The Ratings Thread

[SiHart]

Well, as I said, it's the AI figures they tend to look at rather than the ratings, and they have been consistently high. Secondly it was the highest rated show on the BBC that night, so it's obviously not doing too badly really, and thirdly, the show has got specials already pencilled in for next year, with more than likely a series to follow after that, so we're in NO big danger of being cancelled. Yes they've dipped, but the show has hit these levels before (at the end of the Eccleston series) and it's still come back. Let us not forget that when the weather was bad at the start of the series, the show was pulling in 9m+ viewers, in the SAME timeslot. I don't think you can blame the timeslot for the low figures- we've had scholl holidays where loads of people have been away and two hot, sunny saturdays that people have been making the most of. With the way the show is scheduled with two more repeats a week plaus the BBC I-Player,and the DVD/ Video recorder, people are actually less likely than ever to be in watching it when it's first broadcast.


Si xx

[Larry]

it's bad enough when they keep chopping and changing the start time but Looking at the tv listings for saturday this weeks episode will be on at 6.45pm yet there was no mention of the time change at the end of The Poison Sky.

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[Milky Tears]

Decent final figure for The Sontaran Stratagem:

BARB Top 30 (w/e 27/04/08)
01 - CORONATION STREET (MON 2029) 10.81
02 - CORONATION STREET (MON 1933) 10.22
03 - BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (SAT 2005) 9.86
04 - EASTENDERS (MON 2000) 9.66
05 - CORONATION STREET (FRI 1933) 9.41
06 - EASTENDERS (THU 1929) 9.19
07 - CORONATION STREET (FRI 2029) 9.14
08 - CORONATION STREET (WED 1931) 8.87
09 - EASTENDERS (FRI 1959) 8.79
10 - EASTENDERS (TUE 1929) 8.59
11 - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (TUE 1928) 8.53
12 - MIDSOMER MURDERS (SUN 2002) 7.98
13 - THE APPRENTICE (WED 2100) 7.85
14 - EMMERDALE (MON 1901) 7.49
15 - EMMERDALE (FRI 1902) 7.20
16 - EMMERDALE (THU 1903) 7.15
17 - DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1819) 7.06
18 - EMMERDALE (TUE 1859) 6.77
19 - EMMERDALE (WED 1900) 6.72
20 - CASUALTY (SAT 2057) 6.56
21 - WAKING THE DEAD (MON 2100) 6.49
22 - WAKING THE DEAD (TUE 2100) 6.44
23 - I'D DO ANYTHING (SAT 1905) 5.92
24 - I'D DO ANYTHING (SUN 1932) 5.75
25 - BENIDORM (FRI 2100) 5.70
26 - TEN O'CLOCK NEWS (WED 2200) 5.67
27 - BBC NEWS (SUN 2200) 5.52
28 - ALL STAR MR AND MRS (SAT 1904) 5.44
29 - THE BILL (WED 2001) 5.31
30 - TEN O'CLOCK NEWS (MON 2200) 5.30

Both BBC Three repeats made the Top Ten as well:

BBC Three Top 30 (w/e 27/04/08)
1 EASTENDERS (Tue 2202) 1088
2 EASTENDERS (Thu 2201) 1036
3 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 2002) 1035
4 HEROES (Thu 2231) 990
5 EASTENDERS (Mon 2200) 810
6 60 SECONDS (Tue 2200) 807
7 EASTENDERS (Fri 2201) 666
8 DOCTOR WHO (Fri 2101) 639
9 GAVIN AND STACEY (Mon 2230) 621
10 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 1906) 585

[Si Hunt]

Impressive that no other show broadcast as early got in the Top 30, never mind as high as Who.

Si.

[Milky Tears]

Check out Friday's overnights:

BBC-1
EastEnders - 7.90m (39.3%)
Have I Got News For You - 5.28m (25.5%)
My Family - 5.26m (26.0%)
BBC News At Ten - 5.05m (27.4%)
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - 4.16m (30.1%)

ITV-1
Emmerdale - 6.22m (39.2%)
Coronation Street - 8.22m (46.5%)
Coronation Street - 8.26m (39.2%)
Benidorm - 4.99m (23.0%)
Teenage Kicks - 2.03m (9.7%)
Payback - 1.48m (8.7%)

It'll be OMFG!!! WHY? WHY WHY? TOTAL FORUM MELTDOWN!!!! RTD MUST FRY!! WHY? WHY? WHY? WOODEN MARFA AND TATE HAVE DESTROYED EVERYTHING!! if Doctor Who dips below 5.5m tonight!* Imagine what it would be like if the overnight was down to 4.9m!? DOOOOOOOOMED FOR ETERNITY!!!


