The omnibus editions will end in April.
The Ratings Thread (Part 62)
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Originally Posted by burbe:
“They need to scrap the omnibus, the live figures aren't that great, I guess it's just something cheap to fill the airtime on a Friday night. However, it limits the time shift of the main showings. With iPlayer being widely available now, I don't see the need for the Omnibus to continue, especially if BBC One +1 is introduced as planned.”
“They need to scrap the omnibus, the live figures aren't that great, I guess it's just something cheap to fill the airtime on a Friday night. However, it limits the time shift of the main showings. With iPlayer being widely available now, I don't see the need for the Omnibus to continue, especially if BBC One +1 is introduced as planned.”
They have. The Omnibus will be gone in April.
Originally Posted by dan2008:
“They have. The Omnibus will be gone in April.”
“They have. The Omnibus will be gone in April.”
There's no need for soap omnibuses now with I Player, catch up and repeats on smaller channels. I suppose the only reason ITV persists with them on ITV 2 is they fill up dead airtime and cost almost nothing, even if hardly anyone is watching.
Originally Posted by NeilVW:
“The odd thing, Robbie, is that ITV appear to have passed up on the revival/copycat darts format developed by their own production arm, and the last we heard is that the latter are making it for the BBC instead!
It seems most unlikely, but the BBC do seem to have been plugging the BDO tournament vigorously recently, so who knows...”
“The odd thing, Robbie, is that ITV appear to have passed up on the revival/copycat darts format developed by their own production arm, and the last we heard is that the latter are making it for the BBC instead!
It seems most unlikely, but the BBC do seem to have been plugging the BDO tournament vigorously recently, so who knows...”
Does anyone have ratings for both darts tournaments. The World Darts Championship is far more fun to watch, dancers, models, music, audience having a laugh, and has all the big names, the BDO just has no atmosphere.
Originally Posted by Roscoe Barnes:
“BARB has updated for w/e 21st December. When did this happen? Thought it would have updated 2-weeks worth of data tomorrow.”
“BARB has updated for w/e 21st December. When did this happen? Thought it would have updated 2-weeks worth of data tomorrow.”
Nothing reported for ITV or Channel 5.
Just noticed ITV are repeating Skyfall again on Saturday, why do they always overkill things? It got a great rating on Xmas Eve, but why not wait to show it again when the hype for the next film is in full swing next Winter, instead they'll repeat the hell out of it to ever diminishing ratings
Originally Posted by Rob1985:
“Nothing reported for ITV or Channel 5.”
“Nothing reported for ITV or Channel 5.”
Yeah I've noticed. Although ITV's HD and +1 Top 10 is available. How odd.
Originally Posted by Rooftopcowboy:
“Just noticed ITV are repeating Skyfall again on Saturday, why do they always overkill things? It got a great rating on Xmas Eve, but why not wait to show it again when the hype for the next film is in full swing next Winter, instead they'll repeat the hell out of it to ever diminishing ratings”
“Just noticed ITV are repeating Skyfall again on Saturday, why do they always overkill things? It got a great rating on Xmas Eve, but why not wait to show it again when the hype for the next film is in full swing next Winter, instead they'll repeat the hell out of it to ever diminishing ratings”
I can understand them showing the sixties Bonds to complement the premiere of Skyfall, but not repeating it this week.
Originally Posted by Roscoe Barnes:
“So can anyone confirm - Neil maybe? Has a lot of those timeshifters been added to the Boxing Day repeat as opposed to the Xmas Day airing. Pretty annoying if it has. And more importantly if it has, why is the big question for me?!
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“So can anyone confirm - Neil maybe? Has a lot of those timeshifters been added to the Boxing Day repeat as opposed to the Xmas Day airing. Pretty annoying if it has. And more importantly if it has, why is the big question for me?!
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It is puzzling - see my thoughts last night here.
Originally Posted by Glenn A:
“I can understand them showing the sixties Bonds to complement the premiere of Skyfall, but not repeating it this week.”
