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I watched Impossible yesterday afternoon and thought it was promising. Interestingly it was from the creator of Tipping Point. He likes games where coins and coin shaped objects drop doesn't he?
Great set and you can play along to it at home. One of the strengths of it is that Rick Edwards is hosting and he does have some personality to him. BBC1 doesn't have a really good daytime quiz apart from Pointless, this might be the best they've had in ages. |
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What happened with Winter CBB? Wasn't it the highest rated one more often than not?
Yellowstone did well for BBC2. |
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BBC One EastEnders: 7.35m (34.2%) Holby City: 4.82m (22.3%) Silent Witness: 6.19m (26.6%) ITV Inc +1 Tipping Point: 2.58m (23.6%) The Chase: 3.75m (24.6%) Emmerdale: 6.57m (31.7%) Paul O'Grady For The Love of Dogs Special: 3.00m (13.9%) Robson Crusoe: 1.86m (8.0%) Awful for ITV. Robson Crusoe must be contender for most uninspiring title of the year. A Midsomer Murders repeat would have done better. Quote:
Channel 5 (7pm-11.5pm) (exc. +1):
Celebrity Big Brother: Live Launch: 2.14m (10.9%) A New Life in Oz: 0.77m (3.6%) To B&B the Best (R): 0.31m (1.5%) Trouble for C5 is because they're relying on it the schedule around it is pretty awful. I see a painful couple of weeks up ahead for the channel. Quote:
BBC2 (Top 3: 7pm-11.10pm):
Yellowstone: 2.26m (9.7%) The Great Interior Design Challenge: 2.04m (9.4%) Rick Stein's Long Weekends (R): 1.92m (9.1%) |
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BBC One EastEnders: 7.35m (34.2%) Holby City: 4.82m (22.3%) Silent Witness: 6.19m (26.6%) ITV Inc +1 Tipping Point: 2.58m (23.6%) The Chase: 3.75m (24.6%) Emmerdale: 6.57m (31.7%) Paul O'Grady For The Love of Dogs Special: 3.00m (13.9%) Robson Crusoe: 1.86m (8.0%) Channel 5 inc +1 Celebrity Big Brother: 2.32m (11.9%) * peak: 2.55m (11.3%) at 21.45 |
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I thought the ABC version was supposed to be a flop? Sounds like Mary and Paul could get back together and one of the C4 channels might pick it up.
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Those Birds of a Feather ratings are interesting. Maybe it should stick to Christmas specials from now on?
Worth noting that these are starting to look worse than Goodnight Sweetheart got despite it missing all the promotion of the other revived sitcoms and not having the Christmas audience factor. That is from the same writers and - despite being arguably funnier and fresher in its return than BOAF is starting to look now - it failed to get any further episodes off the BBC or (as yet) any other channel. So BOAF might be on borrowed time. |
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Those Birds of a Feather ratings are interesting. Maybe it should stick to Christmas specials from now on?
Worth noting that these are starting to look worse than Goodnight Sweetheart got despite it missing all the promotion of the other revived sitcoms and not having the Christmas audience factor. That is from the same writers and - despite being arguably funnier and fresher in its return than BOAF is starting to look now - it failed to get any further episodes off the BBC or (as yet) any other channel. So BOAF might be on borrowed time. The numbers for the last series of BOAF were decent (when it avoided EastEnders). The Christmas special did poorly but it did enough for the regular series to warrant another go. |
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I have a few daytime ratings for you for Tuesday 3rd January.
Father Brown - 1.94m, Impossible - 1.02m, Escape to the Country - 969k, Hairy Bikers - 1.25m, Antiques Road Trip - 2.12m, Pointless - 3.49m Judge Rinder - 1.05m, Dickinson's Real Deal - 1.20m, Tipping Point - 2.58m, The Chase - 3.75m. The Chase back ahead of Pointless. The latter down over 1m from last week when it faced a rpt of Harry Potter clip show in the same slot. Now is that not viewers defaulting to the BBC when ITV show weaker shows? We've never actually seen how The Chase would do if the BBC took Pointless off air and put a weaker programme at 5pm, because Pointless is never off air for that long. Would The Chase see as much a boost as Pointless does if it was the other way around? |
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EastEnders was on Wednesday at 8pm for a week or two last year or the year before. It was ahead of Midsomer then. Midsomer would be lower than a regular episode of Coronation Street, Silent Witness timeshifts like a demon so it would end up ahead anyway. You'd be effing up your schedule for no real benefit. And who's to say they won't just move Holby to Thursday for a week or move EastEnders around? For example in around two weeks there'll be an extra EastEnders on Friday at 9pm. That could cause problems for other channels.
