world ' s toughest trucker
after driving across the australian outback and 10, 000 feet up a mountain, a driver for a northampton haulage firm has been crowned the world’s toughest trucker by a television show .
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the channel 4 audience was beaten by the second half of channel 5' s world' s toughest trucker, which averaged 1. 3 million viewers, a 5. 1% share, between 8pm and 9pm .
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others... world' s toughest trucker: 1. 25m / 5. 1% (finished early, not tapechecked) celeb wedding planner: 1. 02m / 5. 2% celeb bb' s bit on the side: 668k / 5. 2 %
eight of the world’s most experienced truck drivers continue their journey across some of the harshest environments on planet earth .
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celebrity big brother pulled in 1. 98m (7. 6 %) on channel 5 in the 9pm hour. elsewhere on the channel, 7pm' s world' s toughest trucker averaged 486k (2. 1 %), police interceptors was watched by 1. 11m (4. 2 %) from 8pm and when paddy met sally conjured up 1m (5. 6 %) in the 10pm hour .
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while not one of my regulars channels to watch, it did offer an odd assortment of viewing giving me a new insight into the tasks involved to find the ‘world’s toughest trucker’ (they obviously missed out the “big boys” on the a38), what happens when you get ill or injured on holiday in ‘benidorm er’ (i hope the parking’s cheaper than king’s mill) and keeping up with a hollywood - style car chase on the doorstep in nearby ripley in ‘police interceptors. ’
cbb is having to work hard for it' s 2. 8mil. it ain' t got many friends in the publishing world now, that' s for sure .
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bbc one' s comedy lineup struggles to keep up with itv1' s programming .
think the success that channel 4 and bbc two had on christmas day makes me think channel 5 should try harder next year to break 1m. i' m sure the archive stuff would rate just as well if not better on christmas day and maybe repeating an animated film like channel 4 did with ice age 3 would help as well. did anyone see the january promo for channel 5? showed world' s toughest trucker, cbb, celebrity wedding planner, bridgade, the celebrity docs and body of proof, i imagine they' ll do a similar promo for the us imports when they return in late january / february .
solid number, i was expecting it to be in the low 2m' s so that' s not bad at all .
super smart animals has been in production at the bbc natural history unit for nearly 3 years and has filmed experiments around to the world. to determine the iq and eq of various animals .
as dangerous roads go, this is among the most visited in the world, and for good reason: it overlooks a unesco world heritage site, the geirangerfjord on the west coast of norway. i’d like to say that i gave death a noogie as i raced this road’s 11 hairpin turns and 9 percent incline in an alfa romeo, but in fact, i slowly weaved through it on a large tour bus. next time, i swear .
there’s nothing ironic about the name of this 38 - mile journey that goes from over 15, 000 feet in la paz to 3, 900 feet in coroico — it is the black widow of roads. its claim to fame is being named the world’s most dangerous road by the inter - american development bank, and it’s estimated that 200 to 300 people traveling on it die each year .
stuart barnes, of em rogers, triumphed against drivers from across the world by delivering across rainforest and desert and finally won £100, 000 by transporting delicate pots to buddhist monks in the himalayas .
however, karakorum is an adventure lover’s delight. comprising part of the old silk road trade route, it offers views of soaring mountain peaks such as the k2 (second - highest mountain in the world), massive glaciers such as the baltoro, and sprawling rivers such as the indus .
strange how a character' s departure who' s only been in the show for 5 years got 11. 5m but pat butcher' s who has been in her soap for 20 + years got less than 10m .
for some real altitude, take your chances with this 800 - mile drive. at 15, 397 feet, it’s the highest paved international road in the world. and you can get a sense of how dangerous it is just by knowing that about 1, 000 workers died building this freeway before it opened in 1979 .
going by that logic then benidorm er is a rip off of itv' s benidorm. they certainly have more similarities. super fluffy animals was a doc looking at the growing popularity of micro pigs and handbag dog' s. super smart animals has been in production at the bbc natural history unit for nearly 3 years and has filmed experiments around to the world. to determine the iq and eq of various animals .
overall, itv1' s 24% (+ 1: 0. 6 %) convincingly beat bbc one' s figure of 18. 6% . bbc two had 9. 2% , ahead of channel 4' s 6. 2% (+ 1: 0. 8 %) and channel 5' s 4. 9% .
channel 5 programme averages inc. + 1 monday 9th january 06: 00 milkshake! : 144k (3. 3 %) 09: 15 new series: the wright stuff: 288k (5. 6 %) 15: 15 the hollywood mom' s mystery: 549k (5. 7 %) 17: 00 5 news with emma crosby: 809k (5. 9 %) 17: 30 csi: crime scene investigation: 440k (2. 4 %) 18: 30 5 news with emma crosby: 196k (0. 9 %) 19: 00 world' s toughest trucker: 566k (2. 5 %) 20: 00 the gadget show: best of 2011: 604k (2. 4 %) 21: 00 celebrity big brother: 2. 34m (9. 0 %) * 5 minute peak: 2. 56m (10. 2 %) at 21: 30. 22: 00 new series: when paddy met sally: 1. 18m (6. 7 %) 23: 00 celebrity big brother' s bit on the side: 522k (5. 5 %) 00: 00 celebrity big brother: jamie meets the celebs: 228k (4. 9% )
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it' s not a guarantee of success but it provides a better chance of success .
