weekly ratings

[Mighty mouse]

Had a look at the weeklies for Torchwood on BBC3.
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BBC3 w/e 24/12/2006
1 TORCHWOOD (Sun 2130) 826

BBC3 w/e 17/12/2006
1 TORCHWOOD (Sun 2200) 1031

BBC3 w/e 10/12/2006
1 TORCHWOOD (Sun 2200) 1081

BBC3 w/e 03/12/2006
1 TORCHWOOD (Sun 2200) 1123

BBC3 w/e 26/11/2006
1 TORCHWOOD (Sun 2201) 1305

BBC3 w/e 19/11/2006
1 TORCHWOOD (Sun 2200) 1217

BBC3 w/e 12/11/2006
1 TORCHWOOD (Sun 2200) 1264

BBC3 w/e 05/11/2006
1 TORCHWOOD (Sun 2200) 1391

BBC3 w/e 29/10/2006
1 TORCHWOOD (Sun 2200) 1767

BBC3 w/e 22/10/2006
1 TORCHWOOD (Sun 2100) 2519

There is quite a drop off from 2.5M to about 1M (although it is consistantly BBC3's highest ranking show). Is that a standard pattern? I wander how it compares with say Doctor Who?

 

[Lenny]

I'm not surprised the ratings dropped for the Christmas Eve episode - the previous episode was one of the worst. I think it was the dead guy with the alien eye.

There are at least two episode missing, though - the two-part finale.

Haven't a clue about the Dr. Who ratings, but I expect they'll follow a similar trend from high at the beginning, dropping throughout the series, and perking up for the final two episodes.

EDIT: The two-parter is on the site:

BBC3 w/e 07/01/2007
1 TORCHWOOD (Sun 2130) 1232

 

[Loner]

Now that is interesting.
I suppose the huge drop in numbers is due to peoples' Christmas commitments, otherwise I would expect the drop-off to continue to be gradual.

 

[Pyan]

When it comes down to it, though, the BBC aren't meant to be concerned with ratings - they have the licence fee, so they're not competing to attract advertisers.

 

[Lenny]

They've lost £2billion recently for something or other, and the government refuses to give them more funding.

 

[Loner]

They've lost £2billion recently for something or other, and the government refuses to give them more funding.

And rightly so! Look what they do with it!

 

[Lenny]

Two words, though: Planet Earth.

No other channel in England has anything that can be mentioned in the same breath as Planet Earth. I don't know Australian or American TV, but I'm guessing that neither do they.