You know what? I read that article twice and didn't see the phrase Must have been suffering word blindness! Apologies for doubting you!

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I hope Friends doesn't rate too well in the 9pm slot otherwise I fear E4 will get even lazier with their scheduling.

90210 is a good catch though. I could see it rating very well for them.

I expect Dead Set to break 1m tonight. It has little in the way of competition, and has been trailed hugely.

As for ITV2, I think the only real flops have been The Fashion Show and Katy Brand. CelebAir did reasonably when its slot changed, No Heroics did OK for 10.30pm, Celebrity Juice seems to have done quite well, and Hell's Kitchen, Secret Diary, Katie and Peter and Jack Osbourne are hits.

So they haven't done too badly (although some of the shows are awful imo).

Oh dear ITV. What were they thinking? This programme is going to get absolutely slaughtered by Silent Witness next week:


Might have faired ok on a Tuesday at 8pm, but not in the 9pm slot. At least it's only a one-off. (it is a one off, right?)

Also what a silly idea for a programme anyway when most of the current Bill cast launched their careers on other soaps

28.4% of X Factor's audience were aged 16-34 for the first show on Saturday, 2.75 million viewers. The % is the highest of the series, the number is 40,000 less than the previous highest of the series.

But the performance of the results show and SCD's results show suggest that despite the grey image of Sundays.

16-34 Audience (% of audience)
Main Shows:
X Factor - 2.75m (28.4%)
Strictly - 1.11m (12.0%)

Results Shows:
X Factor - 1.87m (24.3%)
Strictly - 1.39m (14.3%)

It looks like the loss of nearly a million 16-34's was one of the key factors in pushing down the overall audience in the later results show slot. Strictly's Sunday show rated far better among young viewers than the Saturday show did. You can see the massive difference on the main shows, significantly cut down for the results.

I don't think Friends will rate as well in the 9pm slot personally, because when the Friends ratings are reported on CH4 sales it includes the ratings from +1 and there's about half watching on E4 and half on +1, so with the +1 showing at 10pm tonight I don't think it will rate as well, but I could be wrong.

However whilst I'm on the subject E4 can't seem to make up their minds this week with Friends at 9pm on Mon & Tues. 8pm Wed. 9pm Thu and 8-10pm on Friday!! It is obviously to give Dead Set a leg up, but I can't see why they didn't keep it at 9pm every day. However good on E4 managing to get one of the best Halloween Friends episodes acctually on Halloween


Yeah I agree. I recently discovered Adrenaline Junkie last Wednesday and really enjoyed it and it seems to be becoming more popular lately. I can't see No Heroics/Celeb Juice/CelebAir or Katy Brand getting recomissioned, but the rest probably will be.

EDIT: Include The Fashion Show in the axed list-forgot about it.


I agree- I didn't dare post this on the thread for the show because I might have got slaughtered, but this really is scraping the bottom of the barrel for ITV this time. It's shows like these why ITV are regarded a poor channel.

I was feeling sorry for ITV1 because Brittania high did not deserve the slaughtering it got - and then I was reminded of this. The saddest thing is rubbish shows like this will rate higher than Brittania High, which was at least something a bit different television wise. I suppose if BH can keep it's audience it won't be a complete disaster, but it's already suffered an unpleasent start.

The issue with The X Factor Results show is ITV don't see the point of splashing the cash for a live show the next day, while Simon cowell refuses to pre-record it ala Strictly Come Dancing. I know I've said this before, but personally I'd move The X Factor to Sundays, and fill up the annual schedule with live shows on the Sunday's. Drama and gameshows can takeover Saturday and pull in half decent ratings, overall improving the brand IMO.

Back to yesterday's schedules - and what's happening to Antique's Roadshow??? This time last year no-one would have dreamed it'd beat both Heartbeat and a Touch of Frost in the ratings. Obviously the latter two are seriously being hapmpered by the lead in. Heartbeat was rating in the mid 6m's at 8pm, but the time change has hit it.

SCD did BBC1 proud once again with terrific ratings, despite the fact that many of the SCD FMs are criticisng the series.

