The Ratings Thread (Part 68)

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iaindb

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by Chris1964:
“Yes just thinking there was a Boxing Day broadcast by Channel 4 -King George VI Chase. So presumably there will be Racing as part of the ITV Boxing Day schedule next year.”

ITV have been trailing the return of Horse Racing to their family of channels and with wrestling back for an one-off maybe ITV are considering bringing back World Of Sport on Saturday afternoons. It couldn't do any worse than what they usually put there (repeats of The Chase and Tipping Point excluded.)

{For the benefit of Baz_James, who only recognizes a tongue-in-cheek comment if it comes with a maximum amount of smilies - see post 19491 - , I'm not being serious - totally

)

iaindb

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by H of De Vil:
“Can I just say a big thankyou to all those who provided us with ratings, and for rzt and lewi for creating that big round-up for Christmas Day and the breakdown.

It is very much appreciated ”

Originally Posted by RickLopez:
“Seconded.

And to Marcus and Steve for their help in that list as well.

And to Ray for all the figures he posts daily ”

Yes, many thanks from me too.

Hassaan13

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by Dancc:
“Final leaderboard in full:

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# Player Score 1 Only_You 12 2 Jonwo 10 3 clarky323 10 4 H of De Vil 9 5 Baz_James 9 6 CSFAN1999 9 7 Hassaan13 8 8 D.M.N. 8 9 Oliver_Tomlinso 8 10 RickLopez 8 11 jsam93 8 12 Andy23 8 13 Score 8 14 pdwill 8 15 Fudd 7 16 derek500 7 17 Pizzatheaction 7 18 Dan R 7 19 dazc 7 20 lewiep93 6 21 Jules 1 5 22 Aaron_2015 4 23 xfactorfan27 4

* Very well done to Only_You. Fantastic effort to get 12/13 as well. I'll be in contact via PM regarding your prize!
* Thanks to everyone who played.”

I'll take seventh! Well done, Only_You! It would be nice to do more of these across the year, I think.

Baz_James

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“
{For the benefit of Baz_James, who only recognizes a tongue-in-cheek comment if it comes with a maximum amount of smilies - see post 19491 - , I'm not being serious - totally)”

I deeply resemble that remark!

Nostlagic

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“Of course, 4.57m is a very good overnight figure for Channel 4. Not sure what figure they need to make their acquisition profitable but figure that rating would be above it.”

I think that figure will really be top end of what it'll get, if it's successful. Perhaps for a final?

Either way, it's one of the biggest risks they've ever taken.

Originally Posted by Baz_James:
“Might one point out that it's a bit irrelevant whether the cast is alive when the main character was well and truly killed off to put the tin lid on the show?”

They could find a way around it, with clever writing. Fans weren't happy Victor was killed off. Though i guess kind of fitting given the programme title and subject matter.

Maybe an 80 year old Victor wakes up from a bad dream were he was run over when he was younger. Then rants to Margret in bed about idiot drivers in their bloody Ford Focus death traps.

Hassaan13

27-12-2016

Interesting seeing how the Home Alone films have done for Channel 4 every year in the run-up to Christmas. Here are the official figures, including +1 - these are just for the showings in the run-up to Christmas. They've occasionally been shown at other times of the year (and not done too badly then either).

Home Alone

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Wed 27th Dec 2006 - 19:05 - 2.61m
Mon 26th Dec 2011 - 19:05 - 1.75m (exc +1)
Sun 18th Nov 2012 - 17:45 - 2.93m
Sun 08th Dec 2013 - 17:30 - 3.16m
Sun 20th Dec 2015 - 18:00 - 3.27m

Home Alone 2

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Mon 27th Dec 2004 - 18:50 - 2.68m
Fri 28th Dec 2007 - 18:50 - 2.06m
Mon 24th Dec 2012 - 14:50 - 2.76m
Wed 25th Dec 2013 - 18:15 - 2.97m
Sun 07th Dec 2014 - 17:25 - 3.03m
Fri 25th Dec 2015 - 17:45 - 3.08m

Home Alone 3

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Sun 30th Dec 2007 - 13:20 - 1.73m
Tue 31st Dec 2013 - 14:00 - 1.22m (overnight, inc +1)
Wed 31st Dec 2014 - 14:15 - 1.13m
Sat 26th Dec 2015 - 15:30 - 0.99m (overnight, inc +1)

CSFAN1999

27-12-2016

R.I.P Carrie Fisher

sunbeam007

27-12-2016

The Fantastic Beasts programme is showing plenty of trailers for new shows that match demographics with Harry Potter.

