TV Ratings 2023

Halli said:
whilst nobody seems to be talking about Love Island, it still looks the highest rated show on a channel outside 1-5?
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All the shows above it were either BBC1, ITV1 or Channel 4 - and only Gogglebox for 4. Nothing for BBC2 or Channel 5.

And it's still the #1 show for both the 16-24 and 16-34 demographic.
 
Oh its still pretty safe then, I was thinking it may be on the way out.

Also the soaps are rising in a bit in terms of positions
 
June 12 - 18

01 Coronation Street 4.717m
02 Ten Pound Poms 4.515m
03 The Great British Sewing Bee 4.197m
04 Antiques Roadshow 4.158m
05 Have I Got News For You 4.053m
06 Emmerdale 4.007m
07 Van Der Valk 3.801m
08 Celebrity Gogglebox 3.738m
09 Spy In The Ocean 3.231m
10 Who Do You Think You Are? 3.224m
11 EastEnders 3.172m
12 Countryfile 3.052m
13 BBC News at Six 2.986m
14 The Martin Lewis Money Show Live 2.764m
15 Best Interests 2.760m
16 Casualty 2.760m
17 BBC Weekend News 2.716m
18 Annika 2.691m
19 BBC News at Ten 2.684m
20 The Repair Shop 2.538m
 
Only 3 of the Love Island episodes made the top 50 (the highest #46), but applying the same % uplift those episodes did to the ones that didn't chart, I'd estimate 2.210m.
 
Disney+ shows are eligible for this chart thesedays, right? I seem to remember Obi Wan Kenobi sneaking in one week.

I ask because The Full Monty: The Series launched on 14 June and they marketed/promoted the hell out of it, but the reviews were poor/mixed, it looked awful, and the British public look to have not given a fuck either if it's not here.
 
lolly said:
All the shows above it were either BBC1, ITV1 or Channel 4 - and only Gogglebox for 4. Nothing for BBC2 or Channel 5.

And it's still the #1 show for both the 16-24 and 16-34 demographic.
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Ooh this is very pleasing to read. I thought it was flipping hard and fast.
 
Finn said:
Disney+ shows are eligible for this chart thesedays, right? I seem to remember Obi Wan Kenobi sneaking in one week.

I ask because The Full Monty: The Series launched on 14 June and they marketed/promoted the hell out of it, but the reviews were poor/mixed, it looked awful, and the British public look to have not given a fuck either if it's not here.
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Yes, it would be eligible now. It's still relatively rare that anything from streaming services makes the top 50 though.
 
Rita said:
Ooh this is very pleasing to read. I thought it was flipping hard and fast.
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I guess it is, if you judge it by its own peak - it's considerably down on that, and I don't get any sense that people are talking about it, or it's as tabloid friendly as it was.

But if it's delivering solid 16-34 numbers, it's still a dream for advertisers.
 
lolly said:
Yes, it would be eligible now. It's still relatively rare that anything from streaming services makes the top 50 though.
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I've just realised Black Mirror launched in this period too, and isn't there either.

Two majorly hyped streaming shows getting less than The Repair Shop, Casualty and a Nicola Walker crime drama that had already aired on UKTV. None of which rated especially well themselves.

We've known this for a while but the disconnect between social media/press hype and what people are actually watching in this country is HUGE
 
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4 million for the top rated shows just goes to show how much viewing is spread out now, though.
 
Yes, that the top programme of the week is watched by well under 10% of the population is crazy, comparing back to days when we only had a maximum of 4 channels.

Of course that's only in week of broadcast, and I'm sure dramas like Ten Pound Poms will go on to find a wider audience, but I bet the soaps don't pick up that much more after 7 days.
 
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What helps the soaps is that they are relatively cheap to produce. EastEnders costs the BBC around £140,000 an episode. Coronation Street is around the same amount while Emmerdale costs about £125,000 an episode.

Something like Ten Pound Poms will cost around £1-1.5 million for an hour of TV.
 
Finn said:
I've just realised Black Mirror launched in this period too, and isn't there either.

Two majorly hyped streaming shows getting less than The Repair Shop, Casualty and a Nicola Walker crime drama that had already aired on UKTV. None of which rated especially well themselves.

We've known this for a while but the disconnect between social media/press hype and what people are actually watching in this country is HUGE
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You have to remember as well it's about the manner of viewing. I am in no rush to watch ANYTHING on Netflix whatsoever because it generally gets dumped in one go and will be there (more or less) forever. That is very different to the world of the main channels.
 
