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According to Wikipedia, recording of series 3 concluded in August. Do you think it might be moved back to BBC2?
Citizen Khan was recorded in September and October, and that's already been shown. Still Open All Hours finished recording earlier this month, but there was a delay with some of the studio dates. Recordings were supposed to have been finished in November Quote:
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 Didn't Life of Riley get finished off by being moved to an 8.30pm slot on Wednesdays, where no other channels had junctions? I'm not sensing a lot of love for Mrs Brown's Boys with the way they schedule it, either. The last three new episodes haven't been in great slots (a late one on NYD 2016, a random July Saturday slot for the live episode, and another late slot on Christmas Day). The NYD 2017 slot at 10pm is the best it's had for a while. I get the feeling the writers of both shows might be starting to run out of ideas, though. |
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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.
. SPOTY has never been held in January, by the way. The first one was held as an adjunct of Sportsview broadcast on December 30th and remains the latest date on which the ceremony was held. |
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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. |
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It's a very interesting one - a surprisingly poor rating to be sure, but it does tie in with the generally underwhelming numbers the Comic / Sport Relief specials have previously done. Competition shows do tend to struggle outside the main series when there's no investment in the competitors - Strictly just about gets away with it, basically because it's still a visual treat, but Bake Off clearly less so. Not great news for C4, who seem to be banking on these add-ons outside the main series to push up the hours and get value from their contract.
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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! I think it's interesting how there was discussion that Frozen was disappointing because everyone's seen it, and a much older film on its trillionth screening was probably the most impressive rating of the day. It is worth pointing out that in the days when BBC1 was getting ten million plus all day, C4 weren't getting three million. They were lucky to get three thousand. Quote:
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.
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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
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Yes, 8.30pm on Sundays seems an odd slot for Still Open All Hours, with there being no 8.30 junctions on BBC Two or ITV (I don't know whether Channel 4 or Channel 5 have any).
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SPOTY has never been held in January, by the way. The first one was held as an adjunct of Sportsview broadcast on December 30th and remains the latest date on which the ceremony was held.
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Not at all. You need to accept that this is the new reality for 'big' ratings. The broadcasters have.
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Not at all. You need to accept that this is the new reality for 'big' ratings. The broadcasters have.
It reminds me of the early 2000s when we were struggling to put decent formats out at Christmas but it's not irreparably damaged imo |
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It was only in 2014 that the premiere of Skyfall on ITV Christmas Eve got 7.3m overnight, and 8m+ consolidated.
Next year ITV will have Spectre, Jurassic World amd perhps Minions. I know those are films, but if ITV scheduled Spectre on Christmas Eve like Skyfall and Minions on Christmas Day, both could pull in some good figures. And who's to say another one-off Wallace & Gromit or comedy revival doesn't get comissioned and pull in the ratings. I think at Christmas most viewers just want few films, with a couple of one-off dramas/comedy. They don't want a schedule so full (like Christmas Day is now & Boxing Day) with programmes on almost every hour. |
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I think at Christmas most viewers just want few films, with a couple of one-off dramas/comedy. I agree though, people don't just sit down for the whole day anymore. |
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And who's to say another one-off Wallace & Gromit or comedy revival doesn't get comissioned and pull in the ratings. I think at Christmas most viewers just want few films, with a couple of one-off dramas/comedy. |
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The Big Spell starts on the 8/1 on sky1 at the somewhat early time of 5pm.
Nice choice of Moira Stuart as the questioner. https://corporate.sky.com/media-cent...-the-big-spell |
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Have to say Ethel and Ernest looks decidedly out of place in a plum evening slot on BBC1 tomorrow night.
Good as it may be it isn't exactly Wallace and Gromit. I suspect the Beeb moved it here thinking that a week of Potter repeats and no wednesday Corrie gave them an opportunity to expose this to the largest possible audience but I'd be amazed if it cleared 2.5m. Given the dismal ratings story so far this Christmas, this looks like "brave" scheduling... |
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Christmas Day's Maigret is the Top Pick on my Sky Q this morning. Pompeii with Michael Buerk is third.