Not only is Potter delivering decent ratings, he is also promoting Ninja, Wrestling, Dance and Voice to the right sort of audience. Potter is a gift that just keeps on giving to itv.

Wryip

27-12-2016

The Still open all hours figure is not surprising, not withstanding the pilot, the last 3boxing day specials have been underwhelming ratings wise. It benefits from the countryfile/call the midwife sandwich (this year Sherlock). It is not appointment viewing but enjoyable enough for people to keep BBC1 on for half an hour. Similar to Wild at heart getting the dancing on ice sandwich guving it life support long after it stopped being decent.

As for ITV getting the horse racing rights, in this age of netflix, catch up tv and fragmented viewing, the only shows that are less likely to see a decrease are live sporting events. Its just a shame subsequent governments have kowtowed to Murdoch and most of its behind a paywall

Nostlagic

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by Hassaan13:
“Interesting seeing how the Home Alone films have done for Channel 4 every year in the run-up to Christmas. Here are the official figures, including +1 - these are just for the showings in the run-up to Christmas. They've occasionally been shown at other times of the year (and not done too badly then either).

Home Alone

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Wed 27th Dec 2006 - 19:05 - 2.61m Mon 26th Dec 2011 - 19:05 - 1.75m (exc +1) Sun 18th Nov 2012 - 17:45 - 2.93m Sun 08th Dec 2013 - 17:30 - 3.16m Sun 20th Dec 2015 - 18:00 - 3.27m

Home Alone 2

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Mon 27th Dec 2004 - 18:50 - 2.68m Fri 28th Dec 2007 - 18:50 - 2.06m Mon 24th Dec 2012 - 14:50 - 2.76m Wed 25th Dec 2013 - 18:15 - 2.97m Sun 07th Dec 2014 - 17:25 - 3.03m Fri 25th Dec 2015 - 17:45 - 3.08m

Home Alone 3

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Sun 30th Dec 2007 - 13:20 - 1.73m Tue 31st Dec 2013 - 14:00 - 1.22m (overnight, inc +1) Wed 31st Dec 2014 - 14:15 - 1.13m Sat 26th Dec 2015 - 15:30 - 0.99m (overnight, inc +1)

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Thanks for those Hassan! Home Alone never fails to deliver C4 an audience. I recall it even getting 3m on Channel 5 a few years ago, opposite Elf.

Also the premiere on ITV in 1994 had over 15 million, and that was shown in February!

Dancc

27-12-2016

There's also a couple of Home Alone screenings in Channel 5's top 100. It actually did even better on Five than it had done on Four at that point, thanks to better scheduling in the run up to Christmas:

38 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Sun 17 December 2006 1715 3,620,000
76 Home Alone Sun 7 December 2008 1710 3,030,000

sunbeam007

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“ITV have been trailing the return of Horse Racing to their family of channels and with wrestling back for an one-off maybe ITV are considering bringing back World Of Sport on Saturday afternoons. It couldn't do any worse than what they usually put there (repeats of The Chase and Tipping Point excluded.)

{For the benefit of Baz_James, who only recognizes a tongue-in-cheek comment if it comes with a maximum amount of smilies - see post 19491 - , I'm not being serious - totally)”

WoS Wrestling is a pilot though it is going to struggle in that timeslot. The racing will do well for itv, the National will get them 8m+. The sport is hoping itv can breathe some life in to the sport, it's fair to say there is plenty of anger to C4.

As for your wider jokey point, wrestling and racing and even a new WoS show seems to be designed with itv4 in mind. Or itv Sports.

Pizzatheaction

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“So what comedies do we have for 2017 on BBC1?

The year starts with Still Open All Hours (extended to 7 episodes including Xmas special up from 6 including Xmas special) and Not Going Out (I thought this was 8 episodes but BBC Media Centre is saying it's 6 - may last a bit longer than 6 weeks due to the possibility of being interrupted every 3 weeks for FA Cup Football.)

