The Ratings Thread

[SiHart]

Oh no! People might start taking you seriously!

Si xx

[Matthew T]

Good news from Oh Gee:

Episode Twelve of Series Four, The Stolen Earth has received a record breaking Audience Appreciation figure of 91. This is not only the highest score the programme has ever received, but is one of the highest figures ever achieved for a mainstream television programme.

Sunday's football was the most watched programme of the week making Saturday's Doctor Who the 8th in the list. This position may rise when corrected figures, including numbers for those recording the programme, are released by BARB in 9 days' time.

Sunday's BBC3 repeat got an overnight audience of 0.78 million viewers. It was a 3.4% share of the multi-channel audience and the most watched programme on all multi-channel TV for Sunday.

Saturday's edition of Doctor Who Confidential was watched by 1.13 million viewers. The programme, which had a share of 6.8 %, was the most watched on multi-channel television on Saturday with double the audience of the second placed Poirot. The Sunday repeat had 0.53 million watching.

[Si Hunt]

If people surveyed watched it on the repeat as well, would that count as two viewings? We watched it twice, I wonder if others might have too.

Si.

[SiHart]

91 is an astouding figure! Brilliant!

Si xx

[Milky Tears]

If you adjust the overnight to take account of the running time (47minutes in a 50 minute slot??), it's probably around 7.6m - according to Andy Parish on the DWF:

Taking into account the altered start/end. An estimated overnight average is probably around 7.6m

5 minute breakdown - Doctor Who - 7.42m

19:00...4.43m
19:05...5.21m

19:10...6.34m
19:15...6.97m
19:20...7.58m
19:25...7.62m
19:30...7.63m
19:35...7.71m
19:40...7.77m
19:45...7.82m
19:50...8.01m
19:55...6.73m

20:00...5.57m
20:05...5.01m

[Dave Tudor]

Episode Twelve of Series Four, The Stolen Earth has received a record breaking Audience Appreciation figure of 91. This is not only the highest score the programme has ever received, but is one of the highest figures ever achieved for a mainstream television programme.

LET'S ROCK!!!

[Milky Tears]

But my cat (and all his mates) think that the Daleks lacked gravitarse and there was too much soapy guff!

[SiHart]

Final ratings for Turn Left:

The Broadcast Audience Research Board (BARB), the company that compiles television ratings data in the UK, has today published final viewing figures for the week ending Sunday 22nd June. Final figures are more accurate than the initial overnight ratings, and include those who recorded a programme and watched it within the week of transmission.
The figures show that episode eleven of the current series, Turn Left, had a final viewing figure of 8.09 million for its debut showing on Saturday night on BBC One. This is over a million viewers higher than the initial overnight figure, and means the episode finished in 4th place in the most-watched programmes across all channels for the week. This is the highest chart placing ever gained by a regular series episode of Doctor Who, beaten only by the 2nd place finish of last year's Christmas special, Voyage of the Damned.

The BBC Three Sunday night repeat of the episode gained 915,000 viewers, finishing fourth for the week out of all BBC Three programmes.

Excellent! 4th Place! Woooo!

Si xx

[Milky Tears]

I'm a bit late with the BARB link.

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

BARB - (w/e 22/06/08)

01 - CORONATION STREET (MON 2000) - 8.68m
02 - EASTENDERS (WED 1959) - 8.39m
03 - EASTENDERS (THU 1928) - 8.16m
04 - DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1838) - 8.09m
05 - CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) - 7.90m
06 - EURO 2008 LIVE (SAT 1929) - 7.37m
07 - EURO 2008: MATCH OF THE DAY LIVE (SUN 1930) - 7.21m
08 - CORONATION STREET (FRI 2030) - 7.19m
09 - EURO 2008 LIVE (THU 1929) - 6.89m
10 - TOP GEAR (SUN 1959) - 6.72m
11 - EMMERDALE (MON 1929) - 6.72m
12 - EMMERDALE (WED 1859) - 6.54m
13 - EMMERDALE (TUE 1902) - 6.32m
14 - EURO 2008: MATCH OF THE DAY LIVE (TUE 1929) - 6.29m
15 - EMMERDALE (THU 1859) - 6.17m
16 - EMMERDALE (FRI 1902) - 6.16m
17 - TRAFFIC COPS (WED 1928) - 5.96m
18 - EURO 2008: MATCH OF THE DAY LIVE (FRI 1929) - 5.64m
19 - HOLBY CITY (WED 2101) - 5.59m
20 - THE ROYAL (SUN 1959) 5.46m

DOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!

[Rob McCow]

4th place - this is absolute proof that RTD's influence has contaminated the show. Disgusting!

[Si Hunt]

How utterly and inexplicably bizarre that in one sense at least, the most successful Doctor Who episodes in history are "Voyage of the Damned", "The Ark In Space" Episode 2 and "Turn Left".

Si.

[Dirk Gently]

I quite like all of those. I'm quite fond of VotD, Ark in Space is in my Top 10 & Turn Left got high marks from me.

