It's much better than CIN which tends to just be a parade of pop acts trying to sell albums one after another.
Actually I think CIN used to be like what Text Santa is years ago
Actually I think CIN used to be like what Text Santa is years ago
The Ratings Thread (Part 44)
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Originally Posted by Belligerence:
“Probably peak at 4m.
I didn't see it (or can't recall) last year, but from what I remember, it was awful. This time round it's been a pleasent surprise, some cracking sketches.”
“Probably peak at 4m.
I didn't see it (or can't recall) last year, but from what I remember, it was awful. This time round it's been a pleasent surprise, some cracking sketches.”
Yeah, it was terrible last year. I seem to remember it was on Christmas Eve as well? Your right about the sketches.
Text Santa will rate ok simply because it has a Corrie lead in, will pick up those dutifully tuning in for the missing Corrie, and contends with a BBC1 repeat and an airing of one if its most consistently unpopular, yet repeatedly recommissioned, shows.
It will easily win 2 slots tonight (8.30 and 9.30) and possibly more.
I would think 4m is the bottom line expectation, but it really should be 4.5m in my view.
Well I was off today.
My team at work has been withering away all week, there would have been only me and the tea lady there if I'd gone in.
It will easily win 2 slots tonight (8.30 and 9.30) and possibly more.
I would think 4m is the bottom line expectation, but it really should be 4.5m in my view.
Originally Posted by Andy23:
“Why would you have the day off today?
Even schools were still in today.”
“Why would you have the day off today?
Even schools were still in today.”
Well I was off today.
My team at work has been withering away all week, there would have been only me and the tea lady there if I'd gone in.
Originally Posted by Andy23:
“It's much better than CIN which tends to just be a parade of pop acts trying to sell albums one after another.
Actually I think CIN used to be like what Text Santa is years ago”
“It's much better than CIN which tends to just be a parade of pop acts trying to sell albums one after another.
Actually I think CIN used to be like what Text Santa is years ago”
CIN today has become a mixture of self promotion -- be it celebs or the Beeb itself, crappy celebs, crappy Eastenders musicals, crappy newsreaders doing something funny for money (not) and haranguing folk for any spare change, with a film every five minutes. Quality should be advocated, not quality. The only solace for the Beeb is the money donated has increased, though the ratings have slipped, which suggests more can be done.
I think someone on the Guardian put it best: "Where else on television can you see a montage of African children huddling in a concrete hut followed within seconds by Su Pollard trying to break the world record for how much Bakewell tart she can shove up her anus?"
Originally Posted by Andy23:
“It's much better than CIN which tends to just be a parade of pop acts trying to sell albums one after another.
Actually I think CIN used to be like what Text Santa is years ago”
“It's much better than CIN which tends to just be a parade of pop acts trying to sell albums one after another.
Actually I think CIN used to be like what Text Santa is years ago”
Text Santa is an improvement on last year. They made some good tweaks. They opened with Ant & Dec, put Holly & Phil together instead of keeping them apart and Paddy is on with Christine later so that's the perfect time to go for a piss.
Sketches are good too. More thought has gone into the show and it's all the better for it.
Originally Posted by Belligerence:
“CIN today has become a mixture of self promotion -- be it celebs or the Beeb itself, crappy celebs, crappy Eastenders musicals, crappy newsreaders doing something funny for money (not) and haranguing folk for any spare change, with a film every five minutes. Quality should be advocated, not quality. Theonly solace for the Beeb is the money donated has increased, though the ratings have slipped, which suggests more can be done.
I think someone on the Guardian put it best: "Where else on television can you see a montage of African children huddling in a concrete hut followed within seconds by Su Pollard trying to break the world record for how much Bakewell tart she can shove up her anus?"”
“CIN today has become a mixture of self promotion -- be it celebs or the Beeb itself, crappy celebs, crappy Eastenders musicals, crappy newsreaders doing something funny for money (not) and haranguing folk for any spare change, with a film every five minutes. Quality should be advocated, not quality. Theonly solace for the Beeb is the money donated has increased, though the ratings have slipped, which suggests more can be done.
I think someone on the Guardian put it best: "Where else on television can you see a montage of African children huddling in a concrete hut followed within seconds by Su Pollard trying to break the world record for how much Bakewell tart she can shove up her anus?"
”
Children In Need has been coasting for years. Ever since Comic Relief came along it's really shown CIN up for the snorefest that it is...and yet it rates well. They should watch Text Santa this year and make notes. And retire Wogan.
Text Santa had raised £5 million by the end of the show - £1m more than last year. Yep, definitely should be scrapped. 
It was a good show too - much better than last year and much better than Children In Need has been in years. Some great sketches and a generally good atmosphere.
