TV ratings thread

Cowell will live on with BGT, but surely he has to accept that X Factor is beyond saving now.
 
lolly said:
It's also worth noting that of The Apprentice's 6.068m total this week (7 day consolidation), only 2.641m was live viewing. No other show in the chart has less half its total from live viewing.
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I guess having I'm a Celebrity as live competition must have made it something to be caught up on to an even greater degree.
 
Did anyone watch Elizabeth is Missing? Glenda Jackson QoL. What a fantastic, heart rending piece of tv.
 
December 02 - 08

01 Strictly Come Dancing 10.858m
02 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results 10.410m
03 I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 9.330m
04 Seven Worlds, One Planet 7.570m
05 Michael McIntyre's Big Show 7.247m
06 Coronation Street 6.716m
07 His Dark Materials 6.152m
08 Emmerdale 5.914m
09 The Apprentice 5.882m
10 EastEnders 5.032m
11 Countryfile 4.956m
12 Elizabeth Is Missing 4.806m
13 Paul O'Grady: For The Love Of Dogs 4.786m
14 Six O'clock News 4.638m
15 Have I Got News For You 4.630m
16 The BBC Prime Ministerial Debate 4.258m
17 Casualty 4.248m
18 Panorama: The Prince And The Epstein Scandal 4.090m
19 Match Of The Day 4.020m
20 Not The Robbie Williams Christmas Show 3.868m
 
That IACGMOOH figure is the average for the week including the final. The final alone got 10.534m and would have ended up #2 overall. However, the other episodes went down to 8.5m, bringing the average down.
 
Rita said:
Brilliant. I had no idea we were getting a Christmas special, and shall of course be tuning in.
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I had no idea either, and it's on tomorrow night in the usual slot, so I would have thought it was just another old repeat had I not just seen a trailer.
 
The highly-anticipated second series of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s gripping spy thriller Killing Eve has taken out the competition to become BBC iPlayer’s biggest series of the year*.
The Golden Globe-nominated continuing battle between Eve and Villanelle achieved a staggering 40.4m requests on iPlayer, over 10m requests more than the next closest series.

Police thriller Line Of Duty’s fifth series took the second spot, with 27.4m requests, with period crime drama Peaky Blinders’ fifth series just behind it on 26.6m. Killing Eve’s first series also makes the top ten as people revisited the show or decided to find out what all the fuss was about, with 22.3m requests in 2019. Going back to 2018, the two series of Killing Eve combined have now generated a staggering 105m requests in total.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s other hit show this year, Fleabag, also features in the top ten. The second and final series is iPlayer’s biggest comedy of the year, with 20.3m requests for the series.

Other shows to make the top ten include favourites like Strictly Come Dancing, The Apprentice and MasterChef, as well as tense new drama The Capture, which was the year’s biggest new show.

BBC iPlayer’s biggest series of the year are:


Programme

Series

Requests

1

Killing Eve

Series two

40,382,000

2

Line of Duty

Series five

27,394,000

3

Peaky Blinders

Series five

26,635,000

4

Strictly Come Dancing

Series 17

23,850,000

5

Killing Eve

Series one

22,304,000

6

Fleabag

Series two

20,315,000

7

The Apprentice

Series 15

19,933,000

8

The Capture



19,255,000

9

MasterChef

Series 15

19,035,000

10

Silent Witness

Series 22

18,118,000
 
For individual episodes, Line Of Duty’s return is currently in the top spot, with 5.9m requests, just edging out Peaky Blinders, which has had 5.8m requests so far, and the first episode of Killing Eve’s second series just behind on 5.5m. Killing Eve makes up the majority of the top ten episodes of the year:


Programme

Episode

Requests

1

Line Of Duty

s5 e1

5,884,000

2

Peaky Blinders

s5 e1: Black Tuesday

5,796,000

3

Killing Eve

s2 e1: Do You Know How to Dispose of a Body?

5,514,000

4

Killing Eve

s2 e4: Desperate Times

5,310,000

5

Killing Eve

s2 e3: The Hungry Caterpillar

5,140,000

6

Killing Eve

s2 e5: Smell Ya Later

5,131,000

7

Killing Eve

s2 e2: Nice and Neat

4,875,000

8

Killing Eve

s2 e6: I Hope You Like Missionary!

