TV Ratings 2020

October 12 - 18

01 The Great British Bake Off 10.306m
02 Strictly Come Dancing 9.979m
03 BBC News Special 7.510m
04 Roadkill 6.828m
05 Coronation Street 6.207m
06 Gogglebox 5.940m
07 Top Gear 5.586m
08 Emmerdale 5.366m
09 BBC News at Six 5.229m
10 Antiques Roadshow 5.194m
11 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.716m
12 EastEnders 4.701m
13 Countryfile 4.681m
14 The Repair Shop 4.671m
15 BBC Weekend News 4.316m
16 Ambulance 4.211m
17 Pointless Celebrities 4.196m
18 The Million Pound Cube 4.137m
19 Celebrity Catchphrase 4.069m
20 Have I Got News For You 4.029m
 
Interestingly (well, :david:), Strictly beats GBBO in terms of live viewing by over 2m. But while Strictly's live viewing accounts for 67% of the total, for GBBO, live viewing only accounts for 44%.
 
I am quite enjoying GBBO for what it is but nothing beats Strictly to pass a cold dark Saturday night.
 
I imagine Strictly will break the 10m barrier quite comfortably for the first show proper in the chart next week.
 
IACGMOOH usually surpasses that GBBO figure I think? Well I think the first episode certainly does.
 
The Boris statement got an average of 14.2m last night. And Strictly was nearly a million up on last week (10.3m), presumably at least due in part to the follow on.
 
OCTOBER 19 - 25

01 Strictly Come Dancing 11.097m
02 The Great British Bake Off 10.335m
03 Coronation Street 6.188m
04 Gogglebox 5.964m
05 Antiques Roadshow 5.612m
06 Countryfile 5.531m
07 Top Gear 5.502m
08 Emmerdale 5.415m
09 Who Do You Think You Are? 5.274m
10 BBC News at Six 5.146m
11 Roadkill 4.830m
12 The Repair Shop 4.734m
13 Ambulance 4.677m
14 EastEnders 4.614m
15 BBC Weekend News 4.371m
16 Family Fortunes 4.332m
17 Have I Got News For You 4.307m
18 The Chase 4.014m
19 Celebrity Catchphrase 3.898m
20 The Million Pound Cube 3.834m
 
OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 01

01 BBC News Special (31/10/2020 6.30pm) 14.159m
02 Strictly Come Dancing 11.719m
03 The Great British Bake Off 10.050m
04 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results 8.841m
05 BBC News Special (31/10/2020 4.30pm) 7.559m
06 BBC Weekend News 6.837m
07 Coronation Street 6.457m
08 Gogglebox 6.123m
09 Top Gear 5.770m
10 Emmerdale 5.569m
11 BBC News at Six 5.389m
12 The Sister 4.915m
13 Ambulance 4.627m
14 The Repair Shop 4.614m
15 EastEnders 4.586m
16 The Chase 4.552m
17 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.280m
18 Countryfile 4.275m
19 Family Fortunes 4.244m
20 Spitting Image 2020 4.222m
 
How many viewers did the first lockdown announcement in March get?
 
Countryfile is a strange programme, isn't it? My mother often has it on when I'm up there on Sundays, and it always seems to be shunted around in the schedule, which I assume is why it goes up and down the chart. Sometime it seems to be practically mid afternoon, others early evening. I can well imagine it's one of those shows people may not religiously tune into, but if you're flicking through the channels, you may land on it and watch quite happily.
 
The Sister got over 6.1m for the first episode, but then dropped to less than 4.5m by the last two episodes.

Still, like we were discussing elsewhere yesterday, it will pick up more viewers in the 28 day chart and beyond.
 
How are 4m people watching Spitting Image? I thought it was only on Britbox?

also when they count the soaps are they picking the highest rate of the week or the average across the week? They seem low. I remember different newspapers would do one or the other and it bugged me because the ratings were always different
 
funky said:
also when they count the soaps are they picking the highest rate of the week or the average across the week? They seem low. I remember different newspapers would do one or the other and it bugged me because the ratings were always different
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For the soaps, news and dramas like The Sister this week with multiple episodes, I average them - otherwise the chart would only feature about 6 different programmes.
 
That totally makes sense, but it also makes sense that some episodes are getting higher ratings. So all is well.
 
For comparison purposes, these are the highest and lowest episodes for the three soaps

Coronation Street 6.902m/5.958m
Emmerdale 5.804m/5.148m
EastEnders 5.053m/4.071m
 
lolly said:
Countryfile is a strange programme, isn't it? My mother often has it on when I'm up there on Sundays, and it always seems to be shunted around in the schedule, which I assume is why it goes up and down the chart. Sometime it seems to be practically mid afternoon, others early evening. I can well imagine it's one of those shows people may not religiously tune into, but if you're flicking through the channels, you may land on it and watch quite happily.
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I don't hate it, but it is strange/slightly galling that it becomes a ratings beast and usually used by the BBC as a kind of anchor in January/February. That said, it's not without merit at all. I'd rather that did well than the fucking ONE SHOW for example.

I remember in the 90s it used to be a Sunday early afternoon show didn't it? I have fond memories of watching it with my nan while she supped her gin and reached for another Silk Cut. No idea when or why it was promoted to primetime.
 
November 02 - 08

01 Strictly Come Dancing 10.826m
02 The Great British Bake Off 10.552m
03 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results 9.365m
04 Countryfile 6.883m
05 Gogglebox 6.513m
06 Coronation Street 6.210m
07 I'm A Celebrity...A Jungle Story 6.011m
08 BBC News at Six 5.812m
09 Emmerdale 5.564m
10 His Dark Materials 5.552m
11 Royal British Legion Festival Of Remembrance 5.304m
12 Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph 4.831m
13 Celebrity Catchphrase 4.823m
14 BBC Weekend News 4.734m
15 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.553m
16 Have I Got News For You 4.540m
17 EastEnders 4.518m
18 The Chase 4.382m
19 Ambulance 4.264m
20 ITV News Weekday Teatime 3.986m
 
His Dark Materials will find a larger audience on iPlayer or similar than any other programme on that chart I'm sure, but it must sting for the BBC that it was nearly 4 million down on the debut episode last year.
 
November 9 - 15

01 I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! 13.780m
02 Strictly Come Dancing 11.841m
03 The Great British Bake Off 10.612m
04 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results 9.534m
05 Coronation Street 6.362m
06 Countryfile 6.344m
07 The Repair Shop 6.337m
08 Gogglebox 6.329m
09 BBC News At Six 5.893m
10 Emmerdale 5.605m
11 The Hit List 5.408m
12 BBC Weekend News 5.095m
13 BBC Children In Need 5.092m
14 Family Fortunes 5.074m
15 His Dark Materials 4.927m
16 Pointless Celebrities 4.816m
17 The Chase 4.652m
18 Masterchef: The Professionals 4.624m
19 EastEnders 4.536m
20 ITV News Weekday Teatime 3.977m
 
lolly said:
I'm not sure I even know what it is. It's Marvin and Rochelle, isn't it?
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Yes. They play short clips of songs and the contestants have to name the song and artist. All genres and eras are catered for. It’s really rather good for a quiz show, but I think that is only because I love music.
 
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