if it' s anything like ask rhod glbert or john bishop' s britain it will be an attempt at a stand up show but as part of some half - arsed format .
i thought so but the bbc are not promoting the fact it' s on at 9: 00pm. they are however promoting the 70 min special for next sunday (pat' s death )
espn' s ratings are about to go through the roof... for one weekend only :
that' s one spoiler from the voice the x factor didn' t really get around too .
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risk factor: elsewhere in china, the tianmen shan big gate road (also called the tianmen winding mountain road) is said to have 99 curves, symbolizing the nine palaces of heaven. but even if you expertly navigate all those swings, you still won' t have reached the mountain' s summit. there are also 999 stairs to climb before you reach the peak, where heaven' s gate—a natural rock arch that was believed to be the link between the gods and the mortal world—awaits visitors .
now they' re happy to post overnights because it' s high. had it been low we would have heard
it' s only the overnight rating not the final .
funny that eh ?
it' s not just about the duration of the character - pat was on the sidelines for years before she went, while becky has completely dominated for years now and has arguably been corrie' s lead character since about 2010. becky' s exit is a much bigger thing in context of the show itself .
super fluffy animals was a doc looking at the growing popularity of micro pigs and handbag dog' s .
is climbing the world’s ninth - highest mountain not challenging enough for you? fine. just try driving to the base of it. if you want to climb nanga parbat, you’ll have to ascend six death - defying miles to fairy meadows. the gravel road is completely unmaintained, there are no guardrails to protect you, and it gets so narrow that near the end you’ll have to cover the last section by walking or biking .
take eastenders out of the equation and bbc one would have their own flopzone on monday' s between 7. 30 and 9. 30. mrs. brown' s boys did brilliantly last night - what superb climb in figures considering the lead in! the royal bodyguard was scuppered by hype and presentation; if it had been promoted as a children' s show and aired in an early evening bbc one it probably would' ve got away with similar ratings and less criticism. a reasonable if not fabulous night for bbc two; university challenge is a very consistent perfomer and i' m desperate for them to team it up with only connect (though i say that every tuesday! : o). the 6pm hour also did very well, as always; attracting those who aren' t bothered with soaps or the news. it' s going to be a case of going from the sublime to the ridiculous for itv1 but what brilliant ratings and, more importantly, share for coronation street last night. cornwall also benefited from the sandwich but above suspicion didn' t climb that much despite the higher lead in. it' s still pulling in decent figures but if the bbc placed tougher opposition against it it could dip. coppers performed well once again for channel 4 though party paramedics couldn' t take advantage of the lead in. superscrimpers recorded a decent figure considering the opposition and hollyoaks is holding on to a plus 1m + audience. a very nice rating for celebrity big brother and bit on the side - celebrity wedding planner possibly could' ve done better with a near 3m lead in. world' s toughest trucker struggled in the 7pm slot, and the 6. 30pm news is a bit of a waste but isn' t rating any worse than ok! tv. police interceptors performed ok from 8pm. reasonable figures for the soaps as well; it' s good to see that they haven' t been particularly effected by the winter break .
channel 4' s new us import has a modest debut with a 4. 8% share of the audience
but george that' s because itv spoiled bbc' s christmas day ratings... . if you exclude + 1, add in the first number you thought of, blah blah blah... .: p
you say that like it' s hypocritical. it' s not. if an overnight is high, then of course it will be trumpeted because the final figure will be higher still. if an overnight is low (as some of doctor who' s might have been in the past) then it' s right to say' wait and see' as the show has the habit of making up a lot of ground in the finals .
stella was up against bbc3' s russell howard' s good news, which had 570, 000 viewers between 9pm and 9. 30pm, and 596, 000 between 9. 30pm and 10pm, and bbc4' s top of the pops: the story of 1977, which was watched by 805, 000 viewers between 9pm and 10pm .
i think they' ll just work through it, tbh. it' s only two weeks (they' ll miss tuesday 31st and wednesday 1st then tuesday 7th and wednesday 8th). although it' s still not ideal .
the drivers soon become mired in kanpur’s heavy traffic and one gets so heated he almost blows a gasket. by the end of tonight’s show three truckers will be on the road home. will mike (left) be one of them ?
risk factor: this route' s nickname really says it all — sometimes, it' s simply called
death road .
and, with no guardrails along the 12 - foot - wide roadway protecting drivers from a 2, 000 - foot plunge off a cliff, it' s easy to see why. (to make matters more confusing, drivers drive on the left to better see the cliff' s edge. )
death road
isn' t just a nickname, either: it' s estimated that the highway is a site of 200 to 300 deaths per year .
going by that logic then benidorm er is a rip off of itv' s benidorm. they certainly have more similarities .
got to love disney. that' s one of their best games of the season and they are giving it away free .
the audience was 20% up on sky1' s slot average over the last three months and was by some distance the channel' s most popular programme of the day, ahead of a simpsons episode, with 384, 000 viewers, in second place .