There's also a new series of Tracey Ullman's Show. Promoted to peak viewing?

There's that hospital comedy that came out of the Comedy Playhouse series (can't remember its name).

Porridge
Car Share (due for transmission in May according to Peter Kay)
Home From Home starring Johnnie Vegas (which came out of the New On Two pilots.)

Presumably we can "look forward to" {cough} a sixth series of Citizen Khan.
And will we get another series of Still Game?

Anything else anyone knows off?”

I think the pilot was called Hospital People.

There was supposed to be a third series of Count Arthur Strong in 2016, but it didn't appear, so maybe it'll crop up in 2017, unless it's been quietly abandoned.

iaindb

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by CSFAN1999:
“R.I.P Carrie Fisher”

So the BBC produce their Review Of The Year programmes before Christmas and their two-part obituary programe misses Rick Parfitt, George Michael (quite a big one there), Liz Smith, Carrie Fisher (quite a big one there) and Richard Adams.

Memo to all journalists - ever since we adopted the Gregorian Calendar 434 years ago, the year ends on December the thirty-first not December the twenty-first.

I believe Sports Review Of The Year, as it used to be called, sometimes went out in the middle of January meaning they could review the sporting year right up to December 31. A sports review prior in the middle of December is not as bad as a news review then because there isn't much sport going on between Christmas and New Year whereas you could easily have a massive news story during that period.

H of De Vil

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by CSFAN1999:
“R.I.P Carrie Fisher”

I can't believe 2016. This year will go down as a real downer on how many great people we've lost. RIP Carrie Fisher

iaindb

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by Pizzatheaction:
“I think the pilot was called Hospital People.

There was supposed to be a third series of Count Arthur Strong in 2016, but it didn't appear, so maybe it'll crop up in 2017, unless it's been quietly abandoned.”

According to Wikipedia, recording of series 3 concluded in August. Do you think it might be moved back to BBC2? I think it was moved to BBC1 as a swap for Matt Lucas' Pompidou series which was commissioned by BBC1 but was so awful it was dumped onto BBC2. And something needed to move from BBC2 to BBC1 to balance the books for the two channels.

Andy23

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“So the BBC produce their Review Of The Year programmes before Christmas and their two-part obituary programe misses Rick Parfitt, George Michael (quite a big one there), Liz Smith, Carrie Fisher (quite a big one there) and Richard Adams.

Memo to all journalists - ever since we adopted the Gregorian Calendar 434 years ago, the year ends on December the thirty-first not December the twenty-first.

I believe Sports Review Of The Year, as it used to be called, sometimes went out in the middle of January meaning they could review the sporting year right up to December 31. A sports review prior in the middle of December is not as bad as a news review then because there isn't much sport going on between Christmas and New Year whereas you could easily have a massive news story during that period.”

Of course the primary reason for the review of the year programmes are to fill the back half hour on the news channel so they only have to do 30 minute bulletins

I still can't believe we've gone from a major celebrity death once every few weeks to one every day. I dread to think who will be next.

Dancc

27-12-2016

I wonder what Five will do with Most Shocking Celebrity Moments tomorrow?

Generally a light-hearted countdown show but I think they do cover notable deaths as well. Will there be time to edit or will they just run as is?

Score

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by Pizzatheaction:
“Will be interesting to see how Still Open does on New Year's Day, with it being carefully scheduled against Coronation St again. Once they knew ITV had an NYD CS, it was pretty obvious it would be moved from 7.30 to 8pm to clash with the sitcom. No trails for last night's Christmas Special, no mention of it before EastEnders.

There's a trail for Sunday's episode, but I wonder if that's more to do with ensuring as decent as possible a leg up for Sherlock than care and consideration for Still Open.”

I think it might have taken them by surprise just how badly SOAH held up last night. I knew Corrie would dent it but thought it could still do around 4m in that sandwich. I think it'll do better on Sunday as the sandwich will be stronger and Corrie is out of slot so some might not realise it's there.

It does feel like poor scheduling though and it's a weird fit between EastEnders and Sherlock. I'd have been tempted to hold it back a week, although the scheduling is odd then too. I can see it getting a bit lost at 8.30pm starting half an hour into Endeavour. Swapping it with Antiques Roadshow would make more sense. Unless the plan is to start Midwife at 7.30pm this year too to get the jump on ITV's 2 hour dramas, but that would surprise me as it would do more damage to the rest of the night than it would be worth.

