Decent enough for EE and the share is pretty good for a clash, suggesting more people were interested in the fire. BBC1's schedule held up very well against the hot weather, but also benefited from ITV's major flopzone-over 10m below what was in that slot last week...had to be said, because it's not often you can say things like that! One extreme to another for ITV!

BBC2 seems to have a rise in fortunes for the past few days and I'm not susprised, because they have decent schedules.

Would love to see Family Fortunes return to using regular folk - and surely in these credit crunch times it'll be cheaper for the TV companies than booking a so called celeb.

Another example is Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong. The first series was quite interesting having celebrities with civilians and provided loads of comedy material, mainly at the expense of the civilians - but then for the second they ditched the civilians and it just became another celebrity panel show.


Also Total Wipeout. Putting how the BBC have ****ed up a great format to one side, the shows strength is all about the general public having their one shot on the course. So what do the BBC do - announce two new series, with 4 celebrity specials over the next year.

And considering the show needs 20 contestants a week, that's 80 celebs required to fly to Argentina and compete - an experience I'm sure 80 licence fee payers would appreciate much more. (Hopefully though they've struggled to sign up the celebs so it'll be just the one Celebrity "special".)


I think a reason Christmas TV is so bad now is because the celebrity "special" is no longer special. Even as little as 10 years ago Christmas was really the only time you saw celebs on such shows - now it's every bloody week.

A few notes:

- Occuption is Tuesday to Thursday
- Hotel Babylon will air on Fridays - which is a decision I did not expect at all.

Are they trying to kill Hotel Babylon? I know series 3 wasnt very good, but i thought season 4 might improve!! It was only getting around 4.5m viewers on a tuesday last year, so i suspect it will drop to around 3.5 on fridays

WHAT?? Against Big Brother?? What are BBC1 thinking?

That Big Brother isn't that much of a threat any more.

Does mean the Torchwood week could air Sunday to Thursday, leaving Hotel Babylon unaffected on the Friday.

I posted a similar comment a few weeks back, I think it is supposedly going on Thursday but I think Tuesdays would be better as they need some consistency in their weakest slot. It may only get 4-4.5m but that is 2m more than they normally get.


Finally looks like amove away from one hour one shows and attempts to try something else against Corrie, unless it will go on Wednesday and Thursdays 8pm once Celebrity Masterchef finishes. The legal drama sounds good and at last a move away from feel good dramas. At last some imagination from Jay Hunt.



Or maybe not . But seriously I think they are some good ideas for the channel.


HIGNFY can attract over 5m but Reggie only 4mish. The average is 4.5m and up against Doc Martin repeats on ITV it should get between 4.5 and 5.5m. However I think they are trying to kill it off by leaving it to the Summer.

Could Torchwood air Sunday 19th July to Thursday 23rd July and so Babylon doesn't miss a week. Maybe that is why it is on a Friday?
EDIT: Just seen Brekkie's post.

Suppose so, but BBC America have said it starts on Monday 20th July, and they've also said they'd be showing 'em on the same day as BBC1.

Possible relaunch for The Bill in November if this post is true.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...83&postcount=1

What utterly bizzare scheduling for Hotel Bablyon. A Friday night??? During the summer??? I was assuming we'd be getting comedy repeats, which I personally don't see anything wrong with during the summer. They obviously want to kill it off, probably since they've commissioned that fashion based drama based on Fashion Bablyon, which was also written by Imogen Edwards-Jones.

I notice that the Radio Times website also have Casualty 1909 down for Sunday 14 June, but there's no mention of it in the press pack for that week.

It would leave Thursday completely free too meaning they can try out things in the 8-10pm slot. I know at the moment drama is barely on ITV once a week, and usually Monday is favoured, but if they ever have enough for twice a week Thursday is the next best weeknight IMO.




Talking of which, I see they're using the same ridiculous scheduling as last year, airing for an hour on Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm (effectively two half-hour episodes in each slot though), and then Friday at 8.30pm.

