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Tumble up from last week's rating, fantastic news! Told you guys it would remain steady, last week's opener was very well received. Still over that 20pct mark too
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Yes - but your not supposed to say it on here - it scares the natives !!
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This is genuinely the funniest thing BBC1 has done in months!
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Any cock ups with the Beeb is always worth a laugh corrupt organization.
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So the BBC has decided on a presenter for the Generation Game but has elected not to tell this person that they are presenting? Brilliant.
![]() In regards to The Voice, I wonder how ITV will play it with Rising Star. I have the feeling they may pitch it against The Voice as a Splash! replacement - though if they do it leaves a big gap on Sunday night. |
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You may wish to check mediaguardian.co.uk for some news...
Generation Game returns 2015. Harry Hill signs for the BBC. Miranda back for a 2 part Christmas show Edit: Happy Valley 2 confirmed... I also read something about a Celebrity Bullseye-esque show for Comic Relief next year. Anyone else read anything on this? |
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Great stuff. Happy Valley has been sold all over the world so not too surprising it's been given a second series, not to mention its great ratings.
I also read something about a Celebrity Bullseye-esque show for Comic Relief next year. Anyone else read anything on this? |
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Harry Hill's comedy was a perfect fit for TV Burp as it had popular, mainstream programmes to bounce off. Thirty minutes of Harry Hill is something that works on Channel 4 or BBC2. It doesn't attract the mainstream masses.
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In fact, his CV since he left the show has been awful. His movie bombed badly, and his X Factor musical was even worse!
The film was crap, but the musical could have done alright, everyone says the problem was that it went straight to the West End and if it had been a touring thing it would probably have been more successful. Not much wrong with the show itself. |
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I think Harry Hill will do better on BBC one where his comedy style will be allowed to breathe without pressure of ratings on a Saturday night. He would have made a good host of "The Generation Game" also but it looks like they have their heart set on Miranda.
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Well I for one said Ms Moore did not necessarily know whats shes doing - looks like I might have been correct after all !!
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I think it's daft to suggest Harry Hill "doesn't work" outside TV Burp because ITV hardly gave him any work outside TV Burp anyway. His last ITV show that wasn't TV Burp was Shark Infested Custard in 2005, and before that The All New Harry Hill Show in 2003. Shark Infested Custard was a kids' show, and the All New Harry Hill Show was after one series of TV Burp when it was just a late night series, so he wasn't known to the mass audience. After that ITV just wanted more and more TV Burp so he wasn't given any other opportunities. But when I went to see him live in 2005 there was a big audience of all ages and it was very popular.
The film was crap, but the musical could have done alright, everyone says the problem was that it went straight to the West End and if it had been a touring thing it would probably have been more successful. Not much wrong with the show itself. ![]() Yeah I heard the musical was fine but they were just too ambitious going straight into the Palladium. They really should have toured it and frankly I don't see why they aren't even now. Maybe they might announce something when X Factor is up and running on TV again. It was certainly the sort of thing that had it been on relatively near me I might well have gone along and seen it, but if I was going down to London there are so many other shows I'd rather see over it. It was just too competitive for the kind of show it was. |
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So the BBC has decided on a presenter for the Generation Game but has elected not to tell this person that they are presenting? Brilliant.
![]() In regards to The Voice, I wonder how ITV will play it with Rising Star. I have the feeling they may pitch it against The Voice as a Splash! replacement - though if they do it leaves a big gap on Sunday night. |
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I think Harry Hill will do better on BBC one where his comedy style will be allowed to breathe without pressure of ratings on a Saturday night. He would have made a good host of "The Generation Game" also but it looks like they have their heart set on Miranda.
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Channel 4 "Richard III the new evidence" documentary did well with 1.5 million 6.8% and 191k on Channel 4 + 1
itv "Come on Down" documentary on game shows took an audience of 2.3 million and a 12% share of the audience at 7pm. |
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"@TVRatingsUK: BBC2 beat all channels other than BBC1 from 8 to 10 last night with #DragonsDen (2.65m/12.3%) & James May's #CarsOfThePeople (2.60m/12.1%)."
"@TVRatingsUK: BBC1 drama #TheVillage won the 9pm slot but with a reduced 3.92m/18.3%, 700k down on last week." "@TVRatingsUK: The final day of #EuropeanAthletics averaged an impressive 2.09m/17.5% from 1.50pm yesterday afternoon." "@TVRatingsUK: BBC2's strong ratings gave it a 10.4% all day share, beating ITV's 8.3%. ITV just got the better during primetime however (10.0% vs 9.8%)." |
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If The Village makes it to 42 episodes like the writer hopes I will be amazed. Nobody cares.