Sheena said:
You have to remember as well it's about the manner of viewing. I am in no rush to watch ANYTHING on Netflix whatsoever because it generally gets dumped in one go and will be there (more or less) forever. That is very different to the world of the main channels.
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Yes, I think that's increasingly true. Unless something is a must see on Netflix (and I don't remember the last time I had one of those), I just add it to my list and watch it whenever. And that whenever could be weeks or months away.

And I know for BBC shows which are broadcast week by week and only put on iPlayer each week as well (unlike those which are all there straight away), we will often not bother watching until they are all available and we can binge them over the weekend. So that viewing isn't captured in this chart, either.
 
June 19 - 25

01 Glastonbury 2023 - Elton John 8.371m
02 Coronation Street 4.471m
03 The Great British Sewing Bee 4.379m
04 Emmerdale 3.977m
05 Celebrity Gogglebox 3.800m
06 Van der Valk 3.744m
07 Antiques Roadshow 3.622m
08 EastEnders 3.515m
09 International Football: England vs North Macedonia 3.449m
10 Who Do You Think You Are? 3.312m
11 BBC News at Six 3.218m
12 The Repair Shop 2.907m
13 BBC Weekend News 2.868m
14 BBC News at Ten 2.824m
15 Countryfile 2.732m
16 Glastonbury 2023 - Lewis Capaldi and Lizzo 2.692m
17 The Martin Lewis Money Show Live 2.682m
18 The 1% Club 2.671m
19 Not Going Out 2.625m
20 Film: Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical 2.590m
 
LOVE that Elton/Glasto got double of the number 2. Which reminds me, I need to watch the set again without distractions
 
Love that for our Elton. Also Matilda!

Lolly do BARB publish the 28-day consolidated charts publicly? Following on from the good point Sheena made upthread, I imagine that's where a lot of the streaming shows (plus things that have done really well on iPlayer) really thrive compared to the traditional TV big hitters?

Although in this day and age they should really do 100-day consolidated figure chart, as within a month is increasingly QUITE SOON for me to start watching a breakout hit.
 
Finn said:
Lolly do BARB publish the 30-day consolidated charts publicly? Following on from the good point Sheena made upthread, I imagine that's where a lot of the streaming shows (plus things that have done really well on iPlayer) really thrive compared to the traditional TV big hitters?
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No, they used to, but stopped it at some point without me noticing initially, I think over a year ago. And none of the twitter accounts I follow post any of them as highlights even any more, so I'm guessing BARB must have them behind a paywall, if available outside the industry at all. Occasionally the BBC may tweet something about a show of theirs, but other than that, I've not seen the 28 day consolidated figures anywhere for a long time.
 
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This was the week of the big Cindy reveal/return in EE - looks like it got a decent bump from the leaks/word of mouth.
 
COB said:
This was the week of the big Cindy reveal/return in EE - looks like it got a decent bump from the leaks/word of mouth.
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The Monday and Tuesday shows both got 3.3m, and then the Weds and Thurs both approx 3.7m - so it will be interesting to see if it carries over next week.

I've not been following closely week by week, but I imagine it rarely if at all has come within a million of Coronation Street recently.
 
Using the same calculation as last week, I'd estimate 2.289m for Love Island, up slightly on last week. And if you exclude the launch episode which had just over 3m, the audience has been very similar since the beginning of the series.
 
I have finally caught up on Love Island, and must say it is much better than the Winter season and I am once again ADDICTED.
 
June 26 - July 2

01 Coronation Street 4.675m
02 The Great British Sewing Bee 4.436m
03 Emmerdale 4.138m
04 Antiques Roadshow 3.857m
05 Van Der Valk 3.747m
06 Celebrity Gogglebox 3.722m
07 EastEnders 3.556m
08 Who Do You Think You Are? 3.536m
09 BBC News at Six 3.248m
10 The Repair Shop 3.196m
11 Countryfile 3.022m
12 Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace 2.980m
13 The Voice Kids 2.961m
14 BBC Weekend News 2.881m
15 BBC News at Ten 2.715m
16 Not Going Out 2.640m
17 Casualty 2.630m
18 ITV Evening News 2.509m
19 Michael McIntyre's The Wheel 2.452m
20 Love Island 2.382m
 
I think I consume most my telly through clips on tiktok now… or gogglebox. I don’t have many shows I actually sit and watch the full thing of.
 
Yes that new Idris Elba drama I have followed all I need to on both episodes through Gogglebox :D
 
Me too seeing as everything is on different platforms these days. It seems Paramount + is the one to get now. I can't keep up! *Sticks on DAVE on loop*
 
Halli said:
Me too seeing as everything is on different platforms these days. It seems Paramount + is the one to get now. I can't keep up! *Sticks on DAVE on loop*
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I seriously find the amount of choice (and then the plethora of platforms) so overwhelming that I often DO resort to Dave, UK Gold or years old comedies on iPlayer, just because it's comforting and I know exactly what I'll get.
 
barb still not updated with the chart for w/e July 9 yet.