Would it really harm them to take The One Show off air for three weeks to show it in a sensible stripped slot at 7pm like it used to be, where the ratings probably wouldn't be that much worse.

IIRC the main Masterchef has now been poached back from BBC2 as well, meaning that'll have to fit around BBC1's schedule rather than getting a regular nightly slot as it did on BBC2 too.

Very interesting move to air Hotel Babylon on Friday's. Both BBC and ITV have been experimenting a bit more with Friday nights this year, though the only new thing thats really stuck their for either was crime drama on ITV.

Not convinced that Hotel Babylon will work there but they've probably looked at the last set of fairly average ratings from it and decided to have a go and risk it in a new slot. If it works - then great, the shows saved. If it doesn't - then they axe it and try something new.

It's looking likely to be a Thursday.

Good victory for EastEnders over Emmerdale last night. The last few days have seen a few silly predictions about last night's EastEnders falling under 5m.

It might very well fall below 5m in Tuesday overnights if we get some really hot weather later this summer, but if it does, I'd expect Emmerdale to be under 5m on the same night.

Holby and Crimewatch shares also seem a little higher than normal, and BBC Two was strong between 8 and 10pm.

It seems BBC Two has bounced back quite a bit in the last month.

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Daytime BBC One Programming Expanding into Primetime and Weekends Watch:

In addition to its Wednesday 7.30pm slot, Animal 24/7 gets a Sunday 1pm slot on June 14th.

Daytime drama series Moving On finds its way into a Monday 10.35pm slot on June 15th.

US Ratings:

NBC:
8pm - I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.....5.5m.......2.2/7
9pm - Inside The Obama White House..........9.1m.......2.6/7
10pm - Law and Order: SVU.......................11.33m......3.5/9

At 11.35pm, The Late Show (with Conan O'Brien) had a 5.0 household rating.

FOX:
9pm - Mental.........5.0m......1.6/4

ABC:
8pm - According To Jim.........................4.1m........1.2/4
9pm - ABC News Special Earth 2100....3.7m........1.2/3

CW:
9pm - Hitched or Ditched..................1.7m.......0.7/2

TLC:
9pm - Jon and Kate Plus 8........5.5m
9.30pm - Jon and Kate Plus 8...5.9m

I'm A Celebrity settled into its regular 8pm 1 hour slot down 7% on last nights launch in that hour (down 19% including the 9-10pm hour). FOX's summer scripted offering, Mental was down 24% on its premiere last week in the demo.

The Late Show was down 30% on Monday night and still far ahead of Letterman and Nightline, but it's still hard to tell what will happen in the long run when the early boost wears off.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/03...-special/19940

I'm intrigued to see this Jon and Kate Plus 8 as it sounds like an American version of Katie and Peter but with lots of kids. Didn't last week's premiere get 9.8m as these figures although down are still brilliant for TLC.

It will interesting how Burn Notice does on Thursday as it got 6.1m for its season finale against tough competition and with lower competition as well as a lead in from Casino Royale, I have a feeling it could do higher.

BBC1 and ITV1

1. BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (SUN: ITV) 12.93
2. CORONATION STREET (MON: ITV) 9.70
3. EASTENDERS (MON: BBC) 9.14
4. THE APPRENTICE (WED: BBC) 8.90
5. EMMERDALE (MON: ITV) 7.12
6. ASHES TO ASHES (MON: BBC) 6.32
7. HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU (FRI: BBC) 6.25
8. HOLBY CITY (TUE: BBC) 5.50
9. INSPECTOR GEORGE GENTLY (SUN: BBC) 5.17
10. ITV WEEKEND NEWS (SAT: ITV) 5.14

BGT way out front, and also had over 12m for the Saturday show. Only day not in Top 10 is Thursday. BBC has 6 shows to ITV's 4. HIGNFY significantly boosted by MPs scandal.

