The Ratings Thread (Part 68)

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H of De Vil

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“The #PrideofBritainAwards on ITV won more than half its slot and averaged 4.1m/19.4% @itvstudios http://www.overnights.tv”

Quick! ITV has an audience on Tuesday - then watch it plummet back down under 2m next week

The above is a good rating, especially when its build up from under 2m from the 7.30pm programme.

But ITV repeating MM just tires out the latter. Leave rpt's like this to ITV3.

Ray Tings

02-11-2016

Channel 4 (exc. +1)
Married at First Sight: 1.12m (5.4%)
Your Face Says It All: 0.81m (3.8%)
Channel 4 News: 0.69m (3.6%)

Channel 5 (exc. +1)
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild: 1.20m (5.7%)
The Yorkshire Vet: 1.06m (4.9%)
Me and My Mental Illness: 0.52m (3.7%)

cylon6

02-11-2016

Ray do you have access to Morecambe and Wise's ratings over the years on BBC1 and ITV?

Dancc

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“Arctic Live: 2.59m (12.0%)”

Excellent rating. BBC Two never fails to make a real impact with these stripped nature formats.

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“Channel 5 (exc. +1)
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild: 1.20m (5.7%)”

Coped well with the increased competition from ITV and at least got the better of Married at First Sight. Tricky night again with Champions League football to contend with as well.

But deserved more. An excellent episode with a really interesting couple.

lewiep93

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“Ray do you have access to Morecambe and Wise's ratings over the years on BBC1 and ITV?”

I have quite a few! Bear with and I'll post them. Because they come from JICTAR they are lower than often quoted, particularly with the Christmas shows as we've already seen.

cylon6

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by H of De Vil:
“Quick! ITV has an audience on Tuesday - then watch it plummet back down under 2m next week

The above is a good rating, especially when its build up from under 2m from the 7.30pm programme.

But ITV repeating MM just tires out the latter. Leave rpt's like this to ITV3.”

I bet a Midsomer Murders repeat does better than most of the factual ITV put there. Factual opposite soaps is why primetime schedules are in the crapper. Soap on ITV, factual on BBC1. Soap on BBC1, factual on ITV.

Look at those old ratings with fewer soaps on and other programmes around matching or beating them in the ratings. Primetime weeknight TV on BBC1 & ITV is dying a slow death and this is why!

cylon6

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by lewiep93:
“I have quite a few! Bear with and I'll post them. Because they come from JICTAR they are lower than often quoted, particularly with the Christmas shows as we've already seen.”

That's perfect. We need to talk.

H of De Vil

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“Channel 4 (exc. +1)
Married at First Sight: 1.12m (5.4%)
Your Face Says It All: 0.81m (3.8%)
Channel 4 News: 0.69m (3.6%)

Channel 5 (exc. +1)
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild: 1.20m (5.7%)
The Yorkshire Vet: 1.06m (4.9%)
Me and My Mental Illness: 0.52m (3.7%)”

Looks like The Yorkshire Vet took a hit, as did Holby City, down on last weeks 4.6m.

H of De Vil

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“I bet a Midsomer Murders repeat does better than most of the factual ITV put there. Factual opposite soaps is why primetime schedules are in the crapper. Soap on ITV, factual on BBC1. Soap on BBC1, factual on ITV.

Look at those old ratings with fewer soaps on and other programmes around matching or beating them in the ratings. Primetime weeknight TV on BBC1 & ITV is dying a slow death and this is why!”

A MM rpt will do above 2.1m in that Tuesday slot.

I hope Lygo invests more in the slots oposite EE and HC. Look at POG dogs. There they found a bit hit (when EE was still pulling in 7m+), and yet they haven't really tried to find the next hit.

Dancc

02-11-2016

Wonder what Man City v Barca got? Surely BT must have finally posted a respectable UCL rating.

Originally Posted by H of De Vil:
“Looks like The Yorkshire Vet took a hit, as did Holby City, down on last weeks 4.6m.”

ITV added about 2m week-on-week. That's going to have some effect across the board.

Ray Tings

02-11-2016

#educatingjoey watched by 286k/1.4% (inc. +1) on @itv2 @JoeyEssex_ @educatejoey @LimePictures http://overnights.tv

cylon6

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by H of De Vil:
“A MM rpt will do above 2.1m in that Tuesday slot.

I hope Lygo invests more in the slots oposite EE and HC. Look at POG dogs. There they found a bit hit (when EE was still pulling in 7m+), and yet they haven't really tried to find the next hit.”

POG Dogs became a hit when EastEnders was during a phase where it was absolute toilet. It has never looked back. Half decent factual can get 4/5m against a soap. I wish BBC1 did more opposite Emmerdale than subject us to The One Show.

