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From the breakdown, there does seem to be a build up of viewers around the 6.45pm/7pm mark which I guess it what RTD has spoken about.
Nice to see a big switch off at 7.30pm when 'I'd Do Anything' came on, though. Is it mean spirited for me to think 'serves them right!'? |
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Series 3 Averaged at 7.0 Million and 37.6%.
This series looks like it will deifnitely top that! |
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Sorry but thats incorrect Series 3 averaged 7.55m - I remember posting it at the time.
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Official figures in for episode 1:
Saturday BBC1: 9.14m Sunday repeat BBC3: 1.40m Thursday repeat? BBC3: 0.6m DWC Sat BBC3: 0.96m DWC Sun BBC3: 0.82m K |
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Official figures in for episode 1:
Saturday BBC1: 9.14m Sunday repeat BBC3: 1.40m... But imagine how much higher it would have been if "millions" had not turned off in disgust at the casting of Catherine Tate as the assistant. |
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9 million is a very impressive figure.
But imagine how much higher it would have been if "millions" had not turned off in disgust at the casting of Catherine Tate as the assistant. |
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Bloody Catherine Tate. Coming into Doctor Who and failing to ruin the show and destroy the viewing figures as many had predicted. That really is unforgivable. She should be sacked.
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But imagine how much higher it would have been if "millions" had not turned off in disgust at the casting of Catherine Tate as the assistant.
I know this for *fact* as I did a quick survey amongst my *adult*, hard sci-fi mates and factored it up. Regards, Cypher |
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It would have been 29.7 million viewers. I know this for *fact* as I did a quick survey amongst my *adult*, hard sci-fi mates and factored it up.
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Unfortunately, once Billie Piper returns (in a non-cameo capacity) that's when the ratings will plunge. After all, people on the Interweb are always going on about how much they hate her and how they don't want her to come back.
In fact, I'd be amazed if Episode 11 manages to barely scrape more than ten million viewers. |
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I asked myself, my mum, my partner, our 12 year old, the bloke who delivered our chinese take-away and my best mate's wife (as he was out). And we all agree (well, apart from mum) that if Catherine Tate had not been in Partners in Crime, it would in fact have only scraped in a measly 12 viewers and the show would have been cancelled.
I'm now beginning to wonder whether my sample set of three outspoken and very passionate Tate-haters was really a representative cross-section of the audience. * is not worthy* ![]() Regards, Cypher |
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Wow! - I had no idea you were such an accomplished statistician, Mulett! Regards,
Cypher Sadly, being a man, I wasn't much of an expert on femine hygiene products (but I still managed to blagg a few free samples). |
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Thanks Cypher. I did once take part in a telephone survey about femine hygiene products so I do consider myself something of an expert when it comes to statistics and surveys.
Sadly, being a man, I wasn't much of an expert on femine hygiene products (but I still managed to blagg a few free samples). |
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Saturday 19th April 2008
18.20- Planet of the Ood: 6.9m (33.4%) *peak: 7.5m (35.6%) at 18.45 Second most watched show of the day, behind Britain's Got Talent which got 10.3m (43.3%). Doctor Who beat the opposition on ITV1, Animals Do The Funniest Things, which got 4.0m (20.3%). |
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I can't help but think that 6.20pm is just too early for Doctor Who. It really is taking it off the radar in many ways which won't work in the show's interest long term.
I know the BBC is desperately trying to get people to watch I'll Do Anything now that its split across Saturday and Sunday evening. But I think the schedulers should see the viewers are switching off in their millions the moment Doctor Who finishes and simply aren't interested in another vote-for-your-favourite talent show hosted by Graham Norton. They need to do the honourable thing and swap the two shows back to where they were last year. |
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I can't help but think that 6.20pm is just too early for Doctor Who. It really is taking it off the radar in many ways which won't work in the show's interest long term.
I know the BBC is desperately trying to get people to watch I'll Do Anything now that its split across Saturday and Sunday evening. But I think the schedulers should see the viewers are switching off in their millions the moment Doctor Who finishes and simply aren't interested in another vote-for-your-favourite talent show hosted by Graham Norton. They need to do the honourable thing and swap the two shows back to where they were last year. If it had remained at 6.20 the following week, I think the figures would have been much the same as they actually were, but the problem is flitting between times rather than having a fixed place - any place - on a Saturday night. I was driving my kids home last night and they were saying "Oh good, we'll be just in time for Doctor Who." Little did they know that it had already been on for 20 minutes. As I'd Sky Plussed it they actually got what they expected, but that's not going to be the case for everybody. Even moving it later isn't a disaster as people will tune in expecting it, then when it's not on they can check listings to see what's happening and catch it later. When you move it earlier - even five minutes - and people switch on in the middle of the action, I can't blame them for switching off/over again. This paragraph is my theory on viewing habits, it would be interesting to see the minute by minute breakdowns at 6.20 last week and 6.45 this week to see if there is evidence to back it up. But I stand by what I said just now, and what I've said since the 6.20 timeslot was first revealed. Any time in that 6pm to 7pm area is perfectly fine, as long as you LEAVE IT THERE!
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I can't help but think that 6.20pm is just too early for Doctor Who. It really is taking it off the radar in many ways which won't work in the show's interest long term.
