As for Celebrity Big Brother, the first few officials look incredibly promising:


Equivalent week last year:


2016 average after 4 episodes: 2.24m (+0.28m)

Admittedly being able to screen the first Saturday H/L show at 9pm this year made a big difference, but all the other episodes are up y-o-y too. And that's despite airing in mid summer this year as opposed to the end of summer / start of autumn which tends to be a little bit easier ratings wise in terms of viewers being around, albeit facing bigger competition.

I could see them sticking to this scheduling next year as well.

Extremely promising. That Saturday rating is massive for C5 and time shifted 650k as it had a 1.35m overnight. Thanks for this Dan.

Also noted the last 2 officials of the regulations series lead to an official of 1.58m for the whole series above the first C5 series and the last two series. The last civilian series is up 220k on the previous most importantly.

They're probably using up their permitted showings.....

Quote:
WENTWORTH PRISON (TUE 2200) 658,000

When was the last time 5STAR got ratings this high other than for Home And Away, Neighbours or Big Brother?

Back in Feb/March when Shannara Chronicles and Heroes Reborn started. Both ended with lower figures than that though, closer to the half a million mark, whereas I expect Wentworth to be a lot more consistent at this level.

I didn't even realise that Heroes Reborn or The Shannara Chronicles did that well for 5STAR.....

I've never known anything bring out the moaners more than the Olympics.
I doubt the 6pm News on BBC One was under 1.5m.

Soap Officials w/c 25th July 2016

Coronation Street

Mon: 7.28m [+1.18m] / 7.32m [+1.19m]
Wed: 7.25m [+1.16m]
Fri: 6.97m [+1.32m] / 6.66m [+1.47m]

Avg.: 7.1m [+1.26m]

EastEnders

Mon: 6.78m [+960k]
Tue: 5.69m [+1.18m] clash ED
Thu: 6.4m [+990k]
Fri: 6.61m [+1.2m]

Avg.: 6.37m [+1.08m]

Emmerdale

Mon: 6.15m [+620k]
Tue: 5.88m [+660k]
Wed: 5.71m [+700k]
Thu: 5.95m [+730k] / 5.81m [+730k]
Fri: 5.62m [+780k]

Avg.: 5.85m [+703k]

Top 10 Officials w/c 25th July 2016

Figures inc. HD and exc. +1

Source: Barb

The first EastEnders break didn't exactly work out well as BBC1 and BBC2 didn't stay in step with each other, so viewers missed a dive in the middle of the diving final and were forced to watch trailers instead.

Olympic gymnastics due to finish around 10.30pm, and a fraction of a point between the top 3!
Looks like there'll be an immediate switch from BBC2 to BBC1 at that moment, regional news might be in the bin.
Womens' rugby sevens bronze medal match (GB vs Canada) also due to start at 10.30pm, that'll be BBC Four

EDIT: BBC regional news changed from 10.30pm (15 mins) to 10.25pm (shorter)

That's going to make headlines in the DM tomorrow.
If Helen Skelton's skirt can then I'm sure a missed dive will.....

It's a bit like that occasion when they cut the BBC News down during Wimbledon, committed to it, and then it looked daft on screen as Murray finished quicker than expected.

The news was shortened so they could show the whole of the Rugby Sevens on BBC One, but now due to the Gymnastics overrunning they've gone with that instead, having committed to the news shortening, and it just looks like they've switched channels 15 minutes early for no real reason.

Next week section of the New TV Times for the week of 20-26 August, Has Bake Off One of Us and The Watchman all starting, also new Series of Animal Park With Ben Fogle and Kate Humble is back years after it was originally axed.

Jonathan Reed ‏@JonathanReed01 1m1 minute ago
Last night's #Rio2016 coverage on @BBCOne peaked at 7.7m just after 9pm as Daley & Goodfellow claimed bronze for #GBR #TeamGB

From rzt:

BBC 1
13:45: Olympics 2016 - 1.88m (21.6%)
19:00: Olympics 2016 - 3.69m (19.9%)
* peak - 4.03m (20.1%) at 19.50
20:00: EastEnders - 5.08m (24.5%)
20:30: Olympics 2016 - 6.76m (30.3%)
* peak - 7.72m (33.2%) at 21.05

ITV (inc. +1)
17:00: Cash Trapped - 1.72m (14.8%)
19:00: Emmerdale - 5.52m (31.2%)
19:30: Coronation Street - 6.29m (32.4%)
20:30: Coronation Street - 5.72m (26.0%)
21:00: Brief Encounters - 3.90m (17.3%)

* - ITV soaps are tapechecked

Channel 4 Press ‏@C4Press 21s21 seconds ago
An audience of 1.1m tuned in for #NakedAttraction last night on Channel 4, up +38% on slot average

Some impressive figures for Rio 2016 yesterday. The 8pm programme on BBC Two pulled in a massive 4.84m (23.4%) and later at 10pm an audience of 4.39m (23.7%) switched over during the BBC One news break.

BBC1
Olympics 2016 (8.30pm-10pm): 6.76m (30.3%)
EastEnders: 5.08m (24.5%)
BBC News (10pm): 4.19m (22.6%)

BBC2
Olympics 2016 (8pm): 4.84m (23.4%)
Olympics 2016 (10pm): 4.39m (23.7%)
Brexit: the Battle for Britain: 1.67m (7.4%)

BBC4
Olympics 2016 (7pm-10pm): 0.71m (3.4%)
Olympics 2016 (10pm-2am): 0.36m (4.4%)

Channel 4 (exc. +1)
Dispatches: Brexit: Who'll Do Your Job Now?: 1.08m (5.2%)
Superfoods: the Real Story: 1.06m (4.8%)
Naked Attraction: 0.93m (5.6%)

Channel 5 (exc. +1)
Celebrity Big Brother: 1.26m (5.6%)
Aircrash: Collision in the Skies (Repeat): 0.52m (2.8%)
Mascara Boys: Sex Me Up: 0.51m (3.0%)

Thanks Dancc and Ray Tings.

Impressed with the Olympic ratings on BBC2. Nearly 5m at 8pm then number one at 10pm. Also the soaps on ITV were pretty much unaffected and held up better than EastEnders.

Presumably that's BBC Two's biggest audience of the year so far? I can't think of anything that's done anywhere near that number off the top of my head.

Excluding +1:

Hollyoaks (E4): 0.46m (2.6%)
Made in Chelsea: South of France (E4): 0.31m (1.4%)
Family Guy (9pm) (ITV2): 0.29m (1.3%)
Coach Trip: Road to Ibiza (E4): 0.23m (1.2%)

BBC2's highest overnight rating of 2016 it looks like. Will anything beat Top Gear's consolidated episode 1 rating of 6.42m?

That'll be very hard to beat.

Does anyone know what University Challenge got in its slightly earlier than usual timeslot of 7:30 yesterday?

22:30-00:00: Olympics 2016 - 2.80m (25.6%)

Some brilliant Rio figures yesterday which obviously brought a few other channels down. Great for BBC1 and BBC2.