They don't seem to have much regard for SOAH though. I suspect some within the BBC don't have much regard for it, much like with Mrs Brown's Boys, which never seems particularly carefully scheduled. It's odd really as its not like they've got an abundance of hit sitcoms

Score

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“Meanwhile, ITV lose the Harry Potter films from their daytime schedule but fill the gap today with 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments at 4.10pm and Fantastic Beasts And JK Rowling's Wizarding World at 5.40pm. Interesting to see how those two rate. And also the Pointless Repeat on BBC1 at 5.15pm.

Re the poor ratings for Revolting Rhymes. Do you think they should have put Roald Dahl's name in the title? (Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes). I've always thought it was amiss of them not to and look what happened.”

I don't see the Potter specials doing much. Both are repeats and the 50 Greatest Moments one has been on loads of times and was already repeated about six weeks ago.

I don't think the primetime Potter's will actually do much, if at all, better than the daytime screenings (with lower audience shares). 3-3.5m seems about right (less for the 9pm starts on Thursday and New Year's Eve), but even that would be decent for what is total filler and would be a year on year improvement in those slots. Particularly as I imagine the demos are quite attractive (I remember seeing primetime Potters on c25% 16-34 skews in the past).

H of De Vil

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by Hassaan13:
“Interesting. What do you think ITV could have done differently? More entertainment programming and less soap, perhaps?

Elsewhere, Boxing Day overnights since 2006:

2007:

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9.7m..(40%)..Eastenders (Wed) BBC1
9.2m..(39%)..Coronation Street (Wed) ITV1
6.6m..(30%)..My Family (Wed) BBC1
6.5m..(32%)..Emmerdale (Wed) ITV1
5.5m..(26%)..BBC News; Weather (Wed) BBC1
5.2m..(22%)..Ballet Shoes (Wed) BBC1
4.8m..(26%)..Monsters, Inc (Wed) BBC1
4.7m..(21%)..The Old Curiosity Shop (Wed) ITV1
4.0m..(18%)..That's What I Call Christmas Television (Wed) ITV1

2008:

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1 …. 9.6m (42.4%) …. EastEnders (20:00) BBC1
2 …. 7.5m (33.1%) …. Coronation Street (20:30) ITV
3 …. 7.5m (33.5%) …. Coronation Street (19:30) ITV
4 …. 6.8m (31.0%) …. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (20:30) BBC1
5 …. 6.4m (30.4%) …. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (17:45) BBC1
6 …. 6.1m (28.1%) …. Harry Hill's TV Burp Review of the Year (19:00) ITV
7 …. 5.7m (30.8%) …. BBC News (17:30) BBC1
8 …. 5.4m (29.0%) …. Regional News and Weather (17:30) BBC1
9 …. 5.2m (29.8%) …. BBC News (22:45) BBC1
10 … 5.2m (32.4%) …. Madagascar (16:00) BBC1
11 …. 5.0m (24.5%) …. Emmerdale (18:30) ITV
12 …. 4.4m (20.1%) …. Caught in a Trap (21:00) ITV
13 …. 4.3m (26.5%) …. National Lottery EuroMillions Draw (23:00) BBC1
14 …. 4.3m (21.8%) …. ITV News and Weather (18:00) ITV
15 …. 4.0m (17.7%) …. You've Been Framed! (20:00) ITV
16 …. 3.3m (15.2%) …. Morecambe and Wise 1971 Christmas Special (21:30) BBC2
17 …. 3.1m (26.6%) …. Match of the Day (23:00) BBC1
18 …. 3.1m (14.9%) …. The Late News and Weather (22:30) ITV
19 …. 2.6m (11.4%) …. Dad's Army (20:00) BBC2
20 … 2.4m (19.2%) …. Big (14:30) BBC1

Primetime Shares
BBC One - 31.94%
ITV1 - 23.1%
BBC Two - 9.48%
Channel 4 - 5.21%
five - 2.95%
Multichannel - 27.32%

2009:

