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The Wallace and Gromit repeat was actually very cleverly scheduled - there will have been people tuning in for the first time to see what all the fuss was about, plus those who were watching it for a second time to pick up all the little visual jokes they might have missed on the first viewing.
It's bound to be on next Christmas, if not before. I'd like to know how the repeats of the other W&G adventures have been faring this week, too. |
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The bonus here was Wogan because of course as a live show it could be extended or shortened depending on what was to follow - particularly useful if they were screening US imports. Wasn't the case after 1992 when more or less all the programmes were half an hour. Also, imports stopped working in prime time.
Of course, when the Nine O'Clock News moved to ten, the Beeb had problems for the first few months because all the dramas had been made to run for fifty minutes, so they either began at 9pm and had to be followed by fillers - lots of Castaway compilations - or began at 9.10pm and the programmes earlier in the evening, like Top of the Pops and Watchdog, were extended or shortened depending on what followed. I remember the problems in late 2000/early 2001. It saw a few episodes of EastEnders starting at 7.35pm. |
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I would have expected better from EE, but it seems ITV's programming dented EE somewhat.
BBC1 would have been much better off running EE for an hour at 8pm I think. |
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Well, that was the excuse, but this wasn't actually the case. The week of the move there was indeed a live Euro 96 match on Thursday, but the only other sport that summer that affected Thursday nights was the Olympics - which also affected Friday nights too, and in those weeks Pops was moved to BBC2. So it could happily have stayed on Thursdays, really. Presumably the ratings were falling - Emmerdale was in its pomp - so they experimented.
Of course, initially it wasn't opposite Corrie as it moved to 7pm on Fridays, where it was opposite Lucky Numbers. It didn't do very well there, though, and I recall The Sun running a story on it getting its lowest ever audience. That was when it on BBC2 though. Presumably this convinced them that it was a waste of time moving it back, so Watchdog (which at the time was doing very well) moved from opposite EastEnders on Mondays to Thursdays, and Pops stayed on Fridays, but now at 7.25pm - The Muppets were at 7pm. When The Muppets finished, it moved to 7.30, losing any advantage it might have had over Corrie. Regarding another question, Friday Corrie did indeed begin in October 1989. For what it's worth, the Sunday episode started in November 1996. The Monday 'stEnders started in April 1994 and the Friday one in August 2001. |
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Mention of Paddington Green there, that was a show that fell out of favour - the first series was on twice a week at 9.30, the second once a week at 10.30. But it carried on for ages, about three years, but the final series was on around 11pm, and I'm sure one of the final episodes was on after midnight.
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^ LOL at Chicago Hope on primetime BBC One.
![]() The previous year saw it going out at around 9.15 on Saturday nights! |
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Someone made a good point. Even if BARB combined ratings, like before, Wallace and Gromit would not have officially got a combined figure of 20m+. That's because the two showings were in separate weeks.
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Wednesday 31st December 2008 Overnights
BBC One 19.00- Celebrity Mastermind: 5.1m (24%) 19.30- Last of the Summer Wine: 3.9m (18%) 20.00- The Weakest Link: 4.1m (21%) 21.00- Meet the Fockers: n/a 22.50- New Year Live: 6.1m (38%) * peak: 10.0m (59%) at 00:00 * peak was 0.8m up on last year's peak BBC Two 22.55- Jool’s Annual Hootenanny: 2.7m (20%) ITV1 19.00- Emmerdale: 6.5m (31%) 19.30- Coronation Street: 7.8m (37%) 20.00- The Bill: 4.4m (23%) 21.00- The Man Who Lost His Head: 2.8m (16%) 23.15- Elton’s New Year’s Eve Party: 1.9m (13%) Channel 4 21.00- Tony Robinson and The Medieval Reincarnation: 1.2m (7%) 22.00- Big Fat Quiz of The Year 2008: 0.9m (6%) Five 21.00- An Audience with Bruce Forsyth: 1.4m (8%) 22.10- Bruce Forsyth’s Comedy Heroes: 0.9m (6%) 23.10- Greatest Movie Love Scenes: 0.3m (2%) Source: MG |
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ITV will be very happy with The Krypton Factor, hopefully this will encourage them to schedule better stuff against EE.
Good night for BBC1, poor everywhere else |
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The only thing that surprises me is the success of Jonathon Creek. It seems that people are cash strapped and staying in more leading to higher figures all round (maybe the cold is a factor as well).
Pleased that the Krypton Factor did fairly well too. Does it get a narrative repeat later this week? Cant believe BBC1s NY Eve party would win the ratings battle. Must have been all Robbie's grannies tuning in!
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Impressive ratings all round for New Year's Day. W&G's total is amazing getting the day's 5th highest rating. BBC2 did get another high rating, 2.2m (10.3%) for Von Ryan's Express at 5pm, it's 2nd highest of the day.
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Pleased that the Krypton Factor did fairly well too. Does it get a narrative repeat later this week?