4,867,000

9

Killing Eve

s2 e7: Wide Awake

4,833,000

10

Peaky Blinders

s5 e2: Black Cats

4,772,000

There were also plenty of unmissable sporting and music events this year - the Wimbledon men’s singles final is the top live episode, with 1.6 million live stream requests, and Stormzy’s iconic Glastonbury headline set delivered 1.3m requests across both live and on-demand streams. The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 was another big success on iPlayer with 8.7m requests across the competition.

BBC iPlayer has also been proving increasingly popular with younger viewers. 2019 has seen almost a quarter (24%) of under 35-year olds visiting iPlayer in an average week, with titles like RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out, The Rap Game and Waterloo Road proving particularly popular with younger audiences.

November marked the biggest ever month for iPlayer, with 439m requests. New fantasy drama His Dark Materials and landmark natural history series Seven Worlds, One Planet were the month’s biggest programmes, plus there were strong performances from Gold Digger, The Apprentice, and The War Of The Worlds.

Charlotte Moore, Director of Content, BBC, says: "It's been a huge year for BBC iPlayer - as well as record-breaking figures, it's become an entertainment destination in its own right; and with approval for new programmes to be available for a minimum of 12 months, this will deliver real value for licence fee payers. In 2020 we will go even further to make it the best watch ever from binge-worthy series to the biggest live TV moments.”

Dan McGolpin, Controller of iPlayer for the BBC, says: “This year we’ve seen some of television’s most exciting shows return to BBC iPlayer, from Killing Eve to Line Of Duty and from Peaky Blinders to Fleabag, the number of programme requests we’ve received has been incredible. What’s also really satisfying is that brand new series such as The Capture, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, His Dark Materials and Seven Worlds, One Planet have also generated large audiences. Together with our live event coverage, this year including Glastonbury, the Women’s World Cup and the General Election 2019, BBC iPlayer is a unique service that is going to get even bigger and better in 2020.”

Peaky Blinders, Killing Eve, The Capture, Fleabag, His Dark Materials, RuPaul’s Drag Race and Seven Worlds, One Planet are all available to watch now on BBC iPlayer, alongside many other series.

* Continuing series (EastEnders, Breakfast, Holby City etc) have been excluded from this analysis for fair comparison, but remain hugely popular on iPlayer; children’s titles are also not included.
 
December 9 - 15

01 Strictly Come Dancing: The Final 12.582m
02 Michael McIntyre's Big Show 7.472n
03 The Apprentice 7.043m
04 I'm A Celebrity...Coming Out 6.699m
05 Coronation Street 6.659m
06 His Dark Materials 5.838m
07 Emmerdale 5.816m
08 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year 5.037m
09 The Royal Variety Performance 5.033m
10 Six O'clock News 4.915m
11 EastEnders 4.787m
12 Have I Got News For You 4.765m
13 Countryfile 4.598m
14 Film: Elf 4.465m
15 Pointless Celebrities 4.067m
16 Gogglebox 3.916m
17 The Hit List 3.658m
18 BBC News 3.646m
19 Match Of The Day 3.330m
20 DIY SOS: The Big Build 3.192m
 
X Factor: The Band 2.318m - just over 2.8m for the first episode and to just over 2.0m for the second and third. Disastrous.
 
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Rita said:
I quite enjoy Dragons Den too. My only gripe is that the dragons invest in roughly 2 pitches per show, but we never really hear much about the businesses afterwards. I watched a programme once presented by Richard Osman that did revisit some of the businesses, but I think it was only a 30 minute show. I want to know MORE.
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Someone heard your request. 'From Pitches To Riches?' on at 8pm this evening, and presumably iplayer for a good while after.
 
lolly said:
X Factor: The Band 2.318m - just over 2.8m for the first episode and to just over 2.0m for the second and third. Disastrous.
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That almost makes the celeb series look like a runaway success. It will be interesting to see how the Little Mix series does. I don't think I will bother watching it myself as I am right off singing contest programmes but I'll keep my fingers crossed for it.
 
