*DS Ratings Prediction Game: Season 26*

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Fudd

06-05-2014

Week Six: Tuesday Update

- The Island with Bear Grylls (1.9m) averaged 2.6 points. clarky323 picked up a 5er.
Up 0.3m on average prediction.

- When Corden Met Barlow (SPECIAL - 3.4m) averaged 4.9 points. Dancc, guestofseth, JB92 and Roscoe Barnes met up with 10ers.
Down 0.4m on average prediction.

- Hinterland (BACKUP - 0.6m) averaged 3.4 points. clarky323, dazc, dullagj2, NeilVW and rzt claimed 5ers.
Up 0.1m on average prediction.

The current leaders of the week is Dancc, guestofseth and JB92.

The overall leaderboard looks like this:

Code:

                              Main     All
1	Dancc..................	13	16
=	guestofseth............	13	16
=	JB92..................	13	16
4	Roscoe Barnes..........	12	15
5	NeilVW..............	9	14
6	AnthonyC...............	9	12
=	DimSum.................	9	12
=	Fudd...................	9	12
9	dullagj2...............	8	13
10	David Anderson......	8	11
=	remy...................	8	11
=	xeo....................	8	11
13	clarky323..............	7	12
=	rzt....................	7	12
15	grahamzxy..............	7	10
=	johnnymc..............	7	10
=	Jonwo..................	7	10
18	dazc..................	3	8
19	dennisboy............	3	6
=       Green Steel............	3	6
=	linnylou..............	3	6
=	Lion_60................	3	6
=	Pizzatheaction.........	3	6

* Average Score: 7.5 points
* A three way tie at the top of the pile after the Bank Holiday Monday programmes with Dancc, guestofseth and JB92 leading the way.
* You can change your prediction for the Saturday showing of the Eurovision Song Contest right up until 9.30am on Sunday 11th May 2014.
* I won't be publishing an update until Thursday so the table may change a lot then!
* Good luck with the next set of predictions.

linnylou

07-05-2014

Thanks for all the congrats guys

Originally Posted by johnnymc:
“Oooh missus!! ”

Originally Posted by Fudd:
“What kind of bonus do you have in mind? ”

How about adding a few extra points on to my poor start to this week's schedule?

grahamzxy

08-05-2014

Lots of points scored last night, Vertigo Road Trip severely caught us out though.

Fudd

08-05-2014

Next update to follow later this evening.

Fudd

08-05-2014

WEEK SEVEN SCHEDULE
Mon 12th May - Sun 18th May

1. DIY Dummies - Mon 20.00 Channel 5:
2. Man vs Weird - Mon 22.00 Channel 4:
3. Ben Fogle's Animal Clinic - Tue 20.00 Channel 5:
4. Watchdog - Wed 20.00 BBC One:
5. Coast Australia - Wed 21.10 BBC Two:
6. Episodes - Wed 22.00 BBC Two:
7. The Food Inspectors - Thu 20.00 BBC One:
8. Trauma Doctors - Thu 21.00 Channel 5:
9. Bloody Tales of the Tower - Fri 19:00 Channel 5:
10. Coronation Street - Fri 20.30 ITV:
11. The Story of Women and Art - Fri 21.00 BBC Two:
12. Dylan Thomas: A Poet in New York - Sun 21.00 BBC Two:
13. SPECIAL MasterChef - Fri 20.30 BBC One:
14. SPECIAL Live FA Cup Football: Arsenal v Hull City - Sat 15.00 ITV:
15. SPECIAL British Academy Television Awards - Sun 20.00 BBC One:

Back Ups
16. The Storms That Shook the South West - Mon 19.30 BBC One:
17. UEFA Europa League Live: Sevilla v Benfica - Wed 19.30 ITV4:
18. Thalidomide: The Fifty Year Fight - Thu 21.00 BBC Two:
19. RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014 - Sun 17.35 BBC One:
20. BBC Young Musician of the Year - Sun 19.00 BBC Four:

Submission deadline: Tuesday 13th May 2014; 9.30am

Please note that, though not star shows, you will be able to change your predictions for shows 14 and 17 up to 9.30 on the morning after the respective programmes aired.

