What about Bonekickers. I heard that is scheduled for sometime in the Spring, and Waking the Dead is back in a couple weeks. Presumably that will be scheduled Sunday/Monday.
Ratings Thread
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Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“BBC1
8pm Holby Blue 4.1m 18%
ITV1
8pm The Bill 5.4m 23%
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“BBC1
8pm Holby Blue 4.1m 18%
ITV1
8pm The Bill 5.4m 23%
”
I think we should have more smileys in the ratings reports.
I think it might have been a touch-and-go decision to give Holby Blue a second series, and I think it might be touch-and-go over a third.
BBC 1
Scheduled programmes;
Doctor Who
My Family
Tiger Spy in the Jungle
Casualty 1907
Identity Fraud
Upcoming;
New Tricks
Waking the Dead
Kiss of Death
Apparitions
Pope John Paul II – The War Years
Meet The Immigrants
Miss Nightingale
Elephant Diaries
Would I Lie To You?
Commisioned;
Parents Of The Band
Ashes to Ashes
Spooks
Mistresses
Doctor Who
My Family
After You've Gone
Waterloo Road
Merlin
Robin Hood
Medical Frontiers
Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Scheduled programmes;
Doctor Who
My Family
Tiger Spy in the Jungle
Casualty 1907
Identity Fraud
Upcoming;
New Tricks
Waking the Dead
Kiss of Death
Apparitions
Pope John Paul II – The War Years
Meet The Immigrants
Miss Nightingale
Elephant Diaries
Would I Lie To You?
Commisioned;
Parents Of The Band
Ashes to Ashes
Spooks
Mistresses
Doctor Who
My Family
After You've Gone
Waterloo Road
Merlin
Robin Hood
Medical Frontiers
Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“Presumably there is a new series of New Tricks coming up, but what else have they got in drama to be shown that is not scheduled?”
“Presumably there is a new series of New Tricks coming up, but what else have they got in drama to be shown that is not scheduled?”
Waking the Dead is back in mid-April. Presumably that will fill two 9pm slots for a few weeks.
I can't wait until Waking The Dead comes back. One of the best British shows out there in my opinion. I hope it does well, ratings wise.
Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“It seems a pretty bizarre strategy that BBC1 has adopted if they are holding programmes back. The summer will feature the European football & Olympics in addition to the usual annual sport, so when will they show them? They seem to wait for ITV to launch new shows before deciding to schedule something similar opposite it.
Presumably there is a new series of New Tricks coming up, but what else have they got in drama to be shown that is not scheduled?”
“It seems a pretty bizarre strategy that BBC1 has adopted if they are holding programmes back. The summer will feature the European football & Olympics in addition to the usual annual sport, so when will they show them? They seem to wait for ITV to launch new shows before deciding to schedule something similar opposite it.
Presumably there is a new series of New Tricks coming up, but what else have they got in drama to be shown that is not scheduled?”
I think we also need to take into account that ITV saved up/moved forward a lot of new shows for their relaunch and so have been starting more new shows than the BBC this year.
The BBC still have started quite a lot of new shows though - they are just spreading them out across the year. I wonder if ITV will 'run out' of new shows before long because they must have spent quite a lot so far this year.
Originally Posted by davey_wavey:
“I can't wait until Waking The Dead comes back. One of the best British shows out there in my opinion. I hope it does well, ratings wise.”
“I can't wait until Waking The Dead comes back. One of the best British shows out there in my opinion. I hope it does well, ratings wise.”
Waking the Dead has long been a ratings winner, though in its last run was trimmed by the previous series of Trial and Retribution being scheduled against it.
Originally Posted by yorkie100:
“Has anyone got the soap ratings for Wednesday/Thursday - dont think they have been posted yet.”
“Has anyone got the soap ratings for Wednesday/Thursday - dont think they have been posted yet.”
No I keep on asking but so far - nothing.
Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“And Robbie will be quaking at the prospect of Hotel Babylon falling further next week up against the Champions League”
“And Robbie will be quaking at the prospect of Hotel Babylon falling further next week up against the Champions League
”
And there was me thinking I was on George's "ignore list". Perhaps he's reinstated me? I hope so.
Babylon will inevitably fall back next week having increased its ratings to 5.2m this week, no doubt about that. It will bounce back when there's no football on.
I think A2A suffered from the last two episodes being shown either side of Easter, with lots of people being on holiday last week and this. They should have started it 2 weeks sooner.
As for Dr Who being brought forward to 6.20pm, can't say it's the end of the world. It will presumably do better getting a head start on Britain's Got Talent if that is going out at 7pm on ITV1 - unless they now bring that forward in a tit-for-tat response?
Dr Who's ratings suffer from being shown from April-July, instead of during the dark winter nights. The 2nd most popular show on TV in 2007, 13.5m at Christmas, and yet it will be lucky to average 7.5m over its summer run. Madness.
Torchwood got 2.4m (10.2%), and Benidorm won the 9pm slot last night. Torchwood: Declassified which followed the episode got 1.5 million viewers. Don't have any other ratings.
Originally Posted by ZoeMcCallister:
“Quite a low key ending for T&R-though ITV will probably give it another series, but be careful about where they slot it as it is capable of pulling in almost 7 million viewers!
