We will be able to tell something. It'll be a flop, because that will be posted so many times, regardless of the rating, nobody will be left in any doubt or be allowed another opinion.

All the repeat showings and the consolidated figures will be skipped over.

Funny how ITV2 just happens to be the main focus tonight, wouldn't have anything to do with ITV1 having likely to have beat BBC1 at 9pm tonight by a significant margin would it?

Always Samuel's rule, if ITV1 is doing well, start going on about ITV2.

The audience during the first series of The Inbetweeners grew. There was a 31pct increase in its audience from the first to last episode. So the signs were there from series 1 that it could turn into a strong hit.

Plebs went in the opposition direction, losing about 50pct of its audience. Very rarely does a program which loses a significant portion of its audience in series 1, return and rate equally as well as series 1 or better. Normally a drop during the first series is a bad sign for series 2.

Think hes turned his ire on Plebs because he senses it may be a hit, and cannot accept that.

Samuel has seemingly refused to accept that Cilla exists since we got the rating last Tuesday morning. Now focusing on ITV2 in a pathetic attempt to divert attention. Cilla will dominate discussion tomorrow and rightly so.

OK so now I see what the fuss is about, regards "Cilla" a well drawn drama, that was engaging throughout, well directed and well produced. Up there with "Happy Valley" and "Line of Duty". That's gonna be some big fight for " Best Actress in a leading role" at the TV awards. No wonder its bringing the figures it is to ITV. A bigger hit on BBC one I think had it followed "The Great British Bake Off" however their success is well deserved. Hopefully the BBC get to work with Pope and Sheridan Smith too. She brought life to "The 7.39" too.

Tonight's episode of Cilla was better than the 1st.

I'm expecting it to go up tonight. I hope it can touch 7m.

Any thoughts on Channel 5's new onscreen look? Just a refresh as opposed to a full change. But I think it's an improvement and works well overall. See the video below from the team at 5Creative:

http://vimeo.com/106594348

No new idents, though.

I like it.

Another vote for TV mags here. I've used lots of EPGs over the years and they're all a pain the armpit. It's bad enough scrolling through to find a programme you know the transmission time for and want to record.

Very slick looking, and quite strong branding, typography, a good refresh, a shame there are no new idents. Time for other channels to replace their idents now regardless of budget cuts.

I like Sheridan Smith and she's great in Cilla, but personally I think anyone but Keeley Hawes or Sarah Lancashire winning would be absurd. Their performances are far more layered and complex than Smith's in Cilla imo, she's had better roles. Both deserve to win, so it's a shame one has to lose, I just hope they don't end up splitting the vote. I think the nominations are pretty much locked in now, the three mentioned above and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

But then what do I know, I'm still seething from Rebecca Hall losing in 2013.

Soap Officials w/c 8th September:

Coronation Street:

Wed: 7.45m [+1.08m]
Fri: 7.33m [+1.01m] / 7.08m [+1.17m]

Avg.: 7.29m [+1.09m]

EastEnders:

Mon: 6.3m [+740k]
Tue: 6.8m [+690k]
Thu: 6.62m [+700k]
Fri: 5.96m [+400k]

Avg.: 6.42m [+633k]

Emmerdale:

Tue: 5.95m [+630k]
Wed: 6.04m [+550k]
Thu: 5.95m [+550k] / 5.92m [+600k]

Avg.: 5.97m [+583k]

Source: Barb


The final series of Dynamo is flopping with 448k. Will the Beeb be showing this one too?

I think it looks nice. Just realised it's sharper on my computer than it is on my telly.

This guy on twitter is spot on IMO:

Guest @guestofseth · 2h
Can we get Sheridan Smith some better roles please? BBC? Channel 4 even?... If the "put something good on and people will watch" are right, #Cilla is the only good new drama on tv. I simply can not believe that...I have a theory that ITV drama only has to be half as good as BBC drama to get double the praise.

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Lower general standards means the few good shows they air tend to get more attention. Something which is quite good stands out in a sea of dross. Whereas on BBC One, as most things are of high quality, certain dramas dont stand out to the audience as much so they dont rate as highly - but the general average ratings of BBC1 tend to be higher than Itv's.

I often think watching the BAFTA awards must be like when a big football team miss a penalty! They usually always go another way to my choosing. I agree that Lancashire or Hawes would be cheated from an award but BAFTA can always be relied upon to do what you least expect. In some ways Hawes deserves recognition for breaking out into an utterly different kind of character. Lancashire has already got one from a supporting role!! I dunno they are all very deserving, what an extremely competitive year, can't think of another list so close.

I do think Sheridan will be favoured and win.

If it's down (and history suggests it will be down a fair bit) then I'm sure he'll jump on that to deflect from New Tricks. It would be nice to see it hold up if only to make up for last weeks generally dismal drama and 9pm ratings across the board.

Freeview viewer like me, by any chance?

I wonder where Viacom will stand on C5HD's paywalled status. Given they haven't elected to hop into bed with Sky thus far (i.e. keeping ad sales in-house) maybe there's an increased chance it will go free. If a slot becomes available, of course. I really think it should be, especially if they are serious about improving the brand and taking it forward.

I really enjoyed. Friends with better lives , I thought it was really good .
I wonder how much that will get on condey central

Any one . Got last week ratting for. 9pm on condey central , any day!

Sheridan Smith is ITV's drama girl. Her next project for ITV is Black Work.

It didn't do very well at all in the States and was soon cancelled, so I have low expectations for this one.

Fortunately The Middle is also back tonight (9PM). And that's a great little show.

And perhaps the BBC Jeff Pope projects too. Quite an amazing talent she has. She's brilliant as "Cilla".

She is totally. She is doing a one-off drama for the BBC soon I beliive.

I have to say its her performance that has drawn me in to the projects she has been connected with "Creek" "The 7.39" and now "Cilla" she's fast becoming one of my favourite performers.

Yep, I usually notice the absence of HD on the cricket highlights more than anything else, but that video you posted was crystal clear on my computer.

Would be great to have it in HD on Freeview.

Much better. I would really like for them to change the name back to Five though, Channel 5 has always come off as cheap and tacky to me. I don't know why.