Thank you to grahamzxy for this week's schedule.

Good luck!

Fudd

08-05-2014

Week Six: Thursday Update

- Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire (2.3m) averaged 2.0 points. DimSum conjured up a 5er.
Down 0.5m on average prediction.

- The SuperVet (1.5m) averaged 3.0 points. dennisboy, DimSum, Jonwo and remy took care of a 5er.
Up 0.1m on average prediction.

- Vertigo Road Trip (2.0m) averaged 0.1 points. No 5ers were claimed.
Down 1.5m on average prediction.

- 24 Hours in A&E (2.3m) averaged 2.6 points. clarky323 and NeilVW picked up 5ers.
Down 0.3m on average prediction.

- Billy Connolly's Big Send Off (SPECIAL - 3.0m) averaged 5.9 points. DimSum, Green Steel, Pizzatheaction, Roscoe Barnes and rzt gave a big send off to 10ers.
Down 0.2m on average prediction.

- Eurovision Song Contest 2014 (BACKUP - 0.6m) averaged 3.5 points. Dancc, DimSum, grahamzxy, guestofseth, Jonwo, remy, Roscoe Barnes and xeo sang happily with 5ers.
Down 0.1m on average prediction.

- Minute by Minute (BACKUP) has not been reported.

The current leader of the week is DimSum.

The overall leaderboard looks like this:

Code:

                              Main     All
1	DimSum.................	32	40
2	Roscoe Barnes..........	31	39
3	Dancc..................	27	35
4	rzt....................	26	34
5	guestofseth............	25	33
=	remy...................	25	33
7	Fudd...................	25	31
8	JB92..................	24	30
9	dullagj2...............	23	31
10	Green Steel............	23	29
11	NeilVW..............	22	30
=	xeo....................	22	30
13	Jonwo..................	21	29
14	grahamzxy..............	19	27
15	AnthonyC...............	19	25
16	Pizzatheaction.........	19	24
17	David Anderson......	18	24
18	clarky323..............	17	25
19	johnnymc..............	16	22
20	dennisboy............	15	21
21	Lion_60................	14	18
22	linnylou..............	13	18
23	dazc..................	8	16

* Average Score: 21.0 points
* A very busy update ends with DimSum taking top spot after a string midweek.
* The biggest improvers of the update are Green Steel and rzt, who both shot up ten places.
* Remember to make your predictions for week seven!
* Good luck for tonight's predictions.

Fudd

08-05-2014

WEEK SEVEN SCHEDULE RE-POST
Mon 12th May - Sun 18th May

1. DIY Dummies - Mon 20.00 Channel 5:
2. Man vs Weird - Mon 22.00 Channel 4:
3. Ben Fogle's Animal Clinic - Tue 20.00 Channel 5:
4. Watchdog - Wed 20.00 BBC One:
5. Coast Australia - Wed 21.10 BBC Two:
6. Episodes - Wed 22.00 BBC Two:
7. The Food Inspectors - Thu 20.00 BBC One:
8. Trauma Doctors - Thu 21.00 Channel 5:
9. Bloody Tales of the Tower - Fri 19:00 Channel 5:
10. Coronation Street - Fri 20.30 ITV:
11. The Story of Women and Art - Fri 21.00 BBC Two:
12. Dylan Thomas: A Poet in New York - Sun 21.00 BBC Two:
13. SPECIAL MasterChef - Fri 20.30 BBC One:
14. SPECIAL Live FA Cup Football: Arsenal v Hull City - Sat 15.00 ITV:
15. SPECIAL British Academy Television Awards - Sun 20.00 BBC One:

Back Ups
16. The Storms That Shook the South West - Mon 19.30 BBC One:
17. UEFA Europa League Live: Sevilla v Benfica - Wed 19.30 ITV4:
18. Thalidomide: The Fifty Year Fight - Thu 21.00 BBC Two:
19. RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014 - Sun 17.35 BBC One:
20. BBC Young Musician of the Year - Sun 19.00 BBC Four:

Submission deadline: Tuesday 13th May 2014; 9.30am

Please note that, though not star shows, you will be able to change your predictions for shows 14 and 17 up to 9.30 on the morning after the respective programmes aired.

