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Old 03-08-2013, 21:17
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Nice to see emmerdale doing so great in the ratings this week big brother remaining strong also good to see
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Old 03-08-2013, 21:41
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Emmerdale Farm (as it then was) was actually based on an RTE soap called The Riordans which began in 1965 and was recorded on location using an OB unit.
ITV copycatting 40 years ago then; they never change...

Alarmingly I Love My Country is still likely to be only the 2nd worst programme on BBC1 tonight with Nick 'Cardboard' Knowles and that bloody safe thing

Why can't the BBC do fun any more without it being patronising z-list filled nonsense?
I said it was airing in August for good reason...

The title told you all you needed to know.
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Old 03-08-2013, 21:58
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I Love My Country was no worse (or better) than Splash, a bit of harmless fluff not trying to be anything else, probably won't watch it again but it was overly awful. Of course it will be called the worst thing ever/not bad depending on channel affiliation (the negative side are always more hyperbolic.) Reactions on here and twitter mean nothing anyway, they were always going to be negative just look at those for Splash and YFSF, although I thought people moaning about ILMC were just that without the humour the comments for the other two had.

It doesn't deserve to do Secret Service/Don't Scare the Hare bad, so hopefully it can level at 3/4m.
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Old 03-08-2013, 22:19
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July overnight average for the soaps:
Coronation Street: 7.07m

EastEnders: 5.94m

Emmerdale: 5.74m


Overnight average for the year so far: (Jan-July)
Coronation Street: 8.29m
up 70k yoy

EastEnders: 6.98m
down 680k yoy

Emmerdale: 6.52m
down 110k yoy

Corrie is the only soap up year-on-year.

RE last night's ratings. Corrie got it's highest Friday rating since 21st June and EastEnders since 28th June.
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Old 03-08-2013, 22:19
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Welcome back Matty, your intelligent posts are what made this thread great. I hope you find time to post more in between your shifts at NASA.
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Old 03-08-2013, 22:21
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Looks like there was a reason David Walliams pulled out of I Love My Country...

Having said that, I think it would be a shame if all Saturday night entertainment was beige and middle of the road, and it is good to take risks with shows that you could describe as bonkers every so often. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't and it'll be interesting to see which way ILMC goes, but its good to see BBC1 taking something of a risk with different shows like this and The Puppet Show next week instead of just commissioning another dark blue lighting quiz and hundreds of extra episodes of Pointless Celebrities.
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Old 03-08-2013, 22:39
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Old 03-08-2013, 22:45
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Shame the BBC2 Mel Smith tribute is little more than Griff doing a rather too short introduction of a 1995 Smith and Jones compilation.

Though it did give me chance to enjoy the "tenor who says wank" sketch. I remember that being the talk of the common room the day after it first aired.

edit: ok. fair enough, Griff came back on to say there will be a longer tribute later in the year.
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Old 03-08-2013, 22:45
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Shame the BBC2 Mel Smith tribute is little more than Griff doing a rather too short introduction of a 1995 Smith and Jones compilation.

Though it did give me chance to enjoy the "tenor who says wank" sketch. I remember that being the talk of the common room the day after it first aired.
Griff just mentioned that there will be another tribute to Mel later in the year.

edit:Beat me to it Robbie.
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Old 03-08-2013, 22:49
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Well apparently its been successful elsewhere. I cant imagine its vastly different to the versions in other countries. Outside of talent reality formats what or who would people watch?

Pre watershed tv is a problem. Iv just posted on the ILMC thread about the fact that outside of talent/reality formats there is very little out there. Ant and Dec are the only act now that would gain an audience if you stuck their names in front of a format. They don't have any competition so you end up with people like Frank Skinner who is brilliant imo but perhaps a bit hampered by the restrictions of pre-watershed tv-along with a host of other stand up comedians who like to add in the occasional eff and blind to their act.

The Beeb has a particular problem with ideas and lack of names with the reputation to sell a family show.The very fact that the great Sir Bruce is still out there well into his eighties tells its own story and we can see why ITV pay Ant and Dec so much.

Hopefully the suggested Michael McIntyre House Party style show will get the go ahead. Have to say though I cant imagine the people posting on the ILMC thread will be any more enthusiastic.
I Love My Country wasn't sophisticated. It wasn't a show to watch that required concentration. It was deliberately bonkers and was strangely jolly. For fifty minutes of TV to just watch and not think or have to analyse anything it served a purpose. I think people have rose tinted memories. The "fondness" Noels House Party had and that consisted of celebrities getting gunged, banal talking sofas and a huge pink bloke called Mr. Blobby. People have forgotten how to just watch TV without over thinking and tweeting. Social networking is harming TV. It seems mature and grown up to go on twitter and facebook to point out to others every tiny detail they didn't like and it escalates into something worse than it really was. I Love My Country wasn't the best show on TV. It wasn't the worst either. Compared to Animal Antics it was entertaining.
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Old 03-08-2013, 22:56
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I'm sure it'll win it's slot which seems to be all that matters lately when it comes to BBC1 summer filler, so need for these posts supporting it.

