The Ratings Thread (Part 66)

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northlad

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by Salv*:
“Oh come on, even fans of Bowie said it was hilarious. And Bowie a he had a great sense of humour would have loved it. I had tears streaming down my face. It was like something out of a OFAH or Frank Spencer sketch”

Was a Brian Rix Whitehall farce.

hyperstarsponge

13-01-2016

BBC Two are only bringing back Robot Wars because BBC Three is moving online, Because that channel doesn't have many new ideas for young viewers.

Ray Tings

13-01-2016

ITV's Saved is doing even worse than The Wonder of Britain did in the same slot last year. That was pulled after only two had been shown.

cylon6

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by hyperstarsponge:
“BBC Two are only bringing back Robot Wars because BBC Three is moving online, Because that channel doesn't have many new ideas for young viewers.”

It'll mainly be the old fogies watching it that remember Robot Wars the first time around.

cylon6

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“ITV's Saved is doing even worse than The Wonder of Britain did in the same slot last year. That was pulled after only two had been shown.”

Quite an ironic title when you think about it

Belligerence

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“I haven't seen Philippa Forrester on anything for years. Is she still doing telly?”

She was ubiquitous at one point (not that I was complaining!)

I guess Rachel Riley may be a good fit if they can't get her back. Or Suzi Perry. *shudders*

H of De Vil

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“According to Broadcast it began with 1.4m (7.4%) and ended with 870k (6.9%) which may not bode well for next week.

Slot average is 866k (5.6%).”

It appears to be an 8pm show in a 10pm slot. Ch5 have obviously been using ITV's scheduler.

H of De Vil

13-01-2016

Planet's Got Talent is schedule for Sunday at 6.30pm - directly opposite Countryfile. Will it do better in this slot than last year with SITE? I suspect not.

jlp95bwfc

13-01-2016

FA Cup 4th Round TV ties confirmed:

Friday 29th Jan:
Derby v Man Utd (7:55pm) - BBC One

Saturday 30th Jan :
Colchester v Tottenham or Leicester (12:45pm) - BT Sport
Exeter or Liverpool v West Ham (5:30pm) - BT Sport

Sunday 31st Jan:
Carlisle or Yeovil v Everton (1:30pm) - BT Sport
Northampton or MK Dons v Chelsea (4pm) - BBC One

Two good games and timeslots again for the BBC.

H of De Vil

13-01-2016

Midsomer Murders should have its easiest slot tonight its had in years. Against Dickensian at 8pm, WLTY and Great Barrier Reef, anything less than 5.5m will be disapointing. I'm hoping for 6m, given it got 5.4m last week against EE.

davies88

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by H of De Vil:
“Midsomer Murders should have its easiest slot tonight its had in years. Against Dickensian at 8pm, WLTY and Great Barrier Reef, anything less than 5.5m will be disapointing. I'm hoping for 6m, given it got 5.4m last week against EE.”

Midsomer should have finished on a high with John Nettles leaving. It's not the same.

If they had to continue, at least make it a spinoff, something like Tales of Midsomer or Badger's Drift Mysteries.

stv viewer

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by davies88:
“Midsomer should have finished on a high with John Nettles leaving. It's not the same.

If they had to continue, at least make it a spinoff, something like Tales of Midsomer or Badger's Drift Mysteries.”

It is still getting 5 million viewers ITV will be pleased with that

Pizzatheaction

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by Jay Lee:
“What gets me - unless the Evening Standard are "embellishing the facts" here - is that Bradby went to the extreme of personally lobbying John Whittiingdale, David Cameron and George Osborne in an attempt to get them to influence the BBC to shift their ten o'clock bulletin.”

10pm is the best slot for the late news at the moment, but as drama and factual decline over the next decade, 9pm will probably be better. If ITV had any sense, they'd get in first. They have very little popular drama left at 9pm, and let's face it, there's little chance of finding more. What remains (Midsomer, Martin, ) etc. could play on Sundays. The run-of-the-mill drama and factual can go at 9.30pm.

If they want to push the News later for three weeks of Celeb, or the rare football match, so be it. The supposed 10pm fixed start is all over the chuffing shop, anyway.

Salv*

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by H of De Vil:
“Planet's Got Talent is schedule for Sunday at 6.30pm - directly opposite Countryfile. Will it do better in this slot than last year with SITE? I suspect not.”