Thank you to grahamzxy for this week's schedule.

Good luck!

Lion_60

08-05-2014

What a bad week.

Pizzatheaction

09-05-2014

WEEK SEVEN SCHEDULE
Mon 12th May - Sun 18th May

1. DIY Dummies - Mon 20.00 Channel 5: 1.1m
2. Man vs Weird - Mon 22.00 Channel 4: 1.0m
3. Ben Fogle's Animal Clinic - Tue 20.00 Channel 5: 1.0m
4. Watchdog - Wed 20.00 BBC One: 4.0m
5. Coast Australia - Wed 21.10 BBC Two: 1.6m
6. Episodes - Wed 22.00 BBC Two: 1.1m
7. The Fudd Inspectors - Thu 20.00 BBC One: 4.0m
8. Trauma Doctors - Thu 21.00 Channel 5: 1.0m
9. Bloody Tales of the Tower - Fri 19:00 Channel 5: 0.7m
10. Coronation Street - Fri 20.30 ITV: 6.0m
11. The Story of Women and Art - Fri 21.00 BBC Two: 1.0m
12. Dylan Thomas: A Poet in New York - Sun 21.00 BBC Two: 1.0m
13. SPECIAL MasterChef - Fri 20.30 BBC One: 5.0m
14. SPECIAL Live FA Cup Football: Arsenal v Hull City - Sat 15.00 ITV: 4.0m
15. SPECIAL British Academy Television Awards - Sun 20.00 BBC One: 4.0m

Back Ups
16. The Storms That Shook the South West - Mon 19.30 BBC One: 2.5m
17. UEFA Europa League Live: Sevilla v Benfica - Wed 19.30 ITV4: 0.5m
18. Thalidomide: The Fifty Year Fight - Thu 21.00 BBC Two: 1.2m
19. RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014 - Sun 17.35 BBC One: 3.0m
20. BBC Young Musician of the Year - Sun 19.00 BBC Four: 0.5m

Fudd

09-05-2014

Originally Posted by Pizzatheaction:
“7. The Fudd Inspectors - Thu 20.00 BBC One: 4.0m

”

That sounds wrong on so many levels!

grahamzxy

09-05-2014

WEEK SEVEN SCHEDULE
Mon 12th May - Sun 18th May

1. DIY Dummies - Mon 20.00 Channel 5: 1.1m
2. Man vs Weird - Mon 22.00 Channel 4: 0.9m
3. Ben Fogle's Animal Clinic - Tue 20.00 Channel 5: 1.1m
4. Watchdog - Wed 20.00 BBC One: 4.1m
5. Coast Australia - Wed 21.10 BBC Two: 1.7m
6. Episodes - Wed 22.00 BBC Two: 1.0m
7. The Food Inspectors - Thu 20.00 BBC One: 4.0m
8. Trauma Doctors - Thu 21.00 Channel 5: 1.0m
9. Bloody Tales of the Tower - Fri 19:00 Channel 5: 0.7m
10. Coronation Street - Fri 20.30 ITV: 7.0m
11. The Story of Women and Fudd - Fri 21.00 BBC Two: 0.7m
12. Dylan Thomas: A Poet in New York - Sun 21.00 BBC Two: 1.3m
13 .*SPECIAL* MasterChef - Fri 20.30 BBC One: 5.5m
14. *SPECIAL* Live FA Cup Football: Arsenal v Hull City - Sat 15.00 ITV: 3.7m
15. *SPECIAL* British Academy Television Awards - Sun 20.00 BBC One: 5.6m

Back Ups
16. The Storms That Shook the South West - Mon 19.30 BBC One: 2.8m
17. UEFA Europa League Live: Sevilla v Benfica - Wed 19.30 ITV4: 1.1m
18. Thalidomide: The Fifty Year Fight - Thu 21.00 BBC Two: 1.0m
19. RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014 - Sun 17.35 BBC One: 1.6m
20. BBC Young Musician of the Year - Sun 19.00 BBC Four: 0.4m

Dancc

09-05-2014

Can I change my Eurovision prediction to 7.3m please ?