As Baz said, the BBC isn't necessarily ITV's competition though obv all channels want to pull viewers away from it. I didn't know Lewis had been on a Tuesday before. Has drama ever dominated TV like this before? The BBC has a nicer mix of shows with the likes of DIY, Marigold, WDYTYA, comedy and the One Show. They quite clearly aren't showing enough soap. . . . |
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Does the Holby rating include those watching River City on BBC One Scotland and are two figures ever provided?
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Agree with all of that.
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You sound like a right snob! There's nothing wrong with the format, it's one of the most successful TV formats ever. However, it's feeling tired now and the current lineup is dire so less people are interested.
People wouldn't have known how dire the lineup is unless they tuned in, so the root cause must go deeper. And considering its highest ever audience was in the 10s, it's hardly one of the "most successful TV formats ever", is it? |
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Thanks cylon
The Chase back ahead of Pointless. The latter down over 1m from last week when it faced a rpt of Harry Potter clip show in the same slot. Now is that not viewers defaulting to the BBC when ITV show weaker shows? We've never actually seen how The Chase would do if the BBC took Pointless off air and put a weaker programme at 5pm, because Pointless is never off air for that long. Would The Chase see as much a boost as Pointless does if it was the other way around? Viewers picked Pointless over a crappy clip show because it was a crappy clip show. The Chase benefits now from being on all the time and Tipping Point being on all the time for it. Tipping Point is only strong in daytime, you watch it on Saturday night when there's literally nothing of interest on other channels. Perfect boost for The Chase take that off and it might be a different story. |
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I know bringing back old shows isn't very creative but I think they should bring back Weakest Link to alternate with Pointless but I am not sure Anne would want to bring it back though
but who would you have in her place? I have found myself missing it recently with the Pointless overload the Weakest Link: Celebrities were hilarious.
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Good for EE, though is it its strongest night, and it was hardly lkely to drop below 7m in 1 day.
Is EastEnders the top of BBC Iplayer. Yes it is. And there was me thinking its only brought up when EE has poor overnights. Now its not important. |
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Would it not have been their 30th live week? That would be over 7 though.
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I know bringing back old shows isn't very creative but I think they should bring back Weakest Link to alternate with Pointless but I am not sure Anne would want to bring it back though
but who would you have in her place? I have found myself missing it recently with the Pointless overload the Weakest Link: Celebrities were hilarious.Does make you wonder what sort of a shelf life The Chase and Pointless will go on to have. I suppose what both shows have in their favour though is no gimmicks and a more relaxed presenting style; so less likely to become annoying over time. |
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Interesting that on Monday when Pointless and The Chase started at the same time Pointless was just ahead. I wonder what would happen if they both started at dead on 5pm or Pointless started during Tipping Point.
Viewers picked Pointless over a crappy clip show because it was a crappy clip show. The Chase benefits now from being on all the time and Tipping Point being on all the time for it. Tipping Point is only strong in daytime, you watch it on Saturday night when there's literally nothing of interest on other channels. Perfect boost for The Chase take that off and it might be a different story. BIB2 Yeah but what I'm saying is, is Pointless boosted more than The Chase would be if one of them was off air? Pointless is popular, but its always had the benefit of leading into compatible bigger shows. |
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BBC One EastEnders: 7.35m (34.2%) Holby City: 4.82m (22.3%) Silent Witness: 6.19m (26.6%) ITV Inc +1 Tipping Point: 2.58m (23.6%) The Chase: 3.75m (24.6%) Emmerdale: 6.57m (31.7%) Paul O'Grady For The Love of Dogs Special: 3.00m (13.9%) Robson Crusoe: 1.86m (8.0%) Channel 5 inc +1 Celebrity Big Brother: 2.32m (11.9%) * peak: 2.55m (11.3%) at 21.45 ![]() A good figure for EE, though I can't see it lasting too long. Holby got a boost as well. Looking less like a sitting duck than in December. Silent Witness befited from ITV not showing anything of note. Hopefully next week, ITV can have a Tuesday or all its programmes above 3m. The rating for POG Dogs shows that there is viewers from ITV on Tuesday, but also that there are viewers who will not atch ITV on this day, whatever they show. That is why IAC drops on Tuesday, and is often its weakest day. This is mainly due to ITV not showing anything interesting on Tuesday and viewers have been tuned out of watching ITV. Good for TP and The Chase. CBB looks a bit weak. Still a good figure for Ch5, but I think it will be under 2m tonight. |
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Long term how about this for BBC One? Just throwing some ideas out there.