“I can understand them showing the sixties Bonds to complement the premiere of Skyfall, but not repeating it this week.”
Maybe they didn't expect it to do as well as it did on Xmas Eve.
Originally Posted by iaindb:
“Maybe they didn't expect it to do as well as it did on Xmas Eve.”
“Maybe they didn't expect it to do as well as it did on Xmas Eve.”
Skyfall did excellent business, proving Bond is a valuable asset to ITV and hopefully Sky won't get the films again.
Originally Posted by iaindb:
“Maybe they didn't expect it to do as well as it did on Xmas Eve.”
“Maybe they didn't expect it to do as well as it did on Xmas Eve.”
Originally Posted by Glenn A:
“Skyfall did excellent business, proving Bond is a valuable asset to ITV and hopefully Sky won't get the films again.”
“Skyfall did excellent business, proving Bond is a valuable asset to ITV and hopefully Sky won't get the films again.”
A assume they paid a lot for the rights and maybe they were given a window to show Skyfall x times in two months and then Sky have it and the bond films again,
Or
They hacked it to get it on Christmas Eve, feel sorry for viewers and will show a less hacked version post 9 pm.
Or.
There lazy.
Originally Posted by Glenn A:
“Skyfall did excellent business, proving Bond is a valuable asset to ITV and hopefully Sky won't get the films again.”
“Skyfall did excellent business, proving Bond is a valuable asset to ITV and hopefully Sky won't get the films again.”
I would have thought a year or so off didn't do ITV any harm at all. Maybe the opposite?
Anyway, it's nice for those who pay to get to see the films as they should be seen, ad free, original aspect ratio and DD5.1 soundtracks etc.
Originally Posted by stv viewer:
“Sinatra did OK for being a load of rubbish. I would love to know if it started high then feel as the show went on”
“Sinatra did OK for being a load of rubbish. I would love to know if it started high then feel as the show went on”
DS gives the ratings for the opening and closing 15 minutes: 4.49m => 4.05m.
Originally Posted by Roscoe Barnes:
“Bloody hell - that's really shocking for TMO. Seriously thought it would have done better than that. Sub 3m exc +1 too. If this is how it's starting it could be in for some serious trouble in the weeks ahead. Will Stars in their Eyes boost it or wlll The Voice just take away all the excess viewers. Also that all depends on how well SITE does and the return of The Voice. Could be very interesting this time next week.
As for Downton Abbey. That's a huge number for the Boxing Day repeat. A total of 11.32m - which still suggests the show is very much alive after performing very averagely over it's latest run.
So can anyone confirm - Neil maybe? Has a lot of those timeshifters been added to the Boxing Day repeat as opposed to the Xmas Day airing. Pretty annoying if it has. And more importantly if it has, why is the big question for me?!”
“Bloody hell - that's really shocking for TMO. Seriously thought it would have done better than that. Sub 3m exc +1 too. If this is how it's starting it could be in for some serious trouble in the weeks ahead. Will Stars in their Eyes boost it or wlll The Voice just take away all the excess viewers. Also that all depends on how well SITE does and the return of The Voice. Could be very interesting this time next week.
As for Downton Abbey. That's a huge number for the Boxing Day repeat. A total of 11.32m - which still suggests the show is very much alive after performing very averagely over it's latest run.
So can anyone confirm - Neil maybe? Has a lot of those timeshifters been added to the Boxing Day repeat as opposed to the Xmas Day airing. Pretty annoying if it has. And more importantly if it has, why is the big question for me?!
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Well I dare say its pretty annoying for EE/MBB/Miranda as well to name but 3. Up to now we thought it did not affect ITV but now who knows?
Originally Posted by derek500:
“I would have thought a year or so off didn't do ITV any harm at all. Maybe the opposite?
Anyway, it's nice for those who pay to get to see the films as they should be seen, ad free, original aspect ratio and DD5.1 soundtracks etc.”