With the trial launch of the UHD/4K BBC iPlayer last week, it's good to see the PSB's working with Sky. |
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Your predictions please for where BBC1 will schedule the Porridge Christmas Special next year.
And how do we think Jonathan Creek will fare in the overnights tonight. It has to be above 5m. Surely? Surely?!! I'm hoping it will be closer to 6m than 5m, perhaps just over rather than just under. I agree with Robbie about Ernest & Ethel. Not sure it will do much in the ratings. |
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I agree with Robbie about Ernest & Ethel. Not sure it will do much in the ratings.
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From rzt:
Inc +1 Emmerdale: 6.00m (28.7%) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 3.82m (18.2%) EastEnders: 6.08m (28.4%) Holby City: 4.09m (19.6%) The Witness For The Prosecution: 4.49m (20.8%) Ratings pretty much what you would expect, would even say they were normal for a "non-festive" Tuesday really. Harry Potter doing well, ITV have been justified in putting those films on. What's the point in showing brand new programming that will get sub 2m? Yes it may seem lazy but when an umpteenth film showing pulls in nearly 4m you can see why they do it. |
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Inc +1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 3.82m (18.2%) |
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Inc +1 Emmerdale: 6.00m (28.7%)
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Gordon Buchanan: Elephant Family and Me: 1.99m (9.5%)
The Marigold on Tour: 2.75m (12.7%) Inside No. 9: 1.03m (5.7%) ITV2 inc +1 The Lion King: 1.08m (5.1%) Skyfall: 1.19m (6.3%) How many people have seen Skyfall now via repeats? Repeats very well. |
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Inc +1 Emmerdale: 6.00m (28.7%) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 3.82m (18.2%) EastEnders: 6.08m (28.4%) Holby City: 4.09m (19.6%) The Witness For The Prosecution: 4.49m (20.8%) Ratings pretty much what you would expect. But ITV will be well happy if they can average 3.5m+ over 2-3 hours every night this week without needing to actually put any programming on. |
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Surprising to see Emmerdale and EastEnders so close so soon after Christmas.
Elsewhere that's a good rating for Potter across 3 hours. Bearing in mind that it will have been dented by the half hour against EE and the late finish, it was probably above 4m in the 8-10pm period, running BBC1's dramas close (possibly even slightly ahead of Holby during that hour). It's quite astonishing really. ITV2 did really well with their own movies too. ITV have got good value out of The Lion King this Christmas. |
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Harry Potter doing very well, as is Emmerdale. A little higher for EE as the main story picks up towards NYD.
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Christmas University Challenge: 2.62m (12.2%)
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Surprising to see Emmerdale and EastEnders so close so soon after Christmas.
Elsewhere that's a good rating for Potter across 3 hours. Bearing in mind that it will have been dented by the half hour against EE and the late finish, it was probably above 4m in the 8-10pm period, running BBC1's dramas close (possibly even slightly ahead of Holby during that hour). It's quite astonishing really. ITV2 did really well with their own movies too. ITV have got good value out of The Lion King this Christmas. Holby has a pretty solid audience, regardless of what's on. ITV should try and get Aladdin for next year. |
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Channel 4: Top 3 (7pm-11.35pm) (exc. +1):
Amazing Spaces Snow Special: 1.58m (7.6%) Posh Pawn at Christmas: 0.86m (4.1%) Gogglebox 2016 (R): 0.74m (4.9%) |
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Channel 5 (exc. +1):
Film: Dirty Dancing (R) (22:35-23:00): 1.29m (8.4%) Film: Dirty Dancing (R) (21:00-22:29): 1.18m (5.8%) World's Strongest Man: 0.77m (3.7%) |
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I'm hoping it will be closer to 6m than 5m, perhaps just over rather than just under.