Series Three Ratings

[Milky Tears]

Overnight of 8.2million/39.5% share for 'Smith and Jones' last night.


Fifteen minute breakdown from Marcus on Outpost Gallifrey:

Time ………. BBC1 ……………… ITV ……………… BBC2 ……………… CH4 ……………… CH5
19:00 .. 7.4 (37.5%) .. 4.4 (22.1%) .. 1.8 ( 9.3%) .. 1.0 ( 4.9%) .. 0.6 ( 2.9%)
19:15 .. 8.3 (39.6%) .. 4.4 (21.0%) .. 1.9 ( 8.9%) .. 1.3 ( 6.1%) .. 0.6 ( 2.9%)
19:30 .. 8.9 (41.3%) .. 4.3 (20.3%) .. 1.2 ( 5.7%) .. 1.5 ( 6.9%) .. 0.7 ( 3.2%)
19:45 . 6.3 (29.7%) .. 5.4 (25.7%) .. 0.8 ( 3.8%) .. 1.8 ( 8.3%) .. 0.9 ( 4.1%)

Five minute breakdown (from OG Ratings Prince Andy Parish) looks even better:

Originally Posted by andyparish
5 minute breakdown - BBC1

18:50....4.20m
18:50....5.30m

19:00....6.88m
19:05....7.40m
19:10....7.92m
19:15....8.23m
19:20....8.30m
19:25....8.49m
19:30....8.64m
19:35....9.11m
19:40....8.83m

19:45....6.25m
19:50....6.24m

Total TV audience at 7pm was 17.9m

Over 9 million for the climax. Well, the end of the main story.


Top of the childrens' chart:

Childrens Top Ten

1 …. 1.6 (55.9%) …. Doctor Who (19:00) BBC1
2 …. 0.7 (30.2%) …. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (18:00) ITV

Great figure for Confidential as well:

Multi Channel Top Ten
1 12:00 Ford Football Special Sky Sports 1 975
2 19:45 Doctor Who Confidential BBC3 790

It's another superb performance.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets averaged 4.7million/24.2%... even though it's been on ITV1 three times in only fifteen months!

[davethesailor]

Excuse a silly question, but is 8.2 milion good or bad?

Dave

[Milky Tears]

BBC News are claiming it's a ratings disaster:

http://0057511.netsolhost.com/bbc:entertainment/















It's slightly up on the 'New Earth' overnight figure. Should be about 8.7m on final figures. It's none too shabby.

[Larry]

Excuse a silly question, but is 8.2 milion good or bad?

Dave

it's a good healthy figure but the real important stat is the Audiuance percentage share and at nearly 40% of the audiance were watching Doctor Who is a fantastic result.

[Larry]

BBC News are claiming it's a ratings disaster:

http://0057511.netsolhost.com/bbc:entertainment/


It's slightly up on the 'New Earth' overnight figure. Should be about 8.7m on final figures. It's none too shabby.

Smacks him self very hard round the head as I suddenly realise what day it is

[Pip Madeley]

BBC News are claiming it's a ratings disaster:

http://0057511.netsolhost.com/bbc:entertainment/




It's slightly up on the 'New Earth' overnight figure. Should be about 8.7m on final figures. It's none too shabby.

You could've least tried to hide the obviously false URL address, Milky.

[Larry]

though the fact this article was written by some one calling them selves Rolf Piloa should of given the game away.

[Milky Tears]

8.2 million puts it at No.8 for the week so far:


Overnights 26-31st March

1 - 10.7 Coronation Street
2 - 10.4 Coronation Street
3 - 10.2 Coronation Street
4 - 9.6 Coronation Street
5 - 9.4 EastEnders
6 - 8.6 EastEnders
7 - 8.4 EastEnders
8 - 8.2 Doctor Who
9 - 8.1 EastEnders
10 - 7.8 Emmerdale
11 -7.7 Emmerdale




Only tonight's Corrie (should be about 10 million), Emmerdale (don't think so/Sunday's usually the lowest of the week) and possibly a surge for The Royal tonight (due to that 3 millionish tat on BBC1), but I'd still expect Who's timeshift to lift the final figure to about 8.7 million/above a couple of EastEnders and keep a No.8 or 9 position.


