The post Superbowl show slot is interesting because it's considered a vote of confidence by the network if a show is established or a major hit. New shows tend to be hit and miss which is why the networks rarely put a new show after the Superbowl.

The ratings for NFL are huge with games doing 30-40m in the afternoon and can give a primetime schedule a boost if it overruns.

Wow, 6.1m for Total Wipeout.

Not bad at all, that's two new Saturday tea time hits for BBC1 in a row now.

Should do even better in a 7pm slot this Saturday.

Yes, and I'm really pleased, as it's just pure Saturday night fun.

On another note, I see that Whitechapel is now on the 4th page of its thread, whereas WDYTYA? hasn't generated any discussion.

Interesting, although obviously, DS post counts aren't hugely representative of the ratings.

Thats very true, its the same with soaps. The Emmerdale thread is hugely popular and the EE thread often only just manages 2 pages yet EE always has more viewers than emmy, except sometimes on tuesday of course.

I do think Whitechapel will do well, i can't wait to see tonights ratings

Maybe to be truly hooked to a programme, you would not be discussing it mid-way through.

Though, I don't know.

Heyy, a couple of questions

How did Gossip Girl do on Weds? And does anyone know what sort of ratings season 1 had?

Thank youu

Who Do You Think You Are has an older demographic so I doubt it'd generate many threads, but I do think Whitechapel will have done well and I think Moses Jones might just be lost in the shuffle.

Also with Total Wipeout I think it faces Harry Hill this week so it'll be interesting to see how it does. It says a lot though that Total Wipeout and Hole In The Wall have defied the critics and become solid hits.
Any news on how The Office did?

EDIT: The Office got 22 million according to TV By Numbers.

The Office Draws 22.0 Million Viewers Following the Super Bowl

Super Bowl XLIII on NBC 2nd Most Watched Super Bowl in History

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethe...llionplus.html

Not sure if this will be of interest to anyone as it is a month late(!), but using some figures I did for ITV last week, some provided by Sn_22 and Rzt and others on dedicated threads around the forum, I've listed the top performing shows by their averages for 2008 (although no doubt a few are missing).

NOTES:[LIST][*]A "series" must have 3 parts to be eligible in this list[*]Continuing drama is not included (No Soaps, Bill, Holby, Casualty)[*]The list is unlikely to be perfect. Any additions or corrections are more than welcome[*] I stopped at #40, because beyond that I felt I would surely be missing quite a few shows. [*] Some other shows that just missed the top 40 or were not eligible are listed at the bottom[*] If a show actually aired 2 separate series in 2008, they were combined as one. For example, Harry Hill's TV Burp.[*] Only first run showings were counted[*] Christmas specials were not included as they tended to skew the averages.[/LIST]

ITV1 - 20
BBC1 - 19
BBC2 - 1

Entertainment - 12
Comedy - 2
Factual - 3
Reality - 2
Drama - 21 (inc. Period & Family)

Others:
Coronation Street - ITV1 - 9.5m - Soap - ITV Productions
Eastenders - BBC1 - 8.4m - Soap - BBC Productions
Emmerdale - ITV1 - 6.9m - Soap - ITV Productions

Big Brother 2008 - Channel 4 - 3.6m - Reality - Brighter Pictures/Endemol
Beat The Star - ITV1 - 4.5m - Entertainment - Gallowgate TV
Waterloo Road - BBC1 - 5.1m - Drama - Shed Productions
Survivors - BBC1 - 5.1m - Drama - BBC Productions
The Fixer - ITV1 - 4.9m - Drama - Kudos
Bonekickers - BBC1 - 4.8m - Drama - Monastic
Hotel Babylon - BBC1 - 4.8m - Drama - Carnival Films
Mistresses - BBC1 - 4.9m - Drama - Ecosse Films
Taggart - ITV1 - 5.2m - Drama - STV Productions

This is brilliant and is a great review from 2008, digested into one post. It made great reading, and gives allowance for great analysis.

It's interesting that 'In It To Win It' does so well for BBC1, as I've always seen it as quite tired. 'Hustle' and 'Spooks' both achieved exactly what was expected, and for me, Spooks is a show that will continue to thrive. For me, it doesn't get half the viewers it deserves, despite its lack of realism on occasions. It sprouts into the unknown, which is exactly what TV at its best does.

