The Ratings Thread (Part 68)

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cylon6

31-07-2016

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“I'm wondering if any of the BBC's sitcom season in September can match or better that Mrs Brown rating - Porridge with Fletcher's grandson, Are You Being Served with the all-new cast, the Keeping Up Appearances prequel. Expect they may get better slots than Mrs Brown did. Fantastic rating for something that seemed to be rather randomly scheduled.”

This is something I've been wondering about the sitcom season. I think scheduling will be very important. If they face soaps then forget about it. But where could these sitcoms go? Also some sitcoms will obviously be more appealing than others during Sitcom Season.

burbe

31-07-2016

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“This is something I've been wondering about the sitcom season. I think scheduling will be very important. If they face soaps then forget about it. But where could these sitcoms go? Also some sitcoms will obviously be more appealing than others during Sitcom Season.”

Depending on the length - post Bake Off on Wednesdays?

cylon6

31-07-2016

Originally Posted by burbe:
“Depending on the length - post Bake Off on Wednesdays?”

It would be good to have some pre-watershed sitcoms. Sadly those spaces are limited these days.

mlt11

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by Chief_Wiggum:
“I'm simply joining the dots with regards to Kelly Cates. Her and George Riley presented Football League Tonight last season. It got terrible, terrible ratings all season. Kelly Cates' presenting was panned by prominent TV critics including Ian Hyland. Channel 5 began to make changes to the programme at the end of last season. Now this season, Kelly Cates is no longer one of the presenters of the show. That to me and to most others would suggest she had been sacked (or in other words, had her contract terminated/not renewed).

It's not necessarily libellous to suggest it because we have simply come to an obvious conclusion based on what has happened. If proof or reporting emerges showing that Kelly Cates was not sacked, I will happily retract my statement.”

Kelly Cates is joining Sky this season to present live Football League games.

She is also continuing her role as a football phone-in presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live.

The fact she is being employed in significant roles by both Sky and the BBC suggests that they both think she is a good presenter - so it seems unlikely she would have been sacked by C5.

Indeed I think it's far more likely she decided to leave C5 in order to take up her new role as a live Football League presenter on Sky.

JimVic

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by rzt:
“Drama Consolidated Averages for 2016
Here are the consolidated averages for BBC One and ITV dramas so far this year:

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BBC One 1 - 11.64m - Sherlock... (-2%) 2 - 9.95m - Call The Midwife... (-3%) 3 - 8.55m - Happy Valley... (+19%) 4 - 8.41m - Silent Witness... (+1%) 5 - 8.42m - The Night Manager... (NEW/+11%) 6 - 8.08m - Death In Paradise... (-6%) 7 - 7.06m - War And Peace... (NEW/-16%) 8 - 5.77m - Shetland... (+1%) 9 - 5.51m - The A Word... (NEW/-4%) 10 - 5.28m - Undercover... (NEW/-22%) 11 - 4.37m - In The Club... (-22%) 12 - 4.16m - Wallander... (-29%) 13 - 3.94m - Dickensian... (NEW/-28%) 14 - 3.51m – The Musketeers*... (-18%) 15 - 3.10m – New Blood... (NEW/-34%) 16 – 2.79m – The Living And The Dead*... (NEW/-46%) 17 – 2.73m – Reg... (NEW) 18 – 2.46m – Love, Nina... (NEW/-41%) 19 – 2.10m – Midsummer Night’s Dream... (NEW)

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ITV (inc +1 in brackets 1 - 6.82m (7.17m) - Maigret... (NEW) 2 - 6.67m (6.96m) - The Durrells... (NEW/-24%) 3 - 6.45m (7.32m) - Vera... (+18%) 4 - 6.41m (6.81m) - Marcella... (NEW/-21%) 5 - 6.11m (6.44m) - Grantchester... (-3%) 6 - 6.00m (6.43m) - Midsomer Murders... (+9%) 7 - 5.87m (6.29m) - Scott & Bailey... (+4%) 8 - 5.73m (6.34m) - Endeavour... (-6%) 9 - 5.49m (5.88m) - Home Fires... (-4%) 10 - 5.47m (5.77m) – Brief Encounters*... (NEW/-7%) 11 - 5.26m (5.58m) - The Secret... (NEW/-1%) 12 - 4.44m (4.86m) - Doctor Thorne... (NEW/-22%) 13 - 4.22m (4.53m) - Mr Selfridge... (-14%) 14 - 3.76m (4.14m) - Jericho... (NEW/-19%) 15 - 3.65m (3.99m) - Churchill's Secret... (NEW) 16 - 2.10m (2.31m) - Beowulf... (NEW/-38%)

Individual episode ratings: https://s31.postimg.org/xqxook6ln/drama_july_2016.jpg

In brackets is the % rise or fall compared to the averages for their previous series. For new shows, the % is the rise or fall between the first and last episodes of the series.

BBC One Drama in 2016 so far has averaged 5.75m over about 104 hours. ITV Drama so far in 2016 has averaged 4.96m (inc +1: 5.34m) over 101 hours.”