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cbb deserved it' s ratings. corrie did very well but it would have been nice to see becky ordering her last snake bite !
better retention than usual for cbb. here' s the second night drops which previous celebrity big brother series have experienced (overnights) :
the 9pm drama notched up 5. 69m (21. 9 %) with a further 208k (1. 1 %) on + 1 to beat bbc one' s lineup of the royal bodyguard and mrs brown' s boys in the same timeslot. 8pm' s cornwall with caroline quentin was watched by 3. 85m (14. 7 %) with 165k (0. 6 %) on timeshift .
risk factor: the road from aspen is not for those who fear heights. not only is it the highest paved lane in colorado—12, 100 feet above sea level at independence pass in the rocky mountains—it' s also full of steep drop - offs, tight curves, and narrow stretches that can fit only one car at a time. for these reasons, the colorado department of transportation closes down the route through independence pass each winter. even if you make it out of the winding mountain roads, once you get near cañon city on highway 82, there' s a trek across the soaring, 1, 260 - foot - long royal gorge bridge. towering 955 feet above the arkansas river, it held the record for being the highest suspension bridge in the world until it was bested by china' s beipanjiang river bridge in 2003 .
friday' s celebrity big brother had 2. 61m / 10. 6% , peaking at 3. 03m / 12. 3% .
actually looking at the fixture list... broadcast are wrong. it' s city v fulham that weekend. still a decent freebie though .
it’s not hard to see why the road is so dangerous: it’s barely the width of one vehicle, with no guardrail to protect you from falls of up to 2, 000 feet. rain can make the road muddy and slippery, and rain or fog can reduce a driver to feeling blindfolded .
an excellent rating for coronation street and better than eastenders' ratings featuring pat' s departure. they' ll be dancing on the cobblestones in wetherfield !
as for fear factor, it' s doing pretty well. i guess we' ll get an indication of how it' d do in the fall over the next few weeks as it faces regular competition. if it can hold at a 2. 0 or higher then it' s definitely worth ordering more episodes of it, even if it' s just kept back as filler to be used at some point over the season (it wouldn' t work all year round) .
yesterday' s episode only 0. 6m down from last year' s 2nd episode, even though the launch was down 1. 7m. i thought it was going to be in the 2 - 2. 5m category. quite important now that it doesn' t drop much over the next two days, especially tonight .
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what did mrs brown get on boxing day. could it beat it with the casualty lead in and all new saturday flop zone competition for it' s series finale ?
if the voice does well on mondays it might make sense to move agt into a monday / tuesday pattern in keeping with nbc' s reality scheduling in fall and midseason .
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the christmas day ratings doesn' t really matter to any of them. live + 7 day, i believe. for primetime only but that does include saturdays and non originals. so for those 3 it' s monday to saturday 8 - 11pm and sunday 7 - 11pm. for fox it' s monday to saturday 8pm - 10pm and sunday 7 - 10pm .
bbc1' s anna friel drama public enemies finished its three - part run with 3. 8 million viewers, a 15. 5% share, between 9pm and 10pm .
it seems every person who has ever been on live at the apollo get' s their own show thesedays. bbc1 seem to be overdoing the stand up comedian stuff thesedays .
yet you will be tempted to drive this one - lane, twisting terror with steep drops because it abounds with natural beauty and photo ops, including the shotover river directly below you. skippers canyon road is cut into the side of a mountain and extends 16. 5 miles in new zealand’s south island, 25 miles from queenstown. it’s considered one of the country’s most scenic routes. the miners who built the road in the late 1800s didn’t think much about luxury, though — it’s unpaved and very narrow. should you encounter a car driving the other way, one of you will have to back up gingerly until you can find enough room to pass. good luck figuring out which of you that will be .
an excellent rating for coronation street and better than eastenders' ratings featuring pat' s departure. they' ll be dancing on the cobblestones in wetherfield! now who was it around here that said scheduling of the monday episodes just made becky' s departure look like a regular episode, so it wouldn' t be an event? shows what we know !
that' s a great rating. i guess it will spark the debate about how can corrie reach this but ee can' t (with such significant episodes over the past month )
nearly half of bbc one' s programming came from the new year / christmas period - it just shows how much effort they put in and what the pay off is for it .
