How are the press reporting the first X factor weekend?

They've stuffed the pre-watershed slots full of soap, and they refuse to spend money after peak (i.e post News at Ten), so there are very few places for factual apart from 9pm.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/sep/01/simon-cowell-x-factor-nick-grimshaw-rita-ora

Is ITV the Dodo of television? It's certainly not a dinosaur as it took a meteorite to kill them off, Idiocy is more ITV's problem.

Dinosaur Britain is a perfect 7/8pm factual however its unable to put it there as the schedule is full of soap. I mean come on Fincham it was never going to work, pull your head out of your arse and take some difficult decisions!

They have become a one slot broadcaster. I watch neither of their soaps so there is no point me tuning in before 9, or after the news. Some would also say their news isnt worth watching but I disagree.

I wonder what the schedulers do all day. "Oh I wonder when I will put this new factual, errrrrm, How about 9??, Hmm not sure maybe I'll put it at 9pm instead. Yes that's much better....."

Dead channel, I'm angry.

Monday 31 August 2015 Ratings Roundup
BBC 1
17:15: Pointless - 3.18m (20.0%)
18:00: BBC News at Six - 4.80m (27.0%)
18:30: The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo - 4.52m (23.1%)
19:30: Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave - 3.10m (14.6%)
20:00: EastEnders - 6.25m (27.7%)
20:30: Room 101 - 2.27m (9.8%)
21:00: Danny and the Human Zoo - 3.41m (17.4%)

BBC 2
19:30: Great British Menu - 1.62m (7.6%)
20:00: University Challenge - 2.62m (11.6%)
20:30: Only Connect - 2.20m (9.6%)
21:00: An Evening with Harry and Paul - 1.64m (7.9%)

ITV
18:00: ITV Regional News - 3.15m (18.0%)
19:00: Emmerdale - 5.56m (27.1%), +1 - 175k (0.8%)
19:30: Coronation Street - 6.85m (32.2%), +1 - 180k (0.8%)
20:00: Britain as Seen on ITV - 2.91m (12.8%)
20:30: Coronation Street - 7.05m (30.4%), +1 - 160k (0.8%)
21:00: Dinosaur Britain - 1.81m (8.8%)

Channel 4
18:30: Hollyoaks - 848k (4.5%)
19:30: Bear’s Wild Weekends - 686k (3.1%), +1 - 154k (0.7%)
20:30: Food Unwrapped - 1.24m (5.3%), +1 - 102k (0.5%)
21:00: The Catch - 1.43m (6.9%)

Channel 5
12:50: Home and Away - 244k (2.4%)
13:20: Neighbours - 700k (6.8%)
17:30: Neighbours - 565k (3.4%)
18:00: Home and Away - 518k (2.9%)
20:00: Beware: The Cops are Watching - 793k (3.5%)
21:00: Celebrity Big Brother - 1.43m (6.9%), +1 - 155k (1.0%)
22:00: Botched Up Bodies - 641k (4.1%)

BBC 3
20:00: Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers - 624k (2.8%)
20:30: Film: Shrek Forever After - 783k (4.0%)
22:00: EastEnders - 379k (2.3%)

BBC 4
21:00: Treasures of the Indus - 591k (2.9%)

ITV 3
20:00: Midsomer Murders - 739k (3.4%)

E4
18:00: The Big Bang Theory - 609k (3.4%)
18:30: The Big Bang Theory - 657k (3.5%)
19:00: Hollyoaks - 615k (3.0%), +1 - 144k (0.6%)
21:00: Made in Chelsea LA - 407k (2.0%), +1 - 124k (0.8%)

Film 4
14:35: Film: Ice Age: Continental Drift - 631k (5.9%)
21:00: Film: The Hunger Games - 622k (4.0%)

5*
18:30: Home and Away - 348k (1.9%)

Sources - DS, ITV Media

Round up from DS:

BBC1:
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2015- 4.52m
Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave- 3.10m
Room 101- 2.27m
Danny and the Human Zoo- 3.41m

BBC2:
Great British Menu- 1.62m
University Challenge- 2.62m
Only Connect- 2.20m
An Evening with Harry and Paul- 1.64m

ITV:
Britain as Seen on ITV- 2.91m excl +1
Dinosaur Britain- 1.9m

Channel 4:
Bear's Wild Weekends with Jonathan Ross- 840k
Food Unwrapped- 1.34m
The Catch- 1.43m excl +1

Channel 5:
Beware the Cops are Watching- 793k excl +1
Celebrity Big Brother- 1.59m
Botched up Bodies- 641k excl +1

E4:
Made in Chelsea LA- 531k

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s150/...pn1T6bahTZX5pz

A bit more respectable in general last night except for ITV 9pm, if that was low, I can be sure that the flopzone tonight could be lower. CBB is up to the highest since it's launch, but hope it can climb a bit more, but I'm sure that it won't go any higher. Ch4 did quite well too with The Catch, but there is no +1 rating yet.

