ITV1's record 9pm low was against the Paralympics Opening Ceremony on 29th August when they got 599k (2.5%) for Britain Then and Now.

Channel 4 were probably right to ditch the summer BB, but they should have hung on to CBB, as a reasonable line up of celebs has been pulling in 2.5 million on Channel 5 and would attract a similar amount over 3 weeks on Channel 4.
Maybe it's time also for them to look to getting in more sport after the success of the Paralympics and a big hit coming every April with the Grand National. I know the really big athletics contracts are with the BBC, but they can maybe put in a surprise bid for the FA Cup ans see if lesser athletics meetings can be available.

Do we have an HD inclusive figure for Bake Off?


Touch of Frost got about 700k during the Olympics Closing I think. A memorable year for David Jason.

Can't remember how they held up for the opening or what the competition was, but I don't recall a sub million collapse.

Looking at the EE ratings for the past two weeks I will be very surprised if it goes above 10 million on Christmas Day now. I think it might peak around 9.7 million but I think a 8.9 million is most likely.

Just been Christmas shopping and saw the Royal Bodyguard DVD on sale. I notice it didn't have any quote from the media on the box. (You know the sort of thing : "Great fun for all the family" "Must-see entertainment".) Even Top Cat: The Movie managed one.

Was it in the bargain bin along with those other well known BBC flops Bonekickers and The Hunted?

Returning to "Washout Christmas", it really does now look like the period from today until Christmas Eve will be dominated by prolonged and torrential rainfall across much of the UK.

There will inevitably be widespread flooding and misery for many as Christmas is ruined. I'd wager we might see some high news ratings, and an uplift generally, if this horrible turn of events really does come to pass.

Lumley and the Ark on Sunday seems well timed. Or perhaps not!

24 hours late but for those betting surely bookies pay out on overnights - surely they aren't going to wait two weeks for the officials to come out.

Similar situation - arguably much worse as totally wrong - they apparently all paid out on Obama margin of victory based on numbers a day or two after Election day - final numbers show Obama won by well over 3% and people who bet on that were treated as losers.

William Hill are paying out on the official ratings apparently.

before tuesdays became a problem for itv what was shown when it was actually an ok night for ratings???

can remember an hour long emmerdale at 7pm and was that followed by the bill???

seems if itv did not have the live footly on tue on random weeks more established shows could be set in the slots seems the random line ups each week will never work.
think moving the football onto itv 4 until the later stages of the football and trying to establish more regular shows the only answer???

Sportingbet have a good selection of Christmas Day ratings odds. I think I might go for EVENS that Eastenders is under 9.8million.


Top Christmas Day film odds:

Shrek Forever After 2/7
Toy Story 4/1
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 11/2
Tangled 12/1
Couples Retreat 20/1
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 20/1

Will be settled on Overnight average rating. (Includes ITV+1). Others on Request.



Top Christmas Day TV Soap Odds

Eastenders 2/11
Coronation Street 3/1
Emmerdale 25/1

Will be settled on Overnight average rating. (Includes ITV+1)



Christmas Day Over/Unders odds

Eastenders
Over 9.8 Million - 8/11
9.8 Million or Under - EVS

Coronation Street
Over 9.4 Million - 5/6
9.4 Million or Under - 5/6

Strictly Come Dancing
Over 9.3 Million - 5/6
9.3 Million or Under - 5/6

Downton Abbey
Over 8.6 Million - 5/6
8.6 Million or Under - 5/6

Doctor Who
Over 8.6 Million - 5/6
8.6 Million or Under - 5/6

The Royle Family
Over 8.6 Million - 5/6
8.6 Million or Under - 5/6

Call The Midwife
Over 8.3 Million - 5/6
8.3 Million or Under - 5/6

The Queen (BBC1 Rating ONLY)
Over 6.6 Million - 5/6
6.6 Million or Under - 5/6

Will be settled on Overnight average rating. (Includes ITV+1)