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BBC One
11:40 - Herbie: Fully Loaded: 2.20m (21.2%)
13:15 - BBC News: 2.56m (21.9%)
15:00 - Flushed Away: 3.32m (25.1%)
16:20 - BBC News: 3.37m (22.7%)
16:40 - Wallace And Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit: 4.64m (27.2%)
18:00 - Total Wipeout - Celebrity Speical: 5.61m (28.3%)
19:00 - EastEnders: 8.13m (37.9%)
19:30 - Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End: 6.06m (27.3%)
22:05 - The National Lottery Draws: 4.06m (19.2%)
22:15 - BBC News: 5.74m (27.9%)
22:25 - Match Of The Day: 4.00m (25.2%)

BBC Two
17:05 - Hamlet: 0.9m (4.5%)
21:10 - The Morecambe And Wise Christmas Show: 3.11m (14.1%)
* peak: 4m

ITV1
16:40 - March Of The Pengiuns: 2.51m (14.5%)
18:15 - ITV News: 3.86m (19.7%)
18:30 - Harry Hill's TV Burp Review Of The Year: 4.04m (19.6%)
19:00 - You've Been Framed At Christmas: 4.40m (20.5%)
19:30 - Ant & Dec's Christmas Show: 6.78m (30.8%)
20:30 - All Star Family Fortunes Christmas Special: 5.80m (25.8%)
21:30 - The All Star Impressions Show: 3.05m (14.2%)
22:30 - ITV News: 2.47m (13.0%)

Primetime Shares
BBC One: 27.9%)
BBC Two: 7.7%
ITV1: 22.2%
Channel 4: 6.2%

2010:

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BBC One
18:30 - Countryfile: 5.13m (22.5%)
19:30 - Antiques Roadshow: 6.24m (25%)
20:30 - Eastenders: 8.3m (29.7%)
21:00 - Upstairs Downstairs: 7.54m (28.42%)
22:15 - Match of the Day: 3.9m (21.2%)

BBC Two
20:00- Top Gear: 6.41m (23.5%)
21:15- When Harvey Met Bob: 1.18m (5%)

ITV1
18:20 - The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: 4.16m (17.5%)
20:30 - Harry Hill's Best of Christmas TV Burp: 2.99m (10.8%)
21:00 - Benidorm: 6.02m (23.1%)

Channel 4
17:10- Crocodile Dundee: 1.7m (7.7%)
18:55- 100 Greatest Toys with Jonathan Ross: 950,000 (3.7%)
22:00- Alan Carr: Chatty Man: 1.16m (5.4%)

Channel 5
18:40- Top of the Pops 1985: 1.07m (4.6%)
19:55- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: 1.48m (5.5%)
21:00- The Likely Lads: Christmas Special: 890,000 (3.4%)
22:00- Out For The Kill: 787k (4.1%)

2011:

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BBC One
19:30 - The Borrowers: 5.38m (22.2%)
21:00 - EastEnders: 9.94m (38.1%)
21:30 - The Royal Bodyguard: 7.05m (28.4%)
22:00 - Mrs Brown's Boys: 6.61m (28.1%)

BBC Two
19:00 - Springwatch: Christmas Special: 1.59m (7%)
20:30 - University Challenge: 2.08m (8.1%)

ITV1
18:30 - Emmerdale: 5.57m (25.6%) , +1: 318k (1.4%)
19:00 - The Unforgettable Ernie Wise: 3.22m (14.7%)
20:00 - Coronation Street: 7.94m (31.7%) , +1: 250k (1.0%)
21:00 - Agatha Christie's Poirot: 4.21m (17.6%) , +1: 287k (1.5%)

Channel 4
18:05 - Hollyoaks: 582k (2.9%) , +1: 142k (0.7%)
19:05 - Home Alone: 1.57m (6.7%) , +1: 182k (0.7%),
21:00 - Bear's Wild Weekend with Miranda: 2.21m (8.7%) , +1: 294k (1.3%)

Channel 5
19:05 - Britain's Favourite Christmas Song: 838k (3.5%)
22:00 - Dirty Dancing: 1.06m (5.8%)

BBC Three
21:00 - Most Annoying People of 2011: 776k (3.1%)
22:30 - EastEnders: 703k (3.3%)

E4
19:00 - Hollyoaks: 340k (1.6%)