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channel 5' s image was tarnished a long time ago. i dont think c5 would mind being associated with
reject
shows, they have been associated with far worse ...
okay, with under 3m, the royal bodyguard has got to be yanked. at this point i' m glad mrs brown' s boys isn' t being dragged down with it .
a couple of drama dvd release dates: - inside men (bbc1): 27 feb 2012. it' s a 4 - parter so i suspect it' ll be starting on bbc1 on thursday 3rd february. - whitechapel 3 (itv1): 12 mar 2012. it' s a 6 - part series so most likely starting on monday 30th january after above suspicion finishes .
risk factor: how harrowing is the drive along the dalton highway? it' s so intense that they made a reality tv show about it. the fourth through sixth seasons of the history channel' s ice road truckers focus in part on the dalton highway, a road built in the' 70s to bring supplies along the trans - alaska pipeline. (it was also featured in an episode of the bbc two' s most dangerous roads .) along the 414 - mile route, drivers are subjected to freezing temperatures, gravel roads, avalanches, whiteout snowstorms, as well as a general lack of cell phone reception or service stations. there' s a reason this drive is mostly attempted by truckers—and, even then, with lots of spare tires and at speeds slower than 55 mph .
what could kill you here? let us count the ways. there are no guardrails, and there is the constant threat of a steep fall if you’re not careful — at times, there’s just a foot or two of gravelly space to navigate. you’ll be driving around or over some large rocks that could break your vehicle, and if that doesn’t do it, the park’s intense heat could if you’re making the climb into death valley during the hotter months. there’s no towing service, no water source, no road signs and no cell reception. other than that, this drive is like christmas .
the lack of promotion around the show is very odd indeed. the new year' s day trailer should have run for a good couple of weeks but instead it appeared literally a couple of days before .
this little - used 7 - mile route in and out of the park near the famous racetrack playa really puts the “death” in death valley. it’s a faster route to the park than others, but you might be clenching your jaw the whole way, trying not to fall hundreds of feet to oblivion, and it’s not for the casual driver or the casual car. this is four - wheel - drive territory only .
a couple of drama dvd release dates: - whitechapel 3 (itv1): 12 mar 2012. it' s a 6 - part series so most likely starting on monday 30th january after above suspicion finishes .
the road’s nickname stems from the collaboration between china and pakistan in building it, but it can be unfriendly in practice, with little driving room, sheer drops, no pavement on the pakistani side and flash floods .
risk factor: if the monsters don' t get you along this highway—the name literally translates to
troll' s path
—the curves on this road certainly will. the route is known for its 11 hair - raising hairpin turns and steep, 9% gradient. yet despite the dangers of the one - lane road, it' s become a popular tourist attraction, hosting thousands of brave drivers every year before it closes each winter .
just seen that cbb had 370k on + 1. that' s a new record for the timeshift service. it proves word of mouth helped it a lot last night as news spread that it was a big episode .
so with the many systems vieing for viewers’ attentions and pockets, i was pleased to receive a belated, but welcome, new year present of a hot - off - the - press copy of the television viewer’s guide 2012 .
new girl was also up against the first episode of lenny henry' s new comedy show, the one lenny henry, which was watched by 2. 9 million viewers (11. 7 %) between 8. 30pm and 9pm .
* * why you might be tempted to drive it anyway: * * for those spectacular alpine views. once you complete the pass, you can stop at stelvio national park, italy' s largest, to take in the mountain scenery .
god - he' s on 7 times a week at the moment - making schofield look like a slacker there. i wonder how many of the aforementioned itv shows would have got 5m + on saturday nights had they been bbc1 lottery shows .
we’re saving our most obscure road for last, though it’s arguably more dangerous than any other on this list. the d915 connects the turkish cities of bayburt and of, near the black sea, and it spans 66 miles. it has many of the same hazards of the death road in bolivia: it’s only a lane wide in some sections and unpaved, with elevation exceeding 6, 500 feet and no guardrails protecting you from certain death. the often - poor weather adds to the danger .
except it didn' t, and the following is not spin - doctoring. bbc1 + bbc1 hd = 11. 334m (eastenders) itv1 + itv1 hd = 10. 672m + 0. 922m = 11. 594m (downton abbey) some people don' t realise that bbc1 and bbc1 hd are bundled together in the officials. itv1 and itv1 hd are not bundled together, so we have to manually bundle them together. that' s not spinning, it' s merely stating fact .
overall total viewing figures were as healthy as ever, it' s just that the viewers were spread more evenly across more shows. which, when you think about it, shows that the tv schedulers did a good job in catering for all tastes !
link (cable): urltoken season 5 premiere of mtv' s jersey shore attracted 4. 0 in 18 - 49 demo with 7. 583m total viewers. this easily trounced abc' s private practice which had 2. 8 in 18 - 49 demo (overnight numbers). no word on finals yet, but pp is just ahead of jersey shore by 200k in viewers in overnights. edit update - pp adjusts down to 2. 7 in 18 - 49 demo and 7. 710m total viewers .
