Don't get me started on that one!!

Lol- i know! How could they get that soo wrong!

And they got the share wrong for Casualty!! Laughable!! This is the industry magazine for crying out loud. The Hollywood Reporter or Variety hardly ever screw up regularly like this.

I never get why the BBC did this for Live8, or for Live Earth

all it does it just sends everyone's SKY+ haywire as they cross over early/late and dont change the EPG. Loads of people missed parts of Live8, because it switched over at the wrong time.

as you say, it'd be far easier if the Tennis was on BBC2 all afternoon, and Live Earth on BBC1...just a lot easier for people to watch and record.

ill also say it will rate lower than Live8, the bill is slightly less starstudded, and it hasn't really caught the press' attention yet. Many still won't be aware of the gig.

If you're talking officials than you'd be correct, but the overnight figure was 12.3 million viewers so the Diana Concert just scraped ahead. There shouldn't be that much of a difference in the officials though (that's assuming BARB even split the show up because the listings say it was scheduled as one show) - would many people have recorded the concert like they would a normal show?

Even if some people did record the whole thing, how much of it would they have to watch at a sitting before it got added in to the timeshift total, all of it, just 15mins or something in-between?

K

The last ever appearance of Nick Ross as a presenter on BBC1's Crimewatch was seen by 5.5m (24.5%), the programme's highest audience since March 2005. More follows.

From Broadcast

The last ever appearance of Nick Ross as a presenter on BBC1's Crimewatch was seen by 5.5m people (24.5%) last night, the programme's highest audience since March 2005.

The 60-minute show at 9pm kicked off with 5m (22.5%) and steadily grew its audience to 5.9m (26.2%) in the final 15-minutes.

It was the most watched edition of the programme since 15 March 2005 when it attracted an audience of 6m (26.7%) in a similar slot.

The audience for Crimewatch was some way off the channel's slot average for the year of 6.4m (27.3%).

Top slot claims

Crimewatch had little trouble claiming the top spot at the time as ITV1's drama series The Time of Your Life continued a downwards descent with just 4.1m (18.4%) in the same hour-long slot.

The drama, starring Genevieve O'Reilly as a woman who wakes from a coma, kicked off three weeks ago (18 June) with an impressive 6.7m (29.3%) but has subsequently seen its audience drop off. Last Monday (25 June) the second instalment got 4.6m (20.5%).

BBC1's audience was boosted even further at 10pm thanks in part to the latest revelations about terrorist attacks on the UK. The 10 O'Clock News drew a sizeable 6.6m (32.7%) over 35-minutes.

ITV1's 24 Hours with… struggled with just 975,000 viewers, a share of 4.8%, its lowest audience of the series so far and the first time it has fallen below a million viewers.

Not only was the ITV1 show outperformed by Channel 4's Big Brother but it was also beaten by a repeat of BBC2's Have I Got News for You.

Sizeable lead

C4's reality show gained 3.3m (18.1%) over 65-minutes while BBC2's satirical news quiz had a sizeable lead over the commercial network, getting 1.9m (9.4%).

Five's new Sex, Lies and Hypnosis struggled with a lowly 372,000 (2.1%), well below the channel's slot average of 1.3m (7%).

ITV1 cleaned up in the earlier part of peaktime as its double helping of Coronation Street once again pulled in the viewers. The 7.30pm edition of the soap gained 9.2m (45%) while the later episode, an hour later, had a similar 9.2m (40.8%).

BBC1's EastEnders at 8pm got 8.6m (39.5%).

Empire Strikes

A new historical documentary on C4 looking at the legacy of the British Empire, Empire's Children, drew a respectable 1.9m (8.4%) over an hour at 9pm, giving it the lead over its nearest rivals.

It was on par with the channel's slot average of 1.9m (8.1%) for the year to date.