Another thing I noticed is that it seemed pretty light on appeal films. An interesting tactic - not sure if that will have worked for them or not.
It was a good show too - much better than last year and much better than Children In Need has been in years. Some great sketches and a generally good atmosphere.
Another thing I noticed is that it seemed pretty light on appeal films. An interesting tactic - not sure if that will have worked for them or not.
Text Santa - Overnight Ratings inc +1
2011
11/12 - 21:35 to 22:35 - 4.00m (16.7%)
* peak: 5.57m (21.6%) at 21:35
* audience declined from 5.57m (21.6%) to 3.47m (17.1%)
24/12 - 19:30 to 22:00 - 4.16m (16.6%)
* peak: 4.93m (19.7%) at 20:05
* audience declined from 4.70m (20.5%) to 3.32m (13.6%)
2011
11/12 - 21:35 to 22:35 - 4.00m (16.7%)
* peak: 5.57m (21.6%) at 21:35
* audience declined from 5.57m (21.6%) to 3.47m (17.1%)
24/12 - 19:30 to 22:00 - 4.16m (16.6%)
* peak: 4.93m (19.7%) at 20:05
* audience declined from 4.70m (20.5%) to 3.32m (13.6%)
Originally Posted by Score:
“Another thing I noticed is that it seemed pretty light on appeal films. An interesting tactic - not sure if that will have worked for them or not.”
“Another thing I noticed is that it seemed pretty light on appeal films. An interesting tactic - not sure if that will have worked for them or not.”
More appeal films would have probably taken up plenty of time and dissuade viewers to watch. It should be quality over quantity anyway, one good film will always make the difference as opposed to five-six poorly done ones.
They seemed to strike the right chord between the appeals, adbreaks and segements.
I actually think text Santa will rate in the fives, haven't watched any of it, but the general lack of Xmas specials this week, I believe will increase the ratings!!!
Originally Posted by cylon6:
“Text Santa is an improvement on last year. They made some good tweaks. They opened with Ant & Dec, put Holly & Phil together instead of keeping them apart and Paddy is on with Christine later so that's the perfect time to go for a piss.
Sketches are good too. More thought has gone into the show and it's all the better for it.”
“Text Santa is an improvement on last year. They made some good tweaks. They opened with Ant & Dec, put Holly & Phil together instead of keeping them apart and Paddy is on with Christine later so that's the perfect time to go for a piss.
Sketches are good too. More thought has gone into the show and it's all the better for it.”
ITV have done a good job in making a day of it too - though perhaps should have plugged the special edition of The Chase a bit more. £5m isn't bad to considering it's pretty much a straight telethon - Asda sell a few bits and bobs but it's got a long way to go to get people fundraising themselves in the way they do for CiN/Comic Relief, so it's much more reliant on donations over the phone.
Originally Posted by cylon6:
“One good rating doesn't mean it's over, especially a rating that Corrie has been getting regularly. It is promising, but the 8m level needs to be reached more often in the overnights in my view.”
“One good rating doesn't mean it's over, especially a rating that Corrie has been getting regularly. It is promising, but the 8m level needs to be reached more often in the overnights in my view.”
Won't happen, broadcast tv is changing so ratings are only going one way and thats down, as each year passes all the soaps are losing viewers and it maybe two years down the line that we may all view Corrie,EE ect getting six million as a good rating.
Originally Posted by paltonz:
“As in the drink company? Interesting to see Downton Abbey being the only international series there, as one of the top rated of 2012.
Link (Star Ac/French): http://www.ozap.com/actu/audiences-t...-faible/444681
Speaking of international ratings, France has bought back Star Academy on NRJ12 (similar to 4Music in the UK). Third week in and the audience numbers are stable, still attracting just over 1 million viewers - decent numbers for the network. Star Ac's previous season was in 2008 on TF1.”
“As in the drink company?
Interesting to see Downton Abbey being the only international series there, as one of the top rated of 2012. Link (Star Ac/French): http://www.ozap.com/actu/audiences-t...-faible/444681
Speaking of international ratings, France has bought back Star Academy on NRJ12 (similar to 4Music in the UK). Third week in and the audience numbers are stable, still attracting just over 1 million viewers - decent numbers for the network. Star Ac's previous season was in 2008 on TF1.”
Yeah. It's the same company.
Originally Posted by Score:
“Text Santa had raised £5 million by the end of the show - £1m more than last year. Yep, definitely should be scrapped. :rolleyes:
It was a good show too - much better than last year and much better than Children In Need has been in years. Some great sketches and a generally good atmosphere.