eternal law did better than i thought with 4. 3m, suggesting most viewers were more resilient than i was, but it' s a pants figure really against a below par bbc1 drama. with itv' s soaps running strong storylines and getting higher than normal figures, it really should have hooked more than that. public enemies did ok to hold its 4. 1m, and i wouldn' t be surprised if 4. 1m watched again tonight, although some could have drifted away as it got ever more preposterous. . [ / b ] .
not really. i' ve had a flick through at work and there wasn' t as much coverage for cbb as i was expecting. it' s not even been on the front pages some days. in any case the silly headlines in the star probably has a negative effect if anything .
got to love disney. that' s one of their best games of the season and they are giving it away free. sky would probably give you bolton v wigan at a push and even that would break their hearts. it sure as hell wouldn' t be available to freeview users either .
where do all the men go? if my wife is watching one of her programmes, i' m still in the lounge, surfing the net or reading, but aware of what' s on the tv. if i was in a barb home, would i be counted as a viewer ?
yet the xmas day 2007 episode attracted 13. 9m overnights and a 14m + official figure. maybe it' s not the quality of the trailer but how often they are shown and how early they start the promotion? the duff duff adverts for the 25th anniversary weren' t all that great either .
mrs brown' s boys took 4. 73m (18. 2 %), with the one griff rhys jones getting 2. 19m (8. 3 %) from 8. 30pm. quiz show a question of sport entertained 2. 32m (15. 7 %) from 10. 35pm .
a bit of us ratings: merlin returned to syfy with 1. 6m viewers (up y - o - y by + 19. 5 %). the bbc fantasy had 24% more viewers than the finale of syfy' s own sanctuary (1. 288m) in the same slot last week .
still, there’s a siren song here that attracts thousands of people, from danger - loving tourists to hardcore cyclists. the view of the amazonian rain forest is astounding, and standing right over the sheer drops here will bring out the lemming in many of us. tour groups that serve the road include barracuda biking and gravity bolivia .
why you might be tempted to drive it anyway: besides getting to say you' ve driven on the northernmost highway in the continent, taking the dalton is the only way drivers can get access to the brooks range, where there' s unspoiled landscape to be hiked, especially through the gates of the arctic national park and preserve .
zooey deschanel comedy new girl – described by the guardian' s sam wollaston as
friends with a touch of bridget jones
– was watched by 1. 2 million viewers between 8. 30pm and 9pm on friday, a 4. 8% share of the audience, rising to 1. 4 million with channel 4 + 1 .
there was talk about the scheduling of episodes in the other thread about how itv should put the soaps back on sunday. i really don' t want soaps on sundays as i like a day free from them. if itv put good shows on people will watch like the x factor, britain' s got talent, downton abbey etc .
the above is the tape - checked average between 8. 30 - 8. 55pm, by the way, as the episode finished 5 minutes early. the full slot average was 11. 2m, 43% (incl + 1) peaking with 12. 4m. corrie' s 7. 30pm episode had 10. 6m, 45% .
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paradise is worth the risk, which is why the 42 miles of highway 360 to hana in eastern maui are such a tourist favorite. you’ll have to navigate through and around 600 hairpin turns, 54 one - lane bridges, steep cliff drops, falling rocks, and even some confusing mile markers that reset. plus it rains often, so there’s that .
i' m similarly lost for words for nbc - though for entirely different reasons. the decline just never seems to bottom out - even the few remaining solid points like the biggest loser or l & o: svu are now beginning to tank. the office is next. hopefully up all night can live thanks to the thursday move, and you' d have to say that fear factor has done a decent job on it' s return too. but everything else, particularly scripted, is just in the toilet. at this point, i think the execs would just snap your hand off if you offered them a strong return from the voice and a single' keeper' from the new batch of drama. probably smash. that might at least salvage one good night. the voice is surely going to have to go twice - yearly for next season? i know it' s overkill, but they can' t possibly head into another fall season without any sort of ratings banker. apart from anything else, it' s completely suicidal for any new shows .
my mum' s currently watching the exit list on itv1 + 1 matt allwright - nick knowles lite. : rolleyes: knowles is having a good 2012 so far - top of the saturday ratings with who dares wins, 5m + for diy sos, perfection neck - and - neck with deal or no deal in the daytime ratings... . .
but the rewards for your risk are considerable: you probably won’t have time for them all, in fact. the road itself is full of pull - over - right - now photography opportunities, but venture deeper and you’ll find such rare beauties as wai’anapanapa state park’s black sand beach, twin falls, wailua falls, and the laid - back charm of paia town .
my mum' s currently watching the exit list on itv1 + 1 matt allwright - nick knowles lite. : rolleyes: that' s three new game shows in the last five months where itv1 haven' t helped themselves with their choice of hosts - gethin jones in holding out for a hero, jeremy kyle in high stakes, matt allwright in the exit list. they' ve obviously looked at knowles and thought
well, if he can be turned into the new bob monkhouse... . .
