Australian overnight ratings for Listen

Tuesday, 16 September 2014 - Reported by Adam Kirk


Against stiff competition from the commercial networks, Listen averaged 661,000 in the five major Australian capital cities and was the twelfth highest rating program of the day overall in the big cities (these figures do not include regional and rural viewers or time shifted viewers). It was the second highest rating drama of the day (after ANZAC Girls). For the first time this series, Doctor Who also slipped outside the top ten national programs as well (which includes the five major capitals and regional and rural viewers).




FILTER: - Australia - Broadcasting - Ratings - Series 8/34

Listen - AI :82

Monday, 15 September 2014 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who Listen had an Audience Appreciation Index or AI score of 82.

The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes.

Overall Doctor Who rated slightly higher with Women rather than Men and scored the highest within the 16-34 age group.

The X factor once again topped the ratings for Sunday with Doctor Who pushed into 22nd place for the week. Final figures will be published next week.

The Sunday repeat of Listen on BBC Three had an overnight estimate of 0.35 million viewers, a 1.5% share of the audience.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 8/34 - UK

Robot Of Sherwood - Final Ratings

Sunday, 14 September 2014 - Reported by Marcus
Final figures for the UK transmission of Robot Of Sherwood give the episode a consolidated rating of 7.28 million viewers.

The final chart position should be available later in the week.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 8/34 - UK

Listen - Overnight Viewing Figures

Sunday, 14 September 2014 - Reported by Marcus
4.8 million viewers, a share of 23.5 % of the total TV audience, watched Doctor Who: Listen according to unofficial overnight figures.

Doctor Who was once more the second most watched programme in the UK on Saturday night, beaten by The X Factor which had 8.5 million watching. Against Doctor Who, The Chase: Celebrity Special had 4.1 million viewers.

Doctor Who is currently the 19th most watched show of the week. Final figures will be released next Sunday.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 8/34 - UK

Into the Dalek: Chart Place

Thursday, 11 September 2014 - Reported by Marcus
Final figures for the UK transmission of Into The Dalek confirm the episode was the ninth most watched programme on British television for the week.

The final rating of 7.29 million includes those who watched the programme within one week of transmission. Doctor Who benefits from delayed viewing more than most other programmes, resulting in a chart position much higher than that based on the initial overnights. The final share was 30.4% of the total TV audience.

Doctor Who was the second most watched programme on BBC Television for the week, with The Great British Bake Off topping the chart for BBC One with 10.25 million watching. The highest rated episode of the soap EastEnders was Monday's with 6.82 million watching. Top for the week was Saturday's X Factor with 10.6 million. Other entries in the top ten were the Sunday edition of The X Factor and the five episodes of Coronation street.

The Sunday repeat of Into The Dalek had a final consolidated rating of 0.39 million viewers and a share of 1.9% of the total TV audience. The AI for the repeat was 78.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 8/34 - UK

Robot of Sherwood - Appreciation Index

Monday, 8 September 2014 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who Robot of Sherwood had an Audience Appreciation Index or AI score of 82.

The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes.

The score is the same as that scored for the series opener, Deep Breath. On the main two channels Casualty scored the highest for Saturday, with 86.

Sundays's launch of Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor pushed Doctor Who into 20th place for the week. Final figures will be published next week.

The Sunday repeat of Robot of Sherwood on BBC Three had an overnight estimate of 0.36 million viewers, a 1.4% share of the audience.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 8/34 - UK

Australian overnight ratings for Robot of Sherwood

Monday, 8 September 2014 - Reported by Adam Kirk

Robot of Sherwood averaged 1.085 million national viewers in Australia (these figures include the five major capital cities and regional and rural viewers). It was the second highest rating drama of the day (after ANZAC Girls) and the ninth highest rating program of the day overall. Excluding regional and rural viewers, this story averaged 681,000 viewers in the five major Australian capital cities and was the ninth highest rating program of the day overall in the big cities (again the second highest rating drama in the cities after ANZAC Girls). These ratings do not include time shifted viewers.




FILTER: - Australia - Broadcasting - Ratings - Series 8/34

Into the Dalek - Final Ratings

Sunday, 7 September 2014 - Reported by Marcus
Final figures for the UK transmission of Into The Dalek give the episode a consolidated rating of 7.29 million viewers.

The episode should finish around 9th for the week. A full chart should be available Monday.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 8/34 - UK

Robot of Sherwood - Overnight Viewing Figures

Sunday, 7 September 2014 - Reported by Marcus
5.2 million viewers watched Doctor Who: Robot of Sherwood, a share of 25.4% of the total TV audience, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The rating, the same overnight figure as last week, once more puts Doctor Who as the second rated programme of the day. ITV was top with The X Factor, which had 8.7 million watching, a drop of half a million from the previous week. The Chase: Celebrity Special was third with 4.4 million viewers. Casualty was the second highest programme on BBC One with 3.9 million watching.

With one day to go Doctor Who is the 17th highest programme for the week.

Final figures will be available next Sunday, which could see a top ten final place.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 8/34 - UK

Deep Breath: Canadian Ratings update

Friday, 5 September 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Clara (Jenna Coleman) (Credit: BBC)Having already been reported as the best performing episode on Canadian channel SPACE this year, BellMedia have now announced that new series premiere Deep Breath has become the second-most watched broadcast on the channel of all time - beaten only by another episode of Doctor Who, the 50th Anniversary special The Day of the Doctor.

The final number are in: Space confirms its Season 8 premiere of DOCTOR WHO on Aug. 23 drew an average of more than 1 million viewers, giving the series its highest-ever audience for a regular season episode. Peter Capaldi’s debut, "Deep Breath," was the second most-watched Space broadcast ever, behind the DOCTOR WHO 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", last November. In fact, it is the fourth-ranked specialty airing this broadcast-year-to-date for total viewers among all Canadian entertainment specialty channels. Audiences for the Season 8 premiere are up nearly 40% compared to the Season 7B premiere.

Leading into the Season 8 premiere, a special episode of INNERSPACE drew an average of 747,300 viewers during its 8 p.m. ET broadcast, making it the most-watched episode ever for Space’s flagship entertainment news program.





FILTER: - Canada - Ratings - Series 8/34