November 13, 201410 yr I saw something ridiculous earlier suggesting Dr Who was set to be axed because of low viewing figures. I wouldn't consider falling just 30,000 short of X Factor to fit within my definition of "low viewing figures". Besides, I'm sure overseas sales and sales of merchandise cover most of the costs of making the programme.
November 13, 201410 yr I saw something ridiculous earlier suggesting Dr Who was set to be axed because of low viewing figures. I wouldn't consider falling just 30,000 short of X Factor to fit within my definition of "low viewing figures". Besides, I'm sure overseas sales and sales of merchandise cover most of the costs of making the programme. too right. It's a huge worldwide show. I'm more bemused (and I know so many of you love it!) by Bake-off topping the ratings. Watching someone cook stuff is almost as boring than having to cook stuff - although at least you can have the radio on in the background for that! :P (I am a fan of Mel & Sue though)
November 17, 201410 yr Author Oct 20-26 Channels BBC One BBC Two ITV 1 Channel 4 Channel 5 Digital NO CHANNEL 4 DATA All figures in millions. 01. Strictly Come Dancing - 10.65 02. Strictly Come Dancing: Results - 10.09 03. Downton Abbey - 8.60 04. Eastenders: Mon - 7.98 05. Coronation Street: Mon 8.30 - 7.98 06. Coronation Street: Mon 7.30 - 7.96 07. Eastenders: Tue - 7.83 08. The Apprentice - 7.79 09. Eastenders: Thu - 7.33 10. Coronation Street: Wed - 7.13 Doctor Who: In the Forest of the Night - 6.92 The X Factor: Results – 6.82 Countryfile - 6.78 The X Factor – 6.49 New Tricks - 5.75 Have I Got News For You - 5.20 The Human Body - 5.12 Grantchester – 5.03 Lewis – 5.01 Scott and Bailey - 4.70 Pointless Celebrities - 4.46 DIY SOS: The Big Build - 4.24 Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs - 3.92 Surprise Surpise - 3.49 Keep it in the Family - 3.15 The Great Fire - 3.05 University Challenge - 2.86 Gotham - 2.74 The Apprentice: You're Fired - 2.72 Trust Me I'm a Doctor - 2.50 Only Connect - 2.27 BBC Children in Need Sewing Bee - 2.25-1.86 Peaky Blinders - 2.06 CSI – 1.75 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! – 1.57Russell Howard's Good News - 1.55 Celebrity Juice - 1.53 Under the Dome - 1.28 New Family Guy - 1.24 Never Mind the Buzzcocks - 1.20 Wentworth Prison - 1.18 The Only Way is Essex: Sun - 1.12 The Only Way is Essex: Wed - 1.03 Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy - 1.02 Body of Proof – 0.87 Bad Education - 0.81 The Code – 0.62-0.61 Scorpion - 0.59 Plebs – 0.57
November 17, 201410 yr Author The X Factor really is doing poorly. I wonder how its average will compare to The Voice. I think once it's finished it's current contract, it will be gone as once that is up, it'll surely be on around 5 million. If Simon's return has done absolutely nothing for ratings, then nothing will. Gotham is doing brilliantly for Channel 5 though! I've not seen any of the show but I still hope it manages to keep those numbers.
December 26, 201410 yr Christmas Day overnight ratings (top 10): 1. Mrs Brown’s Boys – 7.61 million 2. EastEnders – 7.55 million 3. Strictly Come Dancing – 6.98 million 4. Call the Midwife – 6.83 million 5. Miranda – 6.67 million 6. Coronation Street – 6.62 million 7. Doctor Who – 6.34 million 8. Downton Abbey – 5.84 million 9. The Queen’s speech – 5.71 million 10. Emmerdale – 5.71 million Bit disappointed Doctor Who only managed over 6 million, but I think I'm more shocked Downton Abbey didn't manage any more than what it did - thought that would have raked viewers in. With Doctor Who being #1 on iPlayer, I think we can expect a major jump in numbers when the finals come in.