I didn't see it 'cos I'm on holiday, was it "isn't britain ruddy brilliant" semi-worthy type stuff like Robbie predicted?
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Old 03-08-2013, 22:58
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[quote=wizzywick;67630423]I Love My Country wasn't sophisticated. It wasn't a show to watch that required concentration. It was deliberately bonkers and was strangely jolly. For fifty minutes of TV to just watch and not think or have to analyse anything it served a purpose. I think people have rose tinted memories. /QUOTE]

Didn't stop YFSF being over analysed over the last few weeks as if it was the latest BAFTA award winning landmark drama. The light entertainment snobs have been all over that one every week.
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Old 03-08-2013, 22:59
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I'm sure it'll win it's slot which seems to be all that matters lately when it comes to BBC1 summer filler, so need for these posts supporting it.

I didn't see it 'cos I'm on holiday, was it "isn't britain ruddy brilliant" semi-worthy type stuff like Robbie predicted?
Not really. It was just a light hearted show that had silly "generation game" style games that basically had celebrities larking about. It was OK. It was watchable and it made me smile.
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Old 03-08-2013, 23:02
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[quote=Andy23;67630746]
I Love My Country wasn't sophisticated. It wasn't a show to watch that required concentration. It was deliberately bonkers and was strangely jolly. For fifty minutes of TV to just watch and not think or have to analyse anything it served a purpose. I think people have rose tinted memories. /QUOTE]

Didn't stop YFSF being over analysed over the last few weeks as if it was the latest BAFTA award winning landmark drama. The light entertainment snobs have been all over that one every week.
YFSF was also light hearted non-sophisticated stuff that you could just watch without having to turn your brain. There is genuinely nothing wrong with giving your brain a rest sometimes. I wish people would stop bloody well slagging everything off all the time. If twitter was about in the 70's and 80's I'd hate to discover what was really said about the light entertainment shows then.
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Old 03-08-2013, 23:18
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Betting plunge - Peter Capaldi now heavily odds-on with Betfair to be the next Doctor Who tomorrow.
@denofgeek 57m
Just before Matt Smith was cast, the bookies stopped taking bets on Paterson Joseph. He was a dead cert, apparently
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Old 03-08-2013, 23:27
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Well it will be interesting to have a look at the "I Loved My Country" ratings
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Old 03-08-2013, 23:35
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My Predictions
BBC1

Indiana Jones - 3.2million
ILMC - 4million
TNL Break The Safe - 4.1million
Mrs Browns Boys - 4.4million

ITV

YBF - 2.9million
YFSF - 3.7million
ASFF - 3.4million
The Americans - 1.1million
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Old 03-08-2013, 23:46
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That's not saying much.


Oi you lot, knock it off!


You tell 'em, George! If they don't listen you can hit them with your stick.
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Old 03-08-2013, 23:52
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July overnight average for the soaps:
Coronation Street: 7.07m

EastEnders: 5.94m

Emmerdale: 5.74m


Overnight average for the year so far: (Jan-July)
Coronation Street: 8.29m
up 70k yoy

EastEnders: 6.98m
down 680k yoy

Emmerdale: 6.52m
down 110k yoy

Corrie is the only soap up year-on-year.

RE last night's ratings. Corrie got it's highest Friday rating since 21st June and EastEnders since 28th June.

Thats great for Corrie to be up yoy in this day of multichannel age. Also EE very close to Emmerdale in averages for July.
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Old 04-08-2013, 00:22
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A couple of news stories this morning:

Holly Willoughby to quit The Voice for ITV 'golden handcuffs' deal ?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...p-BBC-ITV.html

and ITV to make a move to bring Eamonn Holmes to Daybreak

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/e...chiefs-2122219
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Old 04-08-2013, 00:40
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A couple of news stories this morning:

Holly Willoughby to quit The Voice for ITV 'golden handcuffs' deal ?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...p-BBC-ITV.html
If so, I wonder if that will see her replace Christine on Dancing On Ice for the final series?
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Old 04-08-2013, 00:44
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If so, I wonder if that will see her replace Christine on Dancing On Ice for the final series?
Poor Christine if so. When is her handcuffs deal up?
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Old 04-08-2013, 00:48
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Poor Christine if so. When is her handcuffs deal up?
Not soon enough for either her or ITV I should imagine.

It's not as though she's done a bad job on Dancing on Ice; the ratings have just been hurt by Call the Midwife. I can see why ITV are entertaining the idea of continuing without Torvil and Dean - the show is doing better than anything else would in that situation (outside possibly Britain's Got Talent and I'm A Celebrity...)
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Old 04-08-2013, 01:05
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Oh dear. Just seen a Big School trailer. Looks worse than I feared, plus it's clearly not a sitcom but a "comedy drama".

Seems a waste of a good cast, as the trailer certainly doesn't sell it. Looks like Waterloo Road with Walliams.

I said it was launching in August for a reason (and dumped on Fridays).....
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Old 04-08-2013, 01:22
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Oh dear. Just seen a Big School trailer. Looks worse than I feared, plus it's clearly not a sitcom but a "comedy drama".

Seems a waste of a good cast, as the trailer certainly doesn't sell it. Looks like Waterloo Road with Walliams.
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Agreed, poor trailer but reviews have been surprisingly good so far
TBF the trailers for the last series of Miranda were terrible too.
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