Primetime Shares
BBC One: 26.4%
ITV1: 20.7% (+1: 1%)
Channel 4: 6.7% (+1: 0.8%)
BBC Two: 5.9%
Channel 5: 3.7%

2012:

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BBC One
17:00 - FILM: How To Train Your Dragon: 4.61m (23.9%)
18:30 - BBC News: 5.33m (25.4%)
18:50 - FILM: Alice in Wonderland: 4.62m (19.9%)
20:30 - EastEnders: 8.20m (32.3%)
21:00 - Miranda: 9.47m (37.8%)
* peak: 10.04m (39.6%) at 21:25
21:30 - Mrs Brown's Boys: 8.97m (36.9%)
* peak: 9.53m (40.1%) at 21:55
22:00 - BBC News at Ten: 6.37m (29.8%)
22:25 - Match of the Day: 4.25m (27.7%)

BBC Two
20:00 - Blackpool: Big Night Out: 2.08m (8.5%)
21:00 - The Girl: 1.64m (7.0%)

ITV1
17:00 - ITV News and Weather: 2.21m (12.1%)
17:15 - FILM: Toy Story 2: 2.78m (13.9%) , +1: 258k (1.1%)
19:00 - Emmerdale: 6.70m (28.9%) , +1: 349k (1.5%)
* 19:00 to 19:25 - 6.77m (29.0%)
19:30 - Coronation Street: 7.84m (32.8%) , +1: 271k (1.1%)
* 19:30 to 19:55 - 8.20m (34.3%)
20:00 - That Dog Can Dance: 3.43m (14.1%) , +1: 291k (1.2%)
21:00 - Doors Open: 1.98m (8.9%) , +1: 235k (1.5%)

Channel 4
18:55 - FILM: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: 1.60m (6.8%)

Channel 5
19:10 - TV's 50 Greatest Magic Tricks: 886k (3.6%)

Sky Sports 1
17:00 - Live Ford Football Special: 1.12m (5.5%)
* peak: 1.48m (6.8%) at 18:55
19:30 - Live Ford Football Special: 1.16m (4.7%)
* peak: 1.60m (6.8%) at 20:20

2013:

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BBC One
06:00 - Breakfast: 0.96m (35.3%)
09:00 - Room on the Broom: 1.56m (25.2%)
09:25 - Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time: 1.13m (16.7%)
09:55 - 101 Dalmatians: 1.89m (22.0%)
11:30 - Flushed Away: 2.36m (22.6%)
12:50 - BBC News: 2.41m (20.6%)
13:00 - Regional News: 2.78m (23.5%)
13:05 - Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: 2.40m (19.1%)
14:25 - Alice in Wonderland: 2.52m (18.6%)
16:05 - Cars 2: 3.53m (21.7%)
17:45 - BBC News: 5.06m (27.0%)
18:00 - Regional News: 5.89m (30.5%)
18:05 - Gangsta Granny: 5.79m (26.6%)
19:15 - EastEnders: 7.22m (31.3%)
19:45 - Still Open All Hours: 9.43m (39.9%)
20:15 - Death Comes to Pemberley: 5.90m (26.5%)
21:20 - Len Goodman's Perfect Christmas: 3.29m (15.7%)
22:00 - BBC News: 5.20m (25.8%)
22:15 - Regional News: 5.40m (27.5%)
22:25 - Match of the Day: 4.01m (27.3%)
23:55 - Have I Got a Bit More 2013 News for You: 1.28m (16.8%)

BBC Two
15:00 - Operation Snow Tiger: 1.01m (7.3%)
16:00 - Final Score: 1.20m (7.6%)
17:15 - You Have Been Watching - David Croft: 0.96m (5.3%)
18:15 - Dad's Army: 1.56m (7.0%)
19:45 - Christmas University Challenge: 1.22m (5.1%)
20:15 - Idris Elba: King of Speed: 0.93m (4.2%)
21:15 - Ben and James versus the Arabian Desert: 1.10m (5.3%)
22:15 - King Arthur: 0.94m (6.5%)