![]() 16:30 The One Show Reasoning: You know as well as I do it's better off here and could do a job against Tipping Point. Repeated at 7pm on BBC Four. 17:00 !Mpossible / Other New Gameshow Reasoning: A chance to take on The Chase more directly, and with something new. Why not? 17:45 Pointless Reasoning: Minimising the overlap with The Chase should ensure it continues to flourish in the short to medium term. 18:30 BBC Regional News 19:00 BBC News at Seven Reasoning: The perfect alternative to Emmerdale, as soap operas continue to feel the squeeze. |
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EE isn't as strong as it was two years ago, though the first week of January seems a bad time to take it on. Maybe Midsommer isn't as strong anymore either. I don't think they'd move Holby around.
As Baz said, the BBC isn't necessarily ITV's competition though obv all channels want to pull viewers away from it. I didn't know Lewis had been on a Tuesday before. Has drama ever dominated TV like this before? The BBC has a nicer mix of shows with the likes of DIY, Marigold, WDYTYA, comedy and the One Show. They quite clearly aren't showing enough soap. . . . With no Champions League football those slots have been given over to drama on ITV. Some work, some don't. As is always the way. Best time to launch them is when they don't face drama hits. Midsomer does okay but it usually faces factual on Wednesday. Lewis was put on Tuesday at 9pm for its last series facing a declining New Tricks I think. EastEnders has been awful for ages but one good story can boost its ratings. It hasn't had one for months and I'm stunned the aftermath of Ronnie & Roxy's death has been the one that worked. Doctor Who is similar, ratings can be low but publicise a Regeneration and viewers tune in for it. BBC1 has moved Holby City several times. When EastEnders had the funeral of Lucy Beale and ITV decided to have an hour-long episode on Tuesday, BBC1 moved Holby to Thursday at 8pm, combined Tuesday & Thursday's EastEnders and had an hour-long episode on Tuesday at 8pm. On that occasion it worked really well as it felt more of an event and got just under 8m viewers. |
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Long term how about this for BBC One? Just throwing some ideas out there.
![]() 16:30 The One Show Reasoning: You know as well as I do it's better off here and could do a job against Tipping Point. Repeated at 7pm on BBC Four. 17:00 !Mpossible / Other New Gameshow Reasoning: A chance to take on The Chase more directly, and with something new. Why not? 17:45 Pointless Reasoning: Minimising the overlap with The Chase should ensure it continues to flourish in the short to medium term. 18:30 BBC Regional News 19:00 BBC News at Seven Reasoning: The perfect alternative to Emmerdale, as soap operas continue to feel the squeeze. I like the idea of the two quizzes. With the News at Seven, would you keep the 10pm news or push that back as well? My only fear would be the majority of older viewers who have the habit of the 6 o'clock BBC news hour and then the ITV soaps, would simply watch the ITV news hour at 6. They won't want to give up Emmerdale, thus reducing the BBC news figures. |
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Brilliant to see the ratings for EastEnders staying high. The new exec is working wonders on making everything feel so raw and real. Been a long time since EastEnders actually felt like EastEnders so his new, slash old, approach is working thus far.
Gone is the sensationalism that has dragged it down for so long, and now the realism is back. It's like old school EastEnders, but brought right upto date. I can see what SOC meant in his interview about "reconnecting with the shows DNA" Lets hope that means reconnecting with lost viewers! |
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One Show would be buried there. It's a very popular show and has an established timeslot, why change it?