knowles is having a good 2012 so far - top of the saturday ratings with who dares wins, 5m + for diy sos, perfection neck - and - neck with deal or no deal in the daytime ratings... . .
yeah the post - 10pm xmas day slots do usually seem to be bbc territory, barring yesterday with downton, but even so, bbc1 post - 10pm held up fantastically well. ab fab with 7m, mcintyre with 6. 4m. and anyway, post - 10pm has become a strong point in the bbc' s schedule with come fly with me last year with 10. 3 in the overnights (and 12. 47m in the officials), ab fab and mcintyre last night. even 14 years ago, they think it' s all over grabbed 12m at nearly midnight. so the bbc should do what they did last night and not shut up shop at 10. 30pm like last year, but possibly do a bit more programming after 10pm, possibly after 11pm .
i think they' ll just work through it, tbh. it' s only two weeks (they' ll miss tuesday 31st and wednesday 1st then tuesday 7th and wednesday 8th). although it' s still not ideal. moving to fall is just too big a risk for a network with so few hits, imo. reality just seems to struggle at that time of year. plus, future summers would be a nightmare without agt. on the other hand, i can see the appeal of a heavily promoted debut just after the olympics especially with howard stern on board. and starting in august gives it a head start. i think they might actually want to start early and tie up with the voice. so they could do an hour long episode of the voice (just 2 contestants) then the agt premiere from 9pm - 11pm. the final tuesday of the season is probably out of the question because of the american idol finale which is likely to shift to tue / wed again. if the voice does well on mondays it might make sense to move agt into a monday / tuesday pattern in keeping with nbc' s reality scheduling in fall and midseason .
that' s three new game shows in the last five months where itv1 haven' t helped themselves with their choice of hosts - gethin jones in holding out for a hero, jeremy kyle in high stakes, matt allwright in the exit list. they' ve obviously looked at knowles and thought
well, if he can be turned into the new bob monkhouse... . .
* * why you might be tempted to drive it anyway: * * the builders saw fit to include 30
windows
of varying sizes in the quarter - mile - long tunnel. depending on your feeling about heights, the views can be a reminder of the fall that could occur on the other side of the tunnel wall, or a window into a sweeping vista of china' s landscape .
apologies for the off topic post, but some months ago someone on this thread very helpfully posted a link to an index page which magically cures the bug that makes threads show up in horrid plain text on a white backdrop. can whoever it was post it again? it' s driving me up the wall, and i can' t multi - quote until i cure it... thanks .
i agree, in the sense that channel 5 is more defined as a brand (whether or not i like it is another matter). we know what audience desmond is aiming for; actually ten years in 2002, around september 2002, channel 5 underwent a relaunch to five, which led into the 2 most successful years in the channel' s history i believe with 6. 5% and 6. 6% shares in 2003 and 04 respectively. channel 5' s issue is also the fact that they' ve changed their on - screen logo / identity so many times: the bbc last changed their logos in october 1997, itv last changed their logos in 2006 from the 1998 version, channel 4 still has an incarnation of the classic blocks logo at least - there needs to be more continuity in that respect .
risk factor: a combination of vision - obscuring fog, narrow lanes, rough roads, and a series of one - lane bridges once made hawaii' s route 200 so dangerous that some rental car companies would forbid customers from driving their cars on it. much work has been done to widen the narrow roadway and re - pave the roughest portions, but the low visibility and single - lane bridges are still a problem .
there has been no rumours of them starting filming in scotland yet which would presumably mean there will only be the last 10 episodes filmed in rochdale shown before the summer, with the scotland shark jumping series starting in the autumn. therefore i would say anytime between 15th feb and 4th april! there is no consistancy in when waterloo road series run, it' s started in week 1 before and has started as late as april !
that looks pretty good. dwts or not, the premiere airing in that slot with a lead - in from the voice and howard stern on board means that it would stand a decent chance of topping last year' s debut (4. 3). the following week would be more difficult but after that they' d be fine. they might as well keep away from tuesdays until the end of the season just in case .
i' m not saying that the 5 minute draws are what gets people watching these quiz shows. there might be a few people who do that but it' s mainly the familiarity of the brand which means that lots of different game show formats can be launched under the' national lottery' banner and start off really well whereas if they didn' t have that' national lottery' banner, they' d have started off lower .
risk factor: talk about curves. the 11 - mile stretch of us 129 at deals gap, starting at the north carolina / tennessee border, is said to have 318 curves. that exact number is probably just a legend, but it' s a darned twisty road. the curves themselves have their own nicknames, and, with monikers like pearly gates, brake or bust bend, and gravity cavity, you can tell these twists are dead serious .