Four Top Ten episodes in a row would be an all-time Who record, wouldn't it? Beating 'The Christmas Invasion-'Tooth and Claw'/'Army of Ghosts'-'Runaway Bride' hat-tricks.

I know it almost happened a few times during Season Two and Season Fourteen, but there weren't as many soapy episodes back then.

[Andrew Curnow]

Hurrah for overnight ratings, and hurrah for James for bringing them to us! It wouldn't be a new series of Who without a new series ratings thread.

And they're good figures too aren't they. So that's a third hurrah then!

[Milky Tears]

Hurrah for overnight ratings, and hurrah for James for bringing them to us! It wouldn't be a new series of Who without a new series ratings thread.

And they're good figures too aren't they. So that's a third hurrah then!

I just nab the overnights from Ratings Guru Marcus over on Outpost Gallifrey (as does every other Doctor Who/TV forum).

Hurrah for Marcus!

[Alex]

I think that's pretty amazing really. After all, they didn't do half as much pr this year (well, at least compared to the first series anyhow), and not many programmes consistently perform like Who does. Infact bar soaps I can't think of any right now which stay (roughly) between the 7-8 million figure.

So yay! And hopefully the beeb will commission series 5 right now as a thank you to the fans who will buy all of this year's related merchandise!

[Milky Tears]

Edited first post with the five minute breakdown figures. Over 9 million watching at 7:35-7:40pm.



Official BBC News report this time:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6515635.stm

New Dr Who series is ratings hit

The new series of Dr Who has proved a ratings hit after 8.2 million people tuned in to watch the first episode, according to early BBC figures.

The BBC One show, which stars David Tennant as the Doctor, was also the debut of Freema Agyeman as his new assistant, trainee doctor Martha Jones.

It saw off competition from ITV 1's Harry Potter film, which attracted an average of 4.7 million viewers.

The new series will see the Doctor meeting Shakespeare and the Daleks.

The first episode, called Smith and Jones, saw rhino-like aliens, the Judoon, take over a hospital after it is transported to the moon.

Meanwhile, Any Dream Will Do, the follow up to How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, was watched by an average of 6.7 million viewers. The audience peaked at 7.3 million.

The show is a search for leading cast members in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Joseph And His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Also on Ceefax Page 501

[Milky Tears]

An average of almost 1 million watching the BBC Three repeat last night (peaked at over 1 million for the last twenty minutes)!

Sunday Multi Channel Overnights

1 20:00 Doctor Who BBC3 969
2 15:30 Ford Super Sunday Sky Sports 1 876
3 21:00 Supernatural ITV2 743
4 22:00 Lost Sky One 670
5 22:00 The Bourne Identity ITV2 575
6 20:45 Doctor Who Confidential BBC3 551

That's the highest so far, isn't it?



Overnights 26th March-1st April

1 - 10.7 Coronation Street
2 - 10.4 Coronation Street
3 - 10.2 Coronation Street
4 - 9.6 Coronation Street
5 - 9.6 Coronation Street
6 - 9.4 EastEnders
7 - 8.6 EastEnders
8 - 8.4 EastEnders
9 - 8.2 Doctor Who
10 - 8.1 EastEnders


Doctor Who could/should take Friday's EastEnders once timeshifts are added.


Media Guardian Saturday overnights report:

http://media.guardian.co.uk/overnigh...048344,00.html

Doctor Who's timing right for BBC1
Leigh Holmwood
Monday April 2, 2007
MediaGuardian.co.uk

The return of Doctor Who and the start of a reality show hunt for a new stage Joseph brought a ratings bonanza to BBC1 on Saturday night.