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Wednesday 31st December 2008 Overnights
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Wednesday 31st December 2008 Overnights
ITV1 23.15- Elton’s New Year’s Eve Party: 1.9m (13%) |
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Wednesday 31st December 2008 Overnights
BBC One 19.00- Celebrity Mastermind: 5.1m (24%) 19.30- Last of the Summer Wine: 3.9m (18%) 20.00- The Weakest Link: 4.1m (21%) 21.00- Meet the Fockers: n/a 22.50- New Year Live: 6.1m (38%) * peak: 10.0m (59%) at 00:00 * peak was 0.8m up on last year's peak BBC Two 22.55- Jool’s Annual Hootenanny: 2.7m (20%) ITV1 19.00- Emmerdale: 6.5m (31%) 19.30- Coronation Street: 7.8m (37%) 20.00- The Bill: 4.4m (23%) 21.00- The Man Who Lost His Head: 2.8m (16%) 23.15- Elton’s New Year’s Eve Party: 1.9m (13%) Channel 4 21.00- Tony Robinson and The Medieval Reincarnation: 1.2m (7%) 22.00- Big Fat Quiz of The Year 2008: 0.9m (6%) Five 21.00- An Audience with Bruce Forsyth: 1.4m (8%) 22.10- Bruce Forsyth’s Comedy Heroes: 0.9m (6%) 23.10- Greatest Movie Love Scenes: 0.3m (2%) Source: MG I assume Meet the Fockers won the 9pm slot - any figures? (EDIT: I see you've now put N/A in) Good ratings for New Year Live and over a longer slot too (10.50pm). As a pub quiz trivia point, it's the first show of 2009 to hit a peak of 10m viewers too. And the last one of 2008 to do it... ![]() I bet ITV's Elton party got better ratings for its daytime repeat yesterday. We had it on, and I know a couple of others who watched it whilst nursing hangovers. Jools Holland goes from strength to strength too - even though his show on NYE was bloated to 2 hrs 20 mins this year, it still sustained an average of nearly 3m - an exceptional performance, and presumably the most-watched show once BBC1's festivities finished at 12.15? |
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On the Doctor Who: Survival dvd it's pretty much admitted that if they don't want to make a show anymore, putting it opposite Corrie is a standard tactic.
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19.30- Last of the Summer Wine: 3.9m (18%)
![]() Perhaps the autumn episodes will now have to get thrown to the lions against The X Factor?
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Worth making a mental note of that 59% share for New Year Live as 2009 started.
When The X Factor Final results peaked at 61%, one or two people asked if that broke any records for share. It didn't, but to get anything around the 60% mark is exceptional and the 59% share for BBC1 as the year commenced certainly sets a high standard for everything else that follows in 2009, TXF and BGT included. |
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9 million for Jonathan Creek!
I was expecting 8 million for it at most. I really hope this prompts David Renwick to write more episodes for the BBC. Brilliant repeat rating for W&G too. BBC1 had a very good day yesterday! |
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I've only just noticed how well Celebrity Mastermind did on New Year's Day!!! Nearly 7 million!!
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I bet ITV's Elton party got better ratings for its daytime repeat yesterday. We had it on, and I know a couple of others who watched it whilst nursing hangovers.
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Last night's Jonathan Creek rating would slot into 18th place in the top rated shows of 2008 for its overnight, possibly rising to 13th/14th in the officials.
This might suggest a higher average rating for the top 20 in 2009!
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A brilliant night for BBC One all round. The episode of Jonathan Creek has been highly anticipated so I expected it to do well but it really crushed Marple on ITV. 9 million is amazing and I dare say the BBC will be begging Renwick for a new series.
Wallace and Gromit also did really well - I'm so pleased its had such success this Christmas, and hopefully it means we'll be seeing much more of them in the future. Mastermind also performed superbly in the EastEnders sandwich, which actually tops off whats been a very nicely rating run. EastEnders was the only dissapointment, with people not returning for the extra 8.30 episode. Unlike Christmas Day, it seems viewers on New Years Day appreciate programmes on at their regular times. Thankfully for ITV, the Krypton Factor wasn't forgotten despite BBC One's dominance, and hopefully with figures like that it'll find itself a more suitable slot sometime soon. |
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It had 0.9m 10.3%. Jump In! on BBC1 had 1m.
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BBC1 held up better than I thought on New Years Eve with Mastermind clearing 5m and Weakest Link clearing 4m. Also 4m for LOTSW against Corrie is pretty good on the lowest rated day of the year (as Robbie pointed out).
The Bill held up decently, as a 23% share is pretty in line with what it usually gets. I think on NYE shares are a better representation trying to compare to shat the shows would get on a normal day. ITV didn't do too well in the 9pm slot, but why show anything new when it will just flop? But saying that it still performed better than Rock Rivals, Echo Beach, Moving Wallpaper, Britannia High & Harley Street ![]() Decent ratings for the Bruce Forsyth shows with An Audience.. beating CH4. |
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Cant believe BBC1s NY Eve party would win the ratings battle. Must have been all Robbie's grannies tuning in!
![]() ![]() ![]() On a serious note, I think most people tune in to BBC One for New Year because they want to see the Big Ben bongs and the fireworks display at the London Eye which has become a big national event in recent years. |
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I was expecting 8 million for it at most. I really hope this prompts David Renwick to write more episodes for the BBC. 
