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Old 20-01-2014, 22:36
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Stuart Blackburn has been trying to reduce expectations today by saying the ratings dont matter: http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/19/corona...tings-4268815/
That's not what he said. I'd have another read if I were you.
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Old 20-01-2014, 22:38
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Ratings so far for the second series of The Bridge on BBC Four:

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Sources: BARB, Broadcast, DS

Broadcast says that 1.51m opener was the highest rating yet for a Scandi drama on the channel: Borgen's best was 1.19m (4.6%) consolidated on 5 January 2013; The Killing had 1.26m (4.8%) on 17 November 2012. The Bridge enjoyed very strong overnights again on Saturday.
And The Bridge is the best of the lot.
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Old 20-01-2014, 22:39
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Sad news everyone - one of the Ratings Thread's finest (and the second member to ever post here back in December 2006):

@sykesbob: Posted for the very last time today on @digitalspyforum - banalities, overzealous mods & idiot posters out to get you. Enough is enough.
When I read the first line I thought he had died! Suddenly simply not returning is not quite so bad but the thread won't be the same without him... especially his ongoing battles with GeorgeS!
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Old 20-01-2014, 22:40
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It's a shame. Looks like hes been banned after he made comments about Coro's Bill Roache, which offended some people.
It wasn't that it offended people, it was that it was probably inappropriate to use a real life story as yet another pawn in an ITV bashing attack. A bit of a low blow. Considering he's been here years and less immature compared to some kids you get round here, it was a bit surprising he went off on one in the first place.

It wasn't me who got him banned by the way, his level of ITV bashing was better than some not so far away from here, not all his posts were bashing ones, also unlike some, plus he disliked The Voice and you could tell he was having to praise it through gritted teeth!

I'm sure he'll be back. Next time ITV have particularly bad luck, he won't be able to resist.
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Old 20-01-2014, 22:41
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Sad news everyone - one of the Ratings Thread's finest (and the second member to ever post here back in December 2006):

@sykesbob: Posted for the very last time today on @digitalspyforum - banalities, overzealous mods & idiot posters out to get you. Enough is enough.
Robbie has left? Well that's pants! I warned him about William Roache comments but it's a shame he won't post anymore here. Likewise Hassaan.
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Old 20-01-2014, 22:42
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It's a shame. Looks like he got banned after he made comments about Coro's Bill Roache, which offended some people.
There's a reason online newspapers don't open up comments for news stories like these when the trial is ongoing, you know...

Robbie should have known better.
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Old 20-01-2014, 22:42
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People find everything offensive these days.
I disagree. I can absolutely see why DS took action in this case. I was surprised to see a veteran poster make those kind of comments, which were completely unnecessary.

That said, I will miss Robbie. We disagreed on many things but his contributions were mostly good and occasionally he amused me. *whispers quietly* Maybe he'll come back in a new guise. Wouldn't be the first time.
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Old 20-01-2014, 22:43
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Stuart Blackburn has been trying to reduce expectations today by saying the ratings dont matter: http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/19/corona...tings-4268815/
That's not what it says. He says the storyline wasn't done for ratings grabbing reasons.
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Old 20-01-2014, 22:46
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There's a reason online newspapers don't open up comments for news stories like these when the trial is ongoing, you know...

Robbie should have known better.
True, you've got to be careful what you say these days when there's an ongoing court case.
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Old 20-01-2014, 22:46
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That said, I will miss Robbie. We disagreed on many things but his contributions were mostly good and occasionally he amused me. *whispers quietly* Maybe he'll come back in a new guise. Wouldn't be the first time.
He's not permanently banned, according to his Twitter conversation with Hassaan. He has decided not to post here once his ban expires. Then again, he did storm out once before and returned.
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Old 20-01-2014, 22:47
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True, you've got to be careful what you say these days when there's an ongoing court case.
And he is a lawyer...
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Old 20-01-2014, 22:49
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Dull evening of telly on BBC1 tonight compared to last night. Hopefully The Bletchley Circle will pick up a few viewers tonight as a result.
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Old 20-01-2014, 22:51
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Dull evening of telly on BBC1 tonight compared to last night. Hopefully The Bletchley Circle will pick up a few viewers tonight as a result.
I think the New tricks repeat will run Bletchley very close, might even sneak ahead. Bletchley was under 4m last week against a low-rating PSB documentary. Up against similar drama skewing competition, albeit a repeat, it may well drop down further. I expect Benefits Street to be down from last week, due to the 'buzz' and 'shock value' wearing down after the 2nd episode aired.
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Old 20-01-2014, 22:59
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A quarter of a million kettles were boiled tonight as Coronation Street came to an end. Sounds like a lot but it is almost half the number of kettles boiled compared to when Eastenders climaxed in 2009 with the death of Danielle Mitchell [10.6million].