December 26, 201410 yr I'd like to think Eastenders would have topped the ratings had it not clashed with Downton Abbey. :kink:
December 26, 201410 yr Christmas Day overnight ratings (top 10): 9. The Queen’s speech – 5.71 million Who still watches this?
December 27, 201410 yr ROUGH GUIDE TO UK RATINGS - PRIMETIME: BBC ONE & ITV 8 million> = Fantastic! 6-8 million = Hit show! 3-6 million = Moderate success <3 million = Not great... BBC TWO/CHANNEL FOUR/CHANNEL 5 2 million> = Fantastic! 1-2 million = Hit show/moderate success <1 million = Not great... (Note: BBC TWO has the best ratings of these 3, generally around 2 million) EXTRA CHANNELS 1 million> = Fantastic! 500,000-1 million = Hit show/moderate success All ratings will be from Barb Where can I include ITV2? "Extra Channels"?
December 27, 201410 yr Author Where can I include ITV2? "Extra Channels"? Yep! Extra channels just means everything apart from the main 5 'terrestrial' channels.
December 28, 201410 yr The Queen's Speech was actually the highest rated show of Christmas Day with the BBC and ITV showings combined! :o
December 28, 201410 yr With Doctor Who being #1 on iPlayer, I think we can expect a major jump in numbers when the finals come in. Does BARB include iPlayer in their final ratings? I was under the impression they didn't.
December 28, 201410 yr Does BARB include iPlayer in their final ratings? I was under the impression they didn't. I'm not sure if they do, but L+7 figures are released (for Doctor Who anyway, haven't a clue about other shows, but I'm assuming they will) about a month or so after broadcast.
December 28, 201410 yr Author Does BARB include iPlayer in their final ratings? I was under the impression they didn't. I think they do if it's on the same night or something. I didn't think they did but I read something that implied that they do now.
December 28, 201410 yr Ah right, thanks to both! I knew BARB wouldn't include all iPlayer views if they did any as final figures would be significantly up from the overnights and both BBC and ITV's iPlayers show catch-ups from a month ago whilst BARB's final figures are posted after a couple of weeks. I'm a bit confused as to why ITV final figures are often down from the overnights - I've noticed this with Corrie and Emmerdale in particular.
December 28, 201410 yr BARB include iPlayer viewings up to 7 days later when viewed on a TV only. E.g. if you watched through Virgin or Sky's on demand services. Secondly, ITV's figures don't include the HD channel for some reason, whereas the others are automatically combined. You can find the ITV HD figures under a separate top 10. They definitely need to fix this though, because we often don't get complete Emmerdale figures.
December 28, 201410 yr I see, that makes sense, and yes the ITV HD issue definitely needs fixing! How odd.
December 28, 201410 yr BARB include iPlayer viewings up to 7 days later when viewed on a TV only. E.g. if you watched through Virgin or Sky's on demand services. Secondly, ITV's figures don't include the HD channel for some reason, whereas the others are automatically combined. You can find the ITV HD figures under a separate top 10. They definitely need to fix this though, because we often don't get complete Emmerdale figures. Because the nation is missing out on those CGI countryside shots! :lol: Will there be a published most-viewed programmes of 2014 list at some point? :D
December 28, 201410 yr Because the nation is missing out on those CGI countryside shots! :lol: Will there be a published most-viewed programmes of 2014 list at some point? :D There was a list published a few days ago although it was, if course, not a final list. However, it was noticeable that X Factor was nowhere to be seen in the top ten. The Bake Off final got the biggest single channel audience although the World Cup final just beat it if you combine the BBC and ITV audiences. http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/dec/...tv-ratings-2014 WARNING - contains a spoiler if you still haven't seen the Bake Off final :o
December 28, 201410 yr There was a list published a few days ago although it was, if course, not a final list. However, it was noticeable that X Factor was nowhere to be seen in the top ten. The Bake Off final got the biggest single channel audience although the World Cup final just beat it if you combine the BBC and ITV audiences. http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/dec/...tv-ratings-2014 WARNING - contains a spoiler if you still haven't seen the Bake Off final :o That list looks like it's excluding duplicate episodes of the same programme though? Amazing success for Bake Off though!
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