ITV need someone with a vision who can revitalise the channel and find it some new hits that it desperately needs. There's been too much reliance on TXF/BGT for too long and while BGT is probably versatile enough to survive, it's hard to see how TXF is going to claw back the ground it's lost, especially in the wider context of singing talent shows apparently diminishing in popularity worldwide.

I'd've thought Steve November would also be vulnerable, unless the rushes for Victoria are so good that he can convince Lygo to keep him on. ITV's last massive bona fide drama successes (DA, BC) were commissioned by his predecessor …

Thanks for this. The programme in general is about as inoffensive as it is possible to be (unless you have a particular concern regarding Michael Portillos dress sense) so it must have been an item subject deemed insensitive in relation to the very sad events brought back into public awareness yesterday.

reading week 7 PI on BBC website and in The Voice that week is a sitcom star and a singer who had a hit in 1980

Lots of surprising ratings this week.

Firstly that Sugar Free Farm did well, secondly that Celebrity Bake Off didn't do well.

Maybe too many celeb spin offs for charity, or too many bake off style spin offs in general? The Beeb milking a successful format particularly on BBC Two.

Do you collect full-slot averages as well as time-checked figures?

If not, it might be wise to go back to the start of the year and collect all the full-slot averages, just in case we never get a regular source of time-checked ratings again. I realise it'll make year-on-year comparisons difficult this year, but at least you'd be able to do year-on-year comparisons again next year.

It's going to be very difficult to find time-checked figures a few times a week without DS.

Or the fact it wasn't on at the usual time and started thirty minutes into Midsomer Murders.

It will obviously rise next week but I don't think 4.6m is bad for a short-run self-contained spin-off that doesn't take much putting together. If it were getting 4.5m every episode they would probably be happy and it obviously has no bearing on the main series which will return with its usual 8m+ later this year.

I wonder if ITV is keeping an eye on how Grease Live does for FOX as I suspect they're planning to do their own version with Paramount Television if it turns out to be a hit. It'll be interesting how it does for ITV2

Yes, it is quite telling that they a bradcasting this since The Sound Of Music. Does it siggest they are interested in doing another? It might not have got massive ratings (4.8m over 2hrs 30min) but it certainly got a postive responce.

Indeed, it had to be the holocaust memorial, after seeing the episode tonight. It was quite heavy on the crematorium aspect and that would have been insensitive leading right into the ceremony at 7 pm. But it cannot have been Millie Dowler, unless something was edited out, as not even Sherlock would have connected that story with this episode just by watching.

Emmerdale required a tape-checking adjustment - but when it sits next to Corrie its normally very minor by either 0.1-0.2m or sometimes the tape-checked rating and full slot rating can be the same (as we saw on Monday, as 6.5m was the identical rating to 1 d.p in both instances).

Corrie ran 19.32-19.58 so no adjustment was required. Last year it did the same too so can compare this one y-o-y - making it down 0.5m from the 7.8m it averaged exc +1 (versus 7.3m exc +1 for last night).


From last year I started recording all the tape-checked ratings as full-slot ratings exc +1 were difficult to come by - but with no DS articles now, as you say might be easier to switch back to full slot averages.

If anyone wanted to know, CBB got 2.5m (11.3%) last night. I contacted the person who posts ratings on Broadcast.

I was expecting 10,000 BC to be well under 500k after the premiere rating so staying around 600k isn't too bad I guess. It's probably dirt cheap to make and produce for C5 (just guessing ofc).

It's not great, with the best lead in possible. It's like half of the average for the slot. It's like a drama after Bake Off (highest rated show of the channel) getting half of the slot average... probably would be around 2m. That'd be seen as a flop after Bake Off.

I enjoy 10000bc but if it gets around 600k after a 2.5m rated BB, what would it get if it aired outside of BB time, 200k? No matter how cheap it is, i can;t see them keep renewing it and putting it after CBB because IMO sadly it's a waste of a slot of if something can get something ~1m like Gotham.

I forgot it has CBB as its lead in. I guess if it keeps these ratings when CBB ends, it could be renewed.

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#WinterWatch warmed cockles of 2.7m /12.6% from 8pm, in spite of absence of poorly @ChrisGPackham. Get well soon! http://www.overnights.tv

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#DeathInParadise still showing strong pulse with 6m viewers/28.1%, winning 9pm slot for BBC1 @RedPlanetTV http://www.overnights.tv

Last night's ratings: An eventful episode saw Celebrity Big Brother climb to 2.38m (11.1%) exc. C5+1.

Solid Ratings for CBB all week.

I'm guessing another 2.6-2.8m rating which would be excellent.

Great ratings, fantastic share!

Last night's ratings: EastEnders pulled in a decent 6.76m (33.5%) at 7:30pm, but only 5.56m (25.6%) returned for the second episode at 8:30pm.

I imagine Birds of a Feather dented that second EE and vice versa.

Last night's ratings: Birds of a Feather's recent momentum was well and truly halted by facing EastEnders, posting 2.64m (12.2%) exc. HD and +1.

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#locationlocationlocation was in the right place at the right time for 2.1m/10% on C4 from 8pm @KirstieMAllsopp http://www.overnights.tv

Others...

Death in Paradise: 6.01m (28.1%)
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: 1.61m (8.2%)
The Story of China: 1.34m (6.3%)
Location, Location, Location: 1.90m (8.9%)
Restoration Man: 1.40m (6.6%)
First Dates: 1.03m (7.3%)
Ben Fogle's New Lives in the Wild: 0.67m (3.4%)
Britain's Bloody Crown: 0.64m (3.0%)
Traffic Cops: 0.64m (3.0%)

Ouch. There's an obvious crossover here as EE was also hit.

It does feel like BBC1 deliberately schedules a few EE episodes up against Birds. They did it last year too and it knocked it a bit. Perhaps some bitterness about it doing well after they passed on it? EE doesn't normally find itself at 8.30pm on a Thursday so it does feel rather deliberate two years in a row.