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Old 24-10-2012, 13:31
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Fantastic start for Rolf's Animal Clinic on C5 last night. 1.5m (6.3%) tuned in at 8pm, with a further 117k watching on C5+1.

The first in the 6 part Special Edition Films produced series
Great rating for Rolf's Animal Clinic, Channel5's biggest factual hit this season! Looks like people are back into watchiing these kind of shows focussed on animals after the success of this and POG's show.
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Old 24-10-2012, 13:38
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21:00 - Monroe: ~2.7m (~11%) exc +1
That's not good at all ... nearly as bad as Homefront.
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Old 24-10-2012, 14:02
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apart from when big bro is on channel five has hardly any hit shows to build an evening schedual around guess nicking idea of animal hospital from old days on bbc1 the way to go now look out for a revamed ground force with an aging tommy walsh and co and other past shows being revamed on channel five
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Old 24-10-2012, 14:21
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That's not good at all ... nearly as bad as Homefront.
They'll be pleased when New Tricks ends. The Monday 9pm slot has been a real loss for them this autumn as it has usually been home to their biggest drama of the week (or perhaps second since Downton showed up). Monroe seems to have been sacrificed but should have at least held above 3m.
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Old 24-10-2012, 14:35
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New Tricks has been very resilient against drama opposition this autumn. Might be worth playing next year's series in the same autumn slot.
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Old 24-10-2012, 14:41
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New Tricks has been very resilient against drama opposition this autumn. Might be worth playing next year's series in the same autumn slot.
It would be against Doc Martin next autumn. I suspect it would be less resilient in those circumstances. Damage on both sides, of course. But even the two part drama Clunes did this year performed alright on the Monday (about 4.5m).
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Old 24-10-2012, 14:43
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They'll be pleased when New Tricks ends. The Monday 9pm slot has been a real loss for them this autumn as it has usually been home to their biggest drama of the week (or perhaps second since Downton showed up). Monroe seems to have been sacrificed but should have at least held above 3m.
Sacrificed? That's one argument ... but not very convincing.

The reality is that if Monroe was good enough, it would be engaging more viewers on a mainstream channel. I'd say it was flawed from the outset: it used a format clearly recognisable to a lot of TV viewers (House) but watered it down; and it had a lead actor who, however good he may be, has never really held a show of his own convincingly.

Unless there's a radical change in fortunes for Monroe, I suspect it will exit stage left ... to be replaced by ITV's take on Grey's Anatomy.
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Old 24-10-2012, 14:56
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What has been the reason for The Chase suddenly getting so many more viewers this Autumn? It used to get 2million but now it's normally at 3million. I thought it would be because Pointless was rating worse but the ratings posted yesterday shows that Poointless is still getting very good ratings. Neighbours is rating same as before so where have trhese viewers come from?

More info on Itv rebrand:

I think The Chase has been boosted by:- a) Celebrity specials recently shown on Sunday nights (now finished though, and b)ITV showing a mix of progs at 4pm as a lead in - they've had Linda Bellingham, this week they have May The Best House Win, next week they have repeats of The Dales & Caroline Quentin's Cornwall.


Sacrificed? That's one argument ... but not very convincing.

The reality is that if Monroe was good enough, it would be engaging more viewers on a mainstream channel. I'd say it was flawed from the outset: it used a format clearly recognisable to a lot of TV viewers (House) but watered it down; and it had a lead actor who, however good he may be, has never really held a show of his own convincingly.

Unless there's a radical change in fortunes for Monroe, I suspect it will exit stage left ... to be replaced by ITV's take on Grey's Anatomy.


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Old 24-10-2012, 14:58
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It would be against Doc Martin next autumn. I suspect it would be less resilient in those circumstances. Damage on both sides, of course. But even the two part drama Clunes did this year performed alright on the Monday (about 4.5m).
I think ITV would be wise just to put Doc Martin on Thursdays in those circumstances. If they want to get Doc Martin in the Monday slot before New Tricks grabs it, ITV might have to start it in mid-August or even sooner.
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Old 24-10-2012, 15:14
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Sacrificed? That's one argument ... but not very convincing.

The reality is that if Monroe was good enough, it would be engaging more viewers on a mainstream channel. I'd say it was flawed from the outset: it used a format clearly recognisable to a lot of TV viewers (House) but watered it down; and it had a lead actor who, however good he may be, has never really held a show of his own convincingly.

Unless there's a radical change in fortunes for Monroe, I suspect it will exit stage left ... to be replaced by ITV's take on Grey's Anatomy.
I don't think anyone is saying that Monroe is a great series which rates really well or would be rating really well elsewhere. I've not watched it nor do I have any desire to. It seems like a mediocre series which ITV have thrown to the wolves on Mondays.

