KKLEIN wrote:Well we can all see the ratings, along with the 15 minute breakdowns, because they're accessible to everyone, but not 1 programme on ITV averaged a better performance than BBC1 for the entire night, even when you factor in ITV +1.
BBC1
Peter Pan goes Wrong: 2.63 (14.2% share)
Pointless: 3.76 (21%)
Casualty: 3.55 (20.4%)
Mrs Brown's Boys: 3.24 (19.1%)
Graham Norton Show: 3.78 (23.5%)
Robbie Rocks Big Ben Live: 6.06 (37.1%)
Robbie Rocks (post fireworks): 6.64 (47.9%)
ITV
WOS Wrestling: 1.25 (7.3% share)
Ninja Warrior UK: 2.08 (11.4%)
Take Me Out Celebrities: 2.12 (11.9%)
Harry Potter: 2.82 (17.1%)
No one is denying WOS underperformed, but ITV's ratings are terrible. It was a bad night for ITV on a channel that regularly has bad nights.
As i said, parts of Harry Potter beat BBC1 without taking into account ITV+1. That said, its quite normal for ITV not to win unless they have one of their big hitters on. Whilst not a great night for ITV it was not exactly a disaster as is being made out. Indeed for much of Harry Potter, the ratings were up over 25% on their average ratings throughout the year for that slot.
The problem is is WOS isn't being compared to the other programmes on ITV really, its being compared to how it performs against other shows, and theres no question that it performed badly. It was down more than 25% on its slot on average over most of the shows run. I am just saying regards how recommisioning works, is commisoners need a lot of convincing, and those stats are really not in its favour. Please don't forget this is my job! I do know what I'm talking about.
All I am saying is in my opinion (I know we live in a post-experts world but y'know - c'mon!) ITV would need top be somehow already invested in a series they've already paid for it, an expensive already made or something) for them to persue this.
The truth of the matter is TV ratings are down across the board. What some may see as a 'bad night for ITV' in most cases is now actually quite a good night! People seem to think the average show still gets 5-6 million, which couldnt be further from the truth. I remember asking people the other day how high they though Deal Or No Deal gets, and they were shocked when I told them it was only 200,000.
I think they were expecting me to say millions.