I like the idea of the two quizzes. With the News at Seven, would you keep the 10pm news or push that back as well? My only fear would be the majority of older viewers who have the habit of the 6 o'clock BBC news hour and then the ITV soaps, would simply watch the ITV news hour at 6. They won't want to give up Emmerdale, thus reducing the BBC news figures. I think it would more likely dent Emmerdale. The BBC at Christmas can fling out the news at any time, and it will get a good rating. Some odd time on NYD, and its over 6m. The BBC have such a loyal following I'm certain the news moved to 7pm would dent Emmerdale and boost the rest of the BBC schedule. |
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Thought people might like this, the highest rated show on every Christmas Day since 1981 (when BARB began). These are SINGLE showings only, but of course, since 2010, BARB included HD into their BBC 1 figures which has become the norm since then and is the same for ITV. Only saying this as I still remember the fierce debate about whether EastEnders or Downton won the Christmas battle in 2011. EE won in overnights, but Downton won in officials.
Re 2009/Doctor Who, I've included the HD simulcast as I remember DMN years ago included that simulcast into his end of year tally. Code:
1981 Last of the Summer Wine 16.98m BBC 1 1982 The Queen 12.37m BBC 1 1983 The Two Ronnies 12.34m BBC 1 1984 Film: Raiders of the Lost Ark 19.33m ITV 1985 The Two Ronnies 18.48m BBC 1 1986 Just Good Friends 20.76m BBC 1 1987 Film: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 18.95m BBC 1 1988 Bread 18.00m BBC 1 1989 Film: Crocodile Dundee 21.77m BBC 1 1990 Only Fools and Horses 17.97m BBC 1 1991 Only Fools and Horses 14.88m BBC 1 1992 Only Fools and Horses 20.13m BBC 1 1993 Only Fools and Horses 19.59m BBC 1 1994 One Foot in the Grave 15.14m BBC 1 1995 One Foot in the Grave 17.77m BBC 1 1996 Only Fools and Horses 21.31m BBC 1 1997 Men Behaving Badly 16.34m BBC 1 1998 EastEnders 15.04m BBC 1 1999 Coronation Street 15.50m ITV 2000 Coronation Street 14.56m ITV 2001 Only Fools and Horses 21.35m BBC 1 2002 Only Fools and Horses 17.40m BBC 1 2003 Only Fools and Horses 16.37m BBC 1 2004 EastEnders 12.82m BBC 1 2005 EastEnders 10.60m BBC 1 2006 The Vicar of Dibley 12.39m BBC 1 2007 EastEnders 14.38m BBC 1 2008 Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death 16.28m BBC 1 2009 Doctor Who 12.04m BBC 1 2010 EastEnders 12.61m BBC 1 2011 Downton Abbey 11.59m ITV 1 2012 EastEnders 11.31m BBC 1 2013 Mrs Brown’s Boys 11.52m BBC 1 2014 Mrs Brown’s Boys 9.69m BBC 1 2015 Downton Abbey 10.49m ITV 2016 Call the Midwife 9.21m BBC 1 ![]() Top Twenty Most Watched Shows w/e 3 January 1982: Coronation Street (Wed) - 16.92m, ITV (Granada) Carry on Laughing - 16.49m, ITV Coronation Street (Mon) - 15.22m, ITV (Granada) Film: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 14.78m, ITV* Give Us a Clue - 14.34m, ITV (Thames) London Night Out - 14.27m, ITV (Thames) Hi-De-Hi! - 14.21m, BBC 1 Cannon and Ball - 13.97m, ITV (LWT) The Krypton Factor International - 13.91m, ITV (Granada) News at 5.45 (Fri) - 13.88m, ITV (ITN) The Two Ronnies - 13.68m, BBC 1 Barbara Woodhouse Goes to Beverley Hills - 13.19m, ITV (Yorkshire) Crossroads (Wed) - 13.17m, ITV (ATV) Jim’ll Fix It - 13.08m, BBC 1 Dallas - 12.88m, BBC 1 The Gentle Touch - 12.79m, ITV (LWT) Crossroads (Tue) - 12.55m, ITV (ATV) Film: Carquake - 12.52m, ITV 3-2-1 - 12.51m, ITV (Yorkshire) The Fall Guy - 12.36m, ITV * Not shown in the TVS region |
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Great set and you can play along to it at home. One of the strengths of it is that Rick Edwards is hosting and he does have some personality to him. BBC1 doesn't have a really good daytime quiz apart from Pointless, this might be the best they've had in ages.
but who would you have in her place? I have found myself missing it recently with the Pointless overload the Weakest Link: Celebrities were hilarious.



