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Only if it's good comedy. Just wait and see the ratings for tonight's Vicious special
![]() ![]() It's a pretty good comedy, as well. You ever watched it? |
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Remember Blackpool Lights being mentioned a few weeks ago, the programme that Channel 5 thought was that awful they dumped it at 3am?
Well, here it is... http://www.channel5.com/shows/blackp.../episode-2-558 |
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It does seem the BBC and the press don't really like Mrs Browns Boys - and sadly despite proving it deserved the slot last year I suspect it ended up on Christmas Day this year more out of necessity than because it deserved it.
Even stranger though is The Sun going with the EE peak figure (which almost certainly belongs to Dr Who) as suggesting millions tuned in to watch EE, rather than going with the fact that it's the least watched Christmas Day episode ever. Then again I shouldn't be surprised the tabloids are going with spin over fact. |
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It might not tank as badly as you think. Good for at 3-3.5m.
![]() It's a pretty good comedy, as well. You ever watched it? If it was a good comedy, why did it lose viewers 4 weeks in a row from a high of 5.6m down to 2.4m - less than half its launch audience? I watched the first two episodes, it wasnt funny. The Telegraph called it the "least funny new comedy in recent memory". |
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I stopped watching Vicious after the first episode but I'll give it a watch tonight because it seems much better going by the trailer. Hopefully it's not misleading.
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I stopped watching Vicious after the first episode but I'll give it a watch tonight because it seems much better going by the trailer. Hopefully it's not misleading.
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This Christmas special won't change anyone's minds. The stars deliver gags as creaky as their limbs but with irresistible relish; there's some half-arsed slapstick
... I am a great supporter of this out-and-proud, vulgar and loud sitcom, so it's a shame to report that this festive edition is below par. |
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I wouldn't bother predicting a massive strong season for BBC1. We've done that many times and what generally happens is half the programmes never materialise and get held back many months. Go back a few months and many were predicting the strongest Christmas ever.
ITV seems to go into a lull between the end of TXF and the start of SNT, DOI is waning now and Splash and TMO, while reasonable enough hits, aren't massive ratings successes. BBC One did have two real howlers- RHSS and AA- last January that sank, but now have moved TV back to a January start which should guarantee them around 7 million viewers. |
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Only very slightly. I think having a picture of Matt Smith and a headline saying "DW regeneration tops Christmas Day TV ratings" because of a 5 min peak is bordering on being a lie. Not good if you ask me especially when the average viewer probably wont understand what it means.
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I wouldn't expect much. Reviews for this xmas special have also been negative:
That's not to say Vicious will be good tonight, but I wouldn't take the critics word for it. |
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Not sure how pre-watershed safe Vicious is but it would probably rate better in the middle of the Corrie sandwich tonight rather than being served up afterwards.
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Doctor Who "The Time of the Doctor" sets a new ratings record in America.
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethe...c-america.html ![]() ![]()
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Who cares about reviews? Mrs Brown's Boys gets awful reviews yet look at the ratings. As far as comedy goes I wouldn't go with the critics.
That's not to say Vicious will be good tonight, but I wouldn't take the critics word for it. |
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The first schedule of Season 25 has been published and can be found HERE. Like the Christmas schedule it comprises of 45 programmes so get predicting!
Thank you to everyone who has taken part in the DSRPG this season!
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Mrs Brown's Boys however rose in the ratings for every episode during its first series from 2.8m for its first episode to 4.1m for the last. The viewers were clearly at odds to the critics and that was proven in the ratings. It seems like viewers and critics alike have a similar opinion of Vicious, which lost 50pct of its audience during its first series. This Xmas special probably wouldnt even have been commissioned had Itv not greenlit it before the ratings were in.
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Think of the slot, Samuel...
Episode 1: 2.8m Episode 2: 3.2m Episode 3: 3.5m Episode 4: 3.9m Episode 5: 3.9m Episode 6: 4.1m Vicious went the other way (overnights): Episode 1: 5.5m Episode 2: 3.5m Episode 3: 2.7m Episode 4: 2.6m Episode 5: 2.4m Episode 6: 2.8m (vs BBC1 PSB documentary) |
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Bit like saying 'Waterloo Road is Britain's favourite contemporary drama set in a school in Scotland'
HOWEVER, I do think that the show has been in a bit of a state of late and is in desperate need of attention. I would agree with suggestions posted a few days ago on this thread that 48 weeks is far far too bloated for a series. The number of episodes must be culled - I would love the series to return to 24 weeks or, better still, 13 week runs (as they did in the eighties). Casualty during the summer has never worked for me. Just as important is a need for the producers and the BBC to ask themselves what Casualty is these days. Is it a soap? Is it a serious medical drama with something to say about the society in which we live? The latter is how the show started out and it has been saddening to see recent producers going against that in favour of soft, unchallenging soap. You are right in that Casualty is not in a good place at the moment but I am hoping that the new look in January is a sign that the BBC are making a bit more of an effort with it. |
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Bit like saying 'Waterloo Road is Britain's favourite contemporary drama set in a school in Scotland'
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Remember Blackpool Lights being mentioned a few weeks ago, the programme that Channel 5 thought was that awful they dumped it at 3am?