BBC2's on-going 20th Century Battlefields gained 1.6m (7.2%) while the concluding part of Five's Beat It struggled on just 466,000 (2.1%), well below the channel's average for that time of 1.4m (5.8%).

All hours shares for Monday 2 July 2007: BBC1 – 23.5%, ITV1 – 20.9%, C4 – 9.2%, BBC2 – 7.2%, Five – 4.1%, multichannel – 35.1%.

Peaktime (6pm to 10.30pm) shares: ITV1 – 24.2%, BBC1 – 23.4%, C4 – 7.3%, BBC2 – 6.4%, Five – 2.6%, multichannel – 36%.

And this from Media Guardian:

ITV strikes teatime gold


Stephen Brook
Tuesday July 3, 2007
MediaGuardian.co.uk


Carrott: Golden Balls has beaten Richard & Judy eight out of 11 times. Photograph: ITV

ITV1 looks to have a winner on its hands with its 5pm gameshow Golden Balls, which is regularly beating longstanding teatime favourite Richard and Judy.
Yesterday 2 million people, a 16% share, tuned in to ITV1 during the 5pm hour for the gameshow, hosted by comedian Jasper Carrott, in which contestants attempt to deceive each other to win cash in a game of truth and bluff.

Meanwhile, only 1.7 million people, a 13% share, watched Richard and Judy on Channel 4 at the same time, according to unofficial overnights. During its run, Golden Balls has beaten Richard and Judy eight out of 11 times.

Golden Balls was nearly as popular as Channel 4's Deal or No Deal, watched by 2.2 million at 4.15pm, a 21% share.

Teatime ratings have been affected by the absence of BBC1's reliable warhorse Neighbours.

The rain-interrupted Wimbledon coverage on BBC1 from 1.40pm to 6pm was seen by an average of 1.6 million people, peaking at 3 million at 5.45pm.

At 9pm yesterday evening, Channel 4 premiered six-part documentary series Empire's Children, exploring how the British Empire's legacy had affected Modern Britain.

Last night's episode featuring actress Diana Rigg, who grew up in India, attracted 1.9 million people, a share of 9%.

The documentary was beaten by The Time of Your Life, ITV1's drama in which a woman who wakes up after more than a decade in a coma. The drama attracted 4.1 million viewers, an 18% share at 9pm.

On BBC1 at the same time, Nick Ross's last ever Crimewatch drew by 5.5 million viewers, a 24% share.

At the same time Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields attracted 1.6 million viewers on BBC2, a 7% share.

The evening coverage of Wimbledon on BBC2 between 5.50pm and 8pm attracted 1.2 million viewers while 2 million watched its Today at Wimbledon highlights package at 8pm.

In a quiet night for Channel Five, Home and Away at 6pm was its most popular programme. It was watched by 1.3 million people at 6pm, a 7% share.

9.4m..(46%)..Coronation Street
9.4m..(41%)..Coronation Street
8.8m..(40%)..EastEnders

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So EastEnders is behind Corrie again. I can't see why because I didn't find any of the soaps on Monday particularly special or impressive.

7.3m..(39%)..Emmerdale

C4 and Five slaughter ITV1's Blue Murder

Blue Murder, ITV1's replacement for Tycoon, failed to make much of an impact at 9pm with just 2.6m viewers (12.2%) as Channel 4 and Five both outperformed it.

The commercial network's 90-minute drama repeat began on a high of 2.8m (13.2%) and managed to retain the majority of its audience, ending in the final 15-minutes with 2.5m (12.1%).

Blue Murder only had a marginal impact on ITV1's performance, slightly improving on last week's Tycoon which interest ed 1.9m (8.8%) in a 60-minute slot and was then pulled from the schedule. ITV1's slot average for that hour on a Tuesday is 4.5m (19.4%)

Blue Murder was also comfortably beaten by all the other terrestrial channels except BBC2.

But d espite ITV1's poor performance BBC1 didn't manage to fully capitalise on the situation as the final part of Lenny's Britain only managed 3.2m (14.6%).