11. BBC NEWS (SUN: BBC) 5.05
12. THE BILL (THU: ITV) 4.98
13. TEARS, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (MON: ITV) 4.97
13. PRIMEVAL (SAT: ITV) 4.97
15. WATERLOO ROAD (WED: BBC) 4.94
16. HEARTBEAT (SUN: ITV) 4.81
17. TEN O'CLOCK NEWS (TUE: BBC) 4.74
18. CASUALTY (SAT: BBC) 4.65
19. THE APPRENTICE - YOU'RE FIRED! (WED: BBC2) 4.43
20. SIX O'CLOCK NEWS (MON: BBC) 4.42

Overall in Top 20, BBC has 121 shows to ITV's 8 and BBC2's 1. Casualty affected by extended Saturday BGT. 4 news entries in Top 20.

Alternative

1. THE APPRENTICE - YOU'RE FIRED! (WED: BBC2) 4.43
2. FILM: NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (SUN: C4) 3.85
3. CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (TUE: FIVE) 3.32
4. THE RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW (MON: BBC2) 3.22
5. EMBARRASSING BODIES (WED: C4) 3.03
6. THE MENTALIST (THU: FIVE) 2.89
7. DAD'S ARMY (SAT: BBC2) 2.42
8. HIGNFY (A LITTLE BIT MORE) (SAT: BBC2) 2.36
9. CSI - NEW YORK (SAT: FIVE) 2.32
10. GREAT BRITISH MENU (FRI: BBC2) 2.22

High for Ben's firing on You're Fired. BBC2 has 5 in Top 10 compared to FIVE's 3 and C4's 2.

11. GOK'S FASHION FIX (TUE: C4) 2.19
12. DEAL OR NO DEAL (MON: C4) 2.14
13. GRAND DESIGNS (WED: C4) 2.11
14. HOLLYOAKS (MON: C4) 1.99
14. THE SIMPSONS (TUE: C4) 1.99
16. EGGHEADS (TUE: BBC2) 1.94
16. PAUL O'GRADY (MON: C4) 1.94
18. THE HOME SHOW (THU: C4) 1.91
19. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (WED: C4) 1.87
20. THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN JOURNEY (SUN: BBC2) 1.85

However in Top 20 C4 has 10 compared to BBC2 on 7 and FIVE on 3. It is clear C4's strength lays in its Daytime shedule with DOND, Hollyoaks, Simpsons and POG all consistently around the 2m mark.

Multichannel

1 BRITAIN'S GOT MORE TALENT (SUN: ITV2) 1.78
2 KATIE & PETER STATESIDE (THU: ITV2) 1.54
3 EASTENDERS (TUE: BBC3) 1.53
4 BRITAIN'S GOT MORE TALENT AUDITIONS (SAT: ITV2) 1.40
5 BONES (THU SKY1) 0.91
6 BLOOD, SWEAT AND T-SHIRTS (TUE BBC3) 0.90
7 UEFA CUP (WED: ITV4) 0.86
8 AMERICAN IDOL (FRI : ITV2) 0.84
9 LIVE FORD SURVIVAL SUNDAY (SUN: SS1) 0.82
10 ER (THU: MORE 4) 0.78

ITV2 has 4, BBC3 has 2, SKY1 ITV4 SS1 and More 4 all have 1. BGT clearly boosting ITV2, and presumably Stephen Fry boosted Bones.

11 FAMILY GUY (SUN BBC3) 0.76
12 FILM: NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (2006) (SUN: C4+1) 0.71
13 HOME AND AWAY (MON: FIVER) 0.69
14 BIZARRE ER (TUE: BBC3) 0.66
15 24 SEASON 7 (MON: SKY1) 0.63
16 LIVE AT THE APOLLO (SAT: BBC3) 0.62
17 AUF WIEDERSEHEN, PET (TUE: ITV4) 0.59
18 AMERICAN DAD! (SUN: BBC3) 0.59
19 LIE TO ME SEASON 1 (THU: SKY1) 0.59
20 BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (SAT: ITV2) 0.58

Is Night at Musuem C4+1's highest ever audience? Regardless it takes total viewers to 4.56m. In total BBC 3 has most Top 20 shows at 6 closely followed by ITV2 with 5. Sky1 have 3 and ITV4 have 2. On 1 show is More 4, SS1, C4+1 and FIVER.


