Damn! Three in a row sub 5m! Not good at all.
Dr Who Ratings Thread (Merged)
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Originally Posted by Mumbling_Chris:
“Damn! Three in a row sub 5m! Not good at all.”
“Damn! Three in a row sub 5m! Not good at all.”
It's fine. While ratings are down across the board, the BBC report that Who's audience remains consistent.
Quote:
“Series average [After 5 episodes ] : 7.54m”
“Series average [After 5 episodes ] : 7.54m”
Does anybody understand how depressing it is to lose so many sci-fi shows over the years to ratings and then see DW "performing poorly" with 5m -> 7m viewers
Originally Posted by Mumbling_Chris:
“Damn! Three in a row sub 5m! Not good at all.”
“Damn! Three in a row sub 5m! Not good at all.”
Only if you ignore the time shifted views.
A glimpse over the landscape, thanks to the UK Ratings Thread...
Downton Abbey is down 1.5m on last series.
X Factor is down 1.3m on last series.
Strictly is down 93k on last series.
Doctor Who is up 28k on the nearest "sixth-episode" slot (The Crimson Horror)
Downton Abbey is down 1.5m on last series.
X Factor is down 1.3m on last series.
Strictly is down 93k on last series.
Doctor Who is up 28k on the nearest "sixth-episode" slot (The Crimson Horror)
Just saying, Downton Abbey is down 1.5m compared to its second episode of last year. DW is extremely stable in comparison.
EDIT: Ahh you beat me CD93. XD
EDIT: Ahh you beat me CD93. XD
Ha! Sorry 
The Caretaker had an AI score of 83.
The Caretaker had an AI score of 83.
Quote:
“Overall Doctor Who rated slightly higher with Women rather than Men and scored the highest within the 16-54 age group.
The Sunday repeat of The Caretaker on BBC Three had an overnight estimate of 0.27 million viewers”
“Overall Doctor Who rated slightly higher with Women rather than Men and scored the highest within the 16-54 age group.
The Sunday repeat of The Caretaker on BBC Three had an overnight estimate of 0.27 million viewers”
AI for the Caretaker is 83. S8 is consistent but low in the AI compared to the previous 3 series (which averaged 86-87).
BBC1 BARB w/e 21st September:
1. GBBO - 10.28m
2. Doctor Who - 6.99m
3. New Tricks - 5.47m
4. Our Girl - 5.22m
5. Our Zoo - 5.21m
1. GBBO - 10.28m
2. Doctor Who - 6.99m
3. New Tricks - 5.47m
4. Our Girl - 5.22m
5. Our Zoo - 5.21m
Originally Posted by TheSilentFez:
“Why is a show about people making cakes so popular?”
“Why is a show about people making cakes so popular?”
I don't know, but I love it. It's my second favourite programme.
RATINGS UPDATE!
Live + VOSDAL: 4.894m
+ Day 1: 5.905m
+ Day 2: 6.236m
A quick estimate of the time adjustment would suggest a small increase of 31k on top of the above figures
Live + VOSDAL: 4.894m
+ Day 1: 5.905m
+ Day 2: 6.236m
A quick estimate of the time adjustment would suggest a small increase of 31k on top of the above figures
Originally Posted by Yog101:
“RATINGS UPDATE!
Live + VOSDAL: 4.894m
+ Day 1: 5.905m
+ Day 2: 6.236m
A quick estimate of the time adjustment would suggest a small increase of 31k on top of the above figures”
“RATINGS UPDATE!
Live + VOSDAL: 4.894m
+ Day 1: 5.905m
+ Day 2: 6.236m
A quick estimate of the time adjustment would suggest a small increase of 31k on top of the above figures”
Thanks Yog.
This one night nudge past 7m. Can't see big ratings for the rest of the series just around 7m
Originally Posted by cylon6:
“Thanks Yog.
This one night nudge past 7m. Can't see big ratings for the rest of the series just around 7m”
“Thanks Yog.
This one night nudge past 7m. Can't see big ratings for the rest of the series just around 7m”
Judging by how many other programmes (dramas, SCD, XF etc) are down this year, 7m would be a very good figure
If modern trends have been embraced by the singles chart (which now including streaming factored in), then I don't know why TV ratings are so slow to include iPlayer. Is it because the BBC probably dominate it compared to ITV player and 4OD etc and the other channels don't want to look bad or something?!
I think when placing Doctor Who in the list of 'most watched TV shows of the week' its important to include shows with multiple episodes just once. So - as an example - Eastenders only appears once rather than five times.
I think it givers a clearer pictures as to the most popular shows.
The newspapers adopted this method in the late eighties/early nineties when they would do the top ten shows and most of that was just Eastenders and Coronation Street.
I think it givers a clearer pictures as to the most popular shows.
The newspapers adopted this method in the late eighties/early nineties when they would do the top ten shows and most of that was just Eastenders and Coronation Street.
It's pretty obvious that the BBC's scheduling for Doctor Who reflects the habit of it's audience to 'time shift' it. Why show it prime-time when so many people watch it at their leisure?
