TV Ratings 2022

We seem to have had an influx of dramas over the past month or so and none of them seem to be setting the ratings chart on fire.
 
And because the top 50 is published for the commercial channels individually (but not for the BBC) these are other figures for Queen related coverage

1.336m ITV News: Queen Elizabeth II: Return To The Palace
1.274m Charles - The Monarch & The Man (ITV)
1.229m ITV News: Queen Elizabeth II: Lying At Rest
1.093m ITV News: Queen Elizabeth II: Lying In State
0.842m ITV News: The King's Tour - Westminster
0.487m Andrew Neil: Britain After The Queen (C4)
 
We seem to have had an influx of dramas over the past month or so and none of them seem to be setting the ratings chart on fire.
Yes, I expected better for most of them. Pleased to see GBBO open to decent figures, anyway.

My main takeaway from this that most people were crying out for something other than Queen related misery. I bet streaming services had their best week since peak lockdown.
 
Yes, I expected better for most of them. Pleased to see GBBO open to decent figures, anyway.

My main takeaway from this that most people were crying out for something other than Queen related misery. I bet streaming services had their best week since peak lockdown.
Popbitch said that All4 did, with The Inbetweeners being the favourite.
 
Popbitch said that All4 did, with The Inbetweeners being the favourite.
I think that makes sense - there's little more comfort viewing that an unchallenging comedy you know well. It's why I'll often watch an episode or two of something like Frasier or Gavin and Stacey before bed.
 
Whatever figure would have been reported, I'm guessing that was the peak - this is the average.

Wasn't the funeral on the 19th? (And that chart only goes up to the 18th?)
 
Wasn't the funeral on the 19th? (And that chart only goes up to the 18th?)
OMG

Is that a PREVIEW show or something? Because you're right about the date. I just saw the title of the #7 show!
 
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Looking at the BBC One schedule from the 18th, it looks as though both the minute's silence AND a 'the eve of the statty fune' show both had the main title of 'The State Funeral Of HM Queen Elizabeth II'. Which is a bit weird, isn't it. But then so is having a monarchy
 
I'm flagellating as I type. The show in question was on Sunday at 7pm.

I was expecting a lower figure, but not THAT low. I let my GLEE run away with me.
 
Incomplete figures again so far this week, so I'll hold off in case more info comes in later in the week.
 
Complete figures never did arrive, and as I don't have time to do a full chart now but the figures will soon disappear, here's some highlights for the week 19 - 25 September

12.395m State Funeral
9.022 Strictly (first live show)
7.317m GBBO
6.586m Strictly (launch show)
5.280m Frozen Planet II
4.843m Karen Pirie
4.765m Coronation Street
4.732m Doc Martin
4.727m Antiques Roadshow
4.418m Paddington 2
4.333m Crossfire
4.020m Emmerdale
4.019m Blankety Blank
3.949m Ghosts
 
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September 26 - October 2

01 Strictly Come Dancing 8.875m
02 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results 8.241m
03 The Great British Bake Off 7.351m
04 Doc Martin 5.450m
05 Frozen Planet II 5.123m
06 Coronation Street 5.020m
07 Antiques Roadshow 4.740m
08 Karen Pirie 4.616m
09 Gogglebox 4.216m
10 Emmerdale 4.200m
11 Blankety Blank 4.161m
12 Have I Got News For You 4.147m
13 England International Football 4.019m
14 The Repair Shop 3.959m
15 The Suspect 3.806m
16 BBC News at Six 3.789m
17 All Creatures Great And Small 3.702m
18 Ghosts 3.576m
19 EastEnders 3.512m
20 Inside Man 3.507m
 
Let's have a few comparisons from 2019, for the shows that are on both charts.

Strictly Come Dancing down 4.5%
GBBO down 18.5%
Doc Martin down 16.3%
Coronation Street down 20.6%
Emmerdale down 26.8%
Antiques Roadshow down 14.3%
EastEnders down 31.7%
Gogglebox up 1.6%
BBC News at Six down 4.9%
 
A lot of those ratings drop offs will be because of the increased competition from streamers and changing viewing habits - until you get to the Antiques Roadshow, where that 14.3% will be entirely viewers who've died
 
Maybe now Netflix have relented (and can spin some decent PR out of their hits), the others might relent too. I'd be very curious to know how those Disney shows are doing.
 
Amazon always looks like it’s the most dire out of the big ones.

WHERES THE BUZZZZZ
 
Even the front page (or whatever you call it) of Amazon Prime is dull as fuck. As soon as you load it up I want to turn it off.
 