Edit: I've just seen that BGT was on at 8pm not 7pm (like I watch ITV ). Blimey, Mr and Mrs got almost the same ratings as Doctor Who. Seriously, the Great British Public deserve rubbish programming if they are willing to tune in for celeb reality shows
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5 Minute Breakdown for Planet of the Ood
18:10..4.52m 18:15..4.82m ------------------- 18:20..5.66m 18:25..6.18m 18:30..6.53m 18:35..6.83m 18:40..6.96m 18:45..7.21m 18:50..7.42m 18:55..7.89m <-- absolute peak. 19:00..7.09m ----------------- 19:05..5.29m 19:10..5.58m Just shows starting at 18.20 is a bad decision. BBC should definitely swap DW and I'd Do Anything around. |
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I was driving my kids home last night and they were saying "Oh good, we'll be just in time for Doctor Who." Little did they know that it had already been on for 20 minutes. As I'd Sky Plussed it they actually got what they expected, but that's not going to be the case for everybody.
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But I stand by what I said just now, and what I've said since the 6.20 timeslot was first revealed. Any time in that 6pm to 7pm area is perfectly fine, as long as you LEAVE IT THERE! Yes, I totally agree with that - what is more likely to lose viewers is the constant moving around the schedule, people don't know when to find it. Not too bad if it's just five mins or so, but 25 mins is really stupid.
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5 Minute Breakdown for Planet of the Ood
18:10..4.52m 18:15..4.82m ------------------- 18:20..5.66m 18:25..6.18m 18:30..6.53m 18:35..6.83m 18:40..6.96m 18:45..7.21m 18:50..7.42m 18:55..7.89m 19:00..7.09m ----------------- 19:05..5.29m 19:10..5.58m My interpretation is that the half million tuning in between 1840 and 1850 were almost certainly expecting to see the start of Who. A proportion of the next half million (maybe half of them) were the same, and the subsequent drop at 1900 is a good chunk of those people deciding they'll watch it another time or skip it because they've missed too much. |
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Although it should help the final (non-overnights) figures, especially as more people will have Sky+'d it like yourself.
![]() Also a fair amount of people still don't have 'intelligent' PVRs and may end up recording from 6.45 anyway. What does BARB do with those? Interestingly off-topic, I originally typed "Sky+'d" but decided to change it in anticipation of grammar nazis like myself!
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It's worth noting that the Dalek two part-er and Blink had viewing had final BARB ratings of less than 7 million last year, so I don't think it's anything to worry about especially, even if there is an element of frustration at the scheduling.
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It's worth noting that the Dalek two part-er and Blink had viewing had final BARB ratings of less than 7 million last year, so I don't think it's anything to worry about especially, even if there is an element of frustration at the scheduling.
I don't mind the ratings dipping because it's a wonderful warm sunny day and people want to stay out and enjoy it. I don't mind if they rise or fall due to one-off specials like a big football match leading up to it, or the final of "Britain's Got Talent" showing opposite. But I find it unbelievable that the show can just be shuffled around willy-nilly like this. I remember when I was young they used to show cartoons and similar fluff after Grandstand, and if the sport went on for longer than usual one week they would cut the filler. That would mean the evening's programmes didn't need to be moved. I don't understand why it's beyond the schedulers' wits to make similar allowances to protect their biggest programmes (and I'll include IDA in that description) against lost audience. Just think about it. If a million people didn't buy your premium product because you sold it in different shops each week and they couldn't be bothered to go looking for it (and why should they?) then isn't that going to do harm to your business? Does it make any sense to operate like that? |
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You're right. I don't think it's anything to panic about. But I think the frustration is justified.
I don't mind the ratings dipping because it's a wonderful warm sunny day and people want to stay out and enjoy it. I don't mind if they rise or fall due to one-off specials like a big football match leading up to it, or the final of "Britain's Got Talent" showing opposite. But I find it unbelievable that the show can just be shuffled around willy-nilly like this. I remember when I was young they used to show cartoons and similar fluff after Grandstand, and if the sport went on for longer than usual one week they would cut the filler. That would mean the evening's programmes didn't need to be moved. I don't understand why it's beyond the schedulers' wits to make similar allowances to protect their biggest programmes (and I'll include IDA in that description) against lost audience. Just think about it. If a million people didn't buy your premium product because you sold it in different shops each week and they couldn't be bothered to go looking for it (and why should they?) then isn't that going to do harm to your business? Does it make any sense to operate like that? For example, last year after the first two or three episodes, the figures did dip somewhat and didn't reach the 8 million mark again until the series finale.
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Thanks. It's hard to draw any definite conclusions from the figures, because you have to remember that people will be turning on in anticipation of the next programme, turning off after a programme has finished, as well as just plain confused about what the hell is going on with the schedules.
My interpretation is that the half million tuning in between 1840 and 1850 were almost certainly expecting to see the start of Who. A proportion of the next half million (maybe half of them) were the same, and the subsequent drop at 1900 is a good chunk of those people deciding they'll watch it another time or skip it because they've missed too much. |
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). Blimey, Mr and Mrs got almost the same ratings as Doctor Who. Seriously, the Great British Public deserve rubbish programming if they are willing to tune in for celeb reality shows