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Ratings Thread (Part 2)
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Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“BGT was in June last year & May this year so that distorts things a bit. Plus BGT ran for 10 nights in a row last year in June.”
“BGT was in June last year & May this year so that distorts things a bit. Plus BGT ran for 10 nights in a row last year in June.”
Thanks - that must largely account for the changes.
Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“5,000 posts on this thread since April 20th.
It took about 16 months to get to 10,000 posts.
”
“5,000 posts on this thread since April 20th.
It took about 16 months to get to 10,000 posts.
”
And you sir are responsible for about 10% of posts on this thread.
Originally Posted by jde-tv:
“how bad is Neoghbours doing now :O”
“how bad is Neoghbours doing now :O”
I don't know. Can't seem to find anything for it.
Last I heard it was averaging around 800k, some 400k behind Home and Away.
Originally Posted by ZoeMcCallister:
“Just thought I'd post this here for any people interested about the FIVE corporation:
Home and Away will be taking a 3 week break from the beginning of August and will not air at all on FIVE or FIVER during this period. This is because in Australia the show is taking a break for the Olympics and the UK episodes are fast catching up and if FIVE don't take a break, we will be overtaking Aus episodes soon!
This will have a huge effect on particuarly FIVER which relies on H&A greatly and it will be interesting to see the BARB top 10 for these weeks as it is usually dominated by H&A and Neighbours.
People are also speculating on what will fill the 6pm slot and people are thinking maybe there will be a Neighbours 1 hour special, but I can't really see this happening. What do people think will fill this tough slot?”
“Just thought I'd post this here for any people interested about the FIVE corporation:
Home and Away will be taking a 3 week break from the beginning of August and will not air at all on FIVE or FIVER during this period. This is because in Australia the show is taking a break for the Olympics and the UK episodes are fast catching up and if FIVE don't take a break, we will be overtaking Aus episodes soon!
This will have a huge effect on particuarly FIVER which relies on H&A greatly and it will be interesting to see the BARB top 10 for these weeks as it is usually dominated by H&A and Neighbours.
People are also speculating on what will fill the 6pm slot and people are thinking maybe there will be a Neighbours 1 hour special, but I can't really see this happening. What do people think will fill this tough slot?”
Slight problem with having hour long Neighbours during this period is that like H&A, Neighbours takes a break during the Australian summer which would mean they have to take a longer break come Christmas.
TBH, I would say the best solution would be to either repeat US dramas from 6pm and rest the docusoaps for three weeks or have the docusoaps on for an hour.
Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“Slight problem with having hour long Neighbours during this period is that like H&A, Neighbours takes a break during the Australian summer which would mean they have to take a longer break come Christmas.
TBH, I would say the best solution would be to either repeat US dramas from 6pm and rest the docusoaps for three weeks or have the docusoaps on for an hour.”
“Slight problem with having hour long Neighbours during this period is that like H&A, Neighbours takes a break during the Australian summer which would mean they have to take a longer break come Christmas.
TBH, I would say the best solution would be to either repeat US dramas from 6pm and rest the docusoaps for three weeks or have the docusoaps on for an hour.”
Yeah, either of those solutions would work. FIVE then still have the 2.15pm-3.15pm slot to fill, but it will probably be a US drama.
And the first chance slot will probably be a docusoap instead.
Am I the only who thinks that the Five daytime schedule is quite awkward timing wise? Neighbours and H&A would benefit if they were on at 1.30pm and 2.00pm rather than 1.45pm and 2.15pm and then the lunchtime bulletin could restored back to half an hour and there could a US drama at 11.30am and a half hour filler at 1pm.
Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“Am I the only who thinks that the Five daytime schedule is quite awkward timing wise? Neighbours and H&A would benefit if they were on at 1.30pm and 2.00pm rather than 1.45pm and 2.15pm and then the lunchtime bulletin could restored back to half an hour and there could a US drama at 11.30am and a half hour filler at 1pm.”
“Am I the only who thinks that the Five daytime schedule is quite awkward timing wise? Neighbours and H&A would benefit if they were on at 1.30pm and 2.00pm rather than 1.45pm and 2.15pm and then the lunchtime bulletin could restored back to half an hour and there could a US drama at 11.30am and a half hour filler at 1pm.”
that would be better, or then could have it between 2:15 -3:15 / 12:45 - 1:45 so there is no clash with Doctors!
Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“Am I the only who thinks that the Five daytime schedule is quite awkward timing wise? Neighbours and H&A would benefit if they were on at 1.30pm and 2.00pm rather than 1.45pm and 2.15pm and then the lunchtime bulletin could restored back to half an hour and there could a US drama at 11.30am and a half hour filler at 1pm.”
“Am I the only who thinks that the Five daytime schedule is quite awkward timing wise? Neighbours and H&A would benefit if they were on at 1.30pm and 2.00pm rather than 1.45pm and 2.15pm and then the lunchtime bulletin could restored back to half an hour and there could a US drama at 11.30am and a half hour filler at 1pm.”
No you're not-it has messed up the afternoon schedule really having to show little filler programmes between 2:50pm and 3:15pm like I Own Britain's Best Home-Flying Visits. They used to show 2 films now, but now there's only room for one film and a small filler show, but one that is less than half an hour.
Originally Posted by ZoeMcCallister:
“Just thought I'd post this here for any people interested about the FIVE corporation:
Home and Away will be taking a 3 week break from the beginning of August and will not air at all on FIVE or FIVER during this period. This is because in Australia the show is taking a break for the Olympics and the UK episodes are fast catching up and if FIVE don't take a break, we will be overtaking Aus episodes soon!
This will have a huge effect on particuarly FIVER which relies on H&A greatly and it will be interesting to see the BARB top 10 for these weeks as it is usually dominated by H&A and Neighbours.
People are also speculating on what will fill the 6pm slot and people are thinking maybe there will be a Neighbours 1 hour special, but I can't really see this happening. What do people think will fill this tough slot?”
“Just thought I'd post this here for any people interested about the FIVE corporation:
Home and Away will be taking a 3 week break from the beginning of August and will not air at all on FIVE or FIVER during this period. This is because in Australia the show is taking a break for the Olympics and the UK episodes are fast catching up and if FIVE don't take a break, we will be overtaking Aus episodes soon!
This will have a huge effect on particuarly FIVER which relies on H&A greatly and it will be interesting to see the BARB top 10 for these weeks as it is usually dominated by H&A and Neighbours.
People are also speculating on what will fill the 6pm slot and people are thinking maybe there will be a Neighbours 1 hour special, but I can't really see this happening. What do people think will fill this tough slot?”
Oh no! No Home and Away for 3 weeks. How am i going to cope without my favourite soap!?
Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“Am I the only who thinks that the Five daytime schedule is quite awkward timing wise? Neighbours and H&A would benefit if they were on at 1.30pm and 2.00pm rather than 1.45pm and 2.15pm and then the lunchtime bulletin could restored back to half an hour and there could a US drama at 11.30am and a half hour filler at 1pm.”
“Am I the only who thinks that the Five daytime schedule is quite awkward timing wise? Neighbours and H&A would benefit if they were on at 1.30pm and 2.00pm rather than 1.45pm and 2.15pm and then the lunchtime bulletin could restored back to half an hour and there could a US drama at 11.30am and a half hour filler at 1pm.”
Eh up. Fantasy schedule time! How about:
06:00 Milkshake
09:00 The Wright Stuff
10:00 Trisha
11:00 House
12:00 Five News
12:30 Neighbours (REPEAT of yesterday's teatime ep)
13:00 Home and Away (REPEAT of yesterday's teatime ep)
13:30 Movie 1
15:15 Movie 2
17:00 Five News
17:30 Neighbours
18:00 Home and Away
18:30 Everybody Hates Chris
^ To me that flows a lot better than the current schedule. Having the lunchtime airings as repeats of yesterday's eps also makes more sense to me helping to boost figures for the evening eps when more viewers are available.
I know they got this idea from the BBC as they used to air Neighbours first in the early afternoon and then repeat at teatime, but this never made much sense to me either although at least because it was the BBC they were able to achieve decent viewing figures for both this way.
Originally Posted by Roscoe Barnes:
“Oh no! No Home and Away for 3 weeks. How am i going to cope without my favourite soap!?”
“Oh no! No Home and Away for 3 weeks. How am i going to cope without my favourite soap!?