ITV (inc +1)
08:25 - Dinner Date: 0.30m (5.5%)
09:25 - Problem Child: 0.84m (10.9%)
11:00 - The Flintstones: 0.83m (8.2%)
12:45 - ITV News: 1.11m (9.5%)
13:05 - Casper: 1.22m (9.6%)
15:00 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - behind the Magic: 0.99m (7.2%)
16:00 - Off Their Rockers: 0.90m (6.0%)
16:30 - The Nation's Favourite Elvis Song: 1.57m (9.2%)
18:00 - ITV News: 3.09m (15.7%)
18:15 - Emmerdale: 5.36m (24.2%)
19:15 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1: 4.27m (19.2%)
22:05 - I Am Britney Jean: Britney Spears in Las Vegas: 0.78m (4.3%)
23:05 - ITV News: 0.74m (5.3%)
23:20 - Through the Christmas Keyhole: 0.50m (4.8%)

Channel 4 (inc +1)
15:35 - Deal or No Deal: 0.95m (6.4%)
16:35 - Come Dine with Me: 0.82m (5.0%)
17:35 - Hollyoaks: 0.63m (3.4%)
18:05 - Channel 4 News: 0.39m (1.9%)
18:15 - 4thought.tv: 0.44m (2.1%)
18:20 - Independence Day: 1.14m (5.0%)
21:00 - Big Fat Quiz of the Year: 2.68m (13.5%)
23:05 - Alan Carr: Chatty Man: 0.95m (8.2%)

Channel 5 (inc +1)
17:15 - The Wizard of Oz: 0.95m (4.7%)
19:15 - Michael Buble's Christmas Special: 1.30m (5.6%)
20:15 - World's Strongest Man: 1.12m (5.0%)
21:15 - Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs: 0.54m (3.2%)

All-day shares (06:00-24:00, inc +1)
BBC One: 24.6%
BBC Two: 5.6%
ITV: 12.4%
Channel 4: 6.7%
Channel 5: 4.3%

2014:

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BBC One
13:25 - The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm: 1.38m (11.4%)
14:20 - My Family: 1.46m (11.6%)
15:15 - FILM: Monsters, Inc: 2.45m (17.1%)
16:40 - FILM: The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists: 3.33m (18.8%)
18:05 - BBC News: 5.34m (27.5%)
18:15 - BBC Regional News: 5.82m (29.8%)
18:25 - Still Open All Hours: 5.69m (26.7%)
18:55 - The Boy in the Dress: 4.80m (21.3%)
20:00 - EastEnders: 7.41m (33.3%)
20:30 - FILM: Marvel's Avengers Assemble: 5.28m (24.3%)
22:40 - BBC News: 4.25m (24.2%)
22:50 - BBC Regional News: 4.51m (27.1%)
23:00 - Match of the Day: 3.24m (29.7%)

BBC Two
21:00 - That Day We Sang: 1.99m (9.1%)

ITV (inc +1)
18:30 - Emmerdale: 4.43m (20.7%)
19:00 - Coronation Street: 6.62m (29.2%)
20:00 - Bradley's Christmas Cracker: 2.89m (13.2%)
21:00 - Birds of a Feather: 4.15m (18.5%)
21:30 - Through the Christmas Keyhole: 2.90m (13.3%)

Channel 4
21:00 - The Big Fat Quiz of the Year: 2.48m (11.8%)

2015:

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BBC One
16:45 - FILM: The Croods: 3.51m (20.8%)
18:10 - The Farmer's Llamas: 4.79m (25.4%)
18:40 - BBC News: 5.41m (28.1%)
19:00 - Dickensian: 4.99m (24.9%)
19:30 - EastEnders: 5.68m (26.6%)
20:00 - Still Open All Hours: 5.15m (24.9%)
20:30 - Dickensian: 4.34m (20.9%)
21:00 - And Then There Were None: 6.01m (27.5%)
22:00 - BBC News: 6.19m (30.5%)
22:20 - The National Lottery Live: 3.89m (20.9%)
22:30 - Match of the Day: 3.47m (24.3%)

ITV (inc +1)
13:20 - FILM: Jurassic Park: 1.21m (10.0%)
15:40 - Midsomer Murders: 1.19m (7.9%)
17:40 - ITV News & Weather: 2.21m (12.5%)
18:00 - The Nation's Favourite Disney Song: 1.73m (9.2%)
19:00 - Surprise Surprise: 2.71m (13.1%)
20:00 - Peter & Wendy: 1.52m (7.2%)
22:05 - The Jonathan Ross Show Christmas Special: 1.22m (6.7%)

