Originally Posted by lewiep93:
“From rzt:
BBC One
EastEnders: 5.74m (28.7%)
Have I Got News For You: 4.39m (21.0%)
Still Game: 3.21m (15.9%)
ITV Inc +1:
Emmerdale: 7.10m (37.5%)
Coronation Street (19.30): 7.12m (35.8%)
Coronation Street (20.30): 7.23m (34.8%)
The Level: 2.58m (12.5%)”
That's a big rating for EF - that share is especially impressive. Clearly it has boosted CS too which also had a very good night.
I'm surprised 1.5m viewers didn't flick to EE on BBC1. That does suggest these were floating eyeballs and not soap fans per se.
Clearly we now have a big3 soaps and you wonder how well EE and CS would do at 7pm. It'll be interesting to see how long ITV can retain these viewers before returning to 32%/6m level.
Props to ITV for pulling in 1m new viewers to its channel at the start of the Xmas run in. I imagine many are lost OAP viewers. I do wonder why ITV did this just before the Xmas adverts launch.
They are due at the start of November. Will they be brave enough to launch on Halloween XF?