“I would have thought a year or so off didn't do ITV any harm at all. Maybe the opposite?
Anyway, it's nice for those who pay to get to see the films as they should be seen, ad free, original aspect ratio and DD5.1 soundtracks etc.”
Bond and ITV have a relationship going back 40 years and for all something like Thunderball isn't big enough for peak time, I'm sure a million or so people enjoy the re runs in the afternoon and a lot of these will be men who don't often watch ITV. Not being a huge ITV viewer, or BBC One come to think of it, Bond is one reason I press the third button.
Originally Posted by yorkie100:
“So many problems and anomolies with BARB.
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“So many problems and anomolies with BARB.
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It makes me wonder how accurate the overnights truly are if there are so many anomalies with the officials.
Originally Posted by Jules 1:
“You know what I mean [Harry]
on that one show the digital delay killed the end game.”
“You know what I mean [Harry]
on that one show the digital delay killed the end game.”
Harry?
BBC doing their best job of making their FA Cup coverage as unprofessional as possible by having a half dressed Jimmy Bullard as a pundit.
Originally Posted by yorkie100:
“Hurray !!”
“Hurray !!”
About three people and a cat were watching it, same as the tiny handful of people who get up at 6.00 on a Sunday morning to watch the Emmerdale omnibus on ITV 2.
Yet for all this concept seems very dated now, in the eighties the Eastenders omnibus could pull in 5 million viewers and a similar amount would have watched the omnibus for CS on a Saturday afternoon. Actually Brookside was the pioneer of the soap omnibus.
Originally Posted by jlp95bwfc:
“BBC doing their best job of making their FA Cup coverage as unprofessional as possible by having a half dressed Jimmy Bullard as a pundit.”
“BBC doing their best job of making their FA Cup coverage as unprofessional as possible by having a half dressed Jimmy Bullard as a pundit.”
Imagine what would have happened had ITV still had the FA Cup and they used Bullard as a pundit. I expect there would have been a number of comments slating ITV Sport and demanding that the rights went back to the beeb.
Originally Posted by Andy23:
“Imagine what would have happened had ITV still had the FA Cup and they used Bullard as a pundit. I expect there would have been a number of comments slating ITV Sport and demanding that the rights went back to the beeb.”
“Imagine what would have happened had ITV still had the FA Cup and they used Bullard as a pundit. I expect there would have been a number of comments slating ITV Sport and demanding that the rights went back to the beeb.”
You're right, Andy, a bad pundit is a bad pundit whoever employs him. Also catching some darts in the pub, the BBC's competition is like a pub competition compared with the extravaganza Sky put on at the same time. It's clear both BBC and ITV now lag behind Sky.
Originally Posted by Glenn A:
“Channel 5's biggest week of the year starts with the winter season of CBB. I know the days of it pulling in 7 million viewers are long gone and only the Daily Star seems bothered about it, but it's still good for 2-2.5 million viewers. While this would be a flop on BBC One or ITV, this is Channel 5's equivalent of Strictly.”
“Channel 5's biggest week of the year starts with the winter season of CBB. I know the days of it pulling in 7 million viewers are long gone and only the Daily Star seems bothered about it, but it's still good for 2-2.5 million viewers. While this would be a flop on BBC One or ITV, this is Channel 5's equivalent of Strictly.”
You say this every year but CBB coverage is on the increase after a few quiet years. Initially unsure, waiting to see how it would play out with audiences, there's a great respect now for how C5 has given the format a new lease of life from the media and It will be covered extensively in the press once again. You might choose to ignore it, but that doesn't mean it isn't happening.
Also, pointing out that 2-2.5m would not be good enough for BBC One or ITV isn't particularly helpful as the show would add several hundred thousand immediately if it moved to either of these channels due to the higher reach achieved by these channels. And FYI, the winter runs have achieved 2.8m and 3.1m the last twice (consolidated).
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