They have posted this though, which I found interesing:


Barb has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 19.08 million UK homes (67.4% of households) had access to a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service in Q1 2023. This was a -1.7% decrease from 19.42 million in Q4 2022.

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ saw small quarterly drops in the number of UK homes with access to their services:

  • 16.96 million homes had access to Netflix in Q1 2023, down -1.1% from 17.15 million in Q4 2022.
  • 12.90 million homes had access to Amazon Prime Video in Q1 2023, down -1.7% from 13.12 million in Q4 2022.
  • 7.14 million homes had access to Disney+ in Q1 2023, a decline of -1.9% from 7.28 million in Q4 2022.


By contrast, NOW and Apple TV+ saw quarterly gains:

  • 2.03 million homes had access to NOW in Q1 2023, up +8.0% on 1.88 million in Q4 2022.
  • 1.91 million homes had access to Apple TV+ in Q1 2023, an increase of +13.0% from 1.69 million in Q4 2022.
 
If I'm reading that correctly, of the 19.08m homes which have a subscription to any on demand service, 16.96m have Netflix. That's huge, isn't it? Only Amazon Prime comes anywhere close, and I'm convinced that a lot of people have that primarily for delivery, rarely watch it, and would cancel the TV subscription bit if they could to save a few quid.

And although Netflix have lost subscribers this year, the rate is slightly lower than the rate the market in general has slowed.
 
I (like the majority of the UK by the looks of things) have a Netflix subscription but must admit I rarely watch anything on it.
 
July 3 - 9

01 Coronation Street 4.601m
02 The Great British Sewing Bee 4.398m
03 Wimbledon (Thursday 6th July, 7pm) 4.001m
04 Emmerdale 3.892m
05 Long Lost Family 3.542m
06 Celebrity Gogglebox 3.472m
07 Antiques Roadshow 3.316m
08 BBC News at Six 3.1544m
09 BBC Weekend News 2.988m
10 Countryfile 2.963m
11 EastEnders 2.807m
12 Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family 2.684m
13 Wimbledon (Monday 3rd July, 7pm) 2.647m
14 Love Island 2.569m
15 BBC News at Ten 2.553m
16 The Voice Kids 2.488m
17 Wimbledon (Tuesday 4th July, 7pm) 2.395m
18 The Chase 2.319m
19 A Spy Among Friends 2.376m
20 Wimbledon (Friday 7th July, 1.45pm) 2.350m
 
I assume a lot of BBC shows weren't on because of Wimbledon, and EastEnders was shunted around the schedules because of it?
 
Love Island viewing figures seem to be increasing as the season goes on.

SLEEPER HIT

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No matter how much EE was shunted around - it being broadcast and not being in the top 10 is just terrible for it.
I have been enjoying it recently so hopefully it picks up as it deserves to at the moment.

I enjoyed that Ellie Simmonds doc, I didn't know much about her before but it was quite moving.
 
Halli said:
No matter how much EE was shunted around - it being broadcast and not being in the top 10 is just terrible for it.
I have been enjoying it recently so hopefully it picks up as it deserves to at the moment.
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But it hardly ever is in the top ten any more - it only has been recently because it's summer and there's little else on. It had pretty much settled to being between #15 - #20 most weeks.

I do find it interesting that it's down nearly a million week on week though. It was still on, even if it was a different channel or time. But those people didn't bother to seek it out, or catch it on iPlayer.
 
July 10 - 16

01 Wimbledon (Men's Final) 6.831m
02 Coronation Street 4.869m
03 Countryfile 4.664m
04 Antiques Roadshow 4.304m
05 The Great British Sewing Bee 4.087m
06 BBC Weekend News 4.061m
07 Emmerdale 4.023m
08 Celebrity Gogglebox 3.991m
09 World On Fire 3.855m
10 BBC News at Six 3.428m
11 EastEnders 3.232m
12 Long Lost Family 3.129m
13 BBC News at Ten 2.956m
14 Wimbledon (Monday 10th July, 7pm) 2.823m
15 The Voice Kids 2.770m
16 Wimbledon (Friday 14th July, 1.45pm) 2.635m
17 Wimbledon (Women's Final) 2.637m
18 Casualty 2.604m
19 Not Going Out 2.504m
20 Who Do You Think You Are? 2.467m
 
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