Thanks Salv and Lewie!

I think The Edinburgh Military Tattoo rating is the rating of the night for me!

Via Broadcast: The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards posted an overnight audience of 91,000 (0.4%) on Sunday, peaking with 165,000 (0.8%). This was down on the 112k (0.5%) that watched the 2014 show.

Well there you go, I was proved right. 1.59m for CBB is a much better rating. I knew it would be nearer 2m last night because the competition was weaker and the media coverage has stepped up in recent days I think so there was more public intrigue.

Channel 5 will be pleased with that rating and it's something to build on with the live show tonight. It's currently billed as an eviction but after Tila's early ejection I don't know if it will remain that way, especially as Natasha revealed on Live Feed last night that the housemates haven't nominated yet. It's possibly going to be some sort of 'live twist' but I would anticipate the rating to stay about the same, hovering around the 1.5m mark for now.

Our wish was granted Salv*!

1.59m with +1 is the sort of rating CBB SHOULD be getting. The question is, was this a one-off or can it sustain these decent numbers?

It's the weakest 9pm opposition the show is going to face though. That was ridiculously weak for a Monday last night.

Perhaps it's not going to be the disaster it looked like it was going to be based on the weekend figures, but it's still a good bit down on what CBB should be getting. And this Saturday 10:30 episode is going to bring the average down massively and hurt momentum every single week.

Still people hanging on to BBC3, Even through it was just repeats last night.

EastEnders deserved more, surprised the BBC 3 episode didnt pick up viewers based on social media praising the eipsode, still the episode kinda came out of no where, you didnt know in advance the episode was going to be as good as it was. It had all the hallmarks of EE at its best.

ITV would like to say low ratings for non soaps, were down to it being Bank Hoilday but I dont think that is the case, "Britain as Seen on ITV" seems very indulgent, but not the worst rating of the night. ITV regional news seemingly benefiting from the lack of on BBC 1.

True, but the first Monday last year got 1.65m, so it's not as down as the previous days. I'd be happy with 1.6m overnights (around 1.9m officials) because it started at a low, so I don't expect it to be hitting 1.8m+.

You could always watch the second ep at 8pm tonight heh

Particularly liked the dinosaur being tripped up by a hoover cable.

Last year it was up against 5.8m and 3.5m (inc +1) on the two big channels though.

New Radio Times has when things are on bear in mind they are oddly clearer when BBC shows are on than ITV drama

An Inspector Call BBC1 September
The Go Between BBC1 September
Cider With Rosie BBC1 September

Thats a lot of Drama for BBC1 where are the going to fit it all

Capital BBC1 Autumn
From Darkness BBC1 October
The Dress BBC2 October
The Last Kingdom BBC2 Autumn
Game Changer BBC2 September
Jaekyll and Hyde ITV Coming Soon
Midwinter of the Spirit ITV Coming Soon
Unforgotten ITV Coming Soon
Donton Abbey ITV Late September
The Returned C4 Autumn

ITV really need to get their act together. Are they in financial trouble hence not spending cash?

I know. But I'd be OK with this staying at 1.6m level (just under 2m official), it started off at a launch low, so I expect it to average at a low.

The Saturday episode is usually the lowest-rated episode of the week because some of it is highlights of a live eviction show most fans have already seen, so even if you gave it the 9pm slot and put it up against That Puppet Game Show and Harry Hill's Stars In Their Eyes, it still wouldn't rate highly.

However, Football League Tonight is becoming a bit of an issue for Channel 5 because their ace card of CBB is being displaced in the schedules by FLT, which is rating half as well in that slot as CBB would.

Channel 5 thought they were buying a ratings-winner in the football highlights when in fact they've invested in a burden; 40 weeks of football highlights which last 90 minutes and are only watched by 400k. CBB would get a guaranteed 1m in that slot but if Channel 5 move back FLT then it would clash with MOTD which would be the final nail in the coffin, and they can't show it earlier because reports and commentaries need to be compiled.

Not great but embarrassing how easily it beat ITV's offering on a Bank Holiday Monday.

Ouch, not good at all. I thought the subject matter might at least spark a bit of interest even if people then realised it wasn't very good once they were watching. It would be nice to have an updated Walking With Dinosaurs with all the knowledge and graphics technology we have gained in the 15 years since that was broadcast, but I imagine it would be very expensive to produce. The brand "Walking With Dinosaurs" is still strong too so it would need to be a quality production so as not to sully the brand.

Yeah, with hindsight 9pm is all wrong for football highlights. They should be a post-pub affair.

FLT in my opinion should be the same sort of time as Match of the Day. So somewhere between 10:30pm-11pm, don't think it should be on at 9pm.