Another thing I noticed is that it seemed pretty light on appeal films. An interesting tactic - not sure if that will have worked for them or not.”
“Text Santa had raised £5 million by the end of the show - £1m more than last year. Yep, definitely should be scrapped. :rolleyes:
It was a good show too - much better than last year and much better than Children In Need has been in years. Some great sketches and a generally good atmosphere.
Another thing I noticed is that it seemed pretty light on appeal films. An interesting tactic - not sure if that will have worked for them or not.”
I see that you can donate up to January 11th so it should raise more. It could grow as a show in years to come. I didn't get a good feeling around CIN this year but there was a great atmosphere during this show.
Originally Posted by mlt11:
“Don't know - doesn't say. But it looks like 12 full evenings so if you know how many programmes there are in each series etc you should be able to do a rough calculation of how much will be shown in total. It looks like 12 evenings * (approx) 4 hours 20 mins each = (approx) 52 hours of new programming.
Sky Programme Information. It used to be a public site but isn't any longer. But I fortunately managed to retain access - don't ask how!”
“Don't know - doesn't say. But it looks like 12 full evenings so if you know how many programmes there are in each series etc you should be able to do a rough calculation of how much will be shown in total. It looks like 12 evenings * (approx) 4 hours 20 mins each = (approx) 52 hours of new programming.
Sky Programme Information. It used to be a public site but isn't any longer. But I fortunately managed to retain access - don't ask how!”
Is the Middle coming back to Pick TV. It showed Series 1 this year.
Originally Posted by Re-Minder:
“Won't happen, broadcast tv is changing so ratings are only going one way and thats down, as each year passes all the soaps are losing viewers and it maybe two years down the line that we may all view Corrie,EE ect getting six million as a good rating.”
“Won't happen, broadcast tv is changing so ratings are only going one way and thats down, as each year passes all the soaps are losing viewers and it maybe two years down the line that we may all view Corrie,EE ect getting six million as a good rating.”
True. But at the moment Corrie is hitting 8m regularly, EastEnders was and then it stopped earlier this year. That time of 6m being a great rating hasn't arrived yet. Enders should be higher.
Originally Posted by cylon6:
“True. But at the moment Corrie is hitting 8m regularly, EastEnders was and then it stopped earlier this year. That time of 6m being a great rating hasn't arrived yet. Enders should be higher.”
“True. But at the moment Corrie is hitting 8m regularly, EastEnders was and then it stopped earlier this year. That time of 6m being a great rating hasn't arrived yet. Enders should be higher.”
Whille talking about EastEnders Here's the xmas day trailer 'Time is running out for max'From what I hear it ends on a massive cliffhanger on Monday night too
Could help people will there predictions/bets
Link: http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/excl...til-11th-hour/
Deadline reports that CBS' sitcom How I Met Your Mother is to return for the 2013-14 season, making it their ninth season. The show was apparently going to end in May 2013, with the creators even saying they are storyboarding this season as if it were their last. Jason Segel, who plays Marshall, also expressed desire to leave. That was until the negotiation was reached between the studio, cast (Segel changed his mind about leaving) and creators to make another season.
Even if the ratings have been going down from last season (http://www.spottedratings.com/2012/0...other-cbs.html), it is still a decent performer for CBS Monday nights. The question now is, can this be like Friends and reach season 10? Friends was supposed to end in 2002 with season 8. However, the cast has signed a new deal for season 9, which subsequently lead to a tenth and final season (where they had 18 episodes, less than their usual 24) - where the six main actors were paid $1 million per episode.
Deadline reports that CBS' sitcom How I Met Your Mother is to return for the 2013-14 season, making it their ninth season. The show was apparently going to end in May 2013, with the creators even saying they are storyboarding this season as if it were their last. Jason Segel, who plays Marshall, also expressed desire to leave. That was until the negotiation was reached between the studio, cast (Segel changed his mind about leaving) and creators to make another season.
Even if the ratings have been going down from last season (http://www.spottedratings.com/2012/0...other-cbs.html), it is still a decent performer for CBS Monday nights. The question now is, can this be like Friends and reach season 10? Friends was supposed to end in 2002 with season 8. However, the cast has signed a new deal for season 9, which subsequently lead to a tenth and final season (where they had 18 episodes, less than their usual 24) - where the six main actors were paid $1 million per episode.
Originally Posted by paltonz:
“Link: http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/excl...til-11th-hour/
Deadline reports that CBS' sitcom How I Met Your Mother is to return for the 2013-14 season, making it their ninth season. The show was apparently going to end in May 2013, with the creators even saying they are storyboarding this season as if it were their last. Jason Segel, who plays Marshall, also expressed desire to leave. That was until the negotiation was reached between the studio, cast (Segel changed his mind about leaving) and creators to make another season.
