TV Ratings 2022

[Rita]

The seven-part singing contest opened with a huge inheritance of 8m (46%) from the closing minutes of The Masked Singer final.

It was unable to maintain this crowd, holding onto around 4.5m (29%) in its opening moments before slipping steadily to close with 3.6m (25%).

My chin hit the floor when I read the first paragraph. Reading further on seems a bit more REALISTIC for it. I think people would have tuned in out of curiosity and soon realised it was a load of old toot. I did.

 

[lolly]

Top ten Sky

01 A Discovery Of Witches 0.981m
02 The Rookie 0.655m
03 And Just Like That... 0.636m
04 Chicago Fire 0.621m
05 The Gilded Age 0.585m
06 The Equalizer 0.536m
07 Magnum PI 0.457m
08 The Sarah-Jane Mee Show 0.428m
09 SEAL Team 0.428m
10 Bull 0.421m

 

[Kratz]

Nearly half a million watching Sky News seems rather strong. I wonder what GB News was doing at the same time.

 

[lolly]

For some reason, GB News did not report figures to BARB. They certainly aren't the only channel not to, though. Occasionally I've seen the odd tweet, but not consistently.

 

[FetchFugly]

Not exactly mind-blowing numbers for The Gilded Age, though I think it is on Sky Atlantic only and therefore not available for Virgin unlike most of that list.

 

[lolly]

Just been digging around on BARB after reading on twitter plenty of fans claiming how GB News is regularly beating Sky News now, strangely without quoting any sources. GB News don't seem to have reported to BARB since the week of 3 - 9th January, when the top show was Farage with 74k viewers. The #10 show was Dewbs & Co with 44k.

For the same week, the top show on Sky News was The News Hour with Mark Austin with 419k viewers. The #10 show had 145k, so nearly double the top GB News show.

The top BBC News 24 show in the same period was a News Special with just over a million - was that a Johnson related thing? But even ignoring that, the #10 show had 291k.

 

[lolly]

Top ten BBC 3 for its first week back on linear TV

01 RuPaul's Drag Race UK v The World 927k
02 Africa Cup of Nations: Senegal v Egypt 706k
03 Africa Cup of Nations: Cameroon v Egypt 558k
04 Africa Cup of Nations: Burkina Faso v Senegal 365k
05 Freeze 184k
06 Free Spirits 132k
07 Winter Olympics: Day 2 Winter Olympics Extra 111k
08 Lazy Susan 97k
09 Eating With My Ex 95k
10 Winter Olympics: Day 1 Winter Olympics Extra 79k

 

[PercyPig]

As a BONUS EXTRA, this is the top ten in terms of catch up viewing only

01 Trigger Point 2.478m
02 Death In Paradise 2.452m
03 The Apprentice 2.134m
04 Teacher 1.995m
05 Chloe 1.539m
06 The Bay 1.510m
07 Call The Midwife 1.356m
08 The Good Karma Hospital 1.186m
09 Dragons' Den 0.858m
10 The Masked Singer 0.844m

Just the soaps

Coronation Street 0.739m
EastEnders 0.722m
Emmerdale 0.485m

There’s no way 2m managed to navigate Channel 5’s my5 to watch Teacher.

 

[FetchFugly]

They said at the end of The Bay tonight that it is coming back for a fourth series. Bit of a surprise considering the lukewarm reaction, but maybe it was ordered at the same time as the third.

 

[lolly]

February 7 - 13

01 Call The Midwife 7.594m
02 Trigger Point 7.377m
03 The Masked Singer 7.306m
04 Death In Paradise 7.150m
05 The Apprentice 6.966m
06 This Is Going To Hurt 6.039m
07 Coronation Street 5.318m
08 No Return 5.309m
09 Emmerdale 4.986m
10 Antiques Roadshow 4.901m
11 Countryfile 4.713m
12 Bradley and Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad 4.641m
13 BBC News At Six 4.542m
14 The Good Karma Hospital 4.483m
15 Dancing On Ice 4.435m
16 Starstruck 4.308m
17 The Bay 3.919m
18 EastEnders 3.804m
19 Dragons' Den 3.732m
20 The Chase 3.691m

 

[COB]

EastEnders made it in!