[Milky Tears]

9.4m and a massive 45.9% share for 'Journey's End' last night. Fifteen minute peak of 9.8m and currently sitting top of the weekly chart:

Top 10 Overnights - Mon/Sat

01 …. 9.4 (46%) …. Doctor Who (Sat 18:40) BBC1
02 …. 8.6 (37%) …. Wimbledon 2008 (Mon 20:30) BBC1
03 …. 7.6 (39%) …. Coronation Street (Mon 19:30) ITV1
04 …. 7.4 (36%) …. EastEnders (Mon 20:00) BBC1
05 …. 7.4 (33%) …. Coronation Street (Mon 20:30) ITV1
06 …. 7.3 (42%) …. Coronation Street (Fri 19:30) ITV1
07 …. 7.2 (39%) …. EastEnders (Thu 19:30) BBC1
08 …. 7.2 (36%) …. Coronation Street (Fri 20:30) ITV1
09 …. 7.0 (34%) …. Coronation Street (Wed 19:30) ITV1
10 …. 6.8 (33%) …. Wimbledon 2008 (Wed 19:00) BBC1

# Feeling like a number one.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7491981.stm

Five minute breakdown from Digital Spy's rzt:

5 Minute Breakdown
18:40 8.33m
18:45 8.76m
18:50 8.88m
18:55 8.98m
19:00 9.35m
19:05 9.52m
19:10 9.65m
19:15 9.77m
19:20 9.76m
19:25 9.81m
19:30 10.07m
19:35 10.24m
19:40 8.75m

And I thought those Telegraph/Breakfast/This Morning/Richard Madeley predictions of 10-12million were bollocks.

[Andrew Curnow]

Hurrah and huzzah!

[Larry]

well I think the cliff hanger of the previous episode almost guaranteed this was going to get a massive viewing figure.

[SiHart]

How marvellous! Great episode, great ratings! Woooo!

Only 0.4m of them are disappointed Doctor Who fans!

Si xx

[Pip Madeley]

It won't be number one for the week...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle4285904.ece

More than 13 million British viewers watched the scintillating climax of last night’s men’s final at Wimbledon.

By the time Rafael Nadal climbed into the royal box on Centre Court to celebrate victory over Roger Federer in an epic five-set encounter it was almost 9.30pm. An average of 12.7 million people had been watching throughout the five-hour battle.

The rain-affected match has been acclaimed as one of the greatest ever Wimbledon finals with viewing figures peaking at 13.1 million, according to the BBC.

Snatched from the jaws of victory.

[SiHart]

Surely weeks run from Sunday to Saturday? That'll be part of next week, won't it?

Si xx

[Dirk Gently]

Well that's what I've always thought, Si, yes.

[Matthew T]

It IS number one for the week, the average for the whole of the tennis programme was only 7.4 million.

[Captain Tancredi]

It IS number one for the week, the average for the whole of the tennis programme was only 7.4 million.

That doesn't surprise me- I'd imagine half the viewing audience drifted away in the rain breaks. The audience for an epic tennis match like that is going to rise and fall because the non-addicts will dip in every so often to see who's winning and stay watching if there's an exciting bit.

[Milky Tears]

Another AI of 91 (but don't forget the fifty fans who think it was a load of ******* **** ) and still feeling/looking like a number one.


Wimbledon breakdown in full:

BBC1
13.30- Wimbledon 2008 Men’s Final: 7.4m (38.8%)

Match average: 8.6m (43.1%)
5-minute peak: 13.3m (21.15)
15-minute peak: 12.7m (21.15-21.30)
Session 1: 14.35-16.50: 7.0m (46.3%)
Session 2: 18.10-19.55: 9.5m (43.1%)
Session 3: 20.20-21.20: 10.9m (39.1%)

[Jonno]

Surely weeks run from Sunday to Saturday?

Go and read book Genesis in the Bible now! The seventh day, the day of rest, is...?

How wonderful though that after 45 years, and having almost made it last Christmas, it has finally got that coveted #1 position! Truly, the golden era continues!

[Andrew Curnow]

I thought the day of rest was the Sabbath, which is Saturday?

But it's quite something if Who has got the #1 spot. Amazing!

[Milky Tears]

Final BARB figures for 'The Stolen Earth':

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

BARB - w/e 29/06/2008
1 EURO 2008: MATCH OF THE DAY LIVE (SUN 1856) 8.84
2 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1911) 8.78
3 EASTENDERS (MON 1959) 8.61
4 CORONATION STREET (MON 1933) 8.56
5 CORONATION STREET (FRI 2031) 8.53
6 CORONATION STREET (MON 2030) 8.46
7 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) 8.44
8 EASTENDERS (FRI 2002) 8.24
9 CORONATION STREET (WED 1930) 7.66
10 EASTENDERS (THU 1929) 7.42

It's just getting silly now. That's a mammoth timeshift of 1.38million!

Tate has driven everyone away from the series!!