Awful. And yet Blackburn is still in his position.

There is no sign of Corrie getting better, and the week of BGT LIVE week of episodes are the same old, same old. Its likely that Corrie will end up pulling down the rating for BGT Results after and showing why this scheduling does not work now that Corrie is so weak.

BBC One now simulcasting the BBC News Channel until 12:10

BGT might give Corrie an artificial boost, masking the problems yet again. I don't think that things are going to change unless Eastenders can overcome it's own problems - most notably the Carter overload (looking at the soap forum anyway).

Unfortunately as soon as ITV realise that Corrie could be toppled as top soap , Eastenders gets hit by Emmerdale clashes which then slows momentum.

I thought last night's episode was being ramped up as being a massive episode for EastEnders, hence why it was 35 mins long. There was a lot of excitement in the soaps forum. The ratings look no different than usual.

It also looks like the removal of the omnibus hasn't affected the ratings for the Friday episode either. There has been speculation on here that the lower ratings were down to some viewers being attributed to the repeat showing.

In consolidated ratings though not overnights.

They didn't ramp EastEnders up on TV and it was people on the show tweeting about the episode. That means nothing, trailers work. Last minute twists don't boost ratings, trailers promoting an episode boost ratings. If I was at the BBC I'd be asking the producer why EastEnders wasn't rating after Live Week. And Coronation Street will not see any changes as it is ahead of EastEnders.

I'd argue that Corrie is actually better than EE at the moment. Corrie is improving and the week of BGT live episodes are not same old, same old. This won't be like the mini-bus crash as I'm led to believe that characters will be killed off in this upcoming fire and there are lots of potential storylines coming off the back of it. This constant Blackburn bashing is getting a bit repetitive now isn't it? Corrie is still the top soap and I expect its lead over EE to increase in the coming months with the fire, Deirdre's death, Gandy reveal, live episode, Kylie's return, and Carla's exit.

Yes That's true but everyone thought nothing was going to happen then after endless hours filming a front door, you can't always be perfect.

Wow! Which one had two million more viewers.

Totally agree.

Neither.

EastEnders had a chance to win back some viewers after Live Week and they didn't manage it. From what I've read Corrie has one or two things that will boost ratings. The fire and Deirdre's funeral most likely will. Plus they have BGT to boost them. Does EastEnders have enough to get some casual fans? I'm not so sure plus there is nothing in the schedule to boost it. Surprise twists Are fun but they don't bring extra viewers in unless they're returns of big characters, even then the boost doesn't last if the stories aren't there.

When has BBC news channel had two million more viewers than sky news?

Awful number for the soaps. They are on too often now and people get fed up of them .

Yes the twist was only hyped up on Twitter by the media and production personnel shortly before the episode's broadcast and that isn't going to increase ratings. An episode generating a lot of discussion on the soap forum isn't a barometer of higher ratings either.

There was no trailer or guest appearances on chat shows from Jessie Wallace. It's a shame they didn't do more than usual to promote it, really, as it was a pivotal episode for Kat and fantastic. Although bar the blip of the past couple of months, EE has been of a generally high standard under DTC so it was nothing out of the ordinary in that sense.

I wouldn't say it didn't dent the 8.30 Corrie either, which was only a tiny bit ahead with a lower share.


I could be wrong but didn't you say around the time of the live week that you don't usually watch EE? So how would you know whether Corrie is better than it? EE hasn't had some massive dip in quality, it's one storyline going round in circles that people are fed up of (Dean/Linda), but that didn't feature in last night's fantastic episode.

Corrie's lead over EE isn't any bigger than it has been for months and months.

Live week was THE problem. You can get folks to tune in via endless hype but if you turn out tripe folks tune out. Bobby the unknown kid killer / Jane the sociopathic body lugger / Ian the forgiver after 5 mins! Lucy the forgotten.

Fantastic ratings for Coronation Street, Not so good for Enders.