Whatever they put in that slot was going to get a kicking unless it was either a) something which skewed young, or b) an established big hit. Monroe is neither of those.

Of more concern is probably Homefront's poor performance on Thursdays. It's doing even worse than Monroe despite being protected from New Tricks. They'd have been as well dumping Homefront on Mondays and giving Monroe a better shot on Thursdays. It's probably only ever a ~4m rating show at best though.
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Old 24-10-2012, 15:50
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I don't think anyone is saying that Monroe is a great series which rates really well or would be rating really well elsewhere. I've not watched it nor do I have any desire to. It seems like a mediocre series which ITV have thrown to the wolves on Mondays.

Whatever they put in that slot was going to get a kicking unless it was either a) something which skewed young, or b) an established big hit. Monroe is neither of those.

Of more concern is probably Homefront's poor performance on Thursdays. It's doing even worse than Monroe despite being protected from New Tricks. They'd have been as well dumping Homefront on Mondays and giving Monroe a better shot on Thursdays. It's probably only ever a ~4m rating show at best though.
I don't disagree with any of the points you make - but I would say the real question is why ITV thought a copycat drama with a leading man who has no track record for pulling in viewers would ever attract big audiences in the first place ...
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Old 24-10-2012, 16:06
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Servalan are you Jacqueline Pearce, the actress who used to play Servalan in Blake's 7? Apologies if youre not but Jacqueline had almost identical concerns about the current state of Itv drama as you, bemoaning the fact that theyve gone from lots of blockbuster dramas like The Bill, Peak Practice, Heartbeat, Soldier Soldier, Darling Buds, Morse, Frost, Where The Heart Is to just two blockbuster dramas with Downton and Doc Martin.

James Nesbitt, I think he was popular with audiences of his BBC One show Murphys Law? He was popular then, maybe its just bad storylines and script which is letting down this new Itv1 medical drama.
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Old 24-10-2012, 16:59
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Some of yesterdays American ratings:

The Voice: 4.1 [10.9m]
NCIS: 3.2 [17.4m]
NCIS: LA: 2.7 [16.25m]
New Girl: 2.7 [5.2m]
Go On: 2.5 [6.4m]
Dancing with The Star: 2.2 [12.7m]
XFactor: 2.1 [5.6m]
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Old 24-10-2012, 17:18
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Some of yesterdays American ratings:

The Voice: 4.1 [10.9m]
NCIS: 3.2 [17.4m]
NCIS: LA: 2.7 [16.25m]
New Girl: 2.7 [5.2m]
Go On: 2.5 [6.4m]
Dancing with The Star: 2.2 [12.7m]
XFactor: 2.1 [5.6m]
Happy Endings 1.9
Don't Trust the B 1.7
Private Practice 1.4

ABC's definitely got its own Tuesday night flop zone!

Parenthood won the 10pm hour ( ) with a 1.9, with Vegas dipping to a worrying 1.5 on CBS.

Also NBC racked up their 12th win of the season averaging 2.7 to CBS's 2.5 (who've won 8 nights this season, Fox 4 and ABC just 2).
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Old 24-10-2012, 17:19
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When are we going to get some really good ratings for the terrestrial channels. Nothing so far this autumn has made me go
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Old 24-10-2012, 17:19
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Servalan are you Jacqueline Pearce, the actress who used to play Servalan in Blake's 7? Apologies if youre not but Jacqueline had almost identical concerns about the current state of Itv drama as you, bemoaning the fact that theyve gone from lots of blockbuster dramas like The Bill, Peak Practice, Heartbeat, Soldier Soldier, Darling Buds, Morse, Frost, Where The Heart Is to just two blockbuster dramas with Downton and Doc Martin.

James Nesbitt, I think he was popular with audiences of his BBC One show Murphys Law? He was popular then, maybe its just bad storylines and script which is letting down this new Itv1 medical drama.
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Old 24-10-2012, 17:26
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Who am I? The Supreme Commander of the Galactic Federation, of course!

And I do a mean paso doble ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMmguqS1Ofs

What are your thoughts on a potential Blake's 7 revival? Sky1 were going to do it but then decided to drop the idea. Have you heard about any other channel showing interest of bringing it back and would you like to make a cameo appearance?
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Old 24-10-2012, 17:38
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Does anyone know when the current series 'block' for The Chase is due to end? I wonder if it is say way before Christmas whether ITV will run repeat of the earlier Chase's from 2009 or 2010 from then until Christmas? Would make sense, and with poorer weather could quite comfortably be near to 4 million in snow affected days.
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Old 24-10-2012, 17:50
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I'm so pleased The Chase is doing well in the 5pm slot - it thoroughly deserves it. It's a great show with a great format, and Bradley Walsh is an excellent host.

