The Ratings Thread (Part 58)

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lewiep93

21-02-2014

UK TV Ratings ‏@TVRatingsUK 3m
With 5.44m/24.2% Inspector George Gently on BBC1 comfortably overcame ITV's Europa League coverage (2.50m/11.1%).

UK TV Ratings ‏@TVRatingsUK 54s
Away from BBC1 and ITV, The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure was most watched with 2.71m/11.8% tuning in to BBC2 at 8pm.

Philip Wilson

21-02-2014

Awful for the football, not the Gently benefitted at all either.

guestofseth

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“The same storyline in the two big soaps. That is very unusual”

I think both storylines will be very different in tone and execution, so that onscreen they won't feel at all similar.

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I can see it overshadowing Corrie's storyline though, so we may get some complaints from ITV in the press.

xeo

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by guestofseth:
“I think both storylines will be very different in tone and execution, so that onscreen they won't feel at all similar.

Spoiler

If you look at how they've described it, they're careful not to mention words like murderer or killer just the "person responsible", I can't see this being a typical murder mystery but instead someone pushing Lucy to do something drastic, or something else that makes someone indirectly responsible for her death, whereas Corrie seems to be going down the traditional murder/whodunnit road.

I can see it overshadowing Corrie's storyline though, so we may get some complaints from ITV in the press.”

I can't see that to be honest.

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fmradiotuner1

21-02-2014

Again I watched nothing live past 7PM as it was really poor last night.

Hit Em Up Style

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by Ice dragon1:
“Just seen the big EE spoiler WOW wasn't expecting that.”

I'm one of the people thinking its not what it seems

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its out of the blue, some of the wording used is very clever and DTC complained in the past of long serving legacy characters being killed off. So it goes against his own views. People on Walford Web seem to think the same.

cylon6

21-02-2014

"@overnightstv: New drama #TheSmoke started with modest 371,400/1.7% on Sky1 (Total)"

"@johnplunkett149: #sky1 fire station drama #thesmoke starts with 371,000 viewers, 1.7% share. Up 286% slot average"

Philip Wilson

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by xeo:
“I can't see that to be honest. Tina is miles more popular than Lucy.”

Emmerdale also have a murder/manslaughter storyline coming up IIRC, but it is a more minor character that is killed.

Hit Em Up Style

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by xeo:
“I can't see that to be honest. Tina is miles more popular than Lucy.”

Tina is no one. She has no genuine connections on the street. She dies who will mourn her loss?

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Tourista

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by lewiep93:
“UK TV Ratings ‏@TVRatingsUK 3m
With 5.44m/24.2% Inspector George Gently on BBC1 comfortably overcame ITV's Europa League coverage (2.50m/11.1%).
”

Gently may be staying steady, but I did expect it to be a tad up sadly.

xeo

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by Hit Em Up Style:
“Tina is no one. She has no genuine connections on the street. She dies who will mourn her loss?

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Lucy's death effects the entire community as she has been a constant on screen for 20 years. Every viewer knows who Lucy is. The impact is far wider. Lucy might not be up there on Lacey Turner level but Lucy is the girl next door. The girl who is there not doing much but at the same time everyone knows her.

”

I meant with the public.

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Hit Em Up Style

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by xeo:
“I meant with the public.

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Right now I'd say Tina is much more popular than Lucy, especially among younger generations. A lot of that has to do with the actress though.

”

I'm talking about the public too.

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guestofseth

21-02-2014

Emmerdale - 5.62m/25.7% (+1: 165k)
EastEnders - 7.04m/30.7% (BBC3: 609k)

During the 15 minute clash they both had 5.54m. Glad EE managed to stay above 7m, just, it won't next week though since it won't have the extra half hour to make up for the clash.

edduk1981

21-02-2014

Plus Lucy doesn't drop her knickers for every guy in the square, unlike Tina who likes go thru men like knife thru butter.

cylon6

21-02-2014

"@mediaguardian: ITV2's Celeb Juice begins 11th series with Ant & Dec in Sat Night Takeaway special - 1.5m/8.4% @ 10pm, v BBC2 QI rpt 1.3m/6.9% #tvratings"

xeo

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by Hit Em Up Style:
“I'm talking about the public too.

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Who really cares about Tina leaving? Lucy is the daughter of Ian and Cindy Beale. That's a huge thing in itself. 20 million watched Cindy have Ian shot then flee leaving Lucy behind. Lucy is known to three decades worth of EE viewers. Its not all about popularity. Its about connections. Twitter is already in a right state over Lucy leaving. I don't recall that happening with Tina.

”

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iaindb

21-02-2014

Due to the select use of spoiler tags by various posters, even someone who finds the weekly Death In Paradise whdunnit too taxing will have worked out what the mystery soap storylines are.

For those trying not to spoil it for others - epic fail.

xeo

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“Due to the select use of spoiler tags by various posters, even someone who finds the weekly Death In Paradise whdunnit too taxing will have worked out what the mystery soap storylines are.

For those trying not to spoil it for others - epic fail.

”

Oops

Totem_Bern

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by guestofseth:
“I think both storylines will be very different in tone and execution, so that onscreen they won't feel at all similar.

Spoiler

If you look at how they've described it, they're careful not to mention words like murderer or killer just the "person responsible", I can't see this being a typical murder mystery but instead someone pushing Lucy to do something drastic, or something else that makes someone indirectly responsible for her death, whereas Corrie seems to be going down the traditional murder/whodunnit road.

I can see it overshadowing Corrie's storyline though, so we may get some complaints from ITV in the press.”

They have indeed said it'll not be a typical whodunnit...

Maybe it involves drugs? or an eating disorder?

basdfg

21-02-2014

What was eastenders peak viewing figure.

Totem_Bern

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by Hit Em Up Style:
“I'm one of the people thinking its not what it seems

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I don't think she will really die at all. Unless we see her actual dead body I'm putting it down to her faking it and then appearing in the 30th Anniversary episode.

its out of the blue, some of the wording used is very clever and DTC complained in the past of long serving legacy characters being killed off. So it goes against his own views. People on Walford Web seem to think the same.”

She's not exactly an EE legend... And she's been played by several difference actresses and she's been in and out of the show a few times too.

She's hardly Pat!

Totem_Bern

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by guestofseth:
“Emmerdale - 5.62m/25.7% (+1: 165k)
EastEnders - 7.04m/30.7% (BBC3: 609k)

During the 15 minute clash they both had 5.54m. Glad EE managed to stay above 7m, just, it won't next week though since it won't have the extra half hour to make up for the clash.”

Wow that's low for Emmerdale...

I bet the press won't report that

Nor that they clashed and EE won out overall (accepting they had the same viewers during the clash but they never report those kind of facts either)

No doubt they will report next week when emmerdale beats EE in the clash ::rolls eyes::

edduk1981

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by Totem_Bern:
“They have indeed said it'll not be a typical whodunnit...

Maybe it involves drugs? or an eating disorder?”

I was thinking eating disorder, I can only remember Hollyoaks doing a storyline where a character died due to this.

Something where Lucy is on life support and Ian has the agonising decision to turn it off

Hit Em Up Style

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by Totem_Bern:
“She's not exactly an EE legend... And she's been played by several difference actresses and she's been in and out of the show a few times too.

She's hardly Pat! ”

Yet her death will have far more impact than Pats. I was shocked at DTC for doing this but now I see it for the genius move it is.

guestofseth

21-02-2014

Originally Posted by basdfg:
“What was eastenders peak viewing figure.”

EastEnders Press ‏@EastEndersPress 33m
#EastEnders was the most watched show last night with a peak of 7.8m viewers. #Ratings

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