Tuesday 18th December 2012
BBC One
06:00 - Breakfast: 1.52m (35.0%)
09:15 - Heir Hunters: 1.34m (25.2%)
10:00 - Homes Under The Hammer: 1.33m (25.6%)
11:00 - You've Been Scammed!: 1.07m (21.5%)
11:30 - Cash In The Attic: 997k (19.1%)
12:15 - Bargain Hunt: 1.72m (27.3%)
13:00 - BBC News at One: 2.45m (34.8%)
13:30 - Regional News and Weather: 2.53m (34.7%)
13:45 - Doctors: 1.37m (19.8%)
14:15 - Escape to the Country: 1.03m (15.7%)
....
17:15 - Pointless Celebrities: 3.04m (18.7%)
18:00 - BBC News at Six: 5.09m (26.2%)
18:30 - Regional News and Weather: 5.95m (29.0%)
19:00 - The One Show: 4.52m (21.2%)
19:30 - EastEnders: 7.64m (34.6%)
20:00 - Holby City: 5.08m (22.5%)
21:00 - Last Tango In Halifax: 6.21m (26.8%)
22:00 - BBC News at Ten: 5.00m (25.7%)
22:25 - Regional News and Weather: 4.56m (25.7%)
22:35 - Imagine: 1.12m (9.1%)

BBC Two
16:30 - Flog It!: 1.34m (10.8%)
17:15 - Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: 1.55m (9.5%)
18:00 - Celebrity Eggheads: 1.90m (9.8%)
18:30 - Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two: 2.12m (10.3%)
19:00 - MasterChef: The Professionals - Michel's Classics: 1.18m (5.5%)
19:30 - University Challenge: 2.62m (11.9%) inc HD
20:00 - The Great British Bake Off Christmas Masterclass: 3.52m (15.6%) inc HD
21:00 - Wartime Farm: 2.04m (8.8%) inc HD
22:00 - Rev: 976k (5.1%)

ITV1
06:00 - Daybreak: 744k (18.6%)
08:30 - Lorraine: 1.11m (20.2%)
09:25 - The Jeremy Kyle Show: 1.24m (23.7%)
10:30 - This Morning: 1.08m (21.2%)
11:25 - ITV News: 1.06m (21.6%)
11:30 - This Morning: 1.07m (19.9%)
12:30 - Let's Do Christmas with Gino and Mel: 924k (13.7%)
13:30 - ITV News and Weather: 884k (12.3%)
14:00 - Storage Hoarders: 780k (11.8%)
15:00 - Dickinson's Real Deal: 1.19m (16.3%)
16:00 - Britain's Best Bakery: 1.47m (13.6%)
17:00 - The Chase: 3.46m (22.5%) , +1: 252k (1.3%)
18:00 - ITV Regional News: 3.96m (20.5%) , +1: 88k (0.4%)
18:30 - ITV News and Weather: 3.62m (17.7%) , +1: 96k (0.4%)
19:00 - Emmerdale: 7.11m (33.3%) , +1: 175k (0.8%)
19:30 - The Unforgettable: 2.09m (9.4%) , +1: 106k (0.5%)
20:00 - Inside Guinness World Records: 1.85m (8.2%) , +1: 80k (0.4%)
21:00 - Ruth Rendell's Thirteen Steps Down: 1.15m (5.0%) , +1: 76k (0.4%)
22:00 - ITV News and Weather: 1.61m (8.6%) , +1: 130k (1.2%)
22:35 - Ruth Rendell's Thirteen Steps Down: 765k (6.2%)

Channel 4
14:40 - Countdown: 486k (7.3%)
15:30 - 1001 Things You Should Know: 541k (6.8%)
16:00 - Deal Or No Deal: 1.26m (11.6%)
17:00 - Come Dine with Me: 1.15m (8.0%) , +1: 255k (1.3%)
17:30 - The Simpsons: 761k (4.5%) , +1: 304k (1.5%)
18:00 - The Simpsons: 1.43m (7.3%) , +1: 335k (1.6%)
18:30 - Hollyoaks: 962k (4.7%) , +1: 79k (0.4%)
19:00 - Channel 4 News: 678k (3.1%) , +1: 93k (0.4%)
20:00 - Embarrassing Bodies Back to the Clinic: 1.07m (4.7%) , +1: 176k (0.8%)
21:00 - Bad Santas: 864k (3.7%) , +1: 113k (0.7%)
22:00 - Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA: 873k (5.1%) , +1: 169k (1.8%)