The Big Bang Theory would work better being an E4 only show as it would easily pull in 500,000 viewers, as CH4 are doing with Brothers & Sisters and also Five are moving 30 Rock to FiveUS or Fiver, due to poor ratings.
I think ITV2 will have expected a lot more for Gossip Girl the way they promoted it on ITV1 and as it was part of XXL Thursday.”
“Quite a low key ending for T&R-though ITV will probably give it another series, but be careful about where they slot it as it is capable of pulling in almost 7 million viewers!
The Big Bang Theory would work better being an E4 only show as it would easily pull in 500,000 viewers, as CH4 are doing with Brothers & Sisters and also Five are moving 30 Rock to FiveUS or Fiver, due to poor ratings.
I think ITV2 will have expected a lot more for Gossip Girl the way they promoted it on ITV1 and as it was part of XXL Thursday.”
I thought the ratings would be a lot better for gossip girl, its been advertised everywhere - from every page i look at on the net, to every type of show on itv.
I think they should have it on at 9, as the target audience includes younger teens, to 30 somethings. I also think with so much trailing of a program, you need to have a time and date in the ad too. Same for pushing daisies - they have a date, why not use it.
Finally, it is repeated tonight at 7, so may do well?
Originally Posted by rzt:
“Torchwood got 2.4m (10.2%), and Benidorm won the 9pm slot last night. Torchwood: Declassified which followed the episode got 1.5 million viewers. Don't have any other ratings.”
“Torchwood got 2.4m (10.2%), and Benidorm won the 9pm slot last night. Torchwood: Declassified which followed the episode got 1.5 million viewers. Don't have any other ratings.”
Good. That will encourage ITV to stick with comedy. They now have 4 very good comedy shows: Harry Hill, Al Murray, Moving Wallpaper & Benidorm. Hope they find more hits to add to these.
Benidorm shows that it pays to keep the faith. Remember Cold Feet launched with 3.5m as well
Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“Remember Cold Feet launched with 3.5m as well”
“Remember Cold Feet launched with 3.5m as well
”
And what did it end with?
Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“Good. That will encourage ITV to stick with comedy. They now have 4 very good comedy shows: Harry Hill, Al Murray, Moving Wallpaper & Benidorm. Hope they find more hits to add to these.
Benidorm shows that it pays to keep the faith. Remember Cold Feet launched with 3.5m as well”
“Good. That will encourage ITV to stick with comedy. They now have 4 very good comedy shows: Harry Hill, Al Murray, Moving Wallpaper & Benidorm. Hope they find more hits to add to these.
Benidorm shows that it pays to keep the faith. Remember Cold Feet launched with 3.5m as well
”
To be honest, I couldn't understand why so many people were giving Benidorm such low predictions in the Ratings Game thread, whereas I think I gave it around 4.5m for week one.
Originally Posted by rzt:
“And what did it end with?”
“And what did it end with?”
I'm sure the last series was getting around 10 million.
Hi, can i just ask a question if there will be any new series of "silent witness" on bbc, also the panel show "would i lie to you" is there a new series of that coming soon?
Originally Posted by Pizzatheaction:
“To be honest, I couldn't understand why so many people were giving Benidorm such low predictions in the Ratings Game thread, whereas I think I gave it around 4.5m for week one.”
“To be honest, I couldn't understand why so many people were giving Benidorm such low predictions in the Ratings Game thread, whereas I think I gave it around 4.5m for week one.
”
Ditto. I think people were basing it on what Moving Wallpaper was getting but I think both are very different shows, and Benidorm probably has a wider appeal than MW.
Originally Posted by Delboy_RKO:
“Hi, can i just ask a question if there will be any new series of "silent witness" on bbc, also the panel show "would i lie to you" is there a new series of that coming soon?”
“Hi, can i just ask a question if there will be any new series of "silent witness" on bbc, also the panel show "would i lie to you" is there a new series of that coming soon?”
There will be new series of both sometime this year.
Originally Posted by Agent F:
“Ditto. I think people were basing it on what Moving Wallpaper was getting but I think both are very different shows, and Benidorm probably has a wider appeal than MW.”
“Ditto. I think people were basing it on what Moving Wallpaper was getting but I think both are very different shows, and Benidorm probably has a wider appeal than MW.”
Yes, and Benidorm did well last year too.
Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“Good. That will encourage ITV to stick with comedy. They now have 4 very good comedy shows: Harry Hill, Al Murray, Moving Wallpaper & Benidorm. Hope they find more hits to add to these.”
“Good. That will encourage ITV to stick with comedy. They now have 4 very good comedy shows: Harry Hill, Al Murray, Moving Wallpaper & Benidorm. Hope they find more hits to add to these.”
Don't get carried away. TV Burp and Happy Hour are entertainment shows not comedies, and Moving Wallpaper was virtually a laugh-free zone and has only been recommissioned to save ITV face after being so massively hyped.
So 1 decently good comedy show, yes.
As for "more hits", putting Moving Wallpaper (2m viewers and lukewarm/mixed critical reception) in that particular category IS funny...
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