”
It's a crappy situation, for sure. The show is excellent at the moment, hopefully a few of the current storylines will be wrapped up before the break and we're not left with a big massive cliffhanger.
I read yesterday that contractually Five have to be at least 4 weeks behind Aus which seems silly to me when most of its viewers come from the UK.
Just got confirmation though that Fiver will still be airing the first look episode on Friday, 1st August, so that's good news.
Originally Posted by ZoeMcCallister:
“No you're not-it has messed up the afternoon schedule really having to show little filler programmes between 2:50pm and 3:15pm like I Own Britain's Best Home-Flying Visits. They used to show 2 films now, but now there's only room for one film and a small filler show, but one that is less than half an hour.”
“No you're not-it has messed up the afternoon schedule really having to show little filler programmes between 2:50pm and 3:15pm like I Own Britain's Best Home-Flying Visits. They used to show 2 films now, but now there's only room for one film and a small filler show, but one that is less than half an hour.”
I'm going into fantasy schedule mode and show what i think the Five daytime schedule should look like:
9.00 Wright Stuff
10.30 Trisha Goddard
11.30 US drama/Lifestyle Programme
12.30 News
1.00 Docusoap/US sitcom/lifestyle
1.30 Neighbours
2.00 Home & Away
2.30 Film
4.30 Lifestyle/gameshow
5.00 News
5.30 Neighbours
6.00 Home and Away.
Originally Posted by Dancc:
“It's a crappy situation, for sure. The show is excellent at the moment, hopefully a few of the current storylines will be wrapped up before the break and we're not left with a big massive cliffhanger.
I read yesterday that contractually Five have to be at least 4 weeks behind Aus which seems silly to me when most of its viewers come from the UK.
Just got confirmation though that Fiver will still be airing the first look episode on Friday, 1st August, so that's good news.”
“It's a crappy situation, for sure. The show is excellent at the moment, hopefully a few of the current storylines will be wrapped up before the break and we're not left with a big massive cliffhanger.
I read yesterday that contractually Five have to be at least 4 weeks behind Aus which seems silly to me when most of its viewers come from the UK.
Just got confirmation though that Fiver will still be airing the first look episode on Friday, 1st August, so that's good news.
”
It will probs end on an annoying cliffhanger...but a rest may be good as when it returns i will be wanting to see it more than ever! H&A is an excellent show and i don't know what i'm going to watch at 6pm for 3 weeks. Maybe those Friends repeats of E4+1(
).
Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“I'm going into fantasy schedule mode and show what i think the Five daytime schedule should look like:
9.00 Wright Stuff
10.30 Trisha Goddard
11.30 US drama/Lifestyle Programme
12.30 News
1.00 Docusoap/US sitcom/lifestyle
1.30 Neighbours
2.00 Home & Away
2.30 Film
4.30 Lifestyle/gameshow
5.00 News
5.30 Neighbours
6.00 Home and Away.”
“I'm going into fantasy schedule mode and show what i think the Five daytime schedule should look like:
9.00 Wright Stuff
10.30 Trisha Goddard
11.30 US drama/Lifestyle Programme
12.30 News
1.00 Docusoap/US sitcom/lifestyle
1.30 Neighbours
2.00 Home & Away
2.30 Film
4.30 Lifestyle/gameshow
5.00 News
5.30 Neighbours
6.00 Home and Away.”
but then both the soaps are against Doctors at lunchtime...