 

[lolly]

All four episodes of EastEnders back in the top 50. The return to the top 20 is partly due to lower figures overall I think, but it is still slightly up on last week - and the top episode had over 4m, which I don't think I've seem for some time, Christmas aside.

 

[FetchFugly]

That's a decent start for This Is Going To Hurt. I've enjoyed the couple I've seen but it doesn't strike me as a big BBC One drama hit.

 

[Halli]

That's a decent start for This Is Going To Hurt. I've enjoyed the couple I've seen but it doesn't strike me as a big BBC One drama hit.

There was quite the buzz about the book so I am not surprised its doing OK

 

[lolly]

The Masked Singer over 25% down on last year's final (9.953m), which was #1 of the week.

 

[Music]

The Masked Singer over 25% down on last year's final (9.953m), which was #1 of the week.

Do we think that's probably due to us being in lockdown at this time last year?

 

[lolly]

Do we think that's probably due to us being in lockdown at this time last year?

In part, yes. But falling from #1 to #3 still isn't great. And when you compare it to other shows, Death In Paradise was only down 7%

 

[Penelope]

Top ten BBC 3 for its first week back on linear TV

01 RuPaul's Drag Race UK v The World 927k
02 Africa Cup of Nations: Senegal v Egypt 706k
03 Africa Cup of Nations: Cameroon v Egypt 558k
04 Africa Cup of Nations: Burkina Faso v Senegal 365k
05 Freeze 184k
06 Free Spirits 132k
07 Winter Olympics: Day 2 Winter Olympics Extra 111k
08 Lazy Susan 97k
09 Eating With My Ex 95k
10 Winter Olympics: Day 1 Winter Olympics Extra 79k

Do we have any further updates on how Drag Race did episodes 2 and 3?

 

[lolly]

Do we have any further updates on how Drag Race did episodes 2 and 3?

Down to 767k for episode 2. Episode 3 will be in next week's figures.

 

[Penelope]

Down to 767k for episode 2. Episode 3 will be in next week's figures.

Not bad! Do we get catchup figures?

 

[lolly]

Not bad! Do we get catchup figures?

That includes catch up, for the first 7 days.

 

[lolly]

The BARB website which includes pre-transmission data and non TV viewing hasn't been updated today for whatever reason. I'll wait to see if it updates tomorrow, but post the chart without that data if it doesn't tomorrow evening.

 

[lolly]

February 14 - 20

01 Call The Midwife 7.904m
02 Trigger Point 7.610m
03 Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 7.456m
04 Death In Paradise 7.362m
05 The Apprentice 7.162m
06 Coronation Street 5.648m
07 Antiques Roadshow 5.512m
08 Emmerdale 5.360m
09 No Return 5.266m
10 Gogglebox 5.077m
11 This Is Going To Hurt 5.016m
12 BBC News at Six 4.958m
13 Countryfile 4.826m
14 The Bay 4.674m
15 The Good Karma Hospital 4.420m
16 Bradley and Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad 4.275m
17 Celebrity Catchphrase 4.241m
18 BBC Weekend News 3.961m
19 EastEnders 3.935m
20 Dancing On Ice 3.934m

 

[FetchFugly]

I keep on getting momentarily confused when I see Starstruck mentioned anywhere due to the two very different shows with the same name on at present.

 

[lolly]

Full figures now in so I'll edit the chart above later.

Drag Race UK v The World falls to 699k for the third episode. It'll be interesting to see if the Ant and Dec appearance has an impact next week.

 

[lolly]

I keep on getting momentarily confused when I see Starstruck mentioned anywhere due to the two very different shows with the same name on at present.

The Rose Matafeo comedy only got 246k, unfortunately. Although that is enough to put it at #2 for the week on BBC3, which I assume isn't too shabby.

 

[FetchFugly]

The Rose Matafeo comedy only got 246k, unfortunately. Although that is enough to put it at #2 for the week on BBC3, which I assume isn't too shabby.

That sounds pretty decent. I do enjoy it, though I'm not sure if this run has been quite as good as the first. I have one episode to watch I think.

 

[Halli]

DOI is surely on its last legs again

 

[Nancy]

I'm a bit behind the times, but I do like Mum, which I have just discovered for the first time.

 

[Nancy]

Which is nothing to do with viewing figures, I know.

