ITV are putting the UEFA Cup Final on ITV1 on Wed 14th May. Matt Smith presenting.

Line up:
7pm Coronation Street
7.30pm UEFA Cup Final
10pm News At Ten

I think they put it on ITV4 last year IIRC.

Will they do this even if Rangers don't progress?

K

I would say it's unlikely. If a semi-final involving Rangers cannot be justified to be on ITV1, then a final not involving Rangers is even more doubtful.

Wed 30th April
Madeleine, One Year On: Campaign
3.5m (14%)... [/b]

ItvMedia

I think its partly because the final will be played in the UK, so regardless of whether Rangers qualify, it would be bad form to screen it on ITV4. It may also be a play to keep sweet with UEFA as the rights are up for renewal in the not to distant future.

Champions League semi-final Chelsea v Liverpool Sky Sports 2
peaked at 3.7m 17% of multichannel homes between 9.15pm and 9.30pm
averaged 2.8m 14% share between 7pm and 10.15pm

The Apprentice 6.8m 27%

From Media Guardian....WOW!!

I had to show you this from Broadcast. ITV must be very worried about The One Show.

Is the peak of 3.7m the highest multi-channel figure of all time? I guess records are not kept of "peaks" but I can't ever remember a figure remotely like that.

The programme average of 2.8m is also exceptionally high. Would be good to see the top 20 multi-channel ratings so far this year (I know someone posts this from time to time).

Always makes me laugh when Sky get praised for football ratings. It doesn't make a blind bit of difference what channel it is on, big games like that are ALWAYS going to draw massive audiences. It's really not hard to get high ratings with football coverage; even Nuts TV could do it.

And while the figures are very good, it doesn't change the fact that if it had aired on ITV1 it would have easily achieved triple the ratings that it got last night on Sky Sports 2, and possibly a whole load more.

So yeah, well done Sky Sports. But it's hardly surprising given that their subscribers are paying through the nose each month for those channels - they are obviously going to take advantage of their subscription by watching one of the biggest games of the year.

I don't see your point.

This is how Sky's business model works.

I don't see yours either. I am perfectly aware of $ky's business model thanks, not sure what it's got to do with my post though.

Now when you consider there are over 6 million Sky Sports subscribers in the UK [and therefore 6 million hardcore sports fans], is an average of 2.8 million really that impressive for such a major sporting event?

Nah.

Out of the Blue got 937,000 (13.7%) yesterday, down from 1.2m on Monday.

Well it's good for multi-channel viewing but I can't see Sky getting audiences of double digit millions for any of those shows. It was actually better than the Man U match as well...amazingly!

not good - it was always going to be a difficult slot to fill especially as the programme does not have the advantage of an early-evening repeat to get viewers hooked who otherwise would miss it.

From Media Guardian;

"Sky Sports' all-time high remains the 3.9 million that watched Turkey v England in October 2003, while the highest rating club game was Arsenal and Manchester United's Premier League clash in April 2003, which pulled in 3.4 million."

I am one of the 6 million who subscribe to Sky Sports. I never watch football on it and in fact didn't even know there was such a big match on last night.

I rarely watch sport on Sky. I watch the Masters tennis and Davis Cup, and used to watch British Superbikes but that has now gone over to Eurosport, a channel I frequently watch - love most of their commentators, and they don't usually waste precious playing time with interviews, keeping them for between matches/races.

Remember though, although football is obviously Sky Sports biggest draw, they show plenty of other sports as well. As such, someone could have absolutely no interest whatsoever in football, but because they enjoy Rugby, Golf, or whatever instead, they subscribe to Sky Sports. As such, 2.8m out of 6m probably isn't too bad at all.

Per Media Guardian:

"Sky said the match-time average of 3.3 million viewers made it Sky Sports' fifth highest ever audience and its record for a Champions League match."

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

So the numbers were:

Programme average - 2.8m
Match average - 3.3m (SS 5th highest ever)
Peak - 3.7m

The Apprentice continues to do well - 6.8 million viewers and a 27% audience share is excellent. Corrie had 9 million viewers and 39% yesterday, so only 100,000 better than EastEnders yesterday - quite low share though. Emmerdale had 7 million and 34% of the audience.

Other ratings -

Property Ladder 8.00pm, Channel 4 ~ 2.4 million viewers (+114,00 Channel 4+1)

Embarrassing Bodies 9.00pm, Channel 4 ~ 2.6 million viewers; 10% audience share (+327,000 Channel 4+1)

Escape from Alcatraz: True Story 9.00pm, Five ~ 1.2 million viewers; 4.8% audience share

BBC Ten O'Clock News 10.00pm, BBC ONE ~ 4.6 million viewers; 21% audience share

News at Ten 10.00pm, ITV1 ~ 2.2 million viewers; 10% audience share

Desperate Housewives 10.00pm, Channel 4 ~ 2.3 million viewers; 11% audience share (+162,000 Channel 4+1)

The Apprentice: You're Fired! 10.00pm, BBC TWO ~ 3 million viewers; 14% audience share

DH doing really well im glad

Good ratings for The Apprentice despite the dip in ratings and stronger competition from ITV1 and Channel 4 plus the football. It wil intresting how it will fare agaist both The British Soap Awards and Grand Designs Live which I think pull in decent figures.

I read in Variety recently about how Project Runway which is a ratings success for Bravo US but now it is moving to Lifetime as they signed a deal with The Weinstein Company to move the show to Lifetime. I wonder if this could happen to The Apprentice or any top reality/talent show which is amde by an independent production company or woud BC fight tooth and nail to keep it.

Yeh, the BBC have one more series on contract, but there is nothing stopping ITV having a go.

They cant really lose - either they get it or they dont, they might as well try.

Wednesday 30th April 2008 - Full Ratings Roundup
BBC1
21:00 - The Apprentice - 6.8m (27%)
22:00 - BBC News - 4.6m (21%)

BBC2
22:00 - The Apprentice: You're Fired! - 3m (14%)

ITV1
19:00 - Emmerdale - 7m (34%)
19:30 - Coronation Street - 9m (39%)
20:00 - Madeleine, One Year On: Campaign for Change - 3.5m (14%) [START: 4.5m (20%)]
22:00 - News at Ten - 2.2m (10%)

Channel 4
20:00 - Property Ladder - 2.4m [+1: 114k]
21:00 - Embarrasing Bodies - 2.6m (10%) [+1: 327k]
22:00 - Desperate Housewives - 2.3m (11%) [+1: 162k]

five
21:00 - Escape from Alcatraz: True Story - 1.2m (4.8%)

Sky Sports 2
19:00 - UEFA Champions League Live - 2.8m (14%) [PEAK: 21:15-21:30: 3.7M (17%); MATCH TIME AVERAGE: 3.3m]

I agree. I absolutely love Euro Sport