Even if the ratings have been going down from last season (http://www.spottedratings.com/2012/0...other-cbs.html), it is still a decent performer for CBS Monday nights. The question now is, can this be like Friends and reach season 10? Friends was supposed to end in 2002 with season 8. However, the cast has signed a new deal for season 9, which subsequently lead to a tenth and final season (where they had 18 episodes, less than their usual 24) - where the six main actors were paid $1 million per episode.”
“Link: http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/excl...til-11th-hour/
Deadline reports that CBS' sitcom How I Met Your Mother is to return for the 2013-14 season, making it their ninth season. The show was apparently going to end in May 2013, with the creators even saying they are storyboarding this season as if it were their last. Jason Segel, who plays Marshall, also expressed desire to leave. That was until the negotiation was reached between the studio, cast (Segel changed his mind about leaving) and creators to make another season.
Even if the ratings have been going down from last season (http://www.spottedratings.com/2012/0...other-cbs.html), it is still a decent performer for CBS Monday nights. The question now is, can this be like Friends and reach season 10? Friends was supposed to end in 2002 with season 8. However, the cast has signed a new deal for season 9, which subsequently lead to a tenth and final season (where they had 18 episodes, less than their usual 24) - where the six main actors were paid $1 million per episode.”
They only need 15 more episodes to reach 200 episodes so it's possible it'll get a shortened season of 17-18 episodes but I think CBS like the show enough to give it a full season of 22 episodes. I hope season 9 is the last because they can't drag out who the mother is any longer.
Originally Posted by tamibeckett:
“Leverage cancelled by TNT after 5 seasons.”
“Leverage cancelled by TNT after 5 seasons.”
Doesn't surprise me, I think TNT lost interest in the show hence why its final episode is airing on Christmas Day but the final episode was written as a series finale in case the show wasn't renewed so fans will get closure.
Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“They only need 15 more episodes to reach 200 episodes so it's possible it'll get a shortened season of 17-18 episodes but I think CBS like the show enough to give it a full season of 22 episodes. I hope season 9 is the last because they can't drag out who the mother is any longer.”
“They only need 15 more episodes to reach 200 episodes so it's possible it'll get a shortened season of 17-18 episodes but I think CBS like the show enough to give it a full season of 22 episodes. I hope season 9 is the last because they can't drag out who the mother is any longer.”
I still enjoy the sitcom and virtually gave up on guessing who the mother was ages ago. I hope when they reveal the identity of "the mother", it will be well worth it. CW's Gossip Girl finished on Monday and I was really annoyed and pissed off at the identity of Gossip Girl. It was stupid and if there was supposed to be a "twist", then it sure was a very weak one. Loathed the ending as well.
Originally Posted by paltonz:
“I still enjoy the sitcom and virtually gave up on guessing who the mother was ages ago. I hope when they reveal the identity of "the mother", it will be well worth it. CW's Gossip Girl finished on Monday and I was really annoyed and pissed off at the identity of who Gossip Girl was. It was stupid and if there was supposed to be a "twist", then it sure was a very weak one. Loathed the ending as well.”
“I still enjoy the sitcom and virtually gave up on guessing who the mother was ages ago. I hope when they reveal the identity of "the mother", it will be well worth it. CW's Gossip Girl finished on Monday and I was really annoyed and pissed off at the identity of who Gossip Girl was. It was stupid and if there was supposed to be a "twist", then it sure was a very weak one. Loathed the ending as well.”
The identity of the mother doesn't seem important anymore but really the writers should start sowing the seeds for what will likely be the final season and also giving closures to all the characters. I think they've filmed something related to the final episode way back in season 2 as Future Ted's kids would have been aged 8 years although I think that would make a funnier finale so that they complain it took that long to tell the story,
Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“The identity of the mother doesn't seem important anymore but really the writers should start sowing the seeds for what will likely be the final season and also giving closures to all the characters. I think they've filmed something related to the final episode way back in season 2 as Future Ted's kids would have been aged 8 years although I think that would make a funnier finale so that they complain it took that long to the story,”
“The identity of the mother doesn't seem important anymore but really the writers should start sowing the seeds for what will likely be the final season and also giving closures to all the characters. I think they've filmed something related to the final episode way back in season 2 as Future Ted's kids would have been aged 8 years although I think that would make a funnier finale so that they complain it took that long to the story,”
I was thinking the same thing. Or maybe Bob Saget (the narrator of Future Ted) is a friend of Ted and the real Ted goes in the room and complain to the "narrator" on holding the kids hostage for nine years, telling how Ted met his mother.
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