Many thanks.

Fudd

09-05-2014

Update to follow later this evening...

WEEK SEVEN SCHEDULE RE-POST
Mon 12th May - Sun 18th May

1. DIY Dummies - Mon 20.00 Channel 5:
2. Man vs Weird - Mon 22.00 Channel 4:
3. Ben Fogle's Animal Clinic - Tue 20.00 Channel 5:
4. Watchdog - Wed 20.00 BBC One:
5. Coast Australia - Wed 21.10 BBC Two:
6. Episodes - Wed 22.00 BBC Two:
7. The Food Inspectors - Thu 20.00 BBC One:
8. Trauma Doctors - Thu 21.00 Channel 5:
9. Bloody Tales of the Tower - Fri 19:00 Channel 5:
10. Coronation Street - Fri 20.30 ITV:
11. The Story of Women and Art - Fri 21.00 BBC Two:
12. Dylan Thomas: A Poet in New York - Sun 21.00 BBC Two:
13. SPECIAL MasterChef - Fri 20.30 BBC One:
14. SPECIAL Live FA Cup Football: Arsenal v Hull City - Sat 15.00 ITV:
15. SPECIAL British Academy Television Awards - Sun 20.00 BBC One:

Back Ups
16. The Storms That Shook the South West - Mon 19.30 BBC One:
17. UEFA Europa League Live: Sevilla v Benfica - Wed 19.30 ITV4:
18. Thalidomide: The Fifty Year Fight - Thu 21.00 BBC Two:
19. RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014 - Sun 17.35 BBC One:
20. BBC Young Musician of the Year - Sun 19.00 BBC Four:

Submission deadline: Tuesday 13th May 2014; 9.30am

Please note that, though not star shows, you will be able to change your predictions for shows 14 and 17 up to 9.30 on the morning after the respective programmes aired.

Thank you to grahamzxy for this week's schedule.

Good luck!

Fudd

09-05-2014

Week Six: Friday Update

- Women’s World Cup Football: England v Ukraine (1.0m) averaged 2.7 points. linnylou netted a 5er.
Down 0.2m on average prediction.

- Blurred Lines: The New Battle of the Sexes (0.6m) averaged 1.3 points. No 5ers were claimed.
Down 0.7m on average prediction

- Eurovision Song Contest 2014 (0.7m) averaged 3.6 points. clarky323, Dancc, dazc, DimSum, JB92, Jonwo and remy all scored 5ers.
Down 0.1m on average prediction.

The current leader of the week is DimSum.

The overall leaderboard looks like this:

Code:

                               Main    All
1	DimSum.................	36	49
2	Roscoe Barnes..........	35	46
3	Dancc..................	33	46
4	Fudd...................	31	40
5	guestofseth............	30	41
6	remy...................	28	41
7	dullagj2...............	28	39
=	JB92..................	28	39
=	NeilVW..............	28	39
=	rzt....................	28	39
=	xeo....................	28	39
12	Green Steel............	27	36
13	Jonwo..................	25	38
14	grahamzxy..............	24	35
15	AnthonyC...............	21	30
16	David Anderson......	21	30
17	Pizzatheaction.........	21	29
18	clarky323..............	20	33
19	johnnymc..............	20	29
20	linnylou..............	19	27
21	Lion_60................	18	25
22	dennisboy............	16	25
23	dazc..................	11	24

* Average Score: 25.0 points
* DimSum maintains their one point at the top heading into the weekend updates.
* The biggest improver of the update is Fudd, who moved up three places.
* You can change your prediction for show 15 - The Eurovision Song Contest Final - upto 9.30am Sunday morning. Triple points are on offer so think carefully!
* Tonight is a quiet night in comparison with only a back up coming into play.
* Remember to make your predictions for week seven!

Fudd

09-05-2014

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“Can I change my Eurovision prediction to 7.3m please ?

Many thanks.”

Change in prediction recorded.