Saturday's premiere of David Tennant's second series as the Time Lord attracted 8.2 million viewers and a 40% share between 7pm and 7.45pm on BBC1, according to unofficial overnights. The episode - also featuring Freema Agyeman as new assistant Martha Jones - peaked at 8.9 million viewers in the quarter hour from 7.30pm.

The programme was 200,000 viewers up on the beginning of the last series in April last year, when 8 million viewers tuned in, a 39% share.

Graham Norton's new reality show, Any Dream Will Do, drew 6.7 million viewers and a 31% share between 7.45pm and 8.45pm, benefiting from inheriting Doctor Who's audience.

Any Dream Will Do, which is looking for a lead to star in a new Andrew Lloyd-Webber production of Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in London's West End, had a one-week lead-in over ITV1's rival reality show Grease is the Word, which launches next Saturday.

The second part of BBC1's The National Lottery People's Quiz at 8.45pm attracted 6.6 million viewers and a 29% share.

This beat the earlier episode of People's Quiz at 6.15pm, which drew 3.8 million viewers and a 23% share.

Casualty at 9.05pm attracted 6.3 million viewers and a 28% share, while the BBC1 news at 9.55pm drew 5.3 million and a 26% share.

ITV1 couldn't compete, with a repeat of movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets between 6pm and 8.50pm pulling in 4.7 million viewers and a 24% share.

Who Wants to be a Millionaire? at 8.50pm attracted 3.7 million viewers and a 17% share, while The Dame Edna Treatment at 9.55pm scored 2.2 million and a 12% share.

BBC2's highest rating show was A Tribute to John Inman at 8.25pm, which drew 2 million viewers and a 9% share, while Channel 4's top programme was terrestrial movie premiere About Schmidt, which pulled in 1.7 million and a 9% share at 9.05pm.

Channel Five's best performer was CSI: NY at 9.05pm, which attracted 2.5 million viewers and an 11% share.

[Si Hunt]

It so frustrates me that the BBC can knock out a crappy, worthless episode of "Eastenders" and just instantly get more viewers than Doctor Who.

That said this was obviously a spectacular result!

Si.

[Milky Tears]

AI figure of 88, according to OG News Page. Only 'The Parting of the Ways' and 'Doomsday' have been higher.

[Jonno]

Come on Milky, where's those overnights?

I'm predicting around 7 million, down on last week due to a) Easter hols b) very good weather and c) possibly the Grease factor on ITV.

[Si Hunt]

I demand ratings!

Si.

[Matthew T]

Top Fifty by audience
1 …. 6.8 (35.8%) …. Doctor Who (19:00) BBC1
2 …. 6.0 (28.4%) …. Casualty (21:00) BBC1
3 …. 5.9 (29.8%) …. Any Dream Will Do (19:45) BBC1
4 …. 5.5 (26.7%) …. The National Lottery People's Quiz (20:45) BBC1
5 …. 4.9 (24.6%) …. BBC News; Weather (22:00) BBC1
6 …. 4.1 (21.1%) …. Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon (19:30) ITV
7 …. 4.1 (19.4%) …. Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (20:30) ITV
8 …. 4.0 (26.2%) …. Grease Is the Word (18:00) ITV
9 …. 3.9 (20.4%) …. Harry Hill's TV Burp (19:00) ITV
10 … 3.1 (20.3%) …. Match of the Day (22:15) BBC1
11 …. 3.0 (23.3%) …. New You've Been Framed! (17:30) ITV

[Simon R]

Unofficial overnight figures show that episode two, The Shakespeare Code, was watched by 6.8 million viewers.

Although the figure was down on last week the programme was still the most-watched programme of the day, both in terms of audience and share. The Easter Holiday and good weather in the UK saw audiences drop across the day.

Doctor Who comfortably beat its main rivals on ITV1, with Grease is the Word getting just 4 million viewers and Harry Hill 3.9m.