*should probably be somewhere between 5.8-6.3m tonight - with the slightly later timeslot/going by this week's Emmerdale figures...

[Si Hunt]

And.... breathe out!

Unofficial figures show that episode six of Series Four, The Doctor's Daughter, was watched by 6.6 million viewers, giving it a 38.4% share of the total television audience.

While most programmes have been getting lower figures than the previous week, Doctor Who has increased its audience to bring it back over the 6 million mark.

The top rated programme was still ITV1's Britain's Got Talent although its audience was down by a million at 7.5 million. Doctor Who was the highest rated programme on BBC1 for the day and had the biggest share of any programme on Saturday.

[Larry]

considering the good weather I'm a bit supprised the over all figure is up although it's also interesting to see Britain's Got Talent - is down another million.

[Milky Tears]

It's no fun when the figures go up.

Five Minute breakdown - BBC1

18:35..3.35m
18:40..4.18m
18:45..5.64m
18:50..5.94m
18:55..6.34m
19:00..6.59m
19:05..6.62m
19:10..6.77m
19:15..6.85m
19:20..7.04m
19:25..7.32m
19:30..5.09m
19:35..4.81m

Currently sitting 11th for the week:

Top Overnights - Mon/Sat

01 …. 9.9 (40%) …. Coronation Street (Mon 20:30) ITV1
02 …. 9.3 (42%) …. Coronation Street (Mon 19:30) ITV1
03 …. 8.5 (36%) …. EastEnders (Mon 20:00) BBC1
04 …. 8.3 (39%) …. Coronation Street (Fri 20:30) ITV1
05 …. 8.3 (46%) …. EastEnders (Thu 19:30) BBC1
06 …. 8.2 (46%) …. Coronation Street (Fri 19:30) ITV1
07 …. 8.1 (43%) …. Coronation Street (Wed 19:30) ITV1
08 …. 7.9 (39%) …. EastEnders (Fri 20:00) BBC1
09 …. 7.5 (38%) …. Britain's Got Talent (Sat 20:00) ITV1
10 …. 6.8 (29%) …. The Apprentice (Wed 21:00) BBC1
11 …. 6.6 (38%) …. Doctor Who (Sat 18:45) BBC1
12 …. 6.5 (35%) …. Emmerdale (Mon 19:00) ITV1
13 …. 6.2 (28%) …. Flood (Mon 21:00) ITV1
14 …. 6.2 (39%) …. Emmerdale (Fri 19:00) ITV1
15 …. 6.2 (36%) …. Emmerdale (Wed 19:00) ITV1
16 …. 6.1 (25%) …. Waking the Dead (Mon 21:00) BBC1
17 …. 6.1 (27%) …. Waking the Dead (Tue 21:00) BBC1
18 …. 6.1 (32%) …. EastEnders (Tue 19:30) BBC1
19 …. 6.0 (28%) …. The British Soap Awards 2008 (Wed 20:00) ITV1
20 …. 5.9 (38%) …. Emmerdale (Thu 19:00) ITV1

All figures from Andy Parish on The Doctor Who Forum

Might not be DOOOOOOOOOOMED after all. Share is back up as well.

[Stephen Morgan]

Next weeks episode is at 7-Oclock, there should be a better audience figure again. What's happening the week after that though on the 24th? It's Eurovision, is the episode to be postponed this year as it was last?

[Larry]

panic over then..

[Milky Tears]

Next weeks episode is at 7-Oclock, there should be a better audience figure again. What's happening the week after that though on the 24th? It's Eurovision, is the episode to be postponed this year as it was last?

Doctor Who was originally listed in the BBC Press Office/Programme Info for Week 22 (24-30th May) when it first appeared on Thursday, but it was removed on Friday!?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pro...wk22/sat.shtml

[Milky Tears]

After Sunday's overnights, Doctor Who is still sitting in 11th place - only 200,000 behind The Apprentice. Could/should be back in the Top Ten once the final figures are released next week. Another AI figure of 88 as well.