Thanks for those ratings. I am utterly baffled that the number nine Drama of the year so far Home Fires was axed. How can ITV just leave the viewers up in the air with unresolved storylines and ignore an audience of nearly 6m? There is also an online petition with over 31.000 signatories. Yes it's only a TV programme, but ITV's lack of respect for the viewing public is disgraceful.

Ray Tings

01-08-2016

Robot Wars: 1.78m (9.4%)
Last week: 1.97m (10.0%)

Ray Tings

01-08-2016

Celebrity Big Brother: 1.29m (6.5%) excluding +1

Salv*

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“Celebrity Big Brother: 1.29m (6.5%) excluding +1”

Hmm that's not good, unless it adds a good 300k on +1.

H of De Vil

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“Celebrity Big Brother: 1.29m (6.5%) excluding +1”

Mmmh...that's not going the right direction. For a Sunday that is pretty poor. But if C5 want to run this into the ground by blanket coverege all year, then so be it.

Ray Tings

01-08-2016

BBC1
Countryfile Summer Special: 4.80m (27.5%)
Fake or Fortune?: 3.99m (21.0%)
BBC News (10pm): 3.78m (21.3%)

BBC2
Dragons' Den: 2.66m (13.4%)
Robot Wars: 1.78m (9.4%)
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys (Repeat): 0.95m (6.8%)

BBC4
Generation '66: 0.41m (2.1%)
Cathy Come Home (Repeat): 0.24m (1.6%)
BBC Proms 2016: 0.09m (0.5%)

Channel 4 (exc. +1)
Film: The Imitation Game (Premiere): 1.57m (8.9%)
Flying to the Ends of the Earth: 1.03m (5.5%)

Highlights of the #GermanGP drew an audience of 2.3m (inc. +1), +94% on slot average. Also won highest share of 16-34 viewers with 13.3%
Channel 4 Press@C4Press

Channel 5 (exc. +1)
Celebrity Big Brother: 1.29m (6.5%)
Now That's Funny!: 0.68m (3.6%)
Ultimate Celebrity Power Couples 2016 (Repeat): 0.34m (2.7%)

Salv*

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by H of De Vil:
“Mmmh...that's not going the right direction. For a Sunday that is pretty poor. But if C5 want to run this into the ground by blanket coverege all year, then so be it.”

It's low. It still is up on the first Sunday of last year (1.17m), and I reckon with +1 it'll be around 1.5m, which is "meh", but that's the standard for the summer CBB series it seems.

I've always said it, the summer CBB shouldn't exist.

H of De Vil

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“BBC1
Countryfile Summer Special: 4.80m (27.5%)
Fake or Fortune?: 3.99m (21.0%)
BBC News (10pm): 3.78m (21.3%)

BBC2
Dragons' Den: 2.66m (13.4%)
Robot Wars: 1.78m (9.4%)
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys (Repeat): 0.95m (6.8%)

BBC4
Generation '66: 0.41m (2.1%)
Cathy Come Home (Repeat): 0.24m (1.6%)
BBC Proms 2016: 0.09m (0.5%)

Channel 4 (exc. +1)
Film: The Imitation Game (Premiere): 1.57m (8.9%)
Flying to the Ends of the Earth: 1.03m (5.5%)

Highlights of the #GermanGP drew an audience of 2.3m yesterday, +94% on slot average. Also won highest share of 16-34 viewers with 13.3%
Channel 4 Press@C4Press

Channel 5 (exc. +1)
Celebrity Big Brother: 1.29m (6.5%)
Now That's Funny!: 0.68m (3.6%)
Ultimate Celebrity Power Couples 2016 (Repeat): 0.34m (2.7%)”

The Imitation Game is a superb British film, so it is good to see it do well for Ch4. Should be around 1.8m inc+1.

Salv*

01-08-2016

Great for Dragon's Den again.

cylon6

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“Robot Wars: 1.78m (9.4%)
Last week: 1.97m (10.0%)”

Thanks Ray.

I think Skyfall must have been higher for ITV than last week's Bond movie. Robot Wars doing okay but I doubt it will be getting closer to Top Gear

H of De Vil

01-08-2016

I think Skyfall will be around 3m-3.5m. But repeating the same film next Saturday is very lazy. Its bad enough on ITV2, but doing it on the main channel.

This weekends Saturday ratings might have been low, but at leasti it was al new content.

Ray Tings

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“I think Skyfall must have been higher for ITV than last week's Bond movie.”

2.33m (12.4%) excluding HD / exc. +1
Quantum of Solace: 2.09m/10.6% exc HD/exc +1 (2.77m/14.2% inc HD/inc +1)

bitchboyblue

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by Salv*:
“It's low. It still is up on the first Sunday of last year (1.17m), and I reckon with +1 it'll be around 1.5m, which is "meh", but that's the standard for the summer CBB series it seems.

I've always said it, the summer CBB shouldn't exist.”

1.5m is still better than virtually everything else on Channel 5. What would they replace it with?

lewiep93

01-08-2016

Overnights.tv ‏@overnightstv 16s17 seconds ago
Ep3 of #TheSecretAgent again lost out to ITV and 007, with 2.4m/12.2% against ITV's avge of 3.3m/17.5% for #Skyfall http://www.overnights.tv

Salv*

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by bitchboyblue:
“1.5m is still better than virtually everything else on Channel 5. What would they replace it with?”