October 3 - 9

01 Strictly Come Dancing 9.297m
02 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results 8.296m
03 The Great British Bake Off 7.764m
04 Doc Martin 5.359m
05 Frozen Planet II 5.110m
06 Antiques Roadshow 5.070m
07 Coronation Street 4.891m
08 Karen Pirie 4.812m
09 Emmerdale 4.406m
10 Gogglebox 4.404m
11 Have I Got News For You 4.204m
12 Blankety Blank 4.101m
13 BBC News at Six 3.857m
14 All Creatures Great And Small 3.801m
15 Bloodlands 3.715m
16 Ghosts 3.672m
17 The Repair Shop 3.483m
18 The Voice 3.437m
19 EastEnders 3.421m
20 Countryfile 3.235m
 
Strictly and Bake Off on the rise.

Interesting that both the big two Sunday night dramas (even that James Nesbitt one) seem to have increased on last week too. It will be the season I suppose.
 
I thought Karen Pirie was one of those ropey box sets from Australia that STV advertise for its streaming service but it looks legit
 
I thought Karen Pirie was one of those ropey box sets from Australia that STV advertise for its streaming service but it looks legit
The shit I've had to sit through ('watching' would be pushing it) because Mr L seems to be obsessed with them. They are only ever of interest for 'isn't that her who played xx in Wentworth/Neighbours/Home and Away?' appeal.
 
October 10 - 16

01 Strictly Come Dancing 9.229m
02 The Great British Bake Off 8.317m
03 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results 8.185m
04 Doc Martin 5.690m
05 Antiques Roadshow 5.339m
06 Coronation 5.082m
07 Frozen Planet II 4.954m
08 Gogglebox 4.472m
09 Emmerdale 4.408m
10 Have I Got News For You 4.393m
11 BBC News at Six 4.017m
12 The Larkins 4.001m
13 Blankety Blank 3.942m
14 All Creatures Great And Small 3.864m
15 The National Television Awards 3.726m
16 EastEnders 3.690m
17 Bloodlands 3.647m
18 Ghosts 3.541m
19 Countryfile 3.394m
20 Only Connect 3.263m
 
Oh no The Voice didn’t make the Top 20. The ratings are getting X Factor bad.
 
The Masked Dancer needs be put out of its misery also. The Masked Singer does it so much better.
 
The Voice would be #21 with 3.158m. The Masked Dancer had 2.258m, although that's excluding non-TV viewing - the Barb website only includes that for the top 50 shows. So all I can say for definite is that it had less than the #50 show, which was 2.823m. And I suspect some way below that, as for most shows it's a small figure. The Voice (which seems a reasonable comparison) added less than 40k from it. So I suspect 2.3m for The Masked Dancer is a reasonable guess.

It probably does need putting out of its misery, but I wonder if the deal is tied up with The Masked Singer?

And either way, ITV seem to be fresh out of ideas what to do with Primetime Saturday entertainment shows, looking at how they hang on to tired shows like The Voice and Dancing On Ice.
 
The Voice would be #21 with 3.158m. The Masked Dancer had 2.258m, although that's excluding non-TV viewing - the Barb website only includes that for the top 50 shows. So all I can say for definite is that it had less than the #50 show, which was 2.823m. And I suspect some way below that, as for most shows it's a small figure. The Voice (which seems a reasonable comparison) added less than 40k from it. So I suspect 2.3m for The Masked Dancer is a reasonable guess.

It probably does need putting out of its misery, but I wonder if the deal is tied up with The Masked Singer?

And either way, ITV seem to be fresh out of ideas what to do with Primetime Saturday entertainment shows, looking at how they hang on to tired shows like The Voice and Dancing On Ice.

I do agree to a point but other than Strictly what does the BBC have to offer that gets high ratings? Not sure how well I Can See Your Voice does? I LOVE The Hit List but that is usually just scraping in at the bottom of the ratings list. Blankety Blank is terrible, and The Wheel seems to have been moved to a much earlier slot? I think Saturday night television across the board is the issue.
 
Yes, it's certainly true that the BBC is struggling as well, Strictly aside. Shows like I Can See Your Voice and The Greatest Dancer are just variations on a theme, seemingly with ever diminishing returns. Even if Blankety Blank is a little more more successful, it's hardly creative, is it? And The Wheel is just a vehicle for Michael McIntyre, just like ITV will stick Ant and Dec on any old shit and hope it's a hit. There seems to be a real dearth of ideas across the board in terms of light entertainment.
 
Still, we've got the Gladiators reboot to look forward to at least.
 
I’m not really sure what else they can offer though to be honest. They possibly need to start moving other listings to prime time Saturday night tv and get rid of the same old same old.
 

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