BBC Two
16:30 - Final Score: 1.39m (8.7%)
17:30 - Don't Panic! The Dad's Army Story: 1.37m (7.7%)
18:20 - We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story: 1.12m (5.8%)
19:20 - Dad's Army: 1.80m (8.5%)
20:00 - Top Gear: From A-Z - Part 1: 1.36m (6.6%)
21:00 - A Gert Lush Christmas: 0.83m (3.8%)

Channel 4 (inc +1)
18:30 - Britain's Favourite Children's Books: 0.80m (4.0%)
20:00 - Inside Lego at Christmas: 2.05m (9.9%)
21:00 - Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2015: 2.50m (12.4%)

Channel 5 (inc +1)
17:15 - FILM: One Chance: 1.24m (6.9%)
19:00 - Christmas Makes You Laugh Out Loud: 0.72m (3.5%)
20:00 - Chas & Dave's Christmas Knees Up: 0.58m (2.7%)
21:00 - Football League Tonight: 0.38m (1.9%)

ITV2 (inc +1)
18:45 - FILM: Despicable Me: 1.19m (5.8%)
21:00 - FILM: Skyfall: 1.99m (10.1%)

BBC Three
20:00 - FILM: Toy Story: 517k (2.4%)

Primetime shares
BBC One: 25.4%
Channel 4: 8.4% (+1: 1.1%)
ITV: 8.0% (+1: 0.7%)
BBC Two: 5.1%
Channel 5: 2.4% (+1: 0.4%)

BBC One Breakdown

Code:

19:00 - 4.95m (24.9%) 19:15 - 5.03m (24.9%) 19:30 - 5.41m (25.6%) 19:45 - 5.96m (27.6%) 20:00 - 5.07m (24.6%) 20:15 - 5.22m (25.3%) 20:30 - 4.39m (21.1%) 20:45 - 4.29m (20.6%) 21:00 - 5.80m (26.5%) 21:15 - 6.04m (27.5%) 21:30 - 6.11m (28.0%) 21:45 - 6.10m (28.2%) 22:00 - 6.33m (30.9%)

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Thanks for these Haassan.

So last year on Boxing Day, for all new programming, with no soap in sight ITV was rewarded with an 8% share in primetime.

This year with the soaps and a new film premiere, ITV must have got 20%+ share in primetime and matching BBC1.

Looks too me like only one way forward for ITV, and perhaps BBC1.

I think last night was the BBC's worst Boxing Day since before 2007. I don't knoe why it did so badly with the animations and drama, because the schedule looked strong.

xeo

27-12-2016

Evidently viewers aren't treating Christmas Eve or Boxing Day as special days anymore. People didn't expect to find Corrie on Saturday even though it was Christmas Eve yet on Boxing Day in its regular slot viewers flocked right back to it over Christmas specials on the other side.

I think this is a new side effect of the 'watch when you like' era. People are habitual and don't like to disrupt their schedules if they can afford not to, even if it is the holidays - it was still Saturday and Monday.

seansnotmyname@

27-12-2016

before I say this, I should say I don't watch a second of it, so not a fan,

Yet it really has been an incredible year for Strictly, winning Xmas on top of getting the best rating since 2011 in a declining telly audience quite brilliant. Certainly shows that the two female presenters don't hold it back, same could be said for Bake-off really. Still amazed when I glance in the SCD forums how many threads say one or both of them have to go, and then hint at PC for them being kept.

The fact is the proof is in the Ratings pudding.

Cestrian18

27-12-2016

Originally Posted by Nostlagic:
“Wait until it airs on Channel 4. ”

Channel 4 opening with Celeb specials will kill new Bake off before it gets started imo- Outside the main series people aren't overly bothered about watching the current gen and it's the biggest show on TV normally. I think they'll be very lucky to get their money back imo

Other than that, what a lacklustre holiday few days for the ratings and quality of the TV offered. It really needs a shake up next year on all fronts if they want to recapture some big ratings.

H of De Vil

27-12-2016

The Real Marigold On Tour & Inside No 9 have been the best things I've watched this Christmas.

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