TV Ratings 2025

Rita said:
So the weekly live semi final shows have not worked in BGT’s favour at all.
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My mother had it on yesterday when I was up there, and she said it wasn't so exciting ( :eyes: ) having it on once a week.

In fact she forgot it was on at all for about 20 minutes due to the day change - were they running scared of Eurovision?
 
lolly said:
My mother had it on yesterday when I was up there, and she said it wasn't so exciting ( :eyes: ) having it on once a week.

In fact she forgot it was on at all for about 20 minutes due to the day change - were they running scared of Eurovision?
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So they changed to Sunday this week? I would assume they must have been hiding from Eurovision. I haven’t really been watching.

What figures did Eurovision get?
 
The FA cup final was on both BBC and ITV but kicked off at 4:30 (which was the reason given for BGT being moved) but would have theoretically finished at around 7:05pm at the latest so I would say they moved BGT to stop it being buried by Eurovision
 
PercyPig said:
The FA cup final was on both BBC and ITV but kicked off at 4:30 (which was the reason given for BGT being moved) but would have theoretically finished at around 7:05pm at the latest so I would say they moved BGT to stop it being buried by Eurovision
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Doesn't appear to have been an entirely successful decision

 
I would have thought it will end up with similar figures to last weeks chart? It got 4.8 million last week so would say it will likely reach that figure again once everything else is added on?
 
Rita said:
I would have thought it will end up with similar figures to last weeks chart? It got 4.8 million last week so would say it will likely reach that figure again once everything else is added on?
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Thinkbox (the website which breaks down the viewing) unfortunately hasn't updated since the last week of March. But if you look at the episode of BGT in that week, it added 0.93m over the week on top of the overnight figure.

I guess it's possible this one may add more, particularly if people were caught out by the change of day and then seek it out on ITV player.
 
lolly said:
Thinkbox (the website which breaks down the viewing) unfortunately hasn't updated since the last week of March. But if you look at the episode of BGT in that week, it added 0.93m over the week on top of the overnight figure.

I guess it's possible this one may add more, particularly if people were caught out by the change of day and then seek it out on ITV player.
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I think it is a family show mainly. A lot of families I know still watch with the kids so that may well be a Saturday night thing rather than seeking out an episode they have missed so possibly not.
 
Wasn’t sure where to put this but I see LORRAINE and LOOSE WOMEN are getting their episode lengths cut in HALF, and will only be broadcast 30 WEEKS of the year due to ITV CUTS. :o
 
May 12 - 18

01 Eurovision Song Contest 7.065m
02 Race Across The World 5.845m
03 Code Of Silence 5.258m
04 Britain's Got Talent 4.317m
05 Coronation Street 4.048m
06 Antiques Roadshow 3.833m
07 Doctor Who 3.754m
08 The FA Cup 3.655m
09 Have I Got News For You 3.650m
10 Emmerdale 3.639m
11 EastEnders 3.456m
12 The Bombing Of Pan Am 103 3.102m
13 Countryfile 3.030m
14 BBC News At Six 2.948m
15 Malpractice 2.797m
16 Gogglebox 2.760m
17 Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr 2.527m
18 RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2.443m
19 The 1% Club 2.432m
20 Who Do You Think You Are? 2.132m
 
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That's the BBC1 figure only for The FA Cup Final. The ITV broadcast didn't make the top 50 programmes of the week.
 
So that episode of BGT picked up 1 million viewers in the 7 days prior? It really is dying a death ( not a slow one either).
 
Rita said:
So that episode of BGT picked up 1 million viewers in the 7 days prior? It really is dying a death ( not a slow one either).
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Seems so. I'm also assuming it's probably the lowest rating episode ever?
 
It's interesting looking at the viewing figures for the last few years of BGT that the show invariably returns to a strong audience (admittedly getting progressively less strong), then falls consistently through the run into the semi finals, before getting a bit of an uptick for the final.

I don't THINK that X Factor had the same pattern.
 
Rita said:
It has to be. I’m not even sure it would have won the night which is BAD.
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On overnight figures, Antiques Roadshow beat it, although that has very little catch up audience and BGT overtook it with catch up added. But then it lost out to Code Of Silence on the night including catch up.
 
lolly said:
It's interesting looking at the viewing figures for the last few years of BGT that the show invariably returns to a strong audience (admittedly getting progressively less strong), then falls consistently through the run into the semi finals, before getting a bit of an uptick for the final.

I don't THINK that X Factor had the same pattern.
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From memory I think X Factor was coming back to lower figures for every series opener then dropping right through.
 
I may have a look on Wikipedia later if I get sufficiently bored.

It's interesting though - it's like people are keen to see it back, but then lose interest in it as it progresses. It certainly didn't happen for the last series of Strictly, which held up throughout its run. Looks like it did for IACGMOOH, although not to the same degree. I guess being broadcast over 3 weeks or so every night possibly helps maintain momentum.
 
Strictly is a strange one as it has very much remained UP THERE regardless of what scandal has occurred. Some may argue it is a better made programme but like the others it is very much same old same old every year and I wouldn’t say it is all that popular with younger viewers either?
 
If anything I'd say Strictly is MORE same old same old every year than any of the others - I wonder if it's the refusal to fundamentally change anything about it which makes it so resilient and comfortable to watch.
 
lolly said:
If anything I'd say Strictly is MORE same old same old every year than any of the others - I wonder if it's the refusal to fundamentally change anything about it which makes it so resilient and comfortable to watch.
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I'm sure the audience would survive Tess getting her P45 though.
 
BGT has changed. The amount of GOLDEN BLOODY BUZZERS allowed now bamboozles me.X Factor also never stuck to the same set up every year and always had a tweak or two, so yeah it very well could be just that.
 
lolly said:
If anything I'd say Strictly is MORE same old same old every year than any of the others - I wonder if it's the refusal to fundamentally change anything about it which makes it so resilient and comfortable to watch.
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Strictly is very much incremental change only. I guess that makes it a very reassuring watch. If anything I think it has maybe changed less in terms of presentation in the last five years than any time before that.
 
May 19 - 25

01 Race Across The World 5.857m
02 Britain's Got Talent 4.951m
03 Death Valley 4.468m
04 Clarkson's Farm 4.468m
05 The 1% Club 4.214m
06 Coronation Street 4.210m
07 Have I Got News For You 4.125m
08 Code Of Silence 3.679m
09 Emmerdale 3.627m
10 EastEnders 3.396m
11 Antiques Roadshow 3.306m
12 Walking With Dinosaurs 2.990m
13 BBC News At Six 2.959m
14 Gogglebox 2.917m
15 Doctor Who 2.856m
16 Match Of The Day 2.663m
17 The Bombing Of Pan Am 103 2.659m
18 Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr 2.635m
19 Who Do You Think You Are? 2.599m
20 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? 2.525m
 
Was Code of Silence released all at once? Seems to be dropping a bit.
 
I don't know, but this chart includes viewing pre-broadcast in any case.
 
I've stuck with it but Code of Silence has felt a bit like Protection in terms of far fetched plot and central characters acting especially ridiculously.
 
It looks like it did all drop at once - but is losing viewers quite heavily

Episode 1 5.258m
Episode 2 4.290m
Episode 3 3.068m
 
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