Not sure how much interest there will be in this, but since I found a website which publishes a full chart weekly (thinkbox.tv), I've been checking it weekly. Unfortunately they only carry the last week - there is no archive, so I thought I'd record it here. I imagine @Rita at least will have some interest. For the soaps or any programme with multiple shows, I'm going to average them, rather than include all individual episodes. The chart seems quite late now, because it includes time shifted figures for 7 days after broadcast. So the current chart (published on Monday Feb 4) covers the week Jan 21 - 27.
Jan 21 - 27 01 Call The Midwife 8.608m 02 Vera 7.884m 03 Silent Witness 7.801m 04 Coronation Street 7.393m 05 Death In Paradise 7.371m 06 Dancing On Ice 6.833m 07 Cleaning Up 6.822m 08 Emmerdale 6.700m 09 FA Cup Match Of The Day Live 6.146m 10 The Voice UK 6.046m 11 Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad 5.876m 12 EastEnders 5.860m 13 The National Television Awards 2019 5.515m 14 Cold Feet 5.342m 15 Les Miserables 4.957m 16 Catchphrase Celebrity Specials 4.793m 17 Six O'clock News 4.793m 18 Casualty 4.760m 19 Grantchester 4.568m 20 The Chase 4.324m
What happened to Eastenders? Dancing On Ice is holding up well, it does seem to the be their most talked about series (mainly thanks to the GC)
Oh YES PLEASE. I am always asking about ratings and don’t have the first clue where to find them. Good job @lolly.
Why is every new drama on TV about POLICE DETECTIVES? Cleaning Up isn’t, but it’s also a bit of a non starter although I am baring with it until the final episode next week.
It's an astonishingly BANAL list. I guess most the GOOD STUFF is on streaming these days. The only ones I really watch from that list are the NEWS and occasionally watch The Chase if there's fuck all else on.
I guess some of the shows will pick up greater audiences down the line on iPlayer etc, but I imagine that will be mostly the dramas. These figures cover until 7 days after broadcast, but obviously there has to be a cut off somewhere. I doubt that the soaps or shows like DOI and The Voice pick up many at all after a week.
I'm sure it was always the case though - the more interesting shows were always on the minority channels. And arguably still is. A difference I remember from growing up is that shows like Dallas and Dynasty were always at the top of the list as well. All the big US shows are on Netflix or Sky Atlantic etc now.
I endured two episodes of that. What a load of tripe - I'm assuming that it is Sheridan that is keeping that many people watching. I watched Call The Midwife (PERFECT Sunday night fare), DOI, Les Miserables and Cold Feet from that list.
ITV have just ditched their two comedy series’ as well. Granted, Birds Of A Feather wasn’t exactly a behemoth of quality, but the worst thing was the director of ITV essentially saying “if you want comedy, watch Coronation Street and enjoy the one-liners and quips”
I really only ever watch TV online now. The last programme I sat down to watch was the Would I Lie To You Xmas special because it had James Acaster on it and I had nowt else to do. I had to sign up to that UKPLAY thing to watch Hypothetical...
Mr L is watching, so I've seen a lot of it. I quite like it, but can't think of many shows where you have to suspend your disbelief to the same extent. The biggest problem with it I think though was making it into a six part series - it could have been a two parter quite happily.
I would love to see her food van come in to fruition. I agree that Sam is not that likeable but I would still like to see her rule supreme, simply for her to keep her house, daughters, and family together.
Jan 28 - Feb 3 01 Call The Midwife 8.662m 02 Vera 7.744m 03 Silent Witness 7.727m 04 Coronation Street 7.472m 05 Death In Paradise 7.306m 06 Emmerdale 6.671m 07 Dancing On Ice 6.355m 08 Cleaning Up 6.349m 09 Antiques Roadshow 5.860m 10 Rugby: Six Nations Live 2019 5.77m 11 The Voice UK 5.768m 12 EastEnders 5.742m 13 Cold Feet 5.388m 14 Les Miserables 5.290m 15 Countryfile 5.232m 16 Six O'clock News 4.969m 17 Grantchester 4.719m 18 Casualty 4.578m 19 Six Nations Rugby: France v Wales 4.512m 20 Pointless Celebrities 4.383m
I dip in and out of it. I think I only caught two this series. It's nowhere near as fluffy as Marple. It's fairly straightforward as a detective drama I'd say, just with an acerbic pensioner as the lead.
I think I will stick to Luther for my detective drama for now. I have binge watched series 1-4 over the past few weeks.
Both Call The Midwife and Vera run after each other on a Sunday evening don’t they? Does being shown on a Sunday night during winter contribute to such high ratings?
I think I have enjoyed the first 15 minutes of this episode more than I have the whole series up to now.
It’s probably one of the best slots - people are winding down ready to go back to work on Monday, so more likely to be near a television. I think that’s why Dancing On Ice was moved there.
I take it that was down to Sam? I found she was so lucky to have so many understanding people around her, and that they were so willing to help bail her out. It looked like it was gearing up for a possible series 2?
I’m not too sure. I can’t remember any more of Sheridan’s recent work having a sequel, so I would say if it was down to her it would certainly be a no.
The chart hasn't been updated yet for week ending Feb 10th. I'll keep an eye on it and post it when it has been published.
February 4-10 01 Call The Midwife 8.800m 02 Silent Witness 7.626m 03 Coronation Street 7.391m 04 Death In Paradise 7.300m 05 Endeavour 6.891m 06 Emmerdale 6.524m 07 Cleaning Up 6.308m 08 Dancing On Ice 6.131m 09 Antiques Roadshow 6.040m 10 EastEnders 5.695m 11 Countryfile Winter Special 5.665m 12 The Voice UK 5.458m 13 Rugby: Six Nations Live 2019 5.414m 14 Cold Feet 5.372m 15 Six O'clock News 4.861m 16 Grantchester 4.719m 17 Pointless Celebrities 4.766m 18 Casualty 4.670m 19 The Chase 4.111m 20 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America 4.057m
It's doing better than X Factor did last year, isn't it? And it certainly hasn't fallen ao hard, if only because it was never so successful in the first place.
What is seen as good ratings now? Would the whole Top 20 be seen as a success? I understand that things very rarely hit the dizzy heights of 20 million viewers now, but I also remember not all that long ago TV shows getting axed as they were “only” hitting 7-8 million.
Actually, if you include multiple episodes of shows that have them, The Voice is the #25 of the week, which is broadly similar to where X Factor was last year. If anything a little better I believe.
