[9x05] Ratings

[upyourego]

FULL RATINGS FOR 9x05

Average Audience: 7.58 million
Audience Share: 27%
Audience Appreciation: N/A

SEX
Male: 57%
Female: 43%

AGE
4 - 15: 10%
16 - 24: 13%
25 - 34: 22%
35 - 44: 21%
45 - 54: 17%
55 - 64: 11%
65+: 8%


Top Gear average of 7.4 million (27.5% share) starting at 6.7 million and increasing to 8 million by the end of the episode.

It came second in its timeslot against Wild At Heart (7.6 million) but with a peak of 8 million was beating the ITV dramam by the end.

Overall Top Gear came fourth all evening it was beaten by the usuals - Corrie, Emmerdale and Wild at Heart.

Top Six programmes for Sunday 25 February

1) Coronation Street (10.4 million)
2) Emmerdale (7.8 million)
3) Wild at Heart (7.6 million)
4) Top Gear (7.4 million)
5) Lewis (7.3 million)
6) Antiques Roadshow (6.2 million)

[otispunkmeyer]

people obviously liking the current format

[Roberto]

Those are some good figures, but is that the peak of what the ratings will be I wonder? Last night's episode was really good, so maybe with word of mouth people will watch the repeats.

[upyourego]

Yeah thats a good point - the repeats have increased week by week inline with the first airing. Here is a breakdown of this series so far.

FIRST AIRING
28/1 - 8.3 million
04/2 - 6.8 million
11/2 - 6.0 million
18/2 - 7.4 million
25/2 - 7.5 million

REPEAT AIRING
29/1 - 1.9 million
07/2 - 1.8 million
14/2 - 2.6 million
21/2 - 2.1 million

[Kirium]

Originally Posted by otispunkmeyer

people obviously liking the current format

I would say the coverage of Richards accident has drawn alot more new viewers since the start of the season than any change to the format has. TG has been like it is now (more cocking about/less car reviews) since the start of season 8.

I'd say Richards crash, the ensuing media coverage and the first episode back prompted a lot of new viewers for 9x01. A lot of them probably saw the show for the first time and didn't mind it, so they decide to tune in every week now.

I wouldn't say it's simply the recent format of the show that's drawing the higher ratings.

[upyourego]

That would be true if the ratings had dropped after episode one and stayed low but they picked up again after episode three - picking more viewers up mid-series would suggest people are coming into the show because of word of mouth about the stunts.

If it were purely press from the accident the numbers would have stayed constant from start to finish.

[upyourego]

Bumped as it includes full ratings (No AI available yet)