We have The Voice starting Saturday 4th January as well.

I think I'll at least try the Little Mix one. And I want it to do at least reasonably well, just to piss Cowell off.
 
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Oh, and that Masked Singer is starting the same day as The Voice, too.
 
I still don't understand why people watch TV on Christmas Day. It's the last thing I'd even think about. Yes, I understand I'm probably on my own here. I actually just realised that I hadn't even switched on the TV for three whole days until this morning.
 
Kalabaliken said:
I still don't understand why people watch TV on Christmas Day. It's the last thing I'd even think about. Yes, I understand I'm probably on my own here. I actually just realised that I hadn't even switched on the TV for three whole days until this morning.
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What on earth do you do all day?
 
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The only TV programme I watched on my actual television was the QI Christmas special which was only because I'd just finished watching The Man Who Fell To Earth on DVD so it was already on plus I knew Sara Pascoe was on it.
But I watched a few things on iPlayer - Mock The Week, Breaking The News and Vic and Bob.
 
December 16 - 22

01 A Christmas Carol 7.103m
02 Michael McIntyre's Big Show 6.874m
03 Coronation Street 6.681m
04 The Apprentice 6.467m
05 Emmerdale 5.771m
06 His Dark Materials 5.680m
07 EastEnders 5.363m
08 A Berry Royal Christmas 5.000m
09 Six O'clock News 4.934m
10 MotD Live: Club World Cup Final 4.836m
11 Paul O'Grady: For The Love Of Dogs 4.754m
12 Casualty 4.691m
13 Dancing On Ice 4.508m
14 Countryfile 4.275m
15 BBC News 4.272m
16 Have I Got News For You 4.236m
17 The Apprentice: You're Hired 4.236m
18 Would I Lie To You? 3.833m
19 The Chase Celebrity Specials 3.819m
20 Sticks And Stones 3.558m
 
That would make it the most watched programme of the year. I think the finale of Line Of Duty was previously the highest with just over 15m.
 
December 23 - 29

01 Gavin and Stacey 17.073m
02 Call The Midwife 8.438m
03 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 7.572m
04 Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show 6.754m
05 Coronation Street 6.598m
06 Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special 6.487m
07 The Trial Of Christine Keeler 6.390m
08 Paddington 2 6.299m
09 EastEnders 5.937m
10 The Snail And The Whale 5.889m
11 Emmerdale 5.715m
12 Worzel Gummidge 5.608m
13 The Repair Shop At Christmas 5.533m
14 A Christmas Carol 5.242m
15 The Tiger Who Came To Tea 5.118m
16 Antiques Roadshow 4.793m
17 Finding Dory 4.554m
18 Gordon, Gino and Fred Christmas Road Trip: 3 Unwise Men 4.545m
19 Casualty 4.542m
20 The Chase: Bloopers 2019 4.285m
 
That's the first time EastEnders has beaten Emmerdale in the ratings since I started posting them. And it's solely due to the Christmas episode which had 6.8m viewers. Without that episode it would have a lower average, so I'm assuming it's a Christmas related one off, rather than any real resurgence. I guess we'll see how well it holds up next week.
 
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17 million for Gavin and Stacey? That is ASTRONOMICAL in this climate.
 
Good figures for Call The Midwife too. Am I right in saying ratings have held up well for it compared to most other shows?
 
I think so. That was the show on Christmas Day though, so we'll see how it goes for the series proper.
 
Rita said:
17 million for Gavin and Stacey? That is ASTRONOMICAL in this climate.
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Biggest show of the year. Biggest Christmas Day show for 12 years. Biggest comedy for 17 years.
 
lolly said:
Biggest show of the year. Biggest Christmas Day show for 12 years. Biggest comedy for 17 years.
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I had never actually watched an episode of Gavin and Stacey, but recorded the Christmas Day episode. Rather than watch the Christmas Day episode first I have downloaded every episode before, and must say I am thoroughly enjoying it. I’m really not sure how I managed to miss it first time round.
 
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