Ditto this, thanks to everyone who gets the numbers.

Don't know if you've seen this site - http://www.tvratingsuk.com/ - but I see it as better than tvbythenumbers and find it extremely useful, so thanks to whoever updates this. Ratings archives FTW!

In other news, Channel 4's enjoyable 'reality thriller' Hunted returns this Thursday.
Not entirely sure how the ratings will be. Last year it opened with 1.92m, I've seen it promoted quite well this time around (including plenty of radio advertising) so I'm wondering if it could be up on that - or at least even with it.
Seems to me they're pushing it to be a bigger hit than last year but tbh I never saw how the last one was promoted.

Syco wades in:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/s...ritish-8879032

Here's another one:

Most Watched Programmes of 1990

1. Coronation Street (Jan 1) (ITV): 19.22m
2. Only Fools and Horses (Dec 25) (BBC1): 17.97m
3. It'll Be Alright on the Night 6 (Dec 2) (ITV): 17.92m
4. Film: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Premiere) (Dec 25) (BBC1): 17.50m
5. Film: A View to a Kill (Premiere) (Jan 31) (ITV): 16.93m
6. The Queen (Dec 25) (BBC1): 16.74m
7. Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game (Dec 25) (BBC1): 16.73m
8. World Cup: West Germany v England (Jul 4) (BBC1): 16.69m
9. BBC News and Weather (Dec 25, 5pm) (BBC1): 16.60m
10. Inspector Morse (Jan 24) (ITV): 16.16m
11. World Cup: England v Ireland (Jun 11) (ITV): 15.96m
12. Film: Octopussy (R) (Jan 20) (ITV): 15.86m
13. Blind Date (Feb 3) (ITV): 15.80m
14. World Cup: England v Cameroon (Jul 1) (BBC1): 15.67m
15. This is Your Life: Elizabeth Dawn (Jan 10) (ITV): 15.65m
16. World Cup: England v Egypt (Jun 21) (BBC1): 15.31m
17. Film: For Your Eyes Only (R) (Jan 13) (ITV): 15.22m
18. EastEnders (Dec 27) (BBC1): 14.87m
19. Watching (Jan 19) (ITV): 14.82m
20. Strike It Lucky (Feb 26) (ITV): 14.60m
21. Wish You Were Here...? (Feb 26) (ITV): 14.50m
22. No Job for a Lady (Feb 7) (ITV): 14.39m
23. Bergerac (Feb 4) (BBC1): 14.25m
24. 'Allo 'Allo! (R) (Oct 22) (BBC1): 14.24m
25. Beadle's About (Nov 24) (ITV): 14.12m
26. Antiques Roadshow (Mar 4) (BBC1): 14.07m
27. The Bill (Jan 4) (ITV): 13.95m
28.= London's Burning (Nov 18) (ITV): 13.92m
28.= Film: Appointment with Death (Premiere) (Dec 30) (BBC1): 13.92m
30. FA Cup Final Replay (May 17) (BBC1): 13.90m
31. News at Ten (Jan 31) (ITV): 13.85m
32. Home to Roost (Jan 19) (ITV): 13.84m
33. Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (Jan 6) (ITV): 13.74m
34. Keeping Up Appearances (Dec 3) (BBC1): 13.64m
35. Mr Bean (Jan 1) (ITV): 13.45m
36.= May to December (Feb 1) (BBC1): 13.42m
36.= Casualty (Dec 7) (BBC1): 13.42m
38. Birds of a Feather (Nov 22) (BBC1): 13.39m
39.= Denis Norden's 21 Years of Laughter (R) (Dec 22) (ITV): 13.29m
39.= A Question of Sport (Dec 27) (BBC1): 13.29m
41. World Cup: England v Belgium (Jun 26) (BBC1): 13.28m

Aggregated ratings:

Coronation Street: 22.83m (Jan 1)

Neighbours: 21.16m (8.37m+12.79m) (Feb 26)
Highest individual rating: 12.83m (Dec 4)

EastEnders: 20.80m (13.78m+7.02m) (Jan 4)

Wish You Were Here?: 15.87m (Jan 22)

The Bill: 15.29m (Jan 4)

Home and Away: 15.11m (6.05m+9.06m) (Dec 28)
Highest individual rating: 9.82m (Jun 25)

Brookside: 6.12m (4.28m+1.84m) (Jul 2)
Highest individual rating: 4.58m (Apr 11)

Emmerdale's highest rating of the year was 11.80m (Jan 9) (no repeat showing).

View to a Kill cams out in 1985. ET in 82. Premiere on TV in 1990/1. 17m watched.

One in three people used to watch soaps. Now in it one in ten. I guess if you show six episodes a week you can still get 36m viewers a week like Corrie used to get for the Monday and Wednesday episodes.

Thanks again Ray.

Thanks for the tip. I know they are a few days behind on the overnights but it's still a great round up.

Robin Parker ‏@robinparker55 11s11 seconds ago
National Treasure debuted with 3m for C4 last night - a 15% share and second only to BBC1's DIY SOS in its slot

Fantastic for National Treasure. One of the best dramas I've seen this year. The Tuesday flop zone for ITV plunders on it seems.