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Pearl

Breakfast still gets in excess of 1m on BBC One on Saturday mornings, so there is still an appetite for a morning news magazine show at the weekends.

Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones 2.2m last night. More proof of just how wrong this programme is for this slot.

I would have had it on either Wednesday at 8pm, or Sunday at 8pm

Two thoughts on this:

1) If ITV couldn't even manage to play the episodes in the right order, expecting thought to go into the scheduling is a bit much.
2) Griff Rhys Jones should keep his privileged gob shut when it comes to the mansion tax.

Weren't you the one who used to post ridiculous ratings estimates? under your previous judgement 6.1m would not be a "fantastic" figure.

There is only a small gap between it and EE... it amuses me that such a small difference can factor into whether someone considers a figure good or bad.

6.1m and 5.7m isn't that great for Corrie broadly speaking. The equivalent episodes last year got 7.1m (37%) and 6.5m (30.2%) and the show was worse then than it is now.

EE would've been higher if the BBC promoted it with a trailer. Like cylon I have no idea why they didn't. The show aside from a recent blip is generally of a high standard but last night's episode was pivotal for one of the show's iconic characters, set on location, and featured a twist. I would love to know their logic when it comes to deciding which episodes to trail, when ITV were endlessly trailing average episodes of Corrie not that long ago.


The ITV ones are on too much, but the no. of episodes hasn't increased for years so I don't know whether it is the reason behind the sudden drop.

Have I Got News For You tops Friday's ratings with 4.07 million

Have I Got News for You was Friday's (May 1) highest-rated show outside of soaps.

Hosted by Alexander Armstrong, the topical panel show attracted an average audience of 4.07 million (19.8%) from 9pm.

BBC One's evening began with 3.24 (19.1%) for The One Show at 7pm, followed by 3.11 million (16.9%) for A Question of Sport at 7.30pm.

A repeat showing of Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out filled the void left by Masterchef at 8.35pm, and managed to secure an average audience of 2.12 million (10.9%).

Mrs. Brown's Boys entertained 2.88 million (14.4%) at 9.30pm, while The Graham Norton Show secured ratings of 2.72 million (23.1%) at 10.40pm.

Over on ITV, Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis was seen by 2.36 million (12.5%) at 8pm, while Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones entertained 2.05 million (10.2%) at 9pm.

BBC Two's evening was dominated by Live Snooker: The World Championship coverage from 6.30pm until 9pm. The event drew an average audience of 1.14 million (6.4%) and peaked with 1.44 million on two separate occasions.

BBC Two's evening continued with 1.63 million (8.1%) for The Natural World at 8pm, followed by 1.09 million (6.3%) for The Clare Balding Show.

Gogglebox attracted an average audience of 2.99 million (14.8%) on Channel 4 at 9pm, while a further 485k (3.1%) watched on Channel 4+1.

It was sandwiched between Marvel's Agents of SHIELD and Alan Carr: Chatty Man, which drew respective audiences of 700k (3.6%) and 1.43 million (9%).

Secrets of Great British Castles was seen by an increased audience of 889k (4.6%) at 8pm on Channel 5. It was followed by 846k (4.2%) for NCIS: New Orleans at 9pm and 891k (5.5%) for NCIS at 10pm.

With an audience of 622k (3.2%) from 8pm on ITV3, Midsomer Murders was among the most popular multichannel shows.

This week eastenders has been terrible, also people on the soap forum are saying it's an unbelievable storyline with Kats New baby storyline.
You always pop up when . When Ever someone mentions eastenders. Corrie is still sometimes a million ahead of bartenders in ofificials. Also did you see the months average for eastenders a few pages back !!
Corrie also seems to be improving where is . Eastenders seems abit bland atm, I can't put my finger on it, also the Carter overload is clearly pissing people off. I loved them at first, they were a nice happy family but now there just a nuisance.

Some more pointless (IMO) News Specials on both BBC and ITV at the moment to show Prince William leaving the hospital. EPG currently says ITV are on the air until 5:30! Surely not true?