WEDNESDAY:
ITV1
7pm Emmerdale 6m
7.30pm Coronation Street 7.9m 41%
8pm The Bill 5.2m
9pm Marco's Great British Feast 2.9m 14%
BBC1
7pm The One Show 3.3m
7.30pm Heir Hunters 2.4m
8pm Celebrity Masterchef 4.1m 20%
9pm Cars, Cops and Criminals 5.1m 24%
BBC2
8pm Sport Mastermind 1.1m 5%
8.30pm Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage 1.3m
9pm Tribal Wives 2.2m
Five
6:25pm Football Liverpool vs Lucerne 800,000
8:45pm Greatest Ever Disaster Movies 800,000 5%
Four
8pm Location, Location,Location 2.4m 12% [278,000 Channel 4+1]
9pm Personal Services Required 1.6m [97,000 Channel 4+1]
ITV1
7pm Emmerdale 6m
7.30pm Coronation Street 7.9m 41%
8pm The Bill 5.2m
9pm Marco's Great British Feast 2.9m 14%
BBC1
7pm The One Show 3.3m
7.30pm Heir Hunters 2.4m
8pm Celebrity Masterchef 4.1m 20%
9pm Cars, Cops and Criminals 5.1m 24%
BBC2
8pm Sport Mastermind 1.1m 5%
8.30pm Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage 1.3m
9pm Tribal Wives 2.2m
Five
6:25pm Football Liverpool vs Lucerne 800,000
8:45pm Greatest Ever Disaster Movies 800,000 5%
Four
8pm Location, Location,Location 2.4m 12% [278,000 Channel 4+1]
9pm Personal Services Required 1.6m [97,000 Channel 4+1]
Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“WEDNESDAY:
ITV1
7pm Emmerdale 6m
7.30pm Coronation Street 7.9m 41%
8pm The Bill 5.2m
9pm Marco's Great British Feast 2.9m 14%
BBC1
7pm The One Show 3.3m
7.30pm Heir Hunters 2.4m
8pm Celebrity Masterchef 4.1m 20%
9pm Cars, Cops and Criminals 5.1m 24%”
“WEDNESDAY:
ITV1
7pm Emmerdale 6m
7.30pm Coronation Street 7.9m 41%
8pm The Bill 5.2m
9pm Marco's Great British Feast 2.9m 14%
BBC1
7pm The One Show 3.3m
7.30pm Heir Hunters 2.4m
8pm Celebrity Masterchef 4.1m 20%
9pm Cars, Cops and Criminals 5.1m 24%”
That does seem low for BBC1's 7pm hour, but there was football on FIVE. I know it only got 0.8m, but this is 3x the slot average and what it would usually get at this time. Also interestingly Corrie got exactly the same share as it got last Wednesday, just 0.5m lower this Wednesday.
Solid ratings for The Bill and Cars, Cops & Criminals, obviously benefiting from poor competition
New commission from Fincham for ITV1:
Full story: http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2...ma_series.html
It's 5 episodes, and Fincham sees it as "event drama" which makes me wonder whether it might be stripped across the week à la Criminal Justice. Sounds like it could be very good.
Quote:
“ITV has commissioned a conspiracy drama by Anthony Horowitz that will feature what it claims is the largest TV crash ever filmed in the UK.
The 5 x 60-minute Collision will be made by Greenlit Rights and tells the story of a group of strangers whose lives are changed by a massive road traffic accident.
Fincham said: "This is a high-octane event drama that combines creative and original thinking with mass appeal. It promises to be both provocative and engaging."”
“ITV has commissioned a conspiracy drama by Anthony Horowitz that will feature what it claims is the largest TV crash ever filmed in the UK.
The 5 x 60-minute Collision will be made by Greenlit Rights and tells the story of a group of strangers whose lives are changed by a massive road traffic accident.
Fincham said: "This is a high-octane event drama that combines creative and original thinking with mass appeal. It promises to be both provocative and engaging."”
Full story: http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2...ma_series.html
It's 5 episodes, and Fincham sees it as "event drama" which makes me wonder whether it might be stripped across the week à la Criminal Justice. Sounds like it could be very good.
The football on Five is quite low considering Liverpool were playing but I guess it was only a friendly plus Five didn't plug it at all.
There is another Liverpool Friendly on Saturday by the cricket which could boost the all day share for Five.
There is another Liverpool Friendly on Saturday by the cricket which could boost the all day share for Five.
Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“The football on Five is quite low considering Liverpool were playing but I guess it was only a friendly plus Five didn't plug it at all.
There is another Liverpool Friendly on Saturday by the cricket which could boost the all day share for Five.”
“The football on Five is quite low considering Liverpool were playing but I guess it was only a friendly plus Five didn't plug it at all.
There is another Liverpool Friendly on Saturday by the cricket which could boost the all day share for Five.”
They did plug it. I saw the trailer at least twice.
Originally Posted by Jonwo:
“The football on Five is quite low considering Liverpool were playing but I guess it was only a friendly plus Five didn't plug it at all.
There is another Liverpool Friendly on Saturday by the cricket which could boost the all day share for Five.”
