Well the only reason is because everything struggles on Tuesday, comedy is something thatsis rare on ITV in weekdays. Not saying it won't do well on Weds but they need to try new things on Tuesday. ITV just seems to have given up on that day.

I just wanted to see something lighter on Tuesday. I don't think I have ever watched ITV on a Tuesday bar when IAC is on, or the semi finals of a BGT series.

That's basically the only reason. Slot means a lot in the US so it can mean a lot here too. For example, the ABC networks successful Weds comedy block. Put them on a Tuesday and they will all plummet. The Goldbergs was on the brink of being cancelled on ABC on Tuesday but since moving to Weds on the second series it nearly doubled its ratings.

With NBC Thursdays, that's a death slot. They always try and recreate a Friends success but since then, NBC has always struggled on Thurs.

So my earlier post was based on experimentation. Comedies could do well on the Tuesday slot. That's all im saying. They should try different things on Tues to see what works. I think Mondays and Wednesdays are probably doing the best out if all the days on ITV (Saturday is being saved by SNT).

Surely it's only a matter of time unless either Roy Clarke or David Jason have something else on.

Itv cant use Tuesday till after the Champions League ends

Saturday multichannel

ITV3 - 08:00 PM Foyle's War 858 4.2% 2
BBC News - 08:00 AM Breakfast 691 10.5% 3
ITV3 - 07:00 PM Doc Martin 629 3.0% 4
BBC News - 09:00 AM BBC News 628 8.0% 5
BBC Four - 09:00 PM Inspector Montalbano 615 3.5% 6
BBC Three - 10:30 PM Live at the Apollo 573 4.3% 7
ITV2 - 04:50 PM Mr Bean 568 4.5% 8
BBC Three - 11:00 PM Family Guy 516 5.2% 9
ITV2 - 04:20 PM Mr Bean 486 4.3% 10
BBC Three - 10:00 PM Live at the Apollo 476 2.9% - See more at:

http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/#sthash.KoWGCh1a.dpuf

Classic episode of Mr Bean did well for ITV2.

Good point. If they didn't have to have the news at 10 (which usually only attract like 2m) I would have said stick comedy on after the matches.

But yeah you are right though.

Very good for Mr Bean. As ITV is currently on a 'Bring back older shows' experiment, Mr Bean could return

No matter how old Atkinson gets, he will always be able to play that role. He doesn't look any different. Such a simple show but a great one.

ITV2's daytime performance was a fair bit stronger than their primetime numbers over the weekend.

Not sure Ibiza Weekender will be getting renewed. Last night's series closer mustered 0.32m (1.3%) at 9pm which is only okay. I think ITV will have expected more, especially with little in the way of 16-34 competition on the main channels. And over the course of the 8 weeks it probably hasn't done enough.

Perhaps? but it will probably export well. Its the sort of thing the Yanks enjoy. It will probably win all the awards going next year and it is pretty decent to watch. So I suspect Channel Four are pleased they have commisoned a second series. A tough slot, a shame the beeb are so strong in that slot on a Sunday. Poldark is doing very nicely. Perhaps a mid week slot for the second series?

I imagine ITV have tried but Rowan Atkinson has limited Mr Bean to one off sketches and ads in recent years, nothing full length since Mr Bean's Holiday. He's doing Maigret for ITV which will be different since he's more known for comedy.

I agree, it does not get much better than that. Thought it might have been a little higher?

I wouldn't be as quick as you to blame the slot, although it's not one I'd have chosen so I don't disagree that it was not the best choice. I can't help but feel there's more to it than that though. It's a very hard to assess because of this huge gap between the overnights and officials. Two pieces of information, both telling you very different things. I preferred the simpler days of there being relatively little between them and the official only serving to confirm what you already knew. It's not much good having all this data and now the 28 day stuff too if at the end of it you still don't know what to think.

Obviously it's been disappointing what's happened in the overnights but at the same time I don't think it's quite the flop some are desperate to make it out to be. It would be different if it was timeshifting at a more normal level, but part of the problem I think is normal seems to have gone out the window when it comes to certain drama timeshifts recently. And this becomes more magnified when you look away from the big two.

But then BBC Two manages appointment to view drama (e.g. Banished) so it can still be done.

Good point. It makes me wonder how accurate the barb figures are?

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I think one problem is that Roy Clarke is now 85 and may not be up to writing another six episodes.

Monday, March 30
BBC One
20:00 EastEnders: 6.93m (30.9%)
20:30 The Ark: 4.28m (19.2%)
22:00 BBC News at Ten: 4.08m (23.4%)

BBC Two
20:00 Only Connect: 2.36m (10.1%)
20:30 University Challenge: 2.89m (12.9%)
21:00 Kew on a Plate: 1.61m (7.4%)

ITV (exc. +1)
19:00 Emmerdale: 6.27m (33.2%)
19:30 Coronation Street: 7.52m (36.7%)
20:30 Coronation Street: 7.2m (30.6%)

Channel 4 (exc. +1)
20:00 Food Unwrapped: 1.03m (4.6%)
20:30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Barcelona: 1.26m (5.4%)
21:00 Britain's Benefit Tenants: 1.56m (7.2%)

Channel 5 (exc. +1)
20:00 Police Interceptors: 0.77m (3.4%)
21:00 Gotham: 0.87m (4.0%)
22:00 Person of Interest: 0.64m (4.0%)

Look at the soaps!

Are we sure everything other than BBC includes HD?

I was wondering if the ITV soap numbers were tapechecked because otherwise they are dire.

It doesn't say anything about ITV excluding HD, but perhaps it does. I'll amend accordingly when DS updates.

In the mean time, a few multichannel numbers of note (again exc. +1):

Hollyoaks (E4): 0.60m / 3.2%
Modern Family (Sky1): 0.46m / 2.1%
Bluestone 42 (BBC Three): 0.40m / 2.3%
Would I Lie to You? (Dave): 0.36m / 2.5%
Criminal Minds (Sky Living): 0.29m / 1.3%

This looks more like it. EastEnders still on the lowish side but Corrie around 7m.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3...p8uZrIhUMEQi3L

Corrie was the most-watched show of the day, bringing in 7.52m (36.7%) at 7.30pm on ITV and 141k (0.6%) on +1 as Sarah arrived back on the cobbles for a showdown with her daughter Bethany. 7.2m (30.6%) returned at 8.30pm and 161k (0.7%) on +1 as the pair clashed over Bethany's bad behaviour.

Apologies for the mistake, wasn't intended to mislead. I'm trying out the Broadcast app which I've only had a day.

It's going to be useless for ITV numbers due to the lack of HD. It's already pretty unhelpful for the commercial channels due to a lack of +1.

Post amended with the HD included numbers.

I think the app is probably best for reading news. Surprised they get the ITV ratings split out like that unlike the website.

The Mafia with Trevor McDonald got 3.4m (3.7m with +1) - surprisingly low, given how well it did last week, and how good it was.

Amazingly, The Ark - despite being awful - actually grew its audience while on air. It started with 3.9m and ended with 4.7m.