EDIT: ITV2 are willing to switch their schedules around to improve performances (CelebAir) - so why on Earth don't ITV1 try it???

Adrenaline Junkie is very good. I can see Celebrity Juice getting a recommision (unfortunately, as I deteste Keith Lemon). As you say the rest will be, although I'm not sure if The Fashion Show will. Although, it's apparently got a good audience when repeats are added.

Hell's Kitchen USA ends in a couple of weeks, but according to ITV Media, the next series airs form January!


I know, it sounds awful. I bet it gets about 4m, though, like that awful Dance clip show last weekend.

dissapointing ratings for Britannia High though AR did phenomenal business as did SCD. Little Dorrit got off to a decent but SFIA lost a good chunk of viewers against ATOF. Will be interesting how it fares against Sharpe. Five did okay with Alive and Layer as did Channel 4 with Monster in Law and Saw II.

Talking about The Bill, I can't wait to see the crossover with SOKO Leipzig.

anyone know the ratings for Most haunted live on living??

With regard to AR, its always been popular with audiences up to 15 million in the different age. However with respect to all of its admirable previous presenters, Fiona Bruce has added that little bit feminine charm that gives the show a bit of extra warmth. 10.4 million peak really is in the top end of audiences these days.

SCD best time is 45 minutes-its now a genuine variety show with gossip, glorious dance and songs sung live. It always helps when the guests sing something well known rather than an obscure album track. It well deserves its near 10 million mark-though obviously this is my opinion.

Australian Ratings: Week 43

Top 20 Highest Rated Shows
# Programme Name Total Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS Seven 1,867,000 569,000 582,000 329,000 175,000 213,000
2 FIND MY FAMILY Seven 1,826,000 482,000 563,000 373,000 165,000 243,000
3 THE FORCE Seven 1,760,000 464,000 559,000 320,000 177,000 240,000
4 THE ZOO - TUE Seven 1,718,000 441,000 495,000 373,000 169,000 240,000
5 BORDER SECURITY Seven 1,679,000 428,000 512,000 346,000 154,000 239,000
6 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Seven 1,496,000 414,000 469,000 260,000 156,000 197,000
7 THE MENTALIST Sunday Nine 1,465,000 386,000 415,000 312,000 183,000 168,000
8 CITY HOMICIDE Seven 1,437,000 409,000 456,000 241,000 161,000 170,000
9 TWO AND A HALF MEN -WED EP2 Nine 1,428,000 422,000 428,000 274,000 154,000 150,000
10 SEVEN NEWS Seven 1,406,000 364,000 381,000 293,000 150,000 220,000
11 60 MINUTES Nine 1,359,000 342,000 390,000 324,000 138,000 166,000
12 TWO AND A HALF MEN -WED Nine 1,348,000 352,000 418,000 280,000 138,000 161,000
13 CSI Nine 1,343,000 375,000 376,000 268,000 150,000 175,000
14 SEVEN NEWS - SUN Seven 1,332,000 327,000 400,000 271,000 137,000 196,000
15 TODAY TONIGHT Seven 1,322,000 344,000 376,000 258,000 137,000 207,000
16 TWO AND A HALF MEN -MON Nine 1,295,000 358,000 447,000 235,000 121,000 133,000
17 MEDICAL EMERGENCY Seven 1,290,000 365,000 375,000 226,000 127,000 197,000
18 CRIMINAL MINDS Seven 1,269,000 331,000 417,000 215,000 115,000 191,000
19 DANCING WITH THE STARS 8 Seven 1,248,000 370,000 384,000 191,000 115,000 187,000
20 SPICKS AND SPECKS ABC1 1,241,000 416,000 388,000 198,000 114,000 125,000

Seven - 13
Nine - 6
ABC1 - 1
Ten - 0
SBS - 0

Sources: OzTAM, TribalMind

Shares
Seven 30.6% (+0.5%)
Nine 26.5% (+1.2%)
Ten 20.3% (-0.2%)
ABC 17.5% (-1.3%)
SBS 5.0% (-0.3%)