Fudd

10-05-2014

Green Steel

10-05-2014

WEEK SEVEN SCHEDULE RE-POST
Mon 12th May - Sun 18th May

1. DIY Dummies - Mon 20.00 Channel 5: 1.0m
2. Man vs Weird - Mon 22.00 Channel 4: 1.0m
3. Ben Fogle's Animal Clinic - Tue 20.00 Channel 5: 1.2m
4. Watchdog - Wed 20.00 BBC One: 4.0m
5. Coast Australia - Wed 21.10 BBC Two: 1.5m
6. Episodes - Wed 22.00 BBC Two: 1.2m
7. The Food Inspectors - Thu 20.00 BBC One: 4.0m
8. Trauma Doctors - Thu 21.00 Channel 5: 1.2m
9. Bloody Tales of the Tower - Fri 19:00 Channel 5: 0.8m
10. Coronation Street - Fri 20.30 ITV: 6.0m
11. The Story of Women and Art - Fri 21.00 BBC Two: 1.2m
12. Dylan Thomas: A Poet in New York - Sun 21.00 BBC Two: 1.2m
13. SPECIAL MasterChef - Fri 20.30 BBC One: 5.0m
14. SPECIAL Live FA Cup Football: Arsenal v Hull City - Sat 15.00 ITV: 4.5m
15. SPECIAL British Academy Television Awards - Sun 20.00 BBC One: 6.0m

Back Ups
16. The Storms That Shook the South West - Mon 19.30 BBC One: 3.0m
17. UEFA Europa League Live: Sevilla v Benfica - Wed 19.30 ITV4: 0.5m
18. Thalidomide: The Fifty Year Fight - Thu 21.00 BBC Two: 1.2m
19. RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014 - Sun 17.35 BBC One: 2.5m
20. BBC Young Musician of the Year - Sun 19.00 BBC Four: 0.5m

Fudd

10-05-2014

Week Six: Saturday Update

- The Minster (BACKUP - 1.2m) averaged 2.7 points. grahamzxy secured a 5er.
Down 0.3m on average prediction.

The current leader is DimSum.

The overall leaderboard looks like this:

Code:

                              Main     All
1	DimSum.................	36	52
2	Roscoe Barnes..........	35	49
3	Dancc..................	33	48
4	Fudd...................	31	41
5	guestofseth............	30	44
6	remy...................	28	43
7	dullagj2...............	28	42
=	JB92..................	28	42
=	NeilVW..............	28	42
=	rzt....................	28	42
=	xeo....................	28	42
12	Green Steel............	27	39
13	Jonwo..................	25	41
14	grahamzxy..............	24	40
15	AnthonyC...............	21	33
=	David Anderson......	21	33
17	Pizzatheaction.........	21	32
18	clarky323..............	20	34
19	johnnymc..............	20	30
20	linnylou..............	19	29
21	Lion_60................	18	27
22	dennisboy............	16	28
23	dazc..................	11	27

* Average Score: 25.0 points
* No changes in positions with only a backup coming into play.
* You can change your prediction for the Eurovision Song Contest final up to 9.30am tomorrow.
* Remember to make your predictions for week seven!
* Good luck with tonight's programmes.

Fudd

10-05-2014

DimSum

11-05-2014

Could I change my Eurovision Song Contest rating to 7.4m please?Thanks.

Fudd

11-05-2014

Originally Posted by DimSum:
“Could I change my Eurovision Song Contest rating to 7.4m please?Thanks.”

Change in prediction recorded.

Against my better judgement I'm going to keep my prediction where it is and hope.

johnnymc

11-05-2014

A bit deflated after Eurovision! but would like to amend the average figure please.

Please change my prediction to 7. 8 million for the contest.

Thanks

Fudd

11-05-2014

Originally Posted by johnnymc:
“A bit deflated after Eurovision! but would like to amend the average figure please.

Please change my prediction to 7. 8 million for the contest.

Thanks”

Change in prediction recorded.

I've changed my mind - I'm going to change my prediction too. I hope I don't live to regret this.

I'm going to say 8.2m now.

JB92

11-05-2014

Could I change my prediction for ESC to 7.7m please?

Thanks

AnthonyC

11-05-2014

8.3m for me please.

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