Advertisers on commercial channels are obsessed with 'relating' with their audience. Most of the time, yes it works. Shows like Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Heartbeat depict Northern culture and real life in a believable way. But some shows, like 'Spooks' and 'Doctor Who' takes the audience to another dimension. BBC3 are very good at this, and it's something ITV2 need to do more.

But sometimes shows that cannot 'relate' with viewers instead educate them, as well as entertaining them in the process. It takes a well made historical drama, 'Henry VIII' from 2003, or dramas with a historical edge like 'Whitechapel' to do this, and both were acclaimed critically and ratings wise (we think).

But it's drama that really focuses on its culture that has always been a winner whether you live in Aberdeen or Plymouth. Shows like 'Taggart' relate closely with Scottish viewers, whilst educating viewers from down South. Of course, I'm not saying the world is stupid. What I'm saying is that these shows give us little snippets of knowledge about different cultures in the UK, something that is disappearing with the ITV regional downfall.

It's why I felt so strongly about Heartbeat and The Royal being axed. These are programmes that depict a community in the greatest sense; shows that focus on scenery, characters. But every show needs a platform, and these shows have been given none whatsoever. They have the brand qualities to change the show completely, maybe take Heartbeat back to its routes with Nick Berry. It's more cost saving than churning out reality shows like Britannia High.

One thing that is true about the British nation - it doesn't like too much of a good thing.

In 2008, Britain saw too much of:-

- Dramas (new series were launched every few weeks on BBC1 and ITV, and it's actually better to focus on only a few new drama commissions. I think the quantity launched last year outweighed the quality, and might have reflected the drop in viewers).

But we saw too little of:-

- Comedy (Benidorm was fresh, and its ratings justified this. BBC1 made no comedy series as good as this one. Benidorm does the same thing as The Royle Family, albeit in Spain of course. BBC1 are obsessed with middle class family sitcoms, and don't seem to live up to their 'Only Fools and Horses'; 'Porridge' and 'Open All Hours' background, instead focusing on its 'Keeping Up Appearances', 'My Family' and 'The Green Green Grass' history. I know which one I'd prefer, but ultimately for the sake of TV, there needs to be a mix).

This post went off the rails a bit, apologies

I hope the sites get some daytime ratings from yesterday... I'm guessing some of them are up a good 500,000 to 1m.

And for today, the daytime ratings could be higher with kids off.

Yeah i want to know these too...

People at home watching reporters standing outside in the snow...... The unemployment figures are boosting daytime tv audiences all year round as well now.

Lol true!!

Monday 2nd February Overnights
BBC One
19:30- EastEnders: 10.34m (37.6%)
21:00- Who Do You Think You Are?: 6.32m (23.2%)

BBC Two
20:00- University Challenge: 3.88m (14.1%)
20:30- MasterChef: 4.42m (15.8%)
21:00- Moses Jones: 1.4m (5.1%)

ITV1
18:30- Evening News: 5.3m (21%)
19:00- Emmerdale: 8.62m (33.3%)
19:30- Coronation Street: 11.24m (41%)
20:30- Coronation Street: 10.63m (37.9%)
21:00- Whitechapel: 8.13m (29.8%)
- began with 8.4m (30.4%) and then ended with 7.7m (28.9%)

Channel 4
18:00- The Simpsons: 2.6m [inc. +1]
18:30- Hollyoaks: 1.9m (7.5%)
20:00- Dispatches: Congo's Forgotten Children: 730k (2.6%)
21:00- Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler: 1.86m (6.9%)
22:00- Hotel Rwanda: 720,000 [inc. +1]

Five
17:30- Neighbours: 1.8m (9.2%)
18:00- Home & Away: 1.21m (5.1%)
20:00- Fifth Gear: 920,000 (3.3%)
21:00- Edison: 955,000 (4.1%)

BBC Three
22:00- EastEnders: 421,000 (2.1%)

E4
19:00- Hollyoaks: 744,000 (3.2%) , +1: 60,000
21:00- 90210: 369,000 (1.5%) , +1: 151,000 (0.9%)