Australian Overnights: Sunday 26th October 2008

ABC
19:00 ABC News 1,065,000
19:30 Galapagos 850,000
20:25 ABC News Update 539,000
20:30 The Long Firm (Double Episode) 520,000

Seven
18:00 Seven News 1,380,000
18:30 The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie 985,000
19:00 Kath & Kim (R) 1,044,000
19:30 Dancing with the Stars 1,344,000
21:15 Movie: Walk the Line 830,000

Nine
18:00 Nine News 1,255,000
18:30 20 to 1 1,255,000
19:30 60 Minutes 1,475,000
20:30 Rugby League World Cup: Australia v New Zealand 879,000

Ten
18:30 Thank God You're Here (R) 817,000
19:30 Australian Idol 1,168,000
20:30 Rove 982,000
21:40 NCIS (R) 663,000
22:40 Californication 361,000
23:20 The Office 193,000

SBS
19:30 Who Do You Think You Are? 298,000
20:35 First Australians 333,000

Source: OzTAM

Evening shares
ABC 14.0%
Seven 29.3%
Nine 31.6%
Ten 20.5%
SBS 4.7%

Yeh, it did worse than the slot average in 16-34s - that is really embarrassing.

Fincham was just explaining how all the young people would flock to ITV and the Antiques Roadshow was a coach load of old people.

I remember everyone blaming the 9pm slot on News at Ten's failure and that BGT would be some kind of saviour where it would beat the BBC's News at Ten every night.

Never happened - hardly gained a viewer.

I dont think whatever is in the 9pm slot is the problem.

It didn't keep the viewers for future weeks, but whilst it was on it gained about 1 million viewers on the average.

Also when ITV showed some high profile factual/documentaries back in June on Mondays NaT was up on what it usually gets.

I do think the 9pm audience has a huge effect on NaT's ratings, not necessarily the viewing figures, but the type of audience aswell.

Antiques Roadshow has got its highest valued item ever on in November sometime, so expect a bit of press and publicity for that.

The Stage didn't give Britannia High a good review.

http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/...nce/index.html

Does Simon Cowell host Antiques Roadshow or something?

Have to laugh at Britannia High. It was, horrific, IMO.

Strictly the most watched entertainment show of the weekend on average; second week in a row of beating The X Factor.

The discussion about 16-34s is interesting as it shows how important demographics are important to the commercial channels and to an extent the BBC channels. Unlike in America, there isn't really a breakdown of who won the 18-49, 18-34 or 25-54 demographics.

I wouldn't expect the Grand Prix to be a good lead in for Britania High next week. I imagine F1 is normally very male skewed with BH having a bigger female appeal. The fact that Lewis Hamilton could win the title should help broaden the appeal I suppose, but if the race finishes well before 7pm will viewers stick with the channel for post race analysis or start to look elsewhere for their next show?

I thought Britania High was pretty good but I'm not sure there's a big audience out there for this type of drama outside children's TV.

Bit surprised at that rating for Britannia High: it should do quite a bit better next week, thanks to the later start and F1 lead-in (providing Lewis Hamilton doesn't get forced off the track early in the race! )

I think episode three will struggle again, though.

Sunday 26th October 2008

7:00
FOX Football Overrun Giants/ Steelers 21.99m
CBS 60 Minutes 12.52m
ABC America’s Funniest Home Videos 8.53m
NBC Football Night in America 2.56m
CW In Harms Way 0.64m

7:30
FOX The OT 15.94m

8:00
FOX World Series Rays/Phillies Pregame/Game 14.95m
ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 12.15m
CBS The Amazing Race 9.71m
NBC Movie: 40 Year Old Virgin 4.29m
CW Valentine 0.85m

9:00
ABC Desperate Housewives 15.21m
FOX World Series Rays/Phillies 14.23m
CBS Cold Case 12.00m
NBC Movie: 40 Year Old Virgin 4.69m
CW Easy Money 0.67m

10:00
ABC Brothers & Sisters 10.11m
CBS The Unit 9.10m
NBC Movie: 40 Year Old Virgin 4.68m

10:30
NBC The Office (R) 3.24m

The Britannia High rating shows that ITV1 schedulers are just as daft as those on BBC1.