Originally Posted by SamuelW:
“Surprising that Germany v Portugal didnt rate better yesterday. Its 4.51m/33.5pct was less than what Columbia v Greece got on BBC1 [4.57/34.3pct] which is much lower profile game.”
ITV's match had half an hour more build-up, depressing the rating. Interestingly the total TV audience was slightly higher on Monday than Saturday, even though Monday was a workday for most, and the coverage started earlier than on Saturday as well.
BBC One
Saturday
16:30-19:10 - Columbia v Greece: 4.57m / (34.3%) = 13.3m total TV audience
ITV (
inc +1 )
Monday
16:00-19:10 - Germany v Portugal: 4.51m / (33.5%) = 13.5m total TV audience
Plus, as already pointed out to you by Steve in relation to another comparison you made, ITV's broadcast faced a new episode of
Pointless and the strong 6pm news hour, whereas BBC One's on Saturday was competing with three repeats of LE shows and ITV's news, and had a compatible lead-in to boot (an England/Italy preview show).