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Hugely embarrassing for CharMo that she announces Miranda Hart's Gen Game, except Miranda Hart isn't actually signed (or so her twitter suggests!)
CharMo has a lot to learn about talent and entertainment by the sounds of it. |
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I think it's daft to suggest Harry Hill "doesn't work" outside TV Burp because ITV hardly gave him any work outside TV Burp anyway. His last ITV show that wasn't TV Burp was Shark Infested Custard in 2005, and before that The All New Harry Hill Show in 2003. Shark Infested Custard was a kids' show, and the All New Harry Hill Show was after one series of TV Burp when it was just a late night series, so he wasn't known to the mass audience. After that ITV just wanted more and more TV Burp so he wasn't given any other opportunities. But when I went to see him live in 2005 there was a big audience of all ages and it was very popular.
The film was crap, but the musical could have done alright, everyone says the problem was that it went straight to the West End and if it had been a touring thing it would probably have been more successful. Not much wrong with the show itself. |
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Hugely embarrassing for CharMo that she announces Miranda Hart's Gen Game, except Miranda Hart isn't actually signed (or so her twitter suggests!)
CharMo has a lot to learn about talent and entertainment by the sounds of it. ![]() Not exactly perfect credentials for her job are they?
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If The Village makes it to 42 episodes like the writer hopes I will be amazed. Nobody cares.
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If The Village makes it to 42 episodes like the writer hopes I will be amazed. Nobody cares.
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Well, I would certainly defend Toast of London because I thought it was one of the best things on telly last years and the audience skew I'm sure was absolutely wonderful for C4 with ABC1s coming out of their ears. And I would argue it was no different to Vic Reeves Big Night Out twenty years ago which hardly did any better in relative terms (and was in a much better slot, too, remember Toast of London was after 10.30 on a Sunday which is pretty much a dead slot and one they've never used for comedy before) and of course as I've said before, Michael Grade said "If nobody is watching this, we should carry on doing it".
In fact you could argue in ratings terms that C4 sitcoms have often failed, The IT Crowd and Peep Show have definitely gone under a million, and I knows Spaced was almost always fifth out of five, but you can't argue those aren't hit shows because they sell loads of DVDs and have massive brand recognition, and they appeal to a specific audience that is hard to reach, one with lots of disposable income. It's a bit of a crap analogy but comparing Toast of London to Mrs Brown's Boys is like comparing Waitrose to Tesco, far fewer people shop at Waitrose because it's too expensive and the stuff is too esoteric but they're the "right" people. Lots of Sky's comedy gets very low ratings but they're doing it because it hits a certain demographic. It's like Ricky Gervais saying he would rather be a million people's favourite show than eight million people's eighth favourite show. I know it's a commercial channel but you don't expect everything in the supermarket to sell by the truckload. But I would agree on other points. You could argue that their drama may be good, but is it any more challenging or higher quality than BBC2's? I don't think so, and BBC2's drama is consistently rating higher, and they put it in better slots too. And a lot of their entertainment is extremely lazy, I mentioned all those bloody panel shows and of the bankers you mention, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, while I enjoy it, is nearly a decade old* and Alan Carr's series has also produced over a hundred episodes. Where is the new talent and ideas? The only new comedy talent C4 seems to have nurtured in recent years is Alex Brooker. A far cry from the past when they would give people like Jack Dee, Sean Hughes, Jo Brand and Vic Reeves their own series for the first time. The fact much of their comedy output revolves around Jimmy Carr, Alan Carr, Ricky Gervais and Peter Kay - all of whom have been on screen for at least a decade - says it all |
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The idea that Charlotte Moore is bringing back "The Generation Game" is probably a smart move on her behalf. She has commissioned "Boomers" and launched it successfully this week and "The Great British Bake Off" has never had bigger audiences under her control, and she has managed to persuade a big TV star in Harry Hill to work for them so she's doing OK
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Surely 3.92m care, me included, maybe not whether or not it makes it to 42 epsiosdes though.
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Well there was a slight glimmer of hope after last weeks ratings but recommisioning this after the first series ratings never looked like a good idea.
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Despite appalling ratings this series, Channel 4 have recommissioned The Million Pound Drop. 6 more episodes are being filmed in early September according to Applause Store. So there won't even be much of a break between series.
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