The final part of Five's seventh series of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ended on a series high of 3.7m (16.9%). The 60-minute episode gained a peak audience of 3.9m (17.6%) in the final 15-minutes. Over its 24-part run the US series has managed to attract an audience of 2.9m (12.8%).

But C4 managed to snatch the top spot with the last instalment of its food show The F Word.

Over its nine episodes the Gordon Ramsay show managed to attract a substantial 3.4m (15.6%) with the most watched show averaging 4.1m (19.1%) on 19 June.

BBC2 trailed the terrestrial pack at 9pm with the second part of its Paris series on 1.6m (7.5%).

Game, set and match

The combination of the wet weather and lack of British involvement has meant that this year's Wimbledon has not caught the imagination of the viewers. Last night's highlights package at 8pm only managed 1.2m (5.8%).

Five's historical documentary Italian Fascism: Revealed picked up 1.3m (6.2%), up on the channel's slot average so far by 100,000 viewers.

BBC1 was top of the pile at 8pm with Holby City drawing in 6m (28.5%) over an hour. Securing second was ITV1's No Place Like Home? on 3.8m (17.9%) and C4's Three Fat Brides, One Thin Dress with 2.2m (10.2%).

BBC4 gets in The Thick of It

BBC4's pol i tical comedy The Thick of It made a popular return last night for a one-off special. The 60-minute Spinners and Losers grabbed a sizeable 246,000, a multichannel share of 1.38%, outperforming channels like Sky One and ITV3.

Sky One's new Vic Reeves Investigates Jack the Ripper drew 167,000 (0.92%) while a re-run of MacCallum on ITV3 found 168,000 (1.03%). E4's US import What About Brian interested 134,000 (0.74%).

BBC4 though faced some tough competition from a selection of popular films and a strong performance of its sibling BBC3.

BBC3's Last Man Standing set the benchmark at 9pm with an impressive 510,000 (2.82%). ITV2's film GI Jane wasn't too far behind on 492,000 (3.15%). Lethal Weapon 2 on Film 4 thrilled 266,000 (1.63%.

All hours shares for Tuesday 3 July 2007: BBC1 – 22.9%, ITV1 – 17.4%, C4 – 11.4%, Five – 7.4%, multichannel – 34%.

Peaktime (6pm to 10.30pm) shares: BBC1 – 25.8%, ITV1 – 18%, C4 – 12.3%, Five – 8.1%, BBC2 – 6.7%, multichannel – 29.1%.

ITV1 suffers 9pm blues

ITV's Tuesday night woes continued last night when the decision to shift Tycoon failed to save the channel from being beaten by Channels 4 and Five.
In the tough 9pm slot, Tycoon's replacement, the repeated Caroline Quentin drama Blue Murder, drew 2.6 million viewers and just 12% of the audience over its 90-minute run.

That was up 700,000 on last week's audience for Tycoon, Peter Jones' search for Britain's best entrepreneur. The show has been shunted to a 10pm slot and will be cut to a half-hour running time when it returns on Monday.

Blue Murder was trounced by the season finale of Five's ratings banker CSI, which earned the channel 3.8 million viewers and a massive 17% audience share, according to unofficial overnights.

Gordon Ramsay's F Word won the 9pm slot for Channel 4, with an audience of 4.2 million viewers and a 19% share.

On BBC1 in the same slot, Lenny's Britain lost 500,000 viewers on last week's performance to 3.3 million. But the BBC can take comfort from the growth in audience for the programme, which follows Lenny Henry's tour of the UK and started with an audience of 2.6 million on June 12.

BBC2's 9pm contender was art historian Sandrine Voillet's tour of Paris, which was 200,000 viewers down on last week to average 1.7 million.

There were rich pickings on the digital channels too at 9pm.

