Because the storylines have been awful and predictable.

Errr...no maybe because the last three days have been the warmest days of the year thus far also add in that Corrie and EE had Champions league to contend with.

No, it's because of that and there is nothing 'vital' to watch this week on any of the soaps really and things are getting boring.

The Champions League and hot weather could account to about 200,000 viewers but not a million.

Agent F - I read through the posts in order, and if one catches my eye, I reply there and then. I can't be bothered reading on to see if anyone else has made the same point!

I think you'd be surprised how many people would rather go out.

Plus a peak of 10m watched champions league on tuesday, you really think that would just drop 200k of eastenders.

If it's a nice day, I'd rather go out, and catch the soaps or any other programme at a later time or date.

If you looked at every year before now, you'd see the ratings for the soaps fall quite dramatically over April to July

Well actually theres been an increase in the amount of viewers for EE this week, last week it averaged 8.4m this week 8.9m and the quality has remained fairly consistent and there was nothing 'vital' to watch this week at all. Its quality has nothing to do with the latest figures.

Also EE had nearly 1m viewers for its repeat at 10pm on two occasions this week.

The soaps always decline about this time of year - into May.

I suppose its because its still light when most of them air now.

Benidorm is doing really well. And so is HIGNFY against it.

It was the warmest Friday night of the year - people are starting to enjoy going outside when they can. Considering that, I thought both BBC ONE and ITV1's output did pretty well. EastEnders had over 40% of the audience, both Corries were respectable - the 7.30pm surely getting over 9 million overall - and both Benidorm and My Family had over 5.5 million viewers.

I think ITV1 should give Teenage Kicks a second chance. It looks pretty awful, but they really need comedy right now and might as well do it. Its just timeslotted wrongly, and its still doing better than Moving Wallpaper/Echo Beach did in the 9.00-10.00pm slot anyway. I think they should show it early on a Sunday evening - around 5.30-7.30pm before the main drama of the evening begins.

There are quite a few more ITV comedies coming up. Here are all I know of.

No Heroics 2008, ITV2 – Eight-part sitcom about four off-duty superheroes in London. Written by Drew Pearce.

May Contain Nuts ITV1 – Two-part comedy drama about pushy mothers starring Sophie Thompson and Shirley Henderson as parents who will do almost anything to ensure their children get into the best school in south-west London. Based on John O'Farrell's best-selling novel, adapted by Mark Burton

Mumbai Calling ITV1 – Seven-part sitcom set in a Mumbai call centre. Commissioned after a pilot aired on Wednesday 30 May 2007 written by Sanjeev Bhaskar, Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. Bhaskar, who has written the series with Andrew Collins, plays Kenny Gupta, a British-born Indian sent to run the call centre, alongside Dev (Nitin Ganatra).

Jeremy Lion sitcom ITV1 – Pilot of a comedy starring Justin Edwards as drunken children’s entertainer Jeremy Lion, with Miranda Hart and Gus Brown also in the cast. Written by Edwards and James Eldred.

Hibbert and Long ITV1 – Pilot sitcom billed as a modern version of 1970s classic The Liver Birds, written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong (of Peep Show fame). Stars Kerry Godliman and Lucy Montgomery as flatmates in their late 20s, with Tom Ellis as the man they both fancy and Simon Day as the publican at their local.

Frank Skinner series ITV1 – Possible topical comedy show.

Clash of the Santas Christmas 2008, ITV1 – A two-hour comedy drama featuring the characters from City Lights and Northern Lights, starring Robson Greene and Mark Benton.

The Abbey 2008, ITV2 – Sitcom series following a successful pilot set in a rehab centre. Written by Morwenna Banks who stars as the ex-rock chic owner. Also stars Rasmus Hardiker.

Till I Die ITV1 – Pilot comedy about a group of Manchester City football fans living in London, starring Steve Edge and Sally Lindsay as married supporters. Written by Aschlin Ditta (credits include The Catherine Tate Show); made by Hat Trick.

Two Faced ITV2 – Hidden camera comedy show in which members of the public come face-to-face with fake versions of international superstars.

Nice to see some sitcoms coming up. I was wondering where The Frank Skinner Show had got to. He was quite prolific on ITV1 for a while, with a series every year or so, but he seems to have slipped back into his BBC pattern of long gaps between series:

Autumn 1995, Winter 1997, Spring 1999.

Yes, he wanted to go back to stand-up.

But now seems to want to go back on TV. It seems a great series to continue with on a Saturday night at 10pm. Or perhaps even a Sunday.

I loved the show when it was in its prime. It used to be on after London's Burning on a Sunday.

Those were the days.

Because it is NOT a repeat in Wales and other parts of the UK as well. The Sunday screening is the first every week.

