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I think she protests too much, they can't possibly be reaching two million viewers a week.
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That really is a sackable set of numbers, the programmes are utterly pish - its hard to imagine anyone clearing the decks to make an appointment to view either DDDS or IRotE once never mind three or so times.
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I've known this for a few weeks so it's not like the BBC are doing it at last minute. Nothing stopping ITV airing Corrie from 8:35 and it would still be over by 9.
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And what would make BBC1 Secret Britain do so much better than ITV's The Wonder of Britain?
What made Pop Idol do so much better than Fame Academy? They were the same concept, but Pop Idol was the better show by miles. It's that simple. Quote:
They are definitely top threes.
But it only covers programmes that started between 7pm and 10:59pm, which I guess is their definition of peak. Also it strips out programmes that are 15 minutes or less in duration. Quote:
Media Guardian have picked up.on Victoria Derbyshire's ratings.
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Louisa Compton (BBC) @louisa_compton · 39m 39 minutes ago
@ThatTimWalker they've now included a statement which explains it. We were off air bbc2 on mon, tues, we'd & fri. On thurs more watched us.. Louisa Compton (BBC) @louisa_compton · 38m 38 minutes ago @ThatTimWalker ...on bbc news than bbc2 'cos of the schedule disruption. Of course, the argument is that they should have taken if off BBC2 all week, or indeed not launched it until after the snooker. But the thing is, despite it being quite a big deal for BBC News, it's hardly a priority for BBC2 and is really just there to make it look a bit better than just simulcasting three hours of normal BBC News. Given in recent months BBC2 daytime has included a load of signed repeats, F1 practice that used to be on the red button alone and indeed a CBBC simulcast the other month, it's clear much of the stuff on there is just to avoid a blank screen. |
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Of course it could be simpler....viewers just don't like the programme because they want a rolling news channel. Sky must be delighted as usually they get about half the audience of the BBC News channel
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Good weather taking its toll?
The weather is on the turn again. I think the North didn't have as long a run of warm weather like the south did. Soaps could be back up tonight. Masterchef final could do very well too. |
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When the weather is good a programme is much better off going out after 8pm.
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I know, I was being whimsical. Thought someone might like to suggest BBC1 were deliberately doing it on a Friday to mess up Corrie.
Lots of things! Different presenters, different concepts, different slots, different competition, different times of the year. They're clearly not the same programme and there must be something about Secret Britain that's more appealing to the audience. It's the same argument as saying Traffic Cops does well on BBC1 while the ITV shows about police videos don't, therefore BBC1 must have a default audience - but that's wrong because my dad tells me he likes Traffic Cops better. I don't know why, presumably they have more interesting videos and more interesting stories, but he likes it better. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that The Wonder of Britain was boring and badly made, and Secret Britain is more interesting. Plus Secret Britain has crap competition (not the Beeb's fault). What made Pop Idol do so much better than Fame Academy? They were the same concept, but Pop Idol was the better show by miles. It's that simple. Fair enough, although I think that's a pretty daft way to do it, especially at the weekend, like the other Saturday when C4 only had Independence Day listed and not the Grand National. Presumably in a couple of weeks we'll have a Saturday when the Cup Final isn't given but a bog standard episode of Casualty is. And we're paying for it! This is a daft story, I don't know how many people they expect to watch it on BBC2, as Compton says, when it hasn't been on BBC2 the previous three days and isn't on the following day. Who's going to remember it's on BBC2 that day and that day alone? Even loyal viewers will have forgotten and watched it on BBC News. It's like the Sunday episode of Breakfast, everyone's got used to watching that on BBC News so on the few occasions during the football season when it's on BBC1 I doubt the ratings do much because nobody's expecting it to be there. Of course, the argument is that they should have taken if off BBC2 all week, or indeed not launched it until after the snooker. But the thing is, despite it being quite a big deal for BBC News, it's hardly a priority for BBC2 and is really just there to make it look a bit better than just simulcasting three hours of normal BBC News. Given in recent months BBC2 daytime has included a load of signed repeats, F1 practice that used to be on the red button alone and indeed a CBBC simulcast the other month, it's clear much of the stuff on there is just to avoid a blank screen. The BBC do have a default audience, not for every programme, but those that usually appeal to the older audience. |
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Horrendous night for ITV. Looking at their schedule, it's all a bit of a disaster right now. The choice of programmes, choice of slots for programmes, branding, advertising and coherence of schedule is all really lacking right now and it is showing in the ratings. Mondays are fine but every other night of the week has at least one major issue right now. Even Saturday and Sunday do thanks to Play To The Whistle and Celebrity Squares. It has been a really poor year for them with only a few bright spots.