Well, here it is... http://www.channel5.com/shows/blackp.../episode-2-558 Not really sure what Five are playing at here. Maybe they are using that 3am slot to test stuff out, they only claimed it back from Supercasino recently. But the sample must be too tiny to be able to come to any meaningful conclusions about how said programming might perform in primetime, so I don't get the point of it. |
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Remember Blackpool Lights being mentioned a few weeks ago, the programme that Channel 5 thought was that awful they dumped it at 3am?
Well, here it is... http://www.channel5.com/shows/blackp.../episode-2-558 |
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It does seem the BBC and the press don't really like Mrs Browns Boys - and sadly despite proving it deserved the slot last year I suspect it ended up on Christmas Day this year more out of necessity than because it deserved it.
Even stranger though is The Sun going with the EE peak figure (which almost certainly belongs to Dr Who) as suggesting millions tuned in to watch EE, rather than going with the fact that it's the least watched Christmas Day episode ever. Then again I shouldn't be surprised the tabloids are going with spin over fact. And Rory Cowan, who plays Rory, observes how much higher Mrs Brown's ratings were than Eastenders and how that means people will switching on especially to see the comedy. Same applied to Still Open All Hours on Boxing Day. But I know that already cos that's what I did. You won't catch me watching a dreary soap opera (and here I'm referring to all of them. Yuk!) |
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Scarily it might yet see the light of day in primetime. An episode of Celebrity Wedding Planner will be shown first at 3:05am on New Year's Day, and then repeated on Monday 6th January at 10pm. A few one-off celeb-led docs that are yet to air in primetime will also be shown there.
Not really sure what Five are playing at here. Maybe they are using that 3am slot to test stuff out, they only claimed it back from Supercasino recently. But the sample must be too tiny to be able to come to any meaningful conclusions about how said programming might perform in primetime, so I don't get the point of it. Quote:
According to the production company it's 2 one off slots ahead of prime time debut this year
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I saw a trailer of Two Doors Down yesterday, the episode is actually set on New Years Eve so must've been planned for ages for it to air then. Also it is about a Scottish family. I remember reading that Scots watch BBC1 much more on New Years Eve than the rest of the nation with up to 90% watching Hogmanay. So it might work having this Scottish based comedy just before the New year celebrations.
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In fairness the early years of the Doctor Who reboot did, with the time rift slap bang in the middle of Cardiff city centre being a focal point of at least one series (I forget which). It's only moved away from that more recently - and obviously when Moffat came in and introduced a Scottish companion it would have been ludicrous to 'set' the whole thing in Wales.
Certainly Torchwood was centred on Cardiff a lot, unfortunately, but how many episodes was the time rift actually mentioned, not that many in Doctor Who, with the exception of Boom Town which was a dreadful episode anyway. Quite frankly the less coverage that Cardiff gets in Doctor Who the better. |
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It does seem the BBC and the press don't really like Mrs Browns Boys - and sadly despite proving it deserved the slot last year I suspect it ended up on Christmas Day this year more out of necessity than because it deserved it.
Even stranger though is The Sun going with the EE peak figure (which almost certainly belongs to Dr Who) as suggesting millions tuned in to watch EE, rather than going with the fact that it's the least watched Christmas Day episode ever. Then again I shouldn't be surprised the tabloids are going with spin over fact. Also once I Player figures are taken into account, I think DW could win the day and get an average of 10.5 million. This was Matt Smith's finest episode and the action and the story were first rate. |
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What do you mean? MBB was in the 22.35-23.05 slot for all of its first series, with the same News at Ten lead-in for all episodes and the ratings rose organically throughout:
Episode 1: 2.8m Episode 2: 3.2m Episode 3: 3.5m Episode 4: 3.9m Episode 5: 3.9m Episode 6: 4.1m Vicious went the other way (overnights): Episode 1: 5.5m Episode 2: 3.5m Episode 3: 2.7m Episode 4: 2.6m Episode 5: 2.4m Episode 6: 2.8m (vs BBC1 PSB documentary) Quote:
Scarily it might yet see the light of day in primetime. An episode of Celebrity Wedding Planner will be shown first at 3:05am on New Year's Day, and then repeated on Monday 6th January at 10pm. A few one-off celeb-led docs that are yet to air in primetime will also be shown there.
Not really sure what Five are playing at here. Maybe they are using that 3am slot to test stuff out, they only claimed it back from Supercasino recently. But the sample must be too tiny to be able to come to any meaningful conclusions about how said programming might perform in primetime, so I don't get the point of it. Quote:
According to the production company it's 2 one off slots ahead of prime time debut this year
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