Hm, interesting.
Day of the Moon
Live – 3.38m
All timeshift – 3.92m
Total – 7.30m
Surprised the first >50% timeshift happened back then!
Day of the Moon
Live – 3.38m
All timeshift – 3.92m
Total – 7.30m
Surprised the first >50% timeshift happened back then!
Expanded:
From Tom Spilsbury of all people. Really shows the developing landscape... from when "New Who" was actually new and hit 7m live viewers, weekly. That was the way to watch television.
Quote:
“A Christmas Carol had a live audience of 8.64m (12.11m consolidated). But since A Christmas Carol, only two episodes have managed over 7 million viewers live. They are The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (7.15m) and The Day of the Doctor (7.90m). The only other episodes to have had over 5 million live over that period are Let's Kill Hitler (5.02m), A Town Called Mercy (5.21m), The Snowmen (5.74m), The Time of the Doctor (6.19m) and Deep Breath (5.15m).
Day of the Moon (3.38m) remains the lowest live audience for Doctor Who ever (excepting Battlefield Part One, which had 3.1m, of course). In the 2013 run of eight episodes, only The Bells of Saint John (4.43m) and The Name of the Doctor (4.07m) managed over 4m live viewers, with The Crimson Horror managing just 3.40m.”
“A Christmas Carol had a live audience of 8.64m (12.11m consolidated). But since A Christmas Carol, only two episodes have managed over 7 million viewers live. They are The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (7.15m) and The Day of the Doctor (7.90m). The only other episodes to have had over 5 million live over that period are Let's Kill Hitler (5.02m), A Town Called Mercy (5.21m), The Snowmen (5.74m), The Time of the Doctor (6.19m) and Deep Breath (5.15m).
Day of the Moon (3.38m) remains the lowest live audience for Doctor Who ever (excepting Battlefield Part One, which had 3.1m, of course). In the 2013 run of eight episodes, only The Bells of Saint John (4.43m) and The Name of the Doctor (4.07m) managed over 4m live viewers, with The Crimson Horror managing just 3.40m.”
From Tom Spilsbury of all people. Really shows the developing landscape... from when "New Who" was actually new and hit 7m live viewers, weekly. That was the way to watch television.
How does the BBC calculate views in other markets?
77 million was the quoted global reach, but I'm not sure how they got that figure.
77 million was the quoted global reach, but I'm not sure how they got that figure.
I've never understood the claim that watching it on catch-up rather than live reflects badly on the show. Surely if anything it's the other way around? Most families sit down on a Saturday night and stick on whatever trash is on, only committed fans and people who actually like to watch Who will go to the bother of time-shifting to watch the show (assuming that a lot of people actually don't have time to watch on Saturday nights). Plus, X-Factor is the sort of show that can't be watched on-demand if you want to vote, especially with the show on Sundays as well, whereas Who doesn't have this issue.
I'm sure I'm just rehashing old arguments but still...
I'm sure I'm just rehashing old arguments but still...
Originally Posted by Whovian1109:
“I've never understood the claim that watching it on catch-up rather than live reflects badly on the show. Surely if anything it's the other way around? Most families sit down on a Saturday night and stick on whatever trash is on, only committed fans and people who actually like to watch Who will go to the bother of time-shifting to watch the show (assuming that a lot of people actually don't have time to watch on Saturday nights). Plus, X-Factor is the sort of show that can't be watched on-demand if you want to vote, especially with the show on Sundays as well, whereas Who doesn't have this issue.
I'm sure I'm just rehashing old arguments but still...”
“I've never understood the claim that watching it on catch-up rather than live reflects badly on the show. Surely if anything it's the other way around? Most families sit down on a Saturday night and stick on whatever trash is on, only committed fans and people who actually like to watch Who will go to the bother of time-shifting to watch the show (assuming that a lot of people actually don't have time to watch on Saturday nights). Plus, X-Factor is the sort of show that can't be watched on-demand if you want to vote, especially with the show on Sundays as well, whereas Who doesn't have this issue.
I'm sure I'm just rehashing old arguments but still...”
I completely agree. In my household on weekdays 6pm-9pm is a no-go for me. There is almost nothing in that slot that interests me.
When SCD and X-Factor start in the autumn, that blast radius extends into the weekend.
I would imagine - hope - I am not alone
Originally Posted by Yog101:
“Live + VOSDAL: 4.894m
+ Day 1: 5.905m
+ Day 2: 6.236m
+ Day 3: 6.461m”
“Live + VOSDAL: 4.894m
+ Day 1: 5.905m
+ Day 2: 6.236m
+ Day 3: 6.461m”
Thanks Yog101.
On course to hit the timeshift average of 2m+ but i think it will fall a wee bit short of 7m again, hope I'm wrong mind!
It has all gone a bit boring, business as usual stuff after losing the 7m streak :P
Oh well. Boring is good. Means you can care so I don't have to
Oh well. Boring is good. Means you can care so I don't have to
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