Bushmills, you wouldn't happen to know how Pointless and Paul O'Grady did would you? ![]() |
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Other than BGT, Ninja Warrior UK, Safe House and Vera ITv is a complete mess and disaster.
A serious overhaul needs to happen soon, otherwise ITV are going to be sub 3m for most programmes. And it look like Celeb Squares, The Delivery Man and any other sub 2m programmes are remaining in their flopping slots. |
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Secret Britian has crap competition which means BBC1 gain a default audience. The fact BBC News can beat ITV News despite the latter getting a bigger lead in, in some cases is proof of this. ITV News is not inferior too BBC News.
The BBC do have a default audience, not for every programme, but those that usually appeal to the older audience. |
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Other than BGT, Ninja Warrior UK, Safe House and Vera ITv is a complete mess and disaster.
A serious overhaul needs to happen soon, otherwise ITV are going to be sub 3m for most programmes. And it look like Celeb Squares, The Delivery Man and any other sub 2m programmes are remaining in their flopping slots. |
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Comedy just to be such a staple of ITV in peak hours we can all list them from On the Buses and Rising Damp to Brass and Whoops Apocalypse and then it all starting to dribble away to almost nothing and Brighton Belles .
The channel became obsessed with soaps, cops and other random persons in uniform. |
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Comedy just to be such a staple of ITV in peak hours we can all list them from On the Buses and Rising Damp to Brass and Whoops Apocalypse and then it all starting to dribble away to almost nothing and Brighton Belles .
The channel became obsessed with soaps, cops and other random persons in uniform. |
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Pre-Derbyshire the News Channel audience for that slot was about 136,000 according to DS, can't see it being anywhere near that now. She did say the ratings would be the test of whether the programme was successful or not
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Just watched the first Episode of Car Share expecting it to be awful and it's actually pretty good- I laughed more than at most comedy launches I've seen recently and I have a feeling it's going to do pretty well- But then I thought Newzoids is good so what do I know...
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Just watched the first Episode of Car Share expecting it to be awful and it's actually pretty good- I laughed more than at most comedy launches I've seen recently and I have a feeling it's going to do pretty well- But then I thought Newzoids is good so what do I know...
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Secret Britian has crap competition which means BBC1 gain a default audience. The fact BBC News can beat ITV News despite the latter getting a bigger lead in, in some cases is proof of this. ITV News is not inferior too BBC News.
The BBC do have a default audience, not for every programme, but those that usually appeal to the older audience. A quick look at ITV News this morning shows, several political stories - Cameron saying that Britains' First Black PM will be a Tory, next Simon Cowell resists hypnotic dog, then Tories have boosted SNP Profile. ![]() Yet some state that Newzoids has failed because of the default OAP audience on BBC One taking away the ITV audience - I would imagine that the programmes are aimed at slightly different audiences, and ITV's offering is pretty bad too. ITV should adopt what the BBC do with some of their comedies by allowing them to grow before promoting them. Newzoids should have grown on ITV2, giving the production team a chance to refine the show and fix things that are obviously wrong. In the end it simply may have became a cult hit on ITV2, with an occasional special on ITV. What we have now is a situation where the show will be rested. |
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ITV News is celeb driven nonsense at times. Sometimes people just want the news not heavy cross promotion of ITV programmes.
ITV News is usually the same approx running order as BBC News and regularly punches above its weight considering it's much smaller resources. Quote:
Yet some state that Newzoids has failed because of the default OAP audience on BBC One taking away the ITV audience - I would imagine that the programmes are aimed at slightly different audiences, and ITV's offering is pretty bad too. ITV should adopt what the BBC do with some of their comedies by allowing them to grow before promoting them. Newzoids should have grown on ITV2, giving the production team a chance to refine the show and fix things that are obviously wrong. In the end it simply may have became a cult hit on ITV2, with an occasional special on ITV. What we have now is a situation where the show will be rested. A hit on ITV2 would get maybe 1m at a push, if it doubled or even trebled that when moving to ITV it wouldn't be much better than it is at the moment. It's this expectation thing. ITV is just police dramas and soaps, so when they do a satirical comedy, nobody watches it as it isn't a police drama or soap, the audience that is there doesn't like it, and the ones that might aren't looking for it. It's an endless circle. It's just the same situation as Channel 4 and their drama programming. Nobody watches because nobody expects Channel 4 to do much drama. But stick on a factual about gypsies or body parts and people tune in. Do you try and change perception by commissioning different things or just stick with what does well? |
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First of all I think ITV needs to be looking at commissioning some factual series that have broad appeal for the main channel, and the niche series for ITV3.
