The Mirror reports on "drastic ratings slide"

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henry_hope

06-01-2015

Heres the truth about ratings instead of "Mirror" spinning itself!
Ratings were also excellent for UK.

"Doctor Who finished the year with its highest-rated season ever on BBC America. Plus, the annual Doctor Who Christmas special clocked 2.31 million viewers and was the No. 1 nonsports telecast in all of cable in its time period among adults 25-54 in Live+3.

BBC America LogoThe Christmas special delivered 1.3 million adults 25-54 in Live+3 and totaled 2.62 million total viewers in Live+3 combining the 9 PM premiere with 11:45 PM and 2:30 AM replays. The 12th Doctor’s first Christmas special more than doubled the viewership of the 11th Doctor’s first Christmas special, A Christmas Carol, in 2010.

BBC America was the No. 1 network on Twitter and Tumblr and Doctor Who: Last Christmas was the No. 1 nonsports primetime show on both platforms in all of television on December 25. Doctor Who is pacing as one of Twitter’s 10 most-tweeted original dramas in all of cable for 2014.

http://deadline.com/2015/01/doctor-w...ca-1201341383/

adams66

06-01-2015

Originally Posted by henry_hope:
“Heres the truth about ratings instead of "Mirror" spinning itself!
Ratings were also excellent for UK.

"Doctor Who finished the year with its highest-rated season ever on BBC America. Plus, the annual Doctor Who Christmas special clocked 2.31 million viewers and was the No. 1 nonsports telecast in all of cable in its time period among adults 25-54 in Live+3.

BBC America LogoThe Christmas special delivered 1.3 million adults 25-54 in Live+3 and totaled 2.62 million total viewers in Live+3 combining the 9 PM premiere with 11:45 PM and 2:30 AM replays. The 12th Doctor’s first Christmas special more than doubled the viewership of the 11th Doctor’s first Christmas special, A Christmas Carol, in 2010.

BBC America was the No. 1 network on Twitter and Tumblr and Doctor Who: Last Christmas was the No. 1 nonsports primetime show on both platforms in all of television on December 25. Doctor Who is pacing as one of Twitter’s 10 most-tweeted original dramas in all of cable for 2014.

http://deadline.com/2015/01/doctor-w...ca-1201341383/”

Very interesting - excellent ratings, across the world.
But genuine facts don't matter to the Mirror - the show is in freefall decline, sack Moffatt (sic), everyone hates Doctor Who, it's such a disaster...

CD93

06-01-2015

It also performed well in Canada, incidentally.

Quote:
“Season 8 of DOCTOR WHO is the Most-Watched Series in Space History and Saturday Night’s Most-Watched Series

Just days shy of the Season 8 finale of DOCTOR WHO, Space confirms its #1 series of all time has hit epic proportions this season. Now averaging 773,000 viewers for Peter Capaldi’s debut season as the Twelfth Time Lord, Season 8 of DOCTOR WHO is the most-watched season of the program to date, up nearly 25% compared to Season 7 and ranking as the #1 TV series on Canadian specialty television. In fact, DOCTOR WHO is the most-watched television program on Saturday nights in Canada during its 9 p.m. ET timeslot among total viewers and all key demos.”

Not too shabby in Australia, from what I recall, either. I'm intrigued how the show performs in other locations. Certain stops on the World Tour, for example.

henry_hope

06-01-2015

So why do the "glad rags" have it in for the show then?
Or is it just a case of trying to sensationalise to sell newspapers that arent selling?

CD93

06-01-2015

The writer of the article is not a fan of Moffat Who. Probably retweeted the NTA Capaldi snub with glee.

johnnysaucepn

06-01-2015

Originally Posted by henry_hope:
“So why do the "glad rags" have it in for the show then?
Or is it just a case of trying to sensationalise to sell newspapers that arent selling?”

A bit of that, but the tabloids also have it in for the BBC in general - their business model is collapsing and can't compete with the licence-funded BBC, so they would prefer that the BBC be brought down to the marketplace.

CD93

06-01-2015

When Doctor Who is left out in the wilderness to die without dignity on an axed channel with a 10.35pm repeat on BBC One and a combined overnight of 1.76m...

...there probably won't be a mention

(Goodbye Waterloo Road, I used to love you, really)

JAS84

06-01-2015

Originally Posted by darnall42:
“Did this story even get in the print edition of the sunday mirror? ,i have a feeling it was just a online article thrown together by a work experience person ”

The article was in the SUNDAY PEOPLE, not the Mirror. The article does state this. The People doesn't have it's own website any more. I think that paper's not going to last much longer to be honest.

garbage456

06-01-2015

Originally Posted by Michael_Eve:
“Very consistent. (Although the highest any of the 8 series rated was Series 4, with 8 million, I believe.) Said before on here, by Seasons 6 and 7 of C20 Who, the figures were down to about 5-6 million, so C21 Who has kept things up even better in comparison. And I can't be in denial, that's a river in Egypt.

Sorry. Blame Fry and Laurie...

Edit: You didn't mention Series averages did you. Whoops.”

Series 4 my favourite by far.

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