Extremely surprised they are doing another series!

hyperstarsponge

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“It'll mainly be the old fogies watching it that remember Robot Wars the first time around.”

Which is probably the middle to older end of the BBC Three audience these days.

Catmittens

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“Not sure it would have done much last night when the programme before it had just 1.25m. V funny if it had less than 1m.”

1.3m for News at 10 last night. Could be worse, could be better.

davies88

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by Catmittens:
“1.3m for News at 10 last night. Could be worse, could be better.”

Who was that scruffy looking bloke on there last night?

ITN has poor correspondents, Damon Green for example. Rageh Omar is not all that either.

stv viewer

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by Salv*:
“Extremely surprised they are doing another series!”

It is a cheap as chips

D.M.N.

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“It'll mainly be the old fogies watching it that remember Robot Wars the first time around.”

My Facebook feed disagrees with that assumption - a lot of people my age group (21-24) looking forward to it.

cylon6

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“My Facebook feed disagrees with that assumption - a lot of people my age group (21-24) looking forward to it.”

I watched Robot Wars nearly 20 years ago when I was in my 20s and I'll watch it again.

People seem happy it's returning.

Score

13-01-2016

"Anything less than 5.5m will be disappointing" is pretty unreasonable. It got 5.4m last week against the same competition except EE. It might get a slight bump from not facing EE but equally it'll probably get a small week 2 decline to counteract that. Episode 2 last year got 4.6m so 5.5m would be a very large year on year rise.

H of De Vil

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by Score:
“"Anything less than 5.5m will be disappointing" is pretty unreasonable. It got 5.4m last week against the same competition except EE. It might get a slight bump from not facing EE but equally it'll probably get a small week 2 decline to counteract that. Episode 2 last year got 4.6m so 5.5m would be a very large year on year rise.”

Well it would be dissapointing. Its facing Dickensian at 8pm, so has a good chance of rising from last week - or I hope so at least.

What do think it will get tonight?

Mr Sirs

13-01-2016

Originally Posted by James J:
“BBC Two is reviving Robot Wars for a 6 episode series.

Consider me excited! ”

Originally Posted by kwynne42:
“Must be all those Robot Wars repeats on Challenge but according to the BBC Media Centre BBC2 are making a new series of Robot Wars, exciting heh, remember it rated well until they started playing silly beggars with the scheduling.”

Originally Posted by dizzie:
“Brilliant show - simple format done well. Let's hope they don't mess around with it too much. It's one of those rare shows that our whole family loved watching. I can imagine it being exactly the same even now. Just needs to be put on at the right time. Craig Charles could host again, but I'm betting they look for a 'new fresh face' but I'll be really cross if Jonathan Pearce doesn't commentate - he made the show for me.”

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“Robot Wars is a blast from the past. It was a great show, loved it from episode 1 when Jeremy Clarkson was the original host. Back when the weeknight 6pm hour was unmissable on BBC2.

Could probably be an 8pm show now.”

Originally Posted by Salv*:
“Got to say I'm excited. The only things I have ever watched on the channel is Top Gear, Buffy and Robot Wars.”

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“More Robot Wars info!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...t-wars-returns”

Originally Posted by Belligerence:
“Hope Philippa Forrester, Craig Charles and Jonathan Pearce are reunited. ”

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“I predict a Sunday 8pm slot for Robot Wars.”

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“I watched Robot Wars nearly 20 years ago when I was in my 20s and I'll watch it again.

People seem happy it's returning.”

Thought the line up with Craig Charles, Forrester and Pearce was great. Really looking forward to this returning!

davey_wavey

13-01-2016

ITV have had a strong few days - Endeavour and Benidorm are both doing very well. I think 5 million should be what they're aiming for with 9pm dramas now. Ninja Warrior also performing strongly. Last night was a poor night for them admittedly, but they'll be back on track tonight. Birds of A Feather and Mr Selfridge should hold up with solid figures over the next few days too.

I was expecting Derren Brown to do a lot better last night for Channel 4.

Celebrity Big Brother is proving to be a reliable hit again for Channel 5. I'm looking forward to the return of 10,000 BC which will hopefully capitalise on the reality TV audience a bit and launch above a million.

hyperstarsponge

13-01-2016

Think CBB is where all the reality TV viewers are, But no one else is watching it.

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