At the moment Klien has produced nothing but flops for ITV, with only Mafia bucking the trend. The fact ITV is weak to start with doesn't help, but seeing so many sub 2m ratings in peak time is unacceptable. Their laziness last year and allowing Corrie to suffer is biting them on the bum now, and I see this happening until something is changed. |
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First of all I think ITV needs to be looking at commissioning some factual series that have broad appeal for the main channel, and the niche series for ITV3.
At the moment Klien has produced nothing but flops for ITV, with only Mafia bucking the trend. The fact ITV is weak to start with doesn't help, but seeing so many sub 2m ratings in peak time is unacceptable. Their laziness last year and allowing Corrie to suffer is biting them on the bum now, and I see this happening until something is changed. |
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ITV News used to be good back in 2004. Great set titles and music, and I loved when they used to introduce the Jackson Trial reports with 'Billie Jean'. Fantastic.
I know the UK public, generally prefers more boring style though. |
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ITV News used to be good back in 2004. Great set titles and music, and I loved when they used to introduce the Jackson Trial reports with 'Billie Jean'. Fantastic.
I know the UK public, generally prefers more boring style though. |
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I don't get when people slag off ITV News , especially ITV News at Ten. It often has the same reports as BBC News at Ten and has had a number of special reports and exclusives. It's that old thing that mud sticks and people like to peddle out the same old rubbish.
BBC beat ITV at 10pm because the BBC have their news there. I wouldn't say its more superior or better. We are seeing the same with Breakfast. I personally don't think people sit and watch saying, oh this is great, fab and GMB is all celeb (which it isn't). You can get real news from Daily Star if you look, but that's not the narrative so never mention it, same with ITV News. |
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Well that's basically made up, the old ITV news is just celeb news line. I wouldn't expect much more round here though.
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The gap between ITV2 and ITV is too big, it isn't the same as BBC2 to BBC1. ITV has no easy nursery slope to try comedy. The BBC can use BBC2 to grow a show then move it to BBC1. The only time a BBC show jumped from BBC3 to BBC1, which I'd say is like jumping from ITV2 to ITV, was Gavin and Stacey.A hit on ITV2 would get maybe 1m at a push, if it doubled or even trebled that when moving to ITV it wouldn't be much better than it is at the moment. It's this expectation thing. ITV is just police dramas and soaps, so when they do a satirical comedy, nobody watches it as it isn't a police drama or soap, the audience that is there doesn't like it, and the ones that might aren't looking for it. It's an endless circle. It's just the same situation as Channel 4 and their drama programming. Nobody watches because nobody expects Channel 4 to do much drama. But stick on a factual about gypsies or body parts and people tune in. Do you try and change perception by commissioning different things or just stick with what does well? Do you change perception or stick with what you do well? ITV did crime drama well and tried to do different types of upmarket shows. They drove away their own audience. Channel 4 made lots of good drama in the past but commissioned a lot of crap. That's why they lost viewers. You're talking absolute nonsense about Channel 4 drama there Andy. |
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They moved it to 11 p.m. so they could run ''adult'' movies from 9 p.m. A management disaster and a gift for the BBC who probably couldn't believe their luck.
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I don't get when people slag off ITV News , especially ITV News at Ten. It often has the same reports as BBC News at Ten and has had a number of special reports and exclusives. It's that old thing that mud sticks and people like to peddle out the same old rubbish.
BBC beat ITV at 10pm because the BBC have their news there. I wouldn't say its more superior or better. We are seeing the same with Breakfast. I personally don't think people sit and watch saying, oh this is great, fab and GMB is all celeb (which it isn't). You can get real news from Daily Star if you look, but that's not the narrative so never mention it, same with ITV News. ITV just left an open goal for BBC1 to put their news at 10pm, then it became established there. ITV made a big thing about News At Ten returning and expected the audience to comeback. They were shocked when they didn't. ITV caused News At Ten's ratings problems. |
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