The Ratings Thread (Part 51)

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D.M.N.

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by jackc1806:
“Long Lost Family trending on Twitter. Tweets flooding in saying why is it cancelled, stupid ect.”

I also remember the same for EastEnders and Holby City in May 2010.

The ratings? Well: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=4708

Originally Posted by Fudd:
“Here's the issue - ITV is a commercial channel but some of the time it's not expected to act like one.”

Agreed.

jackc1806

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by Fudd:
“I don't think there's much difference between the BBC and ITV to be honest.

As I said, ITV is a commercial channel but is expected to accept a drop in ratings and money when required. It's an odd situation to be in.”

Even if ITV had a better news output people default to BBC, they just do. I agree with your point and people should accept ITV is akin to C4 and C5 in reality- no one expects C4 and C5 to break programming why should ITV?

Andy23

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by jackc1806:
“They've dropped their highest rating show midweek bar the Soaps for coverage only ITVistas will watch...”

Long Lost Family will now run a week longer than expected though, so they'll get another week of good ratings.

jackc1806

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“I also remember the same for EastEnders and Holby City in May 2010.

The ratings? Well: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=4708

Agreed.”

BBC should drop their programming to announce the election result regardless- ITV should not

jackc1806

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by Andy23:
“Long Lost Family will now run a week longer than expected though, so they'll get another week of good ratings.”

Tonight will have low ratings though so it balances out

Ambassador

22-07-2013

Twitter generally unreliable but both networks getting hammered for 'fawning and filling' on the topic. The BBC's special at 10.45 to me is an utter peetake

Twitter is absolutely loving Kay Burley...not as she might like mind

Salv*

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by jackc1806:
“Hoping Big Brother beats ITV News at 10pm- hilarity would ensue”

Impossibility though

jackc1806

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by Salv*:
“Impossibility though ”

Hoping BBC gets the majority and ITV is so low BB creeps up :P
Won't happen though- annoyed as BB won't be getting almost 1.7million tonight

Fudd

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by jackc1806:
“Even if ITV had a better news output people default to BBC, they just do. I agree with your point and people should accept ITV is akin to C4 and C5 in reality- no one expects C4 and C5 to break programming why should ITV?”

It's the mindset of the nation; at the start ITV could afford to take this approach with little to no opposition. Now the opposition exists but the mindset has not changed.

Originally Posted by Andy23:
“Long Lost Family will now run a week longer than expected though, so they'll get another week of good ratings.”

I wonder what they've got lined up to follow - Doc Martin? They have to fit in everything before I'm A Celebrity so they may have to switch Long Lost Family's night for one show.

Ambassador

22-07-2013

Finding it outrageous that neither Al-Jazeera or Russia Today are carrying this vastly important news

Andy23

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by Fudd:
“It's the mindset of the nation; at the start ITV could afford to take this approach with little to no opposition. Now the opposition exists but the mindset has not changed.

I wonder what they've got lined up to follow - Doc Martin? They have to fit in everything before I'm A Celebrity so they may have to switch Long Lost Family's night for one show.”

I doubt the schedules are that jam packed, there is probably some sort of one off drama or one off factual schedules for a Monday at some point in the future that could be moved to another night.

jackc1806

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by Ambassador:
“Finding it outrageous that neither Al-Jazeera or Russia Today are carrying this vastly important news”

Hmmmm

jackc1806

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by Andy23:
“I doubt the schedules are that jam packed, there is probably some sort of one off drama or one off factual schedules for a Monday at some point in the future that could be moved to another night.”

Sure they would have planned for a break in the schedule due to the fact they've known there will be a birth for 9 months

excel99

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by Ambassador:
“Finding it outrageous that neither Al-Jazeera or Russia Today are carrying this vastly important news”

Al Jazeera breifly mentioned the news in their 2130UK headlines

Fudd

22-07-2013

I'd laugh if the ITV News Special did beat the BBC News Special (can't see how) but the BBC Ten O'Clock News beat ITV News at Ten.

D.M.N.

22-07-2013

Just watched the BBC One/News Channel handover again on iPlayer, and its fairly obvious that BBC would have known at least five/ten minutes beforehand that they were going to BBC One at 20:30.

Ambassador

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“Just watched the BBC One/News Channel handover again on iPlayer, and its fairly obvious that BBC would have known at least five/ten minutes beforehand that they were going to BBC One at 20:30.”

I heard someone called Philip stuck a tenner on it at around 4.30 today

Fudd

22-07-2013

If they had they should have put a banner across the screen during EastEnders saying 'BBC News Bulletin to follow'. Practically everyone would have known what that meant yet they wouldn't have broken the presumed embargo.

Belligerence

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by Ambassador:
“What can that possibly add?!
Mass hysteria in the 21st Century”

"We now return to The Chronicles of William and Kate: The Baby Cometh"

Andy23

22-07-2013

The fact they had a very low level presenter announce the news on BBC1 would suggest not. Also apparently there was no mention of the news special over the credits of EastEnders, the first what was known of it was the ident introducing it.

jackc1806

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by Andy23:
“The fact they had a very low level presenter announce the news on BBC1 would suggest not. Also apparently there was no mention of the news special over the credits of EastEnders, the first what was known of it was the ident introducing it.”

If they would have known would they have broke the news via banner EastEnders or left it 10 mins to stop an exodus to BBC News and Sky News leaving EE with awful ratings?

Andy23

22-07-2013

ITV are using a special 'it's a boy' ident now by the way, in the style of heir usual set. The ad break before News at Ten was baby themed, so I wouldn't worry about the advertisers finances quite yet.

ronant

22-07-2013

Hmm, not sure. I think it might literally of been no more than 30 secs/1 min. BBC One advertised Panorama as normal at the end of EastEnders.

But I think the announcement was deliberately timed for the BBC schedule (but I don't believe the BBC had a say in it, or were told any sooner than the rest of the media). If they had 5 minutes Sophie Raworth would of done it, not Annita McVeigh.

You can see it here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32H9_Zjf7Jw

all_night

22-07-2013

Maybe they were told 5 - 10 minutes before hand but that said it is easier for BBC One or BBC Two to switch to BBC News Channel for news report / special than it is for ITV.

It was being reported before 8.30 that an announcement was due and you don't need to have a brain to know what that would be.

RobbieSykes123

22-07-2013

Originally Posted by Fudd:
“I'd laugh if the ITV News Special did beat the BBC News Special (can't see how) but the BBC Ten O'Clock News beat ITV News at Ten. ”

I think that's exactly what WILL happen!

Certainly ITV will win the battle of the peaks, and they will be in a pr frenzy about that. Wonder if Cummins is on annual leave?

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