* * why you might be tempted to drive it anyway: * * independence pass is right on the continental divide, and at the summit you can find scenic overlooks that make the best use of the high elevation; you can also take a side trip to the ghost town of independence. the royal gorge bridge has its own attraction, a 360 - acre amusement park that' s currently being rebuilt after a 2013 fire but is expected to reopen in summer 2014 .
i do think that it' d be a good idea to promote the show massively throughout the olympics and then launch it on monday 13th august, the day after the olympics ends. the show is having a pretty big revamp and significant olympics promotion and howard stern' s debut should ensure big ratings. the show could then run mondays and tuesdays into the fall, with the finale at the end of november. i know the sing off collapsed in the fall, but agt is a much stronger brand and would have over a month to lock in an audience. an improved judging panel will help and dwts is looking weaker than ever - i really do think it' s worth a shot. they' ve got nothing else left to try, and whilst the first month or two of the summer would be bare, if it gets them a hit in the fall then who cares? it' d also mean they could scale biggest loser back to one hour .
the number on the left is the rating - it' s the% of people in that particular demographic who live in tv households that are watching a show. so 2. 7% of americans between the ages of 18 - 49 (living in homes with a tv) watched private practice. the number on the right is the share - just as we do it. so 12% of adults between the ages of 18 and 49 who were watching tv were watching private practice .
poor start for skins, although it has been available online for some time already. it had a lot of trailers over the past few weeks on tv and in cinema adverts so looks like the last series may well have done some lasting damage to the brand. perhaps it will increase as the online viewers start watching it live next week. personally i thought last night' s ep was much better than any of last year, so at least the show has a chance of increasing now .
i suspect you' re right there. whitechapel will have an easy launch against the royal bodyguard but it' ll be interesting to see what takes over the slot. itv should advertise whitechapel heavily to ensure it launches with 6m + which would give it enough breathing room if bbc1' s competition becomes tougher. as for the other nights, i' m guessing benidorm will take over fridays from louk, whilst perhaps it' ll be kidnap and ransom or case sensitive on thursdays after el ends .
i think itv did well to run bbc1 so close for most of the night. not sure whether they' ll repeat the da experiment next year, but based on that primetime share i can' t see why they wouldn' t. corrie also did really well for christmas day - wasn' t expecting that. eastenders was always going to win so that is no surprise. da' s rating just about where i expected it to be. will be interesting to see how they both timeshift .
i' ll be interested to see what they do with america' s got talent this year. they won' t be able to run it in its normal slots this year due to the olympics running for 2 weeks from the end of july. they just about got away with it 4 years ago when the show didn' t run for as long (although it cost them a fair bit of momentum) but now it runs for every week of the summer it' d be more difficult, particularly as it would end up stopping midway through the live shows. i do think that it' d be a good idea to promote the show massively throughout the olympics and then launch it on monday 13th august, the day after the olympics ends. the show is having a pretty big revamp and significant olympics promotion and howard stern' s debut should ensure big ratings. the show could then run mondays and tuesdays into the fall, with the finale at the end of november. i know the sing off collapsed in the fall, but agt is a much stronger brand and would have over a month to lock in an audience. an improved judging panel will help and dwts is looking weaker than ever - i really do think it' s worth a shot. they' ve got nothing else left to try, and whilst the first month or two of the summer would be bare, if it gets them a hit in the fall then who cares? it' d also mean they could scale biggest loser back to one hour .
amazing rating for corrie, i assumed people were over predicting, and some probably were, so to get over 11m is unexpected. also to note is the high rating for cornwall, something that should be factored in in all these endless soap scheduling discussions. panorama' s attempt to get good ratings with a populist topic failed. nothing to say about the royal bodyguard. it must be the biggest flop on bbc1 in years when you consider they can usually guarantee to get at least 3. 5m for everything at 9pm .
risk factor: this highway is the second - highest paved road in the alps (behind france' s col de l' iseran), climbing to 9, 045 feet with gradients as steep as 14% . but what really makes the drivers tremble is the 60 hairpin turns packed into just 15 miles. you can count them as you go along, as 48 of them are numbered and marked by stones along the way. the route achieved further infamy when former formula one driver stirling moss drove off the road during an event .
this is the route of “ice road truckers” fame, and you’ll have to excuse the truckers for thinking you’re crazy if you want to drive this highway for fun. let’s put aside the freezing cold and often miserable road conditions, with 18 - wheelers pounding your vehicle with ice. on a single 240 - mile stretch, there are no gas stations, restaurants or basic services — the longest such stretch in north america. there are three — count ’em, three — gas stations the entire way. and don’t count on cell service at all .
if you impressed yourself by driving down the curves of lombard street in san francisco, this is just like that, only 1, 000 times more challenging. called the “snails pass” by locals, this serpentine mountain pass in the andes connects santiago, chile, to mendoza, argentina. it reaches 10, 499 feet in elevation, and this being the andes, it’s known for getting heavy snowfall: about 15, 000 travelers were stranded for 10 hours on the argentine side in 2013, when the road had to be closed because of snow and cold .