Seems to be only the fans who don't like Doctor Who these days!

[Rob McCow]

Seems to be only the fans who don't like Doctor Who these days!

Isn't that because they're having bad things done to their childhoods?

[Milky Tears]

Final figure of 6.53 million for 'The Poison Sky':

http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary...esttimeout=500

Another 1 million+ figure for the BBC Three repeat as well.


DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!

[Larry]

quite a respectable final figure..

[SiHart]

From OG:

Unofficial figures show that episode seven of Series Four, The Unicorn and the Wasp, was watched by 7.7 million viewers, giving it a 36.1% share of the total television audience.

The programme was helped by a later start and wet weather across much of the United Kingdom and achieved an increase of over a million on last weeks figures..

The top rated programme was still ITV1's Britain's Got Talent with 8.6 million. Doctor Who was the highest rated programme on BBC1 for the day, beating Casualty by 1.3 million..

The programme is currently the 8th most watched of the week, almost guaranteeing a final Top ten place. Final figures will be released by BARB in ten days time.

And we didn't even watch, either!

Si xx

[Si Hunt]

Neither did we! In fact, here's a shocker, I checked PS for half an hour, turned the computer off just now then remembered Doctor Who was on last night! What's wrong with me!

Up 1.2m on last week! Wooooooo!

Si.

[Pip Madeley]

Proof, if any were needed, that 7pm is the perfect timeslot for the show.

Now leave it alone BBC!

[Matthew T]

Last nights was the first episode since 1986 that I didn't manage to see on the day of transmission. Damn you iPlayer!

[Larry]

From OG:



And we didn't even watch, either!

Si xx

oh shame on you both...

[SiHart]

Proof, if any were needed, that 7pm is the perfect timeslot for the show.

Now leave it alone BBC!

True, but last night was also the first Saturday for a couple of weeks where the weather was dreary, so less people were likely to be out.

Si xx

[Milky Tears]

Overnight position of 8th for the entire week - although Indiana Jones tonked Heartbeat/came quite close with 7.3 million last night - and an AI figure of 86.

It's still only a few hundred fans who hate it.

[Rob McCow]

Yeah, but they hate it a million times more than the people who like it.

[Milky Tears]

Final BARB figures for The Doctor's Daughter:

http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary...esttimeout=500

BARB - (w/e 11/05/08)
01 - CORONATION STREET (MON 2031) 10.73m - ITV1
02 - CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) 10.07m - ITV1
03 - CORONATION STREET (FRI 2029) 8.99m - ITV1
04 - EASTENDERS (MON 1959) 8.92m - BBC1
05 - CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) 8.75m - ITV1
06 - EASTENDERS (THU 1931) 8.62m - BBC1
07 - CORONATION STREET (WED 1930) 8.57m - ITV1
08 - BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT (SAT 2000) 8.17m - ITV1
09 - EASTENDERS (FRI 1959) 8.16m - BBC1
10 - DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1844) 7.33m - BBC1
11 - THE APPRENTICE (WED 2100) 7.17m - BBC1
12 - MIDSOMER MURDERS (SUN 2005) 6.88m - ITV1
13 - EMMERDALE (MON 1903) 6.88m - ITV1
14 - FLOOD (MON 2104) 6.79m - ITV1
15 - EASTENDERS (TUE 1931) 6.50m - BBC1
16 - EMMERDALE (FRI 1902) 6.53m - ITV1
17 - WAKING THE DEAD (TUE 2100) 6.46m - BBC1
18 - WAKING THE DEAD (MON 2100) 6.42m - BBC1
19 - THE BRITISH SOAP AWARDS 2008 (WED 1958) 6.32m - ITV1
20 - EMMERDALE (WED 1859) 6.25m - ITV1

That's half of this year's episodes in the Top Ten!


But there's panic over on The Doctor Forum as it looks like Doctor Who could be up against Britain's Got Talent on the 31st. Those Mofffaaaaeettte episodes always get piss-poor viewing figures. I can't believe they're letting him run the show next year. DOOOOOOOOOOOOMED FOR ETERRRRRNNIIIITTTTYYY!!!!!

[Milky Tears]

Britain's Got Talent hit 11million last night - with five days still to go!!


DOCTOR WHO WILL BE DESTROYED/CRUSHED/DOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED ON SATURDAY NIGHT!!