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What do you think the increase in the iplayer etc viewers is due to this season? |
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I for one would like to see Dr Who moved to a teatime slot in October/November, I Think the show would be perfect autumnal viewing and think ratings would improve as well.
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So how many have episodes have actually aired at the same time on subequent weeks? Is it getting a chance to build up the audience ina regular slot or not?
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I for one would like to see Dr Who moved to a teatime slot in October/November, I Think the show would be perfect autumnal viewing and think ratings would improve as well.
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three aired at 6.25, one aired at 6.20, one aired at 6.30. I don;t think one can quibble about five minutes here or there.
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5 mins makes a big difference when organising families and dinners and bedtimes I suspect
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people may believe that but there isn't really any evidence to back up this idea. I don't think the BBC are going to take such a big gamble when they know it gets good ratings this time of year. It's just pie in the sky, like the people who think it'll get millions more viewers than average at 7pm.
new way it is being shot/different colour pallet etc would be more suited to not being shown on lovely bright early evenings and suited more to the darker earlier nights.
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I for one would like to see Dr Who moved to a teatime slot in October/November, I Think the show would be perfect autumnal viewing and think ratings would improve as well.
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I suspect the new, more fairytale, feel to the show and the
new way it is being shot/different colour pallet etc would be more suited to not being shown on lovely bright early evenings and suited more to the darker earlier nights.The BBC are delighted to have a show in the early evening slot that brings in good viewing figures this time of year. They already have shows in the autumn that do the same. Why would they want to put all their eggs in one basket? The BBC have a lot more to consider than Doctor Who. hard to believe I know, but there you go...
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Such a move would involve there being no Doctor Who for a year and a half. If the BBC had an interest in doing it, it would have happened this year. Since it didn't, take it as read it won't be happening.
The BBC are delighted to have a show in the early evening slot that brings in good viewing figures this time of year. They already have shows in the autumn that do the same. Why would they want to put all their eggs in one basket? The BBC have a lot more to consider than Doctor Who. hard to believe I know, but there you go... ![]() ![]() |
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Perhaps its about time they got back to making 26 episodes of Doctor Who a year then
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I for one would like to see Dr Who moved to a teatime slot in October/November, I Think the show would be perfect autumnal viewing and think ratings would improve as well.
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Then it would be stuck with X Factor and being pushed all over the place. As things stand January -following on from the Christmas special would be ideal imo. At the end of the day, playing out this kind of "hide behind the sofa" family drama is lost when its 25C outside. Tennants charisma maintained an audience even in the hottest temps, but Im not sure Matt Smith can carry things in the same way. Overnight ratings less than 6 million are treading dangerous ground with an expensive show like this and if these figures carry on questions will be asked behind closed doors.
Overnight ratings are in decline across the board because there are so many ways to view a programme these days. Doctor Who this year is time shifting amazingly well, People really do need to stop just looking at overnight ratings, they become less and less meaningful. If the timeshifts are in line with this series to date, last nights episode will have maybe 7 - 7.2 million, well in line with comparable episodes in past series - higher than some in fact. And you know, the BBC are more interested in final ratings and total reach than overnights in spite of what you might think. |
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Oh and thanks to crazzy for reminding me the lowest overnight share actually belongs to Silence in the library, with 25.4%
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Overnight ratings are in decline across the board because there are so many ways to view a programme these days. Doctor Who this year is time shifting amazingly well, People really do need to stop just looking at overnight ratings, they become less and less meaningful. If the timeshifts are in line with this series to date, last nights episode will have maybe 7 - 7.2 million, well in line with comparable episodes in past series - higher than some in fact.
And you know, the BBC are more interested in final ratings and total reach than overnights in spite of what you might think. |
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Some one already posted something about the BBC not being worried about the ratings last week didn't they? And if they weren't worried last week...they certianly won't be this week....
It was the 3rd most watched show on TV, for goodness sake people!!! |
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What people need to remember is that DW remains (almost every week) the most popular Drama Series on Television (Continuing Drama is obviously a different genre strand.) After 6 years that is a pretty impressive track record by anyone's reckoning.
In my opinion, the only real way to gauge falling popularity is to wait until the Viewer Voted awards season comes round again - once DW fails to make the shortlists for nominations, then it will probably start to ring alarm bells at the BBC but that shows no sign of happening in the foreseeable future. |
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In my opinion, the only real way to gauge falling popularity is to wait until the Viewer Voted awards season comes round again - once DW fails to make the shortlists for nominations, then it will probably start to ring alarm bells at the BBC but that shows no sign of happening in the foreseeable future.
I think we can gauge popularity at the end of the series by looking at the AI's and ratings across the series, something like winning an award or not is rather arbitrary.....I mean surely there will be a push for A2A in a lot of category's this next awards season, and if it does take a lot of prizes that would be less a reflection on DW than on the affection people have for several years of one programme that won;t be around any more! |
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i'm not really sure i agree with that!
I think we can gauge popularity at the end of the series by looking at the AI's and ratings across the series, something like winning an award or not is rather arbitrary.....I mean surely there will be a push for A2A in a lot of category's this next awards season, and if it does take a lot of prizes that would be less a reflection on DW than on the affection people have for several years of one programme that won;t be around any more! |
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Undoubtedly, but most Mags and the NTA have viewer voted shortlists - DW can't win everytime but it still makes the shortlists.
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I suspect the new, more fairytale, feel to the show and the
new way it is being shot/different colour pallet etc would be more suited to not being shown on lovely bright early evenings and suited more to the darker earlier nights.Quote:
Such a move would involve there being no Doctor Who for a year and a half. If the BBC had an interest in doing it, it would have happened this year. Since it didn't, take it as read it won't be happening.
The BBC are delighted to have a show in the early evening slot that brings in good viewing figures this time of year. They already have shows in the autumn that do the same. Why would they want to put all their eggs in one basket? The BBC have a lot more to consider than Doctor Who. hard to believe I know, but there you go... ![]()
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Merlin seems to get good viewing figures in the early evening slot as it's shown before SCD.
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so why would they want to move Doctor Who then? The BBC have a lot more to think about than one tv show.
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I don't know what the writers have got planned but a series of six Sat/Sun two parters might be good, the two parter we have just seen was really good at building tension in part one and then the major action in part two, imagine that over two nights, times six, could be a winner?
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I don't know what the writers have got planned but a series of six Sat/Sun two parters might be good, the two parter we have just seen was really good at building tension in part one and then the major action in part two, imagine that over two nights, times six, could be a winner?
I tend to think the 13 week format is liable to be pretty set in stone from a production perspective though. |
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new way it is being shot/different colour pallet etc would be more suited to not being shown on lovely bright early evenings and suited more to the darker earlier nights.
