The Ratings Thread (Part 13)

Next month is the ninth series of I'm A Celeb. Last year saw it average out at 8 million, a big improvement on 2008, but how will this year's do? I reckon if the celebs are complete Z listers, the show will fall back to around 5 million, and also could be hit by strong competition from BBC One. However, if the celebs prove popular, then factor in 8 million viewers.
Would I also be right in saying ITV are planning to show it for another four series?
 
It's probably the same reason why certain films do well on television despite having been on countless times for example Miracle on 34th Street, The Wizard of Oz, Indiana Jones to name but a few. I have to admit, I watch The Muppet Christmas Carol every Christmas despite having seen many times.
 
Seven
18:00 Seven News 1.41m
18:30 Today Tonight 1.32m
19:00 Home and Away 1.01m
19:30 Iron Chef Australia 0.92m
*down 19% on last week's premiere.
*earlier this year Iron Chef UK was pulled after 3 weeks.
20:30 Packed to the Rafters 1.69m

Nine
18:00 Nine News 1.12m
18:30 A Current Affair 1.07m
19:00 Two and a Half Men (R) 0.96m
19:30 Top Gear Australia 1.08m
*won timeslot in 18-49 & 25-54 demos.
20:30 Top Gear (R) 0.71m

Ten
18:00 The Simpsons (R) 0.48m
18:30 Neighbours 0.54m
19:00 The 7pm Project 0.69m
*lowest rated episode in months.
19:30 Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation 1.24m
*won timeslot in Total People & 16-39 demo.
20:30 NCIS 1.22m
*up 11% on last week's season premiere.
 
Monday 25th October 2010
BBC1 (inc BBC HD)
06:00 - Breakfast: 1.4m (35.5%)
18:00 - BBC News at Six: 4.6m (24.3%)
18:30 - Regional News and Weather: 5.6m (27.5%)
19:00 - The One Show: 4.4m (20.3%)
19:30 - Inside Out: 3.7m (15.3%)
20:00 - EastEnders: 9.1m (36.4%)
20:30 - Panorama: 2.9m (11.6%)
21:00 - Spooks: 5.1m (20.7%)
22:00 - BBC News: 4.6m (22.5%)
22:35 - Ask Rhod Gilbert: 2.0m (13.5%)
23:20 - The Graham Norton Show: 1.0m (10.7%)

BBC2
17:15 - The Hairy Bikers' Cook Off: 1.3m (8.6%)
18:00 - EggheaRAB: 2.4m (12.6%)
18:30 - Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two: 2.6m (12.7%)
19:00 - Michael Wood's Story of England: 1.3m (5.9%)
20:00 - University Challenge: 3.1m (12.3%)
20:30 - Masterchef: The Professionals: 3.1m (12.3%)
21:00 - Horizon: 1.4m (5.5%)
22:00 - Genius with Dave Gorman: 1.2m (5.7%)
22:30 - Newsnight: 0.8m (5.3%)

ITV (inc ITV HD)
06:00 - Daybreak: 0.6m (17.8%)
* record low
08:30 - Lorraine: 1.1m (19.1%)
18:30 - ITV News & Weather: 3.9m (19.0%)
19:00 - Emmerdale: 7.7m (35.5%)
19:30 - Coronation Street: 9.4m (39.7%)
20:00 - Wild Britain with Ray Mears: 3.8m (15.1%)
20:30 - Coronation Street: 8.8m (35.1%)
21:00 - Whitechapel: 4.8m (19.6%)
* series low
22:00 - ITV News at Ten & Weather : 2.4m (11.9%)
22:35 - Real Crime: 2.2m (16.0%)

C4 (inc C4 +1)
18:00 - The Simpsons: 1.9m (8.4%)
18:30 - Hollyoaks: 1.1m (5.3%)
19:00 - Channel 4 News: 0.8m (3.5%)
20:00 - Dispatches: Iraq's Secret War Files: 0.6m (2.0%)
21:00 - Titanic: The Mission: 1.3m (4.6%)
22:00 - The Million Pound Drop Live: 1.9m (10.2%)

Five
17:00 - Five News: 0.8m (6.1%)
17:30 - Neighbours: 1.2m (7.8%)
18:00 - Home and Away: 0.9m (4.9%)
18:25 - Live From Studio Five: 0.4m (1.7%)
19:00 - Five News at 7: 0.3m (1.2%)
19:30 - How Do They Do It?: 0.7m (2.9%)
20:00 - The Gadget Show: 1.2m (4.9%)
21:00 - Rory and Paddy's Even Greater British Adventure: 1.4m (5.6%)
 
Another really strong Friday for BBC1, with the soap fillers inparticular performing well. Higher than expected for TOS, considering it was up against Corrie. Fairly low share for EE though, but all the soaps seemed down. NT as stable as ever and Norton performing very well in his new slot. Amazing really considering his BBC2 show was pulling in around 1.5m in a 10pm slot.

Another 7m+ figure for Emmerdale and as D.M.N. says an EE/Emmerdale clash would be interesting because both soaps are in a strong position atm. Plus the Wyldes final episodes must be airing in a few weeks. However if EE airs an extra long episode on a Thursday and Emmerdale remains at 8pm then EE will definitely win. Corrie seems to be slowly regaining its lead over EE, albeit very slightly. It should pick up pace with the 50th week approaching and Jack's final episodes are being advertised so I expect both of those to be 10m+ in just over a weeks time. POG as stable as ever too.

As expected for The Event-still respectable for that slot, but it can't afford to fall any lower now. Amazing for MPD too-what exactly was this stunt people are talking about???

Ouch at The Mentalist-1.3m for a new episode is awful. I guess CH5 will just have to patiently wait until The Event declines and NT enRAB.
 
I can't see Barrowman working as host. The theory on the SCD forum is that in giving Anton Ann this year, arguably one of the most talked-about couples ever, the BBC are attempting to redeem him in the eyes of the public. I can buy that, as he is coming across very well indeed.

I did always think Terry Wogan would work as host.
 
Strong officials for Neighbours' 6,000th Episode.

Lunchtime 0.97m
Teatime 1.53m
Total 2.5m

Home & Away didn't benefit from Neighbours' boost though. For I think the first time ever, all five episodes of H&A rated below 1.0m per single showing. In addition FIVER's first run episodes are down 18% year-on-year, from an average of 610k in '09 to 499k this year. Not as dramatic a decline as we've seen with Hollyoaks but a bit worrying.
 
I can't remember this happening, as far as i can remember it wasn't until Neighbours left that BBC1 moved Doctors 25minutes earlier to make the most of the lead-in provided by the news. FIVE transferred Neighbours across to virtually the same time as it was on BBC1 13:45, it always started at 13:40 on BBC1.
 
I cant imagine it is anything major, they have three guest performers confirmed already. Maybe a Cheryl Cole arse wipe for getting a number one mime?


Surely they would have been advertised well in advance?
 
An hour is a lot for wishy-washy light factuals, such as Fiddles, Cheats and Scams and others. There might be better ratings in pairing two 30-minute shows to fill an hour.

It wouldn't require commissioning any extra hours. Two series of 3x60 will fill the same amount of airtime as two series of 6x30.
 
More likely to be mid-week than the weekend, the last couple have been shown on Wednesdays, but that slot is filled until Xmas by you-know-what, which has been spare in the past couple of years.
 
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