Saturday 26th April Overnights
BBC1
06.00- Breakfast: 1.2m (30.4%)
10.00- Saturday Kitchen: 1.6 (25.9%)
11.30- Great British Menu: 1.3m (20.6%)
12.00- BBC News: 1.3m (19.8%)
16.30- Final Score: 2.3m (20.7%)
17.20- BBC News: 3.1m (25.1%)
17.40- The Kids Are Alright: 3.0m (21.6%)
18.20- Doctor Who: 6.4m (35.2%) *peak: 6.9m (36.4%) at 18.45
19.05- I’d Do Anything: 5.6m (27.5%) *peak: 5.9m (28.0%) at 19.45
20.05- The National Lottery- 1 vs. 100: 4.5m (19.7%)
20.55- Casualty: 6.0m (26.5%)
21.45- Love Soup: 3.7m (17.8%)
22.15- BBC News: 4.4m (22.2%)
22.30- Match of the Day: 4.1m (27.6%)
23.50- The Evil That Men Do: 1.1m (17.7%)

BBC2
16.45- World Championship Snooker: 1.2m (8%)
18.30- Dad's Army: 1.6m ( 8.8%)
19.00- World Championship Snooker: 1.6m (7%)
21.05- Have I Got A Bit More News For You: 2.4m (10.6%)

ITV1
17.00- Back to the Future Part II: 1.7m (13.9%)
18.05- Animals Do The Funniest Things: 3.3m (19.4%)
19.05- All Star Mr and Mrs: 5.2m (25.2%)
20.05- Britain’s Got Talent: 9.4m (41.3%) *peak: 9.8m (42.0%) at 20.45
21.05- Pushing Daisies: 3.8m (17.7%)

Channel 4
16.15- Deal or No Deal: 1.2m (12%)
17.00- Jamie At Home: 0.9m (8%)
17.30- Come Dine With Me: 1.0m (7%)
18.35- Channel 4 News: 0.95m (5%)
19.05- Grand Designs Abroad: 1.3m (6%)
20.05- ER: 0.9m (4%)
21.05- The Sum of All Fears: 1.6m ( 8.2%)

Five
21.45- CS1 NY: 2.6m (12.9%)
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Britain's Got Talent tops the day with a great figure once again. All Stars Mr and Mrs dropped a lot of viewers and rated less than I'd Do Anything! Pushing Daisies once again dropped another million, which is not good.

Brilliant figures again for Britain Got Talent

Annoying that due to the BBC putting it on so early, Doctor Who suffers. Great ratings overall though!

true, i thought britains got talent was up against dr who in the rating war

All ratings were down as expected, but BGT held up well as the rest of their peaktime schedule started to crumble. However 5.2 million for M&M is still an excellent figure and one of their best rating shows at the moment. It's still good enough to warrant a second series-even if it drops to around 4.5 I'd guess, as there's not much Saturday ITV shows out there at the moment. I actually expected Pushing Daisies to drop more viewers and I think next week it'll definetely level off. On the bright side an 18% share against Casualty is still good.

BBC1's schedule still remains strong and the lottery is holding up well against BGT-probably the best show to schedule against it imo. Love Soup seems to be attracting below average figures, but it's remaining very consistent-one of the most consistent shows at the moment.

FIVE got a look in with CSI NY and the NCIS repeats and CH4 pulled in some decent shares for the early slots, but Grand Designs repeats and ER aren't performing for them. BBC2 also performed decently.

My Family continues to do well and beating Benidorm too - and also great ratings for jonathon ross show !

Doctor Who is clearly being damaged by the BBC ONE schedule. I think when it goes on a break until 2009 it should be brought back from January, continuing on from the Christmas episode - it could easily get over 10 million then. Its a shame because the BBC is wasting one of their best programmes to prop-up a one-off talent show. O well. Britain's Got Talent is incredibly strong still.

Funny how little things change. I've just been looking back at this thread to a year ago when people were moaning about the BBC using Doctor Who to prop up a talent show. A year on and they're still at it.

In fairness, Doctor Who ratings have always been a bit up and down. Might still top 7 million with the timeshifts and with the 1 million+ it gets for the BBC Three repeat - it still does pretty good business for them. I'm sure it'll bounce back later in the series. Rose's return around episode 11could be a biggie if they hype it up like I suspect they might.

Ratings down across the board. I hope PD and DW pick up, but I'm glad that IDA isn't going too well as it just seems like a tired format.

Ratings generally down which isn't surprising if the weather was anything like it was up here. Got Talent still doing really well, in some ways I expect that its biggest competition (against 1 vs 100) will be the weather. I thought last night was definitely the weakest but next week looks really good. Quite an alarming drop for All Star Mr and Mrs after holding steady for two weeks.

Pushing Daisies will hopefully level off now.

People are only going to make the effort for a few big shows if the weather warms up. Why would you stay in to watch Mr& Mrs, 1 vs 100, Casualty or any of the other low budget filler shows?

Anyone know how Chelsea v Man Utd did on Sky Sports 1?