BBC One took all of the top five positions in the day's ratings chart, with Casualty getting 6 million and Any Dream Will Do 5.9m.

During transmission, Doctor Who's audience rose to peak at 8.1m during the last five minutes. It also was top of the children's chart with over double the audience of under 16s of its nearest rival.

Over on BBC Three, Doctor Who Confidential was once again the second most watched programme of the day with 617,000 viewers.

From OG

[Jonno]

Nice one Matt - the doomsayers will say we're down almost 1.5m, but it's another great audience share, easily top of the day again, almost 1m up on Casualty (which used to beat Who on various occasions over the last two years), and once again batters ITV into submission!

My prediction was pretty accurate too - and no, I didn't know the figure from anywhere when I posted that!

[Alex]

We're doomed!

Heh. Couldn't resist. That's not too bad really, especially as it was the Easter weekend, I wonder if some people were put off a bit by it being based around Shakespeare too...Still, hopefully next week's figures will be a return to 8mil +

[Si Hunt]

It's a low key one next week, but hopefully the impending Dalek two-parter will boost audiences a bit.

Si.

[Jonno]

Next week's will be interesting - it has a very strong lead-in with the football, and it starts much later at 7.40. Could be a ratings winner! (Tooth and Claw did very well in the same scenario this time last year).

[Milky Tears]

The fifteen and five minute breakdown shows that there's no need to panic. Well, apart from worry about the piss-poor lead in which makes you yearn for the days of Strictly Dance Fever!


Fifteen minutes:

Time . BBC1 ITV BBC2 CH4 CH5
18:30 . 2.3 (15.5%) . 4.0 (26.6%) . 1.2 ( 7.8%) . 1.0 ( 6.9%) . 0.5 ( 3.2%)
18:45 . 3.1 (19.1%) . 4.4 (26.9%) . 1.3 ( 7.7%) . 1.1 ( 6.8%) . 0.5 ( 2.9%)
19:00 .. 5.9 (32.6%) .. 4.2 (23.3%) .. 1.3 ( 7.1%) .. 1.1 ( 6.0%) .. 0.5 ( 2.5%)
19:15 .. 6.9 (36.1%) .. 3.9 (20.5%) .. 1.4 ( 7.2%) .. 1.3 ( 6.8%) .. 0.5 ( 2.4%)
19:30 .. 7.6 (38.3%) .. 3.8 (19.3%) .. 1.2 ( 5.9%) .. 1.5 ( 7.6%) .. 0.5 ( 2.3%)
19:45 . 5.5 (28.8%) . 3.8 (19.9%) . 0.7 ( 3.8%) . 1.8 ( 9.6%) . 0.8 ( 4.3%)

Childrens Top Five

1 . 1.3 (51.7%) . Doctor Who (19:00) BBC1
2 . 0.6 (27.7%) . Any Dream Will Do (19:45) BBC1
3 . 0.5 (29.2%) . Casualty (21:10) BBC1
4 . 0.5 (25.7%) . Grease Is the Word (18:05) ITV
5 . 0.4 (20.6%) . Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon (19:40) ITV

Five minutes:

5 minute breakdown - BBC1

18:50....3.00m
18:55....3.77m

19:00....5.24m
19:05....5.98m
19:10....6.57m
19:15....6.73m
19:20....6.90m
19:25....7.05m
19:30....7.19m
19:35....7.47m
19:40....8.13m

19:45....5.64m
19:50....5.36m

TotalTV Audience at 7pm was 15.5m (2m down on last week)
'Smith and Jones' 17.9m

Imagine what Doctor Who could do if it was stuck in an 8-9million Strictly Celebrity Come Dancing on Ice Sandwich like Primeval and Robin Hood.

[Pip Madeley]

6.8m with a high of 8.13m? That'll do for me! It is Easter weekend and a lot of people would've been in the sun yesterday at 7pm, so that's a respectable score. Top for the day too