TIME magazine waxed lyrical about it

Well that should see it get massive ratings in the airport lounge of Heathrow but probably not anywhere else.

On another note the clips from Prince William yesterday are from itv's upcoming documentary with him. Looks like the interest generated should cause it to rate well.

Are you a republican only when royal coverage is getting 10-27m on BBC1?

From the Broadcasting forum about BT Sport on Saturday:

"Some detail in the FT this morning around the BARB figures for Saturday:

43% of the 629,000 viewers were on Virgin Media

Of the 441,000 match average, 51% were paying BT subscribers (I take that as free viewers of the channel) of which 30,000 used BT, the remainder the Sky platform."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23753200

Nick Lyndhurst criticises TV execs for not taking risks - as he joins the cast in the 10th series of New Tricks....

Ironic for a man who has turned out so much mediocre rubbish over the years

Itv is the natural home of celebrity news

Yup. Usually at 7.15 on a Sunday on ITV!

Piglet Files, The Two of Us.

No doubt, being you, also included in this parade of mediocrity will be the most revered programme in the history of British television....

That's typical Rodney for you...

The Big Brother Live Final averaged 2.1m (9.6%) in the 9pm hour for Channel 5.

It was followed by the season premiere of Under the Dome which scored 2.03m (11.9%).

Including +1 or not?

A much bigger audience for this one than previous series. Seems like Monday evening was a good finishing point for it. The previous overnights were around 1.5-6 for its finale.

Whitechapel & Doc Martin in the Next Week Section of the new TV times, along wth Xfactor and something called Pat & Cabbage which I have seen advertised but have no idea what it is.

Full Channel 5 numbers in a great evening for the channel:

20:00 Billion Dollar Wreck Hunt: 1.16m (5.2%)
21:00 Big Brother: Live Final: 2.1m (9.6%)
*peak audience: 2.56m (11.8%) at 21:55.
22:00 New Series: Under the Dome: 2.03m (11.9%)
22:55 Big Brother: Live Final: 1.7m (15.1%)
*peak audience: 1.92m (16.2%) at 23:05.
23:30 Big Brother's Bit on the Side: 651k (10.0%)

Great figures all around last night for Channel 5.

Pat & Cabbage is a new comedy for ITV. Silly title, I know.

A trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS7mr5wUx80

The move paid off then 2.56 peak wow

Great night for Channel 5. Under the Dome seemed to launch well also.

Yep looks like many of their big shows begin at once, X Factor on the Saturday and Sunday, Doc Martin on the Monday and Whitechapel on Wednesday ans Thursday i'm guessing?

Very pleased Under The Dome dill well, it was an excellent drama

Yeah, stronger figures than I imagined in all honesty. Minimum of 10% share across nearly 4 hours of the evening. Not bad for a channel that according to most on this thread has nothing to offer.

Great start for Under the Dome justifies the BB scheduling decision. Even the second part of the BB final did better than last year's all-in-one final.

yet more itv whimsical light family comedy drama by numbers

they don't half churn em out!

:huge big yawn:

no doubt it'll be a hit...

And I'm guessing it all includes +1?

The fact it's half an hour compared to a full hour for Great Night Out should also see it a bigger success than the latter.