Channel 5
15:15 - FILM: Mrs Santa Claus: 638k (6.8%)
17:00 - 5 News at 5: 650k (4.6%)
17:30 - Emergency Bikers: 348k (1.9%)
18:30 - 5 News: 155k (0.8%)
19:00 - Highland Emergency: 346k (1.6%)
19:30 - Highland Emergency: 695k (3.1%)
20:00 - Murder Files: 1.20m (5.3%)
21:00 - Body of Proof: 1.33m (5.7%)
22:00 - CSI: NY: 779k (4.4%)

Channel 5 top commercial channel at 9pm last night then. Not often that happens.

Last night Eastenders had a 34% share of the audience. On christmas Day in 2011, Eastenders gained 9.9 million viewers for a 33% share of the audience. Eastenders tends to wobble from around 34% to 31% each week.

The figures are from here http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...-abbey-ratings

I think Eastenders will do fine on the day itself.

Eastenders has averaged a 31.8% share so far this December compared to a 34.8% share last December.

2012 average overnights
Sep 7.14m (32.6%)
Oct 7.48m (33.5%)
Nov 7.33m (32.1%)
Dec 7.29m (31.8%)

2011 average overnights
Sep 7.69m (34.9%)
Oct 8.15m (35.3%)
Nov 8.32m (35.2%)
Dec 8.49m (34.8%)
X-mas Day 9.9m (33.4%)

2010 average overnights
Sep 8.41m (37.3%)
Oct 8.74m (37.7%)
Nov 8.84m (36.2%)
Dec 9.09m (35.9%)
X-mas Day 11.4m (43.2%)

2009 average overnights
Sep 8.06m (37.9%)
Oct 8.57m (38.4%)
Nov 8.54m (36.9%)
Dec 8.64m (38.4%)
X-mas Day 10.9m (45.9%)

Emmerdale is just 500,000 viewers off EastEnders regularly...

Lot of people watching TV last year in the EE slot compared to the two previous years.

Jolly nice Xmas present that from ITV and C4 sending Body of Proof to a series high.

The +1 figures which haven't been posted for some reason were higher than ITV too between 9pm and 11pm.

Short odds but I can't see Shrek getting beat. Definitely worth a bet, perhaps doubling it up with EE to be under 9.8m.

No, neither do I, it might have been a case in the seventies and eighties when they had to show religion in primetime. But even then you've got 1977 which was The Greatest Light Entertainment Line-Up In The History Of Television with Mike Yarwood and Morecambe and Wise getting 21 million each (though not 28 million). And that was Sunday.

And last year the ratings went up anyway, nothing beat ten million on the overnights, no, but that's because there was stronger competition - the combined audience of BBC1 and ITV at 9pm was way higher than in 2010 when Poirot was only getting four million on ITV.


Even if that's not the lowest ever, that's a major embarrassment because usually that was the kind of thing that could easily fill a night for ITV. You can imagine series repeats doing badly, as we've seen in the past, because people who couldn't be bothered watching the series first time round wouldn't be bothered then either, but if you get a complete story in one night, that should surely get something of a casual audience.

Lowest ever ? Surely during the various ITV strikes in the 60s and 70s when they showed a test card for days ?

Ouch for ITV1 between 8 and 10, with nothing getting into double figures. Except on football nights, and imagine what might happen if no English teams get past the second round, Tuesdays just seem to have died after Emmerdale. One answer might be to move The Chase into an 8pm slot- it seems to be getting big enough to be moved- and follow it with a drama repeat. Otherwise there doesn't seem anything that would work.

Wouldn't be surprised if the testcard did better than 1m in the three channel era, as daft as it sounds.

Murder Files also comfortably ahead of Embarassing Bodies at 8pm.

Another brand that C4 has flogged to death.

Would you be able to link me? I can't find anything on the website!