The Cube was against a repeat Pointless for the most part and while still affected a little maybe that cant be used as an much of an excuse. That Cube figure is in Reflex territory. Maybe the truly awful Reflex has killed off the Cube?

What did he get an NTA for?

The Euro 2016 Qualifying Draw provides absolutely nothing of interest for English viewers aside a game with Switzerland (oh and that megaphone man at San Marino)

Wonder if ITV will air Gibraltar v Germany/Ireland/Scotland?

This Morning

Unbelievable!!

BBC1 recently announced a commission of 3 x 60-part series of regular Pointless and twenty-four editions of Pointless Celebrities. Don't know what period that contract covers. One year? 18 months? Two years? Anybody know? If it's a year then we should see new episodes as the lead-in to series 4 of The Voice.


6.05m for SNT excluding +1, putting it ahead of the likes of DCI Banks, Inspector George Gently and last Thursday's edition of Emmerdale. Plus everything else that's been on ITV on Saturday nights so far this year.

The Voice UK did slightly better than I predicted (and SNT did slightly worse). It'll be interesting to see how things fare next week.

You've Been Framed might give Takeaway a better lead-in next week. Not sure by how much though.

Saturday 15th February 2014 - Consolidated Ratings
1 - The Voice UK - 8.77m
2 - Casualty - 6.04m
3 - Lottery: Who Dares Wins - 5.60m
4 - Mrs Brown's Boys - 5.43m
5 - The FA Cup Live - 4.63m (4.60m excl. +1)
6 - Pointless Celebrities - 4.29m
7 - Splash! - 4.19m (4.09m excl. +1)
8 - BBC News (22:40) - 4.14m
9 - Take Me Out - 3.85m (3.73m excl. +1)
10 - BBC News (18:00) - 3.68m
.....
XX - Reflex - 1.08m

Winter Olympics - Consolidated Ratings
06:00 to 12:30 - 994k
12:30 to 16:00 - 1.72m
16:00 to 19:00 - 2.53m
19:00 to 20:00 - 2.15m (Today at the Games)

Thanks for these.

For reference I've added the timings of the programmes that finished early for tape-checking purposes (Pointless, The Cube) or started late (Take Me Out). I suppose each of the three may therefore have been inflated in those full-slot ratings by its lead-in/-out.

Should be quite a bit although I never sure these lead in/outs really make much difference.

DS report:


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Wouldn't put much money on that. New You've Been Framed is a compilation of "classic clips".

Why have DS excluded +1 for Takeaway/ITV? Seems a bit strange they usually quote them.

So a repeat against a repeat Pointless - is it summer already?

Its an old reliable though. Is rugby on next week as well

No, the weekend after.

Yet another new Saturday night show that BBC1 had high hopes for, sinking without trace in a matter of weeks, although in this case BBC1 helped kill it off by losing interest in it after one week.

There is only Pointless Celebrities that rates well in that early slot, expect it to air pretty much 52 weeks a year now in that 6:00/6:30 slot

A big ask - but does anyone have any of the (non-soap) +1 ratings for ITV, C4, and C5 for Friday and Saturday as they've hardly been reported!

Plus, does anyone know what any of the following got?:
- Mock the Week (BBC2, Friday, 9pm)
- QI (BBC2, Friday, 9.30pm)
- Extreme Dog Styling (C4, Friday, 8pm)
- NCIS (C5, Saturday, 6.45pm)
- NCIS (C5, Saturday, 7.30pm)

Many thanks!

I think Takeaway did slightly worse than a lot of people expected. It shows that promotion doesn't mean much; especially for established shows.

The tape-checked figure is concerning for The Cube considering it's inflated by the lead out.

You mean full-slot? If the 18:55-19:00 period averaged, say, 5m (inc +1), then The Cube was on about 2.45m (inc +1) tape-checked.

If the 18:55-19:00 period averaged 4m (inc +1), The Cube will have got 2.54m (inc +1) tape-checked.

"Saturday Night Takeway" may have not exceded or be behind expectation but it was its first outing against the final audition of a 6 week build up from "The Voice" on a half term school break .

The commercial breaks are as much a distraction as the length of running time for "The Voice" so I would expect a decent timeshift on "Saturday Night Takeaway" . Next weeks figures are actually going to be a better indication of how the programmes are doing in terms of "The Voice" holding interest past auditions and Ant and Dec establishing themselves back on that timeslot. "The Voice" is still to prove it can hold the audience during the latter stage of the competition. If there is a big drop next week then I think there should be a change in the series format actually.

If "Saturday Night Takeaway" also begins to drop and not gain ground on "The Voice" then also itv need to look at new projects for the Ant and Dec but for both shows they've done well and its too early to tell how they both will finish up this year. Its not outstanding for "Saturday Night Takeaway" but it will consolidate well and I reckon will keep gaining.

I was amazed at the speed at which the BBC abandoned Reflex. They were clearly petrified that it was going to have an adverse effect on The Voice UK's ratings. But it's their own fault for commissioning such an obvious turkey in the first place. Can't help thinking the over-the-top use of slow motion replay and Ken Bruce's wry commentary were added late on in post-production in a desperate attempt at damage limitation.

And Pointless not needed 52 weeks a year as there are a couple of weeks of tea-time Six-Nations Rugby to show. Plus the FA Cup is back on the BBC next year.

Sorry, yes, full slot.

Actually it was a solid rater for bbc2 for the first 4 volumes. It was moved to Saturdays for volume 5 and ratings halved

I can see this new season rating better then the last one.. Heroes is the top selling tv series on dvd in the us, does excellent on Netflix and will have been off screen for 5 years. It will get a massive sampling, if viewers stick around depends on quality. I could actually see it getting the post superbowl slot next February, if the are not waiting toll fall

And that with one of the guests featured being the top twitter trend worldwide. The phrase "and here we have another example of why social media buzz means nothing" is almost becoming a cliche.


As well as being bloody entertaining.

Haven't UEFA wholesaled the qualifying matches this time? Fairly sure either BT or Sky were mouthing off about having every Scotland and Wales match including away games guaranteed, at some point last year.

Agreed about the England draw though. Booooooooorrrrrrrrinnnnnnnnnnnng.

Or it might not. At least ITV/the production company put some effort into The Cube, YBF is just pure transparent filler.


It also shows that last year's series was, as expected, boosted by additional interest following the prolonged absence of Takeaway from our screens.

Having said that, I think most were expecting The Voice to win, through having the advantage of being mid-series first, a reversal of the situation from last year. Next week will be when it gets really interesting - it's almost a shame from a ratings-nerd point of view that the figures will be tamed by half of The Voice UK not overlapping with anything of note.