The eagerly awaited hour-long special of political satire The Thick of It drew 247,000 viewers to BBC4 - knifing Sky One's Vic Reeves Investigates Jack the Ripper, which scored 184,000.

But both were beaten by Film 4's Lethal Weapon 2, which pulled in 269,000 viewers, and BBC3's Last Man Standing. The show, in which western adventurers try to live among remote tribes, attracted an audience of 511,000 viewers.

Later in the evening, Big Brother remained a solid performer for Channel 4, with 3.9 million viewers and 21% share at 10pm.

Five benefited from the CSI effect, with CSI: Miami drawing 2.1 million and 11% in the 10pm slot.

The news at 10 o'clock on BBC1 was the best performer in the slot, with 5 million viewers and a 24% share.

BBC1's Holby City at 8pm had 6.1 million viewers and a 28% share, following on from an 8.5 million audience and 42% share for EastEnders.

ITV1's best audience - 6.6 million viewers and a 34% share - was for Emmerdale.

BARB OFFICIALS W/E 24/06/07

1. Shrek-BBC3-1,432,000*
2. Doctor Who-BBC3-1,094,000
3. Eastenders-BBC3-956,000
4. Doctor Who Confidential-BBC3-955,000
5. America's Got Talent-ITV2-954,000
6. Shrek-BBC3-936,000*
7. The Simpsons-SKY ONE-850,000
8. International Football Live-SKY SPORTS ONE-829,000
9. Eastenders-BBC3-816,000
10. Home & Away-FIVE LIFE-807,000

*May I point out that the Shrek showings were 2 different nights, so to get 936,000 for a repeat a day later is excellent!

BBC3 claims 6 places in the top 10
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Holby City did pretty well back in its old Tuesday night slot. Also good ratings for EastEnders. I expect The Real Cherie to do quite well tonight, although I don't know what its up against.

It's up against a new Taggart on ITV1 but so far I don't think I've seen any ads for it

BBC3 got 1.6% share for that week which I think is the highest ever for BBC3 during one week, it even got an higher share than Cbeebies, another first!

Channel 4 last night:

6pm The Simpsons 1.80 Million
6:30 Hollyoaks 1.571 Million
8:00 Location, Location, Location 4.414 Million
9:00 BIG BROTHER 3.693 Million
10:00 Brothers and Sisters 1.37 Million
11:00 Will and Grace 574,100
23:30 Sugar Rush 389,100

BBC1
8pm National Lottery Jet Set 2012 2.1 million 11%
8.30pm Vet Safari 2.2 million
9pm Cherie Blair 4.3 million 19%
10pm News 5.2 million 25%


BBC2
8pm Today at Wimbledon 1.6 million 8%
9pm Rome 1.9 million 8%
10pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks 1.5 million 7%

ITV1
8pm The Bill 5.6 million 27%
9pm Taggart 5.1 million 23%

five
9pm Last Man standing 1.2 million 6%

What did Corrie get? The Real Cherie did quite well for BBC ONE but I think their highest audience of the night was the Ten O'Clock News.

8.5m - (45%) - Coronation Street
6.6m - (38%) - Emmerdale

ITV1 – 22%,
BBC1 – 19.2%,
C4 – 10.6%,
BBC2 – 7.3%,
Five – 5.2%,
multichannel – 35.7%.

Peaktime (6pm to 10.30pm) shares: ITV1 – 27.1%, BBC1 – 18.2%, C4 – 12.9%, BBC2 – 8.8%, Five – 4.2%, multichannel – 28.9%.

ITV1

7:00 Emmerdale 6.9m 37%
8:00 The Bill 5.4m 25%
9:00 Holiday Showdown Extreme 2.8m no share

BBC1

7:30 Eastenders 8.3m 41%
8:00 The Big Day 3.7m no share
9:00 True Dare Kiss 3.4 15%

Channel 4

9:00 Big Brother 3.6m 16%

The Big Day had a 17.2% share and Holiday Showdown had 12.3%.