at 10.35 is excellent.

The channels remain available on 50-54 until you perform a retune (or at least, they should, unless it's another transmitter issue). I left my retune until this evening without any such issues. Indeed, I didn't bother with the Sept. retune for Dave/Yesterday until today, and have been quite happily accessing Dave on LCN 19 even though it swapped with Yesterday (19 <--> 12) in September.

And there have been on-screen announcements on the BBC HD channels about BBC one HD and BBC HD channels moving (although the announcement did not explicitly state that a retune was needed)

WEEKEND COMEDY BBC 2

This is becoming a good rating format

19:00 - Fawlty Towers: 1.57m (6.2%)

I wonder of its about time we get to see One Foot in the Grave etc in the slot.

Interestingly RTE in Ireland show Hi-De-Hi at 1 PM in the afternoons. Is it time BBC start to make the most of their excellent archive of sitcoms, something that they have hidden away from doing as much as they used to a few years back.

I don't watch BBC HD that often, Top Gear, Coast, Nature shows in the main....but I haven't seen any announcements. Channel 50 had Marketplace, then 55 Argos TV, 51-54 were black. I am in the Granada region, not sure when my last retune was, but was 2012 I would say......Let's see how ratings are tomorrow....

So will Bake-Off move to BBC1 next series considering it's ratings and excellent for Fawlty Towers on Sunday. I hope this is the start of a new classic comedy slot alongside Dad's Army on Saturdays.

CBS Orders New Reality Series 'Bake Off'

Apparently there was quite a bidding war among the networks for it.

No surprise that Bake Off has gone to a US network but surprised it was CBS, would have thought it would have been FOX or NBC on the broadcast or Bravo or Food Network on the cable side. I imagine it'll be a summer or midseason offering between seasons of Survivor and/or The Amazing Race.

I'm surprised Warner Bros has never considered adapting New Tricks for a US remake although most of the big oldies are already in shows and I imagine while it would rate highly, it would skew very old!