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#WhoDoYouThinkYouAre was back at 8pm on BBC1 with #dannydyer, and drew decent 4.7m/19.8% @WBTVPUK http://www.overnights.tv

Bet that hurt Corrie and E.D

Was a good one last night. Higher than most programmes BBC1 have put there.

Press association says:-

A brand new nightly entertainment show has been announced by ITV, which will feature a different celebrity host each week – starting with David Walliams.

No mention of rotating. Though I suppose if he does well he could come back and do another week.

Decent seems a bit of an understatement considering the competition. Did better than I thought it would. I'm glad because WDYTYA is an unusual fit for BBC1. Essentially it's a history programme and there aren't many of them on BBC1.

Notice that BBC1 between 8pm and 10pm last night was made up of programmes that started life on BBC2.

That's a good point about its performance and programmes crossing from BBC2.

That's interesting. I wonder, if people are so hooked into other forms of media in that age range, whether there will be any movement back to broadcast tv when that generation hits 50+-or whether broadcast tv is done for? Will there be a collective "Roadshow" moment when all of a sudden the prospect of unearthing a 19th century gilt gold decorated teapot suddenly overwhelms people into their armchairs come 8pm on a Sunday evening?

It will be interesting to see how the differing age ranges change viewing habits over time-and especially mapping how the 50+ group consume media in the coming decades.

Yes that's a good starter. Danny Dyers seemingly colourful history has been bigged up in recent weeks and its paid off there in a difficult slot.

If it's only an eight week run, it'll be long over by BGT week.

I know Steve Williams always likes to point out that the UK's relative lack of real 'a listers' makes it much harder to sustain a nightly entertainment show here than in the US, and he'll probably be proven right in the long run, but it's high time someone at least gave it a good go. It's not like the US shows book Taylor Swift and Tom Hanks every night anyway: last night, for example, Jimmy Fallon interviewed Kevin James and Tim Gunn.

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#TheApprentice continued with party planning tasks, watched by 4.7m/19.8% @Boundlesstweets @Lord_Sugar http://www.overnights.tv

Pretty good week-on-week hold there, last week was 4.8m. Consistency is the word with The Apprentice.

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There's ~35m above the age of 34. Fag packet maths says ~14m of them were watching TV so I'll go with 40% for them.
So when IAC was packing them in - somebody over 35 was twice as likelyto be watching TV as someone 15-34.

Needless to say that demo is more likely to be out at that time of the night. You also wonder if they're watching something but are not being picked up by BARB.

People do things most people can't even imagine. I was one of those watching NFL after a big Thanksgiving Day meal yesterday. Surprisingly many Brits will have done likewise. Often those viewers are watching a game via an app and aren't even in the BARB numbers.

I do wonder how many people, especially younger people, are watching TV or a device but BARB just does not count them.


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The Chase (Incl HD and +1) 3.71 average, 4.09 peak
Pointless (rpt) 3.00 average, 4.16 peak

After our usual Chase viewing, we watched an episode of The Crown (fab DD5.1 and 4K) and a House of Cards (not bad DD5.1 and 4K) on Netflix and then chase played IAC starting in lounge and finishing in the bedroom. We then chase played the Press Preview on Sky News.

Two hours of non BARB, no live, no ads.

I'm old!!!

Walliams will probably be as big a name as they'll have as host. That's why he's opening the batting - get things off to a solid start. He might be more well known than a few of his guests. There must be a chance that he'll also be a guest on one of the later shows; that could be a good laugh.

I had thought that the different hosts would be doing different days but it seems that they'll be doing different weeks instead. That's probably a better idea and it gives a host a clear job and routine for a week.

I hope they try out the Norton technique and have some shows where both guests are brought out together. Maybe they'll be plugging the same thing, maybe they'll be totally unconnected. Normally they'll probably do the Ross/Letterman technique of having the second guest join the first one later. That second guest might well be the music act.

The format has enormous potential to help talent. It'll be easier to be on primetime TV and plug your wares. It'll give comedians and other variety acts a platform. It'll be a daily show where someone can sing.
And crucially, it could lead to finding some new LE presenters for terrestrial TV shows. In effect it is a television replacement for live clubs that people used to come through.

It might only draw 2m a night, especially during the Trump week, but that should be enough to be worth it.

#WhoDoYouThinkYouAre was back at 8pm on BBC1 with #dannydyer, and drew decent 4.2m/19.6% @WBTVPUK http://overnights.tv

Ray has Broadcast updated with last night's ratings? Thanks

The Crown is really good and I am not a Downton/CTM fan. If that was on at 9pm on a Sunday it'd be getting 8-10m per week.

The younger demo is probably less likely to be properly counted. Those programmes on tv that do especially well on social media are also probably programmes that have more 'hidden' viewers. Conversely shows that skew older are probably not quite as dominant as BARB suggests.

Again, ITV and others probably know this from sky's data. The BBC maybe has some good metrics being pulled off from iPlayer.

Up against soaps. Watchdog and Holby get the same. TTNY and Martin Lewis are more 3.5m. Put something 'decent' against the soaps and it'll draw. Shocker.

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A good write up of the ITV Gala. The advertisers liked what they saw and I think they have more confidence in Lygo than Fincham. But some view another episode of Coronation Street the same way a few of us here do.

"By contrast, Lygo’s plan for another weekly episode of Coronation Street may be risk-free but suggested a lack of imagination. "Disappointing" and "not the future", Mark Howley, UK chief executive of Zenith, said, while declaring the rest of the line-up looked "pretty good".

Had we had that figure from the off I'd be quite happy, but as we were originally told it had 4.7m, I'm now a bit disappointed.

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I agree, if it really takes off as a 'thing' over here, it could launch the next generation of TV presenters in the same way Fallon etc have become household names across the Atlantic. Although we don't have a a SNL equivalent for whoever it may be to hone their craft on like he did, which probably makes it less likely. Also this being ITV they'll probably waste weeks on Stephen Mulhern etc, at least in the first series, and Ant & Dec will no doubt host the week before BGT launches, complete with a vomit-inducing Simon Cowell guest spot or four.