Thanks Ray for that 1990 list! EastEnders really went through a terrible period at that time if 14.9m was its highest single showing.

That just shows that drama on a Tuesday night could work for ITV. But ch 4 have also been helped by the fact the BBC dont have a drama on BBC 1 for the whole of National Treasure' run.

National Treasure was superb. Ch4 drama rates well on Tuesday, BBC drama rates well on Tuesday, but ITV persist with flimsy factual.

Possibly National Treasure is why BBC1 doesn't have a drama on Tuesday night at present

BBC1
EastEnders: 5.69m (30.7%)
Holby City: 4.40m (22.3%)
BBC News (10pm): 4.19m (26.1%)

#meandmyfertility with @MissAlexjones won its late slot with 1.7m / 17.6%. http://overnights.tv

BBC2
Great British Menu: 1.94m (10.5%)
The Hairy Bikers: Chicken and Egg: 1.73m (8.8%)
Great Continental Railway Journeys: 1.70m (8.4%)

BBC4
The Brecon Beacons with Iolo Williams: 0.46m (2.3%)
Pain, Pus and Poison: the Search for Modern Medicines (R): 0.23m (1.6%)
Brushing Up On...British Factories (R): 0.22m (1.2%)

Channel 4 (exc. +1)
National Treasure: 2.76m (13.6%)
Location, Location, Location: 1.80m (9.1%)
It Was Alright in the 1970s: 0.74m (5.5%)

Channel 5 (exc. +1)
The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies: 0.99m (5.0%)
Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives: 0.93m (4.6%)
The Hotel Inspector Returns: 0.57m (4.0%)

Thanks Ray.

EastEnders looking a bit feeble there.

Casualty has given Holby City a much needed boost to keep it over 4m for longer.

BBC2 had a good night, as did Ch4. Ch5 didn't do too badly either.

ITV on the other hand I bet was under 2m all night. Sort Tuesday's out Lygo, otherwise ITV might as well go off air on this day.

#ParkingWars debuted on ITV to 2.1M / 10.6% @CenturyFilms

#CarWars debut on ITV watched yesterday by 1.7m / 8.4% @northumbriapol @ITVShiver @OpDragoon http://overnights.tv

Thanks Ray.

Dire. Why do ITV persist with this? I'd really like to ask one of the bosses, why Tuesday is just left to wither away?

Excluding +1:

Hollyoaks (E4): 0.68m (3.9%)
Body Fixers (E4): 0.36m (1.8%)
Mount Pleasant (Sky 1): 0.17m (0.9%)

Emmerdale: 4.87m excluding HD / excluding +1

Looks like Emmerdale was ahead of EastEnders last night inc HD and +1, possibly even without +1.

Great rating for National Treasure there. Richly deserved for such a well made program. It's a tough subject but I like how it tried to be fair and let you come to your own conclusions - there were little hints that there may be some skeletons in the closet but nothing too on the nose and I expect over the run we might find out more details and get a verdict at the end but it seems like, whatever the end result for the character, it could be argued it's the wrong verdict.

Location Location Location's continued success is depressing.

Is it me or is EastEnders between the living and the dead at the moment? Nothing is happening at all. It's like sitting watching paint dry. The fact it has over 5 million is amazing! It needs some oomph!

Blimey- didn't think National Treasure would do that well. Good cast though.

ITV handing C4 the ratings on a plate I guess with their utterly pathetic lineup.

Next hosts of Bake Off according to rumour.

I think it's time ITV started spending and not persisting with this cheap crap. Use or lose it is my motto.

As for the BBC, 'DIY SOS' needs scrapping. Just sappy tosh, that plays on people's emotions.

EastEnders was slowly recovering from the mistakes of 1989.
EP Michael Ferguson got rid of the lightweight 'comedy' characters, brought issues back to the fore, and introduced the Mitchell brothers. He was probably one of the most astute EPs that EastEnders has ever had, and deserves a lot of credit for saving the show.

I think the reason ITV stick factual on a Tuesday is purely due to a lack of hits. They need to get a hit returnables on other nights before sorting the Tuesday flop zone out. They can relax a bit on Sundays now because Victoria is a hit and will return, which sorts out the issue of having a successor to Downton. If it sells well abroad, which it should do, they'll have more money to spend testing stuff on Tuesdays.

I'd personally look at a more light drama on a Tuesday - perhaps Brief Encounters could be moved there? They need a strong returnable on Mondays as well, because Broadchurch will end soon and I can't see Cold Feet coming back.

ITV have a perfect opportunity then to move Corrie to 19:30 on weekdays and create the 60mins soap block. EE would move to 20:00 and both channels would have some clear scheduling.

Since itv doesn't have much live sport/football, it would rarely have to move the soaps. They could then maybe work on creating some decent tv for the 20:00 hour. It seems EE is vulnerable.

Just imagine ITV having something worth watching after 8pm.