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Given the USA Network is heavily centred around showing NCIS, House, and Law & Order reruns, if that is not the image RTL want then the channel name should be the least of their concerns.
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On a slightly different note, Law and Order: UK seems to be having its run split, as the ITV Press Centre bills episode 2 as being episode 2 of 7.
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Is it now? When I used to watch it a lot in the late 90's it seemed to be a bit more country. I havent seen it in ages though.
They were also the US network which aired Canadian co-production The Dead Zone, which I think was shown on FIVE here. Michael. |
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In all honesty for all the money pumped into it ITV2 still isn't up to all that much IMO, E4 on the other hand remains strong but it's schedule has become rather stagnant just lately and it could do with another refresh soon.
Also E4 cannot be trusted when it comes to imports. By taking Smallville off mid season at Christmas, and holding the remainder of the episodes until March, they have angered viewers unnecessarily. I was honestly hoping ITV would snatch the first run rights from them when they started airing the earlier seasons because I do think they would probably treat it better. I think that is part of E4's current problem. They have hits in 90210 and mainly Skins which seems to be performing very well following the changes. But the Tuesday schedule is struggling without original material for a while and Wednesdays just seem to be films. Sundays used to be home to Desperate Housewives, but that's off as well for a few weeks. Quote:
7 episodes takes it up to the week before Easter.
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Presumably it will just take a one week break with Collision running Easter Monday to Friday?
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I didn't think of that but you're probably right. Collision will be 'event drama' in that it will be stripped nightly, and Easter would be a good time to air it.
May 18th week: Collision May 25th week: BGT Week June 1st week: Hells Kitchen |
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Sunday 15th February - US Overnight Ratings:
7.00pm: CBS – 60 Minutes..............................13.08m...............2.1 ABC – Funniest Home Video’s..............8.00m..............2.4 FOX – NASCAR Coverage.....................5.55m..............2.3 NBC – Dateline.....................................5.15m..............1.3 7.30pm: FOX – American Dad............................3.44m..............1.6 8.00pm: CBS – The Amazing Race.....................9.29m..............2.7 NBC – Dateline....................................8.87m..............2.2 ABC – Extreme Makeover:HE...............7.97m..............2.6 FOX – The Simpsons............................6.82m..............3.2 8.30pm: FOX – King of The Hill...........................5.32m..............2.5 9.00pm: ABC – Desperate Housewives...............13.90m............4.9 CBS – Cold Case.................................. .10.80m............2.5 FOX – Family Guy......................................7.33m............3.8 NBC – Movie:XII, Part 2............................4.41m............1.0 9.30pm: FOX – American Dad................................5.88m.............2.9 10.00pm: ABC – Brothers and Sisters......................9.07m.............3.2 CBS – The Unit.........................................8.31m.............2.2 NBC – Movie: XII, Part 2...........................4.06m.............0.9 NETWORKS: Audience & 18-49 Rating/Share CBS – 10.37m & 2.3/6 ABC – 9.74m & 3.3/8 FOX – 5.72m & 2.7/7 NBC – 5.61m & 1.3/3 [LIST][*]Ratings were all slightly down due to President’s Day holiday weekend. [*]The Amazing Race debuted for its 14th season, its lowest ever start and 16% down on series 13.[*]Brothers and Sisters final half hour rated 9% lower than its first half hour, which had a Housewives lead-in.[*]The Unit lost 5% for its second half hour after a lead in from Cold Case.[/LIST] Sources: tvbythenumbers The Futon Critic Zap2It **Elsewhere, while it's ratings may not have set the world alight on Friday, Dollhouse is the second most downloaded show on iTunes. |
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So, they are going to break a week of LAOUK up to air it possibly. They should just have:
May 18th week: Collision May 25th week: BGT Week June 1st week: Hells Kitchen February 23rd - April 6th: Law and Order: UK April 13th: Collision April 20th - May 25th: Law and Order: UK June 1st: BGT Week June 8th: Hell's Kitchen It makes sense, really, as the stripped shows all benefit. Law and Order may benefit from a break too, considering it's such a long run. Doctor Who always misses a week about 6/7 weeks in because of Eurovision, and it never does it any harm; infact, I think it benefits it, so I don't think it's too bad an idea. |
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BGT week won't be that week because the Champions League final is on the Wednesday. The UEFA Cup final is the week before, too, so they won't want anything stripped on those two weeks, so it looks like it'll go:
February 23rd - April 6th: Law and Order: UK April 13th: Collision April 20th - May 25th: Law and Order: UK June 1st: BGT Week June 8th: Hell's Kitchen It makes sense, really, as the stripped shows all benefit. Law and Order may benefit from a break too, considering it's such a long run. Doctor Who always misses a week about 6/7 weeks in because of Eurovision, and it never does it any harm; infact, I think it benefits it, so I don't think it's too bad an idea. In other news, ITV Media says that Mr & Mrs is 9 x 60 min episodes this time around. That's more than last year ? |
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BGT week won't be that week because the Champions League final is on the Wednesday. The UEFA Cup final is the week before, too, so they won't want anything stripped on those two weeks, so it looks like it'll go:
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BGT could still run that week, jumping Wednesday and having the finale on Sunday. It would give ITV a massive week, with BGT nightly, The Champions League final, The FA Cup Final on Saturday and BGT final on Sunday.
