It's not his show-unless he's jumping over fences with the dogs and acting like a policeman Though it does seem strange there is two shows about dogs, presumably Clunes show will start straight after this, though surely it would be better to start it now whilst Doc Martin is on

Some good solid ratings last night and for the first time in ages Corrie had a strong lead over EE and Emmerdale's share was back up!

MQOS seems to have dropped 1 million viewers slowly throughout it's run. Putting one of BBC2's biggest shows (Dragons Den) up against New Tricks next week is more stupid scheduling probably denting both.

What about Trinny & Susannah? (Or do ITV hope viewers forgot about their show promised for the Summer schedule)

Trinny and Susannah's show is on week after next including to the back page of tv choice.

Whats that got to do with dogs?

Where is it being slotted?

Can't find anything on DigiGuide but I'm guessing Wednesday 30th at 9pm - taking Marco's Great British Feast slot - which ends its run next week.

I can't see Dragons Den and New Tricks having much, if any, impact on each other. The last series of Dragons Den aired against Doc Martin (which I would imagine has a nearly identical audience split to New Tricks) and neither show was affected.

Warning: This post contains traces of waffle.


Exactly. What's the solution? Only air complete and utter rubbish and/or repeats on BBC1 when BBC2 is showing something decent and vice versa?

Fair play to the BBC for putting two decent watches on at the same time and offering a bit of choice. I've never watched New Tricks and am not about to start watching now, whereas I love Dragons Den, so I think there is room for both to air alongside one another and sufficient viewer appetite for both shows to achieve highly respectable viewing figures and give BBC1 and BBC2 combined a far higher rating than the 3 commercial networks put together.

A good night for BBC3, then as their beauty season continues successfully and EE puts in another solid shift.

This is where BBC3 and E4 get an upper hand on ITV2 because they have repeats or first runs of their soaps running to big audiences. Have ITV2 ever tried a primetime Corrie repeat?

That said, it's quite impressive that ITV2 does so well without having that kind of consistent performer. Their new drama commission seems very "gritty". It's almost like they are trying to go down the HBO route with their dramas, airing the kind of stuff that is too controversial for mainstream terrestrial.

It will be interesting to see if they try to attach a big name like Billie Piper to the latest project.

Trinity, the new ITV2 stars Charles Dance and Claire Skinner and while the premise sounds interesting, I doubt it will be as big as Secret Diary of a Call Girl which I suspect many people tuned in to see if Billie Piper got her kit off

While it is good that digital channels like ITV2, ITV3, Sky One and E4 are commissioning original drama, the same can't really be said for BBC Two, Channel 4 and Five who tend to air one-offs than series with exceptions.

Well Heston has just signed a deal with Channel 4 so he could be on this christmas. BBC2 will have something half decent potentially this Christmas, a Shooting Stars special.

From Media Guardian:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008...bbc.television

ITV1
7pm Emmerdale: 5.7m (31.7%)
* 7.00-7.30: 5.9m (34.5%)
* 7.30-8.00: 5.5m (29.1%)
8pm Send In The Dogs 4.3m (21%)
9pm Doc Martin 3.3m (15%)

The dogs are more popular than Martin Clunes. Its official!

Time to revive Pets Win Prizes I say.

Channel 4 (incl +1)

6pm The Simpsons 1.929m
6.30pm Hollyoaks 1.614m

8pm 10 Years Younger 2.546m
9pm Gordon Ramsay's F Word 3.056m
10pm Big Brother 3.311m
11pm Reaper 522,700

BBC1
7.30pm EastEnders 5.5m (29.2%)

9pm Bonekickers 5.2m (24.3%)

Wow-I didn't expect that much for the dog doc. If it carries on with ratings like that it must be one of ITV's most successful Tuesday 8pm shows for while, as nothing seems to work in it.

Dogs could rescue a sinking ship

sorry old tvam gag!

All singing and dancin celebrity version on ice...oh dear i may have given the broadcasters an idea..

Bonekickers lost more than 1m from its first episode. It got 5.2m (24.3%).
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only 2m? based on DS posters it should be 6m!

I watched ten seconds of Bonekickers
Boring.

What did Holby City get

lol at how bad EE and Bonekickers did. I only watched 1 minute of Bonekickers for the first time last night. And it was awful!

I suspected the dogs would rate well. People like dogs and they like docs about coppers. A doc about Doggy Coppers was bound to be a hit!

If Bonekickers can hold onto around 5 mil, we could see another series. Funniest thing I seen in ages.

What did olympic dreams get.

BBC2
8pm Sport Mastermind 1.4m (7%)
8.30pm Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage 1.5m (7%)
9pm Jimmy Doherty's Farming Heroes 2.1m (10%)
10pm The Culture Show 700,000 (4%)
10.30pm Newsnight 700,000 (5%)

Five
8pm Hitler's Secret Bunkers: Revealed 1.4m (7%)
9pm CSI 1.3m (6%)
10pm CSI: NY 1.5m (8%)

BBC1
7.30pm EastEnders 5.5m (29.2%)
8pm Holby City 5m (25%)
9pm Bonekickers 5.2m (24.3%)
10pm BBC News 4.5m (24%)

ITV1
7pm Emmerdale: 5.7m (31.7%)
* 7.00-7.30: 5.9m (34.5%)
* 7.30-8.00: 5.5m (29.1%)
8pm Send In The Dogs 4.3m (21%)
9pm Doc Martin 3.3m (15%)
10pm News at Ten 2.1m (11%)

Channel 4 (incl +1)
6pm The Simpsons 1.929m
6.30pm Hollyoaks 1.614m

8pm 10 Years Younger 2.546m
9pm Gordon Ramsay's F Word 3.056m
10pm Big Brother 3.311m
11pm Reaper 522,700

All hours shares for Tuesday 15 July 2008: BBC1 – 21.8%, ITV1 – 17.5%, C4 – 9.6% (C4+1 – 0.6%), BBC2 – 7.4%, Five – 5.8%, multichannel – 37.3%.

Peaktime (6pm to 10.30pm) shares: BBC1 – 25.4%, ITV1 – 20.2% C4 – 10.7% (C4+1 – 0.6%), BBC2 – 7.9%, Five – 5.4%, multichannel – 29.8%.


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