there must be some disappointment at itv that with an 11. 5m lead in and 2. 8m competition on bbc1, above suspicion could only muster 5. 7m - only 500k ahead of mrs brown which had a 30 minute / 2. 8m lead - in handicap. i do find these la plante plodders massively dull and procedural now, it' s
crime drama by numbers
. it seems the viewers agree... (cf: 6m + for birdsong, c10m for ctm, 10m for sherlock, 10m for that thing in the stately home )
i' ll be interested to see what they do with america' s got talent this year. they won' t be able to run it in its normal slots this year due to the olympics running for 2 weeks from the end of july. they just about got away with it 4 years ago when the show didn' t run for as long (although it cost them a fair bit of momentum) but now it runs for every week of the summer it' d be more difficult, particularly as it would end up stopping midway through the live shows.
world 's toughest trucker is a show produced by dragonfly productions and groupm entertainment and is broadcast on channel 5 in the united kingdom and discovery channel in the us . the show was originally commissioned by channel 5 in the united kingdom , the format is a co-production between dragonfly and group m entertainment and pits eight truck drivers against each other in a series of challenges . the winner receives us$ 150,000 and the title “ world ’s toughest trucker . it had its world premiere on 6 january 2012 on channel 5 . the show follows the success of channel 5 's other trucking programing such as ice road truckers and eddie stobart : trucks & trailers . it is broadcast on friday at 8 pm and regularly repeated . the show is filmed and broadcast in hd . channel 5 describes the show as " the world 's most fearless truck drivers face off in some of the world 's most feared locations . " " in an exciting new series commencing on channel 5 this week , eight of the world ’s most experienced truck drivers go head to head in some of the harshest environments on planet earth . drawn from england , scotland , canada , usa , sri lanka and australia , they are challenged to navigate the most extreme routes across that include australia , brazil , canada , mongolia and india . each journey will last three days , and they must contend with unusual cargo , massive rigs , lethal roads and each other . along the way , the weak will be eliminated and only one will walk away with the £ 100,000 prize and the title of ‘ world ’s toughest trucker " over 60,000 people applied to take part in the show . the eventual winner of series one was englishman stuart , with fan favorite rookie finishing in second place and derek in third .
world's toughest trucker is a show produced by dragonfly productions and groupm entertainment and is broadcast on channel 5 in the united kingdom and discovery channel in the us. the show was originally commissioned by channel 5 in the united kingdom, the format is a co-production between dragonfly and group m entertainment and pits eight truck drivers against each other in a series of challenges. the winner receives us$ 150,000 and the title “ world ’s toughest trucker. it had its world premiere on 6 january 2012 on channel 5. the show follows the success of channel 5's other trucking programing such as ice road truckers and eddie stobart: trucks & trailers. it is broadcast on friday at 8 pm and regularly repeated. the show is filmed and broadcast in hd. channel 5 describes the show as " the world's most fearless truck drivers face off in some of the world's most feared locations. " " in an exciting new series commencing on channel 5 this week, eight of the world ’s most experienced truck drivers go head to head in some of the harshest environments on planet earth. drawn from england, scotland, canada, usa, sri lanka and australia, they are challenged to navigate the most extreme routes across that include australia, brazil, canada, mongolia and india. each journey will last three days, and they must contend with unusual cargo, massive rigs, lethal roads and each other. along the way, the weak will be eliminated and only one will walk away with the £ 100,000 prize and the title of ‘ world ’s toughest trucker " over 60,000 people applied to take part in the show. the eventual winner of series one was englishman stuart, with fan favorite rookie finishing in second place and derek in third.
world's toughest trucker is a show produced by dragonfly productions and groupm entertainment and is broadcast on channel 5 in the united kingdom and discovery channel in the us. the show was originally commissioned by channel 5 in the united kingdom, the format is a co-production between dragonfly and group m entertainment and pits eight truck drivers against each other in a series of challenges. the winner receives us$ 150,000 and the title “ world ’s toughest trucker. it had its world premiere on 6 january 2012 on channel 5. the show follows the success of channel 5's other trucking programing such as ice road truckers and eddie stobart: trucks & trailers. it is broadcast on friday at 8 pm and regularly repeated. the show is filmed and broadcast in hd. channel 5 describes the show as " the world's most fearless truck drivers face off in some of the world's most feared locations. " " in an exciting new series commencing on channel 5 this week, eight of the world ’s most experienced truck drivers go head to head in some of the harshest environments on planet earth. drawn from england, scotland, canada, usa, sri lanka and australia, they are challenged to navigate the most extreme routes across that include australia, brazil, canada, mongolia and india. each journey will last three days, and they must contend with unusual cargo, massive rigs, lethal roads and each other. along the way, the weak will be eliminated and only one will walk away with the £ 100,000 prize and the title of ‘ world ’s toughest trucker " over 60,000 people applied to take part in the show. the eventual winner of series one was englishman stuart, with fan favorite rookie finishing in second place and derek in third.