Actually, it is, because it got at least one viewer in the last week!

 

[Halli]

What ya Watching 2022 thread agog and disrespected

 

[lolly]

DOI is surely on its last legs again

I think they announced it would be returning this year at the final last year. It will be interesting to see if we get another announcement this year. Surely it can't be a cheap show to make.

 

[lolly]

Edited the weekly chart above. No Return and This Is Going To Hurt being the main beneficiaries.

 

[COB]

EastEnders creeping back into the lower reaches of the chart seems like a good sign.

 

[lolly]

February 21 - 27

01 Trigger Point 8.235m
02 Death In Paradise 7.076m
03 The Apprentice 6.919m
04 Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 6.707m
05 Peaky Blinders 6.586m
06 Coronation Street 5.511m
07 No Return 5.488m
08 Emmerdale 5.086m
09 BBC News at Six 5.047m
10 The Good Karma Hospital 5.044m
11 Gogglebox 4.828m
12 Antiques Roadshow 4.748m
13 Six Nations Championship 4.552m
14 Bradley and Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad 4.462m
15 This Is Going To Hurt 4.405m
16 BBC Weekend News 4.280m
17 Dancing On Ice 4.067m
18 Starstruck 4.060m
19 Dragons' Den 3.914m
20 EastEnders 3.884m

 

[lolly]

February 28 - March 6

01 The Apprentice 7.030m
02 Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 6.412m
03 No Return 6.050m
04 Peaky Blinders 5.969m
05 The Ipcress File 5.470m
06 BBC News at Six 5.195m
07 Coronation Street 5.151m
08 Antiques Roadshow 5.027m
09 Emmerdale 4.992m
10 Gogglebox 4.733m
11 This Is Going To Hurt 4.236m
12 Dancing On Ice 4.175m
13 Killing Eve 4.151m
14 Dragons' Den 4.147m
15 Starstruck 4.146m
16 Countryfile 3.905m
17 Celebrity Catchphrase 3.663m
18 EastEnders 3.604m
19 The Chase 3.581m
20 Casualty 3.219m

 

[lolly]

Doesn't strike me as great for Chloe, no. But to be honest I never thought it appeared that commercial from the trailers, and it doesn't have a particularly strong pedigree in terms of writer or cast to hook people in.

The Bay dropped out the chart with 3.787m. I'm not particularly a fan of Morven Christie, but replacing her hasn't worked. But then I don't think either the main plot or the lead character's family plot are as strong this series as the previous two.

I'll be interested to see how both do when the 28 day figures come around. I'm wondering if Chloe particularly may get a significant boost then.

And sure enough Chloe added an additional 1.4m to end up at just under 6m after 28 days, so after that period would have been #6 for the week, rather than the #16 it finished at originally.

The only programme to benefit more was Trigger Point which gained nearly 2.2m, and comfortably overtakes Death In Paradise and Call The Midwife to win the week with over 9.1m.

 

[FetchFugly]

Peaky Blinders edging out The Ipcress File then. A bit unusual to see the two competing Sunday night dramas quite close like that, though I expect Ipcress is more likely to drop viewers for the next episode.

Dancing on Ice creeping upwards just a bit.

 

[lolly]

March 7 - 13

01 The Apprentice 6.770m
02 Our House 6.262m
03 Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 5.683m
04 Coronation Street 5.515m
05 Peaky Blinders 5.080m
06 The Ipcress File 4.933m
07 Emmerdale 4.834m
08 BBC News at Six 4.700m
09 Grantchester 4.622m
10 Gogglebox 4.554m
11 Six Nations Championship (England v Ireland) 4.459m
12 This Is Going To Hurt 4.158m
13 BBC Weekend News 4.021m
14 Dancing On Ice 3.884m
15 Dragons' Den 3.853m
16 EastEnders 3.795m
17 The Martin Lewis Money Show Live 3.670m
18 Starstruck 3.626m
19 Six Nations Rugby (Wales v France) 3.551m
20 The Chase 3.447m

 

[Rita]

The ITV soaps slot switch doesn’t seem to have harmed Eastenders at all even though it is pretty much consistently head to head with either Emmerdale or Corrie. I am thinking that is mainly down to the fact that people don’t watch things live anymore?