“The football on Five is quite low considering Liverpool were playing but I guess it was only a friendly plus Five didn't plug it at all.
There is another Liverpool Friendly on Saturday by the cricket which could boost the all day share for Five.”
I expected a little more, but no doubt FIVE will be happy as Wild Animal ER/Five News/7:30pm filler would have only managed 1/3 // 1/2 of that.
Also non-friendly matches on FIVE usually manage around 2m in a later slot so those figures probably seem about right.
I agree that Saturday should perform well for FIVE with Football/Cricket/Films/US Imports and little competition against the footie.
Originally Posted by rzt:
“
Saturday the 12th
Live ALMS Lime Rock 1900-2200 Motors TV: n/a (it was so low, the rating wasn't recorded)
Live NASCAR - 0030-0400 NASN: unavailable (the channel isn't on the database)
Sunday the 13th
Live NASCAR - 0100-0500 Sky Sports 1: 7,000
Live F3 Euroseries - 0845-0945 MotorsTV: 4,000
Nascar re-run - 0900-1300 Sky Sports 2: 6,000
Live DTM 1145-1330 Motors TV: n/a (it was so low, the rating wasn't recorded)
IndyCar Series - 1300-1500 Sky Sports 2: 12,000”
“
Saturday the 12th
Live ALMS Lime Rock 1900-2200 Motors TV: n/a (it was so low, the rating wasn't recorded)
Live NASCAR - 0030-0400 NASN: unavailable (the channel isn't on the database)
Sunday the 13th
Live NASCAR - 0100-0500 Sky Sports 1: 7,000
Live F3 Euroseries - 0845-0945 MotorsTV: 4,000
Nascar re-run - 0900-1300 Sky Sports 2: 6,000
Live DTM 1145-1330 Motors TV: n/a (it was so low, the rating wasn't recorded)
IndyCar Series - 1300-1500 Sky Sports 2: 12,000”
Thanks for that rzt.
Quite suprised that NASCAR and IndyCar are pulling in not many people.
Also DTM usually pulls in at least 10,000 ish.
The positives for ITV from 'Marco's Great British Feast' is a different type of audience, bringing viewers who don't usually watch ITV, which can be beneficial for future programming of the same kind. I think ITV picked the wrong day for this show. If they were to swap it with Monday's 'Police, Camera, Action', I could see both these 9pm shows getting around 4 million viewers, which is good for summer months.
Originally Posted by PJMillar:
“The positives for ITV from 'Marco's Great British Feast' is a different type of audience, bringing viewers who don't usually watch ITV, which can be beneficial for future programming of the same kind. I think ITV picked the wrong day for this show. If they were to swap it with Monday's 'Police, Camera, Action', I could see both these 9pm shows getting around 4 million viewers, which is good for summer months.”
“The positives for ITV from 'Marco's Great British Feast' is a different type of audience, bringing viewers who don't usually watch ITV, which can be beneficial for future programming of the same kind. I think ITV picked the wrong day for this show. If they were to swap it with Monday's 'Police, Camera, Action', I could see both these 9pm shows getting around 4 million viewers, which is good for summer months.”
But that would mean Marco was against New Tricks, and although I have no idea of Marco's audience split, it would still be hit further, and Police Camera Action would be against an almost identical show on BBC1.
Originally Posted by PJMillar:
“The positives for ITV from 'Marco's Great British Feast' is a different type of audience, bringing viewers who don't usually watch ITV, which can be beneficial for future programming of the same kind. I think ITV picked the wrong day for this show. If they were to swap it with Monday's 'Police, Camera, Action', I could see both these 9pm shows getting around 4 million viewers, which is good for summer months.”
“The positives for ITV from 'Marco's Great British Feast' is a different type of audience, bringing viewers who don't usually watch ITV, which can be beneficial for future programming of the same kind. I think ITV picked the wrong day for this show. If they were to swap it with Monday's 'Police, Camera, Action', I could see both these 9pm shows getting around 4 million viewers, which is good for summer months.”
I did think that originally with The Bill leading in nicely to PCA, but now I've changed my mind because Marco would be up against NT, although they may attract different audiences, it's probably better to have an established programme like PCA up against it.
On Wednesday PCA would be up against Cars Cops & Criminals on BBC1. Naturally these would attract the same audience splitting it in two.
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