Originally Posted by
D.M.N.:
“For anyone interested, the Beeb have confirmed scheduling details for the first five F1 races: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7755219.stm
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No BBC1/BBC2 race highlights? That's a surprise, I fully expected something around 10.50pm each Sunday.
Looks like the afternoon re-runs of early morning races will be limited to 2 hours not padded out to 3hrs+, ITV1-style.
Can't wait for this, back in its rightful home. If only we could have England matches and the FA Cup back too...
Originally Posted by remy:
“I think it will rebound next week. I can imagine a lot of its regular audience switched over for the Brits.”
Yep, Waterloo Rd obviously and predictably suffered for the Brits (although that was hardly a hit, despite ITV lining up a trio of top BBC stars to present it...), and will recover this week. But it needs to return to Thursdays where it could be nudging 5m with an EE lead-in.
Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“Billy Connolly is a hit for ITV1. Should win the slot with that. And should deliver reasonable figures for NaT as well.”
Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“Thursday 19th February 2009
BBC One
21:00 - New Tricks - 4.01m (17.1%)
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Yes, it just won the slot. But I wouldn't be surprised to see it lose out to Crimewatch this week. It was OK, and got better towards the end, but it was nothing like his various World Tour of.. series for the BBC.
Originally Posted by Pizzatheaction:
“Rogue Traders an improvement on Life of Riley's ratings.”
Still fairly poor for Rogue Traders though - it can get anything from 5-7m on past form.
Originally Posted by Pizzatheaction:
“Date Channel StartTime Duration(Mins) Individuals(000's) Share(%)
18/11/2007 BBC 1 13:00:00 35 'Allo 'Allo! 1701 16.4
28/12/2008 BBC 1 13:05:00 50 'Allo 'Allo! 1814 16.3
04/01/2009 BBC 1 13:05:00 30 'Allo 'Allo! 2020 17.78
11/01/2009 BBC 1 12:05:00 30 'Allo 'Allo! 1795 20.39
18/01/2009 BBC 1 13:00:00 25 'Allo 'Allo! 1540 16.53
Overnight BARB figures.”
Some ITV first run comedies have got lower figures than some of those Sunday lunchtime Allo Allo repeats.
Originally Posted by Score:
“Pretty good for Taggart, one of its best ratings for a while. Diabolical for Pushing Daisies.
Also, the soaps seem down, as does QI.”
Taggart doing predictably well in the Friday night crime drama slot. I hope the Beeb are taking notice of how well ITV has done with its hum-drum cop shows in recent weeks in that slot, and the endless Frost etc repeats that play there. The Beeb should try airing drama there and move the comedy to a place when its target audience might actually be watching.
QI should recover next week against "Moving Wallpaper - Yes ITV Really Did Commission a Second Series". Should be 5m+ I would think.
The fun next Friday will be on seeing if ITV1 can manage a hat-trick of prime time shows all getting sub 2m audiences. I think MW-YIRDCASS and Al Murray should just squeak past 2m, but it may be close...