Also very pleasing to see Rolf Harris doing well with his debut episode on Channel 5. I loved Animal Hospital when I was a young boy and recorded loads of episodes on tape!

Does anyone have a figure for the crime thriller awards on ITV3 last night please? I was expecting it to top a million, but it seems it didn't as Only Connect was the highest multichannel show of yesterday.
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Old 24-10-2012, 18:09
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1900
Talking Telephone Numbers
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Coronation Street
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World in Action
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Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich
2100
Trial and Retribution
2200
News at Ten, Weather
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local News, Weather
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Trial and Retribution

old listings from october 1997, noticed bbc 1 had lot more sitcoms in its line up and the 9 o,clock news and itv had more half hour game and quiz shows. forgot how itv used to continue dramas after news at ten hated that.
world in action still the far more superior currant affairs show and should be brought back!!!
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Old 24-10-2012, 18:21
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Some of yesterdays American ratings:

The Voice: 4.1 [10.9m]
NCIS: 3.2 [17.4m]
NCIS: LA: 2.7 [16.25m]
New Girl: 2.7 [5.2m]
Go On: 2.5 [6.4m]
Dancing with The Star: 2.2 [12.7m]
XFactor: 2.1 [5.6m]
Just 5m for XFUSA? That quite disappointing in my opinion.
When are we going to get some really good ratings for the terrestrial channels. Nothing so far this autumn has made me go
That'll probably all change when the clocks go back, and/or when snow starts falling. Maybe IAC will launch to a decent audience, maybe XF will finish on a respectable one (of course it's not going to be as big as previous years), and maybe The Chase will get even higher audiences on snow affected days as D.M.N mentioned.

Does anyone know when the current series 'block' for The Chase is due to end? I wonder if it is say way before Christmas whether ITV will run repeat of the earlier Chase's from 2009 or 2010 from then until Christmas? Would make sense, and with poorer weather could quite comfortably be near to 4 million in snow affected days.
I remember someone mentioned on the ratings thread back in September that this 'block' was meant to finish near the end of this month. I presume now it'll be November/December.
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Old 24-10-2012, 18:32
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Some of yesterdays American ratings:

The Voice: 4.1 [10.9m]
NCIS: 3.2 [17.4m]
NCIS: LA: 2.7 [16.25m]
New Girl: 2.7 [5.2m]
Go On: 2.5 [6.4m]
Dancing with The Star: 2.2 [12.7m]
XFactor: 2.1 [5.6m]
Rough night for CBS, NCIS seems to finally be showing its age down 20% and NCIS:LA down 27% from a year ago. Terrible for Vegas, at this rate Unforgettable will be hurried and return to its old Tuesday 10pm slot!

The ABC comedy hour did poorly but perhaps not quite as badly as I'd have thought it might. Skews of 40% and 50% suggest some old DWTS viewers stuck around for Happy Endings but perhaps drifted away by the time Don't Trust started.

Steady for NBC although The New Normal isn't doing particularly well when you look at the schedule around it.

I think for FOX the key thing was to get New Girl on the air because it's the only thing they need to protect on Tuesdays. X Factor was going to be a mess whatever they did with it. I think they ought to look at trying to run the full 2 hour episode on any baseball free nights between now and November 1st just to try and expand the reach. A really bad stage for such a screw up to occur. Once again, next season they've got to go back to the drawing board and work out how to navigate baseball while trying to launch some new series and run X Factor at the same time.
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Old 24-10-2012, 18:40
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So another close battle between EE and Emmerdale last night. 7.68m v 7.62m - a gap of just 0.06m. And 36% share for Emmerdale too. I wonder where Robbie is again? Maybe hiding in the bunker with GeorgeS discussing XF/SCD ratings?!

So its 1-1 so far this week. Interesting figures so far.
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Old 24-10-2012, 18:44
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American Idol - Wed/Thur 16th/17th January
The Following - Mon 21st January
Touch - Friday 1st February

Last Week:
#1 - NBC - 2.6 - 7.49m
#2 - CBS - 2.5 - 10.33m
#3 - ABC - 2.1 - 7.99m
#4 - FOX - 1.6 - 5.54m

* FOX's ratings were wrecked by the fact that basically their whole schedule was baseball coverage which rates poorly.

Season To Date:
#1 - NBC - 3.1 - 8.43m (Up 19% in A18-49)
#2 - CBS - 2.7 - 11.32m (Down 18% in A18-49)
#3 - ABC - 2.5 - 8.77m (Down 11% in A18-49)
#3 - FOX - 2.5 - 6.52m (Down 24% in A18-49)
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Old 24-10-2012, 18:44
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I suspect EE viewers are being put off by all the incest on the Square at the moment.

First Baby Lexi, being the product of two Mitchells, now not to be out done, Lauren and Joey Branning are hooking up

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