![]() 18:30 - Britain's Got Talent 20:00 - The Royal 21:00 - Britain's Got Talent Results. |
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BGT could still run that week, jumping Wednesday and having the finale on Sunday. It would give ITV a massive week, with BGT nightly, The Champions League final, The FA Cup Final on Saturday and BGT final on Sunday.
Also, if the plan is to interrupt Law and Order for Collision, then it means that Law and Order's finale would be delayed. |
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BGT could still run that week, jumping Wednesday and having the finale on Sunday. It would give ITV a massive week, with BGT nightly, The Champions League final, The FA Cup Final on Saturday and BGT final on Sunday.
Of course, ITV's share for that week would go through the roof. FA Cup & CL final are bound to rate very highly over around 3 hours. And BGT will be 8/9 hours of 45% shares. That along with strong performances from soaps & The Bill. But, it's a long time away. |
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How would they schedule it on a Sunday though? Schedule round The Royal maybe?
![]() 18:30 - Britain's Got Talent 20:00 - The Royal 21:00 - Britain's Got Talent Results. When the final aired on a Sunday in 2007, the schedule went:~17.00 F1 20.00 Britain's Got Talent 21.00 Talk To Me 22.00-22.30 Britain's Got Talent Results The performance show actually outrated the results, which aired too late for a family show imo. |
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BGT could still run that week, jumping Wednesday and having the finale on Sunday. It would give ITV a massive week, with BGT nightly, The Champions League final, The FA Cup Final on Saturday and BGT final on Sunday.
Weds 20 May 2009 - UEFA Cup Final Weds 27 May 2009 - Champions League Final Sat 30 May 2009 - FA Cup Final |
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Chris Moyles quiz starts Sunday 22nd March 10pm according to his twitter. (Ch4)
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Sunday 15th February - US Overnight Ratings:
7.00pm: CBS – 60 Minutes..............................13.08m...............2.1 ABC – Funniest Home Video’s..............8.00m..............2.4 FOX – NASCAR Coverage.....................5.55m..............2.3 NBC – Dateline.....................................5.15m..............1.3 7.30pm: FOX – American Dad............................3.44m..............1.6 8.00pm: CBS – The Amazing Race.....................9.29m..............2.7 NBC – Dateline....................................8.87m..............2.2 ABC – Extreme Makeover:HE...............7.97m..............2.6 FOX – The Simpsons............................6.82m..............3.2 8.30pm: FOX – King of The Hill...........................5.32m..............2.5 9.00pm: ABC – Desperate Housewives...............13.90m............4.9 CBS – Cold Case.................................. .10.80m............2.5 FOX – Family Guy......................................7.33m............3.8 NBC – Movie:XII, Part 2............................4.41m............1.0 9.30pm: FOX – American Dad................................5.88m.............2.9 10.00pm: ABC – Brothers and Sisters......................9.07m.............3.2 CBS – The Unit.........................................8.31m.............2.2 NBC – Movie: XII, Part 2...........................4.06m.............0.9 NETWORKS: Audience & 18-49 Rating/Share CBS – 10.37m & 2.3/6 ABC – 9.74m & 3.3/8 FOX – 5.72m & 2.7/7 NBC – 5.61m & 1.3/3 [LIST][*]Ratings were all slightly down due to President’s Day holiday weekend. [*]The Amazing Race debuted for its 14th season, its lowest ever start and 16% down on series 13.[*]Brothers and Sisters final half hour rated 9% lower than its first half hour, which had a Housewives lead-in.[*]The Unit lost 5% for its second half hour after a lead in from Cold Case.[/LIST] Sources: tvbythenumbers The Futon Critic Zap2It **Elsewhere, while it's ratings may not have set the world alight on Friday, Dollhouse is the second most downloaded show on iTunes. |
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There were 7 audition episodes of BGT last year, if they follow the same pattern I expect Sat nights will look like this for the next few months :
A&D's Sat Night Takeaway - 14 Feb - 21 Mar (+ Colour of Money) Britains Got Talent - 28 Mar - 9 May (+ Primeval) or will there be a gap in between the two A&D series ? |
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There were 7 audition episodes of BGT last year, if they follow the same pattern I expect Sat nights will look like this for the next few months :
A&D's Sat Night Takeaway - 14 Feb - 21 Mar (+ Colour of Money) Britains Got Talent - 28 Mar - 9 May (+ Primeval) or will there be a gap in between the two A&D series ?