You're right. I've just always had a problem with Summer CBB

especially when it reduces the normal series which was very good.

decafcappuccino

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“Celebrity Big Brother: 1.29m (6.5%) excluding +1”

Originally Posted by Salv*:
“Hmm that's not good, unless it adds a good 300k on +1.”

Maybe people have finally had enough of these vile, brash non entities like bear, marnie, heavy d, rene etc. I know I have im about to give up.

Salv*

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by decafcappuccino:
“Maybe people have finally had enough of these vile, brash non entities like bear, marnie, heavy d, rene etc. I know I have im about to give up.”

But like I've said, comfortably up on last year which got 1.17m, so if it is around 1.5m, a 230k climb year on year ain't that bad.

Ray Tings

01-08-2016

From ITV Media:

Friday Top 10 (inc. +1)

1 ITV - 07:30 PM Coronation Street 5.794m 35%
2 BBC One - 08:00 PM EastEnders 5.407m 31%
3 ITV - 08:30 PM Coronation Street 5.190m 28% not tape checked, so probably higher than EE
4 ITV - 07:00 PM Emmerdale 4.976m 32%
5 BBC One - 08:30 PM Celebrity MasterChef 4.863m 26%
6 BBC One - 06:30 PM Regional News and Weather 4.721m 33%
7 BBC One - 10:00 PM BBC News at Ten 4.141m 26%
8 BBC One - 06:00 PM BBC News at Six 4.049m 30%
9 BBC One - 07:00 PM The One Show 3.396m 22%
10 ITV - 06:30 PM ITV Evening News 2.910m 20%

Friday Top 10 (inc. +1) (not including the five main channels)

1 E4 - 07:00 PM Hollyoaks 662k 4.2%
2 Drama - 09:00 PM Death in Paradise 526k 2.9%
3 ITV3 - 09:30 PM Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs 509k 2.7%
4 ITV3 - 09:00 PM Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs 505k 2.7%
5 ITV2 - 09:00 PM Fast & Furious 488k 3.1%
6 E4 - 06:30 PM The Big Bang Theory 465k 3.2%
7 ITV2 - 11:40 PM Family Guy 450k 6.4%
8 BBC Four - 10:15 PM BBC Proms 2016: David Bowie 439k 4.4%
9 Film4 - 09:00 PM The Transporter 410k 2.4%
10 ITV2 - 07:00 PM Funniest Ever You've Been Framed! 396k 2.4%

northlad

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by lewiep93:
“Overnights.tv ‏@overnightstv 16s17 seconds ago
Ep3 of #TheSecretAgent again lost out to ITV and 007, with 2.4m/12.2% against ITV's avge of 3.3m/17.5% for #Skyfall http://www.overnights.tv”

Good rating for Skyfall, shame about Secret Agent though,more of a BBC2 drama I think.

Ray Tings

01-08-2016

Including +1:

Film: The Imitation Game (Premiere): 1.8m (10.1%)
Celebrity Big Brother: 1.5m (7.6%)
Flying to the Ends of the Earth: 1.2m (6.1%)
Now That's Funny!: 730k (3.9%)

H of De Vil

01-08-2016

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“From ITV Media:

Friday Top 10 (inc. +1)

1 ITV - 07:30 PM Coronation Street 5.794m 35%
2 BBC One - 08:00 PM EastEnders 5.407m 31%
3 ITV - 08:30 PM Coronation Street 5.190m 28% not tape checked, so probably higher than EE
4 ITV - 07:00 PM Emmerdale 4.976m 32%
5 BBC One - 08:30 PM Celebrity MasterChef 4.863m 26%
6 BBC One - 06:30 PM Regional News and Weather 4.721m 33%
7 BBC One - 10:00 PM BBC News at Ten 4.141m 26%
8 BBC One - 06:00 PM BBC News at Six 4.049m 30%
9 BBC One - 07:00 PM The One Show 3.396m 22%
10 ITV - 06:30 PM ITV Evening News 2.910m 20%

Friday Top 10 (inc. +1) (not including the five main channels)

1 E4 - 07:00 PM Hollyoaks 662k 4.2%
2 Drama - 09:00 PM Death in Paradise 526k 2.9%
3 ITV3 - 09:30 PM Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs 509k 2.7%
4 ITV3 - 09:00 PM Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs 505k 2.7%
5 ITV2 - 09:00 PM Fast & Furious 488k 3.1%
6 E4 - 06:30 PM The Big Bang Theory 465k 3.2%
7 ITV2 - 11:40 PM Family Guy 450k 6.4%
8 BBC Four - 10:15 PM BBC Proms 2016: David Bowie 439k 4.4%
9 Film4 - 09:00 PM The Transporter 410k 2.4%
10 ITV2 - 07:00 PM Funniest Ever You've Been Framed! 396k 2.4%”

Good rpt ratings for POG Dogs. Also for Death in Paradise on Drama.

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