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Australian Overnights:
Tuesday 2nd June

Seven:
18:00 Seven News 1.65m
18:30 Today Tonight 1.45m
19:00 Home and Away 1.18m
19:30 The Zoo 1.47m
20:00 Find My Family 1.39m
20:30 All Saints 1.2m
*Peak audience: 1.28m
21:30 10 Years Younger in 10 Days 0.98m

Nine:
18:00 Nine News 1.19m
18:30 A Current Affair 1.21m
19:00 Two and a Half Men (R) 1.2m
19:30 homeMADE - Elimination 0.95m
20:30 Two and a Half Men (R) 1.1m
21:00 Two and a Half Men (R) 1.01m
*Average audience 19:30-22:30: 0.87m

Ten:
17:00 Ten News at Five 1.01m
18:00 The Simpsons (R) 0.79m
18:30 Neighbours 0.8m
19:00 MasterChef Australia 1.28m
19:30 Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation 1.63m
20:30 NCIS 1.59m
21:30 NCIS (R) 1.32m
*Commercial share: 45.4%

Ten wins Tuesday with 30.5% share.

Do NINE not make a effort on Tuesdays? That is such a poor schedule.

Nine don't have an awful lot going for them full stop at the moment but Tuesdays are a particular low point. They were counting a lot on homeMADE but it hasn't delivered the numbers. In fact, they have just axed the Sunday episode with immediate effect.

However, with Spirit of Origin NRL on tonight (last night in Oz) they are guaranteed a huge rise on Wednesday. Everything on Nine will probably see a boost including the news bulletins. Ten meanwhile are sure to have a stinker with everything except MasterChef likely to be below 1m.

Looks like the game was an exciting one as well, with Queensland winning 28-18 in the end:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...ue/8079238.stm

So NINE is a lot like ITV1 then

Haha! Summed it up in a sentence. Now why can't I do that?

I guess the only difference is Nine has reached the stage now where it's being consistently beaten by a commercial rival (Seven) after years and years of traditionally being #1. Things haven't got quite as dire as that for ITV just yet and unless C4 & Five merge, which is perhaps not beyond the realms of possibility at the moment, I can't see it ever happening.

I imagine the Animal 24/7 is just filler as the F1 isn't on. Not sure why Moving On is being repeated in that slot thought....

I've just realised that the 2nd Corrie on Friday could find itself heavily dented. If tonight's The Apprentice gets over 9 million, then "The Apprentice: Why I Fired Them" will definitely dent Corrie... Corrie's second episode could be in the 5.5 million range.

I doubt it, It's like saying that if Corrie gets 9m then 'Coronation Street Family Album' would get the same, only die hard fans will tune in, if they remember and actually notice it is on.

Kinda puts in context the euphoria from some about a Total Wipeout 3rd showing getting 1.5m for BBC1 last week - against a show getting 13m viewers.

ITV1 can pull in similarly freak figures against Holby City...


Brave for Occupation, but premiering against Ladette to Lady gives it a good opening chance.

Good to see drama moving to Friday on BBC1. Perhaps they've finally realised that comedy is being hung out to dry there (HIGNFY notwithstanding) and that ITV has shown that drama (well, T&R anyway) can do well there.


As enjoyable as the 2hrs30 of Apprentice coverage was this evening, it was a bit of overkill by BBC1 - especially with another hour on Friday and 2 hrs on final night on Sunday.

Even ITV1 wouldn't flog a ratings golden goose that far!

I wonder if the main show ratings could be down because some viewers will have had enough by 9pm if they sat through the 8pm hour?