https://twitter.com/Grid_Media
Not quite as good as the stat you got banned for before, but a jolly good giggle all the same.

For comparison purposes, here are the overnight ratings for the exits of some well known Coro characters in the last few years:

2006- Mike Baldwin: 11.8m
2006- Fred Elliot: 11.0m
2007- Tracey Barlow: 11.8m
2008- Vera Duckworth: 12.4m (51%)
2010- Jack Duckworth: 11.64m (44%)
2012- Becky MacDonald's: 11.51m (44.2%)

Let's see how Hayley Cropper rates compared to these exits.
Has it really been six years since Vera died? Crumbs I'm feeling old today. There was masses more media interest in Vera's exit than there was in Hayley's, I'd be surprised if the latter came within a million of the former.
True, you've got to be careful what you say these days when there's an ongoing court case.
I remember a few years ago when Steven Gerrard got arrested, it was an absolutely massive story - and yet none of the radio stations were even mentioning it outside of the bulletins at the top of the hour! I couldn't understand for the life of me why not, I thought the entire radio network had decided to take the day off and play in precorded shows! It was only later that I discovered about all the regulations with regards risking affecting jury opinions etc. - obviously the same sort of legal threat applies to major international websites like DS. I had to put Robbie on ignore after the Mandela affair but it is a shame such a regular and passionate contributor has gone nonetheless.
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Old 20-01-2014, 23:14
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For comparison purposes, here are the overnight ratings for the exits of some well known Coro characters in the last few years:

2006- Mike Baldwin: 11.8m
2006- Fred Elliot: 11.0m
2007- Tracey Barlow: 11.8m
2008- Vera Duckworth: 12.4m (51%)
2010- Jack Duckworth: 11.64m (44%)
2012- Becky MacDonald's: 11.51m (44.2%)

Let's see how Hayley Cropper rates compared to these exits.
Thanks for those but to add to them, Sean Wilson's late 2005 exit took 'a mediocre 10.94m (49.1%)'.
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Old 20-01-2014, 23:27
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I remember the Madeline McCann cull of (whenever she went off)I think several thousand good posters were banned for life for daring to question Gerry and his wife on the DS thread(who incidentally have done nothing wrong and are good honest people, like Tony Blair or the President of Syria)

Anyway Samuel, some epic behaviour tonight from yourself. I expect you will declare anything sub 15m a crisis for Corrie and a sure sign EE is on the rise and will march again!
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Old 20-01-2014, 23:33
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Thanks for those but to add to them, Sean Wilson's late 2005 exit took 'a mediocre 10.94m (49.1%)'.
Obviously Hayley leaving isnt nowhere near as major as when Jack and Vera died. They'd been in it much longer, and those deaths were particularly sad as both actors were basically leaving because of ill health, retiring from TV, indeed Bill Tarmey died not much later afterwards, although Liz Dawn is still with us, although I think she is still ill and doesn't make TV appearances anymore.

The scene where Vera returned to take Jack with her, and the camera panned upwards was one of the sadest scenes I've ever seen in a TV drama.