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Elsewhere, while it's ratings may not have set the world alight on Friday, Dollhouse is the second most downloaded show on iTunes.
![]() To be honest I resent iTunes' TV downloads in that they are far too expensive and you are limited in what you can do with the purchased media. You can't even burn it to a DVD, which in my view, is outrageous! But forgive me, I'm drifting off topic again |
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EDIT: There will probably be a break because of The Boat Race?
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There were 7 audition episodes of BGT last year, if they follow the same pattern I expect Sat nights will look like this for the next few months :
A&D's Sat Night Takeaway - 14 Feb - 21 Mar (+ Colour of Money) Britains Got Talent - 28 Mar - 9 May (+ Primeval) or will there be a gap in between the two A&D series ? A&DSNT should air its last episode on 21st March, I think? (6 eps) Could All Star Mr and Mrs fill in that slot? Depending on which week BGT finishes and whether or not Primeval finishes the same night as BGT or the week before, possible dates would be the 21st March, 28th March, 4th April. |
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Yes, three key football final dates for ITV1 :
Weds 20 May 2009 - UEFA Cup Final Weds 27 May 2009 - Champions League Final Sat 30 May 2009 - FA Cup Final Of course ordinarily they'd have 7 or so European Grand Prix weekends to see them through the summer. It's going to be a tough summer for weekend share with Morse repeats instead of qualifying / races. |
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Boat Race is Sunday 29th March 2009.
![]() If they do cover it, I find it very interesting because it'll probably be a ratings battle - BBC F1 vs ITV Boat Race. Last year, The Boat Race [on SAT 29/03/2008] got 4.4m (26.5%) from 16:00 to 18:00. If the Boat Race is against the F1, I think the F1 will win, even if it is a re-run because of the "obvious" factors [first race back on BBC; new Red Button features; first race of season etc.]; I'd be tempted to say possibly 4.2m for F1 and 3.7m for Boat Race. Either way, as mentioned previously, ITV will suffer without the F1.... I note that the first two races on BBC are back-to-back: Australia on March 29th; Malaysia on April 5th, which should both bring healthy ratings and shares. |
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Does anyone know how the repeats of Rab C Nesbitt are doing on BBC2 on Friday nights?
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Its ITVs 4th hour of primetime: the one that runs ad free anyway most nights, so they wont be too worried.
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The rugby was some way off Robbies predictions of 8m I'm sure there must be a reason (scheduling error, weather, or something......... anything ) Wales stuffing England next week might do a bit better but I wouldnt bank on it. The home counties chaps will all switch over for the Dads Army repeat at 6 on BBC2 as it will be all over by then.Quote:
Who predicted 8m for Ireland v France? Certainly wasn't me. ... I expect next Saturday's clash will peak at something in the 7-8m region again.
![]() 7.2m for Wales v England (match itself incl half time) and a peak of 7.7m. Told you so... If only the DS numpties had included this in their Saturday round-up yesterday it might have kept some of the ITV1 cheerleaders in check a bit yesterday. Puts ITV1's pathetic early evening Saturday football ratings into some context doesn't it? Quote:
I didn't think of that but you're probably right. Collision will be 'event drama' in that it will be stripped nightly, and Easter would be a good time to air it.
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ITV will suffer without the F1.... I note that the first two races on BBC are back-to-back: Australia on March 29th; Malaysia on April 5th, which should both bring healthy ratings and shares.
The loss of F1 in 2009 will be a massive blow to ITV in ratings terms this year. I do wonder if the major impact on share and lack of premium ABC1 ad revenues will be worth it when you think they had to ditch F1 in order to snatch a smaller number of FA Cup and England internationals from the Beeb at greater expense - and none of which have exactly pulled in stellar audiences yet? |
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When the final aired on a Sunday in 2007, the schedule went:

) Wales stuffing England next week might do a bit better but I wouldnt bank on it. The home counties chaps will all switch over for the Dads Army repeat at 6 on BBC2 as it will be all over by then.