Film4 [inc. +1]
19:15- Cheaper By The Dozen 2: 260,000
21:00- Out of Time: 230,000

Fiver
18:30- Home & Away: 792,000 (3.5%)

Sky 1
21:00- 24: 632,000 (2.6%)

Primetime Shares
ITV1: 28.9% (last week: 26.6%)
BBC One: 24.4% (21.4%)
BBC Two: 7.6% (8.9%)
Channel 4: 4.7% (7.0%) , +1: 0.7% (0.8%)
Five: 3.3% (3.0%)

All Day Shares
BBC One: 23.8%
ITV1: 22.5%
BBC Two: 7.2%
Channel 4 (inc. +1): 7.0%
Five: 4.0%

Source: Digital Spy, ITV Media, Channel4Sales

Whitechapel - Huge hit for ITV1. One of ITV's highest rated new drama in years. Ratings across the board on BBC1 and ITV1 were well up due to the weather conditions - there were around 27/28 million people watching in primetime, which hasn't happened on a Monday night in years. All three soaps got their highest ratings of the year so far.

Corrie getting 11m+ !

SUPERB ratings all around!!! Soaps did brilliantly, as did Whitechapel, WDYTYA held up very well.

OK night for Channel 4 and five, but ITV and BBC One dominated. The Evening News did well.

EDIT: Just noticed the Masterchef figure at 8:30, 4.42m!!

Well, as people predicted, just about everything was up last night, with Corrie getting over 11 million during its first episode of the night, Emmerdale getting over 8 million and Eastenders over 10 million.

I'm also really pleased as how well Whitechapel did getting over 8 million, thats a brilliant figure. Its possible that will fall a bit next week, as many people were in because of the snow.

Moses Jones did not do brilliantly though getting 1.4 million though. After hearing many people talking about it, i thought it would do a bit better.

Whitechapel was such a well made drama, and Polonius was right when he said Coronation Street would reach over 11 million viewers. Interesting the share was lower, which just indicates the sheer quantity of viewers last night in some of the worst weather conditions in recent years.

I think 'Whitechapel' will be re-commissioned into a proper series, as there was real chemistry with the two leading officers in the investigqation. With over 8 million viewers, the directing, the cast and the plot was sound.

ITV drama is a bit like London buses, wait ages for one and then two come in the space of five minutes

Not just London buses either

Anyone got figures for daytime tv??

Let it snow...

Incredible figures for Whitechapel.

Wonder how tonights tv will do as tuesday is normally a weak night for TV, but there is still quite a lot of snow around isn't there (its nearly all gone here)

All-Day Shares
Friday 30th January 2009
BBC One - 21.4% (last week: 21.7%)
ITV1 - 20% (20.3%)
Channel 4 - 9% (9.6%)
BBC Two - 7% (7%)
five - 4.8% (4.7%)
Multichannel - 37.8% (36.7%)

Saturday 31st January 2009
BBC One - 24.4% (20.5%)
ITV1 - 14% (17%)
BBC Two - 6.2% (7%)
five - 5.3% (5.3%)
Channel 4 - 4.3% (5.3%)
Multichannel - 45.8% (44.6%)

Sunday 1st February 2009
BBC One - 19% (18.5%)
ITV1 - 17.6% (17.8%)
BBC Two - 8.3% (7.5%)
Channel 4 - 6.1% (7.6%)
five - 4.4% (4.6%)
Multichannel - 44.6% (44%)

Monday 2nd February 2009
BBC One - 23.8% (21%)
ITV1 - 22.5% (21.4%)
BBC Two - 7.2% (8.2%)
Channel 4 - 7% (8.4%)
five - 4% (4.3%)
Multichannel - 35.5% (36.7%)

Source: C4 Sales - Channel 4 figures include +1

Horrid Saturday share for ITV. Anyone want to guess next Saturday's ITV share when Six Nations is on BBC One? Under 10% may be likely.

I knew Corrie would get over 11m last night.

Amazing for Whitechapel. Seems ITV1 have sorted Monday nights out. One glimmer of hope amongst heaps of sh*t then.