None of this takes anything away from tonight's episodes though.
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Old 20-01-2014, 23:38
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The soaps have become very difficult to predict over the past couple of years as I think the rather inexplicable rise EastEnders saw for the Kat & Alfie reunion demonstrates quite nicely. Its going to be interesting to see the numbers tomorrow. I'm not sure I'm expecting much beyond the norm though to be honest.
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Old 20-01-2014, 23:50
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http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...on-pbs/230660/

4million for Season 3 of Sherlock on PBS, up 25% on season 2 in the US.
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Old 20-01-2014, 23:50
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I liked Helix but what the hell were Channel 5 playing at with the adverts?!

The ratio of programme to adverts was not right at all, the breaks felt abnormally frequent. Everyone's saying the same thing on Twitter so not just me, and predictably comments along the lines of "good show but I'll record it next week." Once again they could be stuck with a show that underwhelms in the overnights but adds a silly amount on catchup which is no good when catchup viewers don't pay the bills unless they are the few watching via Demand 5.

No chance of this rating well with such poor ad placement and such a late finish. It even finished early by about 5 minutes so they had to run some Home & Away / Neighbours featurette to kill time before Bit On The Side.
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Old 21-01-2014, 00:05
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I liked Helix but what the hell were Channel 5 playing at with the adverts?!

The ratio of programme to adverts was not right at all, the breaks felt abnormally frequent. Everyone's saying the same thing on Twitter so not just me, and predictably comments along the lines of "good show but I'll record it next week." Once again they could be stuck with a show that underwhelms in the overnights but adds a silly amount on catchup which is no good when catchup viewers don't pay the bills unless they are the few watching via Demand 5.

No chance of this rating well with such poor ad placement and such a late finish. It even finished early by about 5 minutes so they had to run some Home & Away / Neighbours featurette to kill time before Bit On The Side.
Helix was on Demand 5 by 10pm so I watched it there through my Sky box. Was finished by 11.20pm!

It was all right but it didn't WOW me. Also lacked the production values of Under The Dome and yet....there is something that is compelling about the mystery. I want to know what's going on and will return to it.
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Old 21-01-2014, 00:06
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I liked Helix but what the hell were Channel 5 playing at with the adverts?!

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I didn't think the ads were that bad. 2 in the first 20 minutes used to be what Sky did before they learned a lesson so I was sort of trained to expect it

Twitter buzz seems to be very appreciative about the amount of dead bodies

Didn't live up to how you sold it Dancc though. Was quite good but still hmmm
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Old 21-01-2014, 00:17
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Helix was on Demand 5 by 10pm so I watched it there through my Sky box. Was finished by 11.20pm!

It was all right but it didn't WOW me. Also lacked the production values of Under The Dome and yet....there is something that is compelling about the mystery. I want to know what's going on and will return to it.
No it didn't fully live up to my expectations either but there was enough going for it that I'll be back for more. It certainly delivered on the horror and gore front and the story is compelling to this point, albeit not massively original so far. The script and acting could have been stronger in places, but again it did enough to grab me.

On Twitter I'd say 5 in every 6 comments roughly is positive. But the amount of ads on the live broadcast was universally hated. If it topped a million for the pilot it'll have done well but suspect it will be down to about 700,000 or worse by next Monday. Should hold up somewhat better in the officials.

C5 need to review their ad structure if they want this to be a good year for drama on 5, especially with Suspects around the corner.
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Old 21-01-2014, 00:20
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I didn't think the ads were that bad. 2 in the first 20 minutes used to be what Sky did before they learned a lesson so I was sort of trained to expect it

Twitter buzz seems to be very appreciative about the amount of dead bodies

Didn't live up to how you sold it Dancc though. Was quite good but still hmmm
No it didn't fully live up to my expectations either but there was enough going for it that I'll be back for more. It certainly delivered on the horror and gore front and the story is compelling to this point, albeit not massively original so far. The script and acting could have been stronger in places, but again it did enough to grab me.

On Twitter I'd say 5 in every 6 comments roughly is positive. But the amount of ads on the live broadcast was universally hated. If it topped a million for the pilot it'll have done well but suspect it will be down to about 700,000 or worse by next Monday. Should hold up somewhat better in the officials.

C5 need to review their ad structure if they want this to be a good year for drama on 5, especially with Suspects around the corner.
Fair to say Helix was good but not great?
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