Those are your choices at 7pm on weeknight. Emmerdale doing budget blockbusters every few weeks or American celebs plugging stuff and looking confused by reports on ladybirds on The One Show.

There is no variety anymore!

cylon6

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“Channel 4 (exc. +1)
Married at First Sight: 1.12m (5.4%)
Your Face Says It All: 0.81m (3.8%)
Channel 4 News: 0.69m (3.6%)

Channel 5 (exc. +1)
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild: 1.20m (5.7%)
The Yorkshire Vet: 1.06m (4.9%)
Me and My Mental Illness: 0.52m (3.7%)”

Thanks Ray.

Your Face Says It All? That rating says it all! Hasn't really worked has it? A decent night for Channel 5, ITV being higher between 8-10pm as well as Arctic Live on BBC2 dented it.

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“Arctic Live: 2.59m (12.0%)”

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“The Choir: Gareth's Best in Britain: 1.89m (9.1%)”

What else made BBC2's top 3 for the night?

Dancc

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“#educatingjoey watched by 286k/1.4% (inc. +1) on @itv2 @JoeyEssex_ @educatejoey @LimePictures http://overnights.tv”

More crap from ITV2. Seriously, why do they bother with these Joey Essex programmes?

He was thoroughly exposed on I'm A Celebrity. Pretending to be thick badly then meant despite being favourite to win he could only finish 4th.

Move on already and promote some worthwhile talent. The comedy pilots airing over the next three nights could be a step in the right direction.

Ray Tings

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“What else made BBC2's top 3 for the night?”

1.27m (6.6%) for a repeat of Victorian Bakers. Broadcast app only includes programmes starting between 7pm and 11pm.
As for M&W, I'll see what Lewie has got and post anything extra if I have it.

Salv*

02-11-2016

Love reading the old ratings, I also shuddered at Saville.

As for last night, what I expected for everything really. Good for Arctic Live.

cylon6

02-11-2016

The Real Marigold Hotel moves from BBC2 to BBC1 next year. Great series.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...rigold-hotel-2

cylon6

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by Ray Tings:
“1.27m (6.6%) for a repeat of Victorian Bakers. Broadcast app only includes programmes starting between 7pm and 11pm.
As for M&W, I'll see what Lewie has got and post anything extra if I have it.”

Great stuff! Thanks Ray.

Would love to see the ratings for Two Of A Kind if you have them. That was the show that put Morecambe and Wise on the map.

lewiep93

02-11-2016

There you are Cylon, fill your boots.

Ray, if there are any that incorrect please correct them!

I've put them only in years and not series but you get the idea of how they rated.

Spoiler

davies88

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by cylon6:
“POG Dogs became a hit when EastEnders was during a phase where it was absolute toilet. It has never looked back. Half decent factual can get 4/5m against a soap. I wish BBC1 did more opposite Emmerdale than subject us to The One Show.

Those are your choices at 7pm on weeknight. Emmerdale doing budget blockbusters every few weeks or American celebs plugging stuff and looking confused by reports on ladybirds on The One Show.

There is no variety anymore!”

But then we can say why doesn't BBC2, C4, C5 and Sky provide alternatives at 7?

Dancc

02-11-2016

Re: the Radio Times Netflix offer discussed a few days ago. Fair to say this promotion could not have been more poorly thought out.

Firstly, you are only supposed to be able to redeem one code per account. This is apparently not the case, so there are reports of codes being stacked and several months of free Netflix redeemed.

But worse than that, the codes are not sealed within the magazines and so people are actually going into supermarkets, flicking through to the relevant part and effectively stealing the codes.

Dancc

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by davies88:
“But then we can say why doesn't BBC2, C4, C5 and Sky provide alternatives at 7?”

They do! BBC Two in particular schedules some excellent programmes there on occasions.

The idea of it ever being a choice between just BBC One and ITV is a very dated view. Thankfully, I don't think there are anywhere near as many viewers out there that think like this as there used to be.

cylon6

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by davies88:
“But then we can say why doesn't BBC2, C4, C5 and Sky provide alternatives at 7?”

They do

davies88

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“They do! BBC Two in particular schedules some excellent programmes there on occasions.

The idea of it ever being a choice between just BBC One and ITV is a very dated view. Thankfully, I don't think there are anywhere near as many viewers out there that think like this as there used to be”

That was kind of my point.

I like the Sky At Night on BBC2, but can't see of anything else that tempts me.

cylon6

02-11-2016

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“They do! BBC Two in particular schedules some excellent programmes there on occasions.

The idea of it ever being a choice between just BBC One and ITV is a very dated view. Thankfully, I don't think there are anywhere near as many viewers out there that think like this as there used to be.”

You'd have that choice on the other channels as well.as BBC1 and ITV. In effect all other channels are putting factual opposite Emmerdale. That's dull. No quizzes or sitcoms.

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