Sky: Final Ratings

Monday, 17 October 2011 - Reported by Marcus
The first story in the current series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, Sky, had an official audience of 0.53 million viewers, according to Barb.

Although the figures are slightly down on last year's series opener, The Nightmare Man, which had 0.63 million watching, the two Sarah Jane episodes topped the CBBC chart for the week, with Episode One of Sky getting 0.534 million watching and Episode Two getting 0.532 million.

Third placed Tracy Beaker got 0.407 million watching.

The Series has yet to be shown on the main channel, BBC One and the figures do not include those watching on iPlayer.

The last ever episode of the Sarah Jane Adventures is due to be broadcast later on Tuesday in the UK.




FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Sarah Jane

Closing Time: New Zealand ratings

Sunday, 16 October 2011 - Reported by Adam Kirk

In New Zealand, both Doctor Who and Torchwood: Miracle Day have enjoyed a boost in ratings. Closing Time and Immortal Sins (both on Prime) rated 171,280 viewers and 89,710 viewers respectively. Closing Time was Prime's highest rating program of the week.

Thanks to Hazz.




FILTER: - Torchwood - Ratings - Series 6/32 - New Zealand - Broadcasting

Wedding of River Song: Chart Position

Friday, 14 October 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who RatingsThe final episode in the recent series of Doctor Who, The Wedding of River Song has now been confirmed as the 16th most watched programme of the week, with a final audience share of 32.0%

Final Figures include those who record the programme and watch it within seven days, but do not include those watching on iPlayer.

ITV1 once more claimed all the top spots of the week with The X Factor, Downton Abbey and Doc Martin once again taking the top four spots. The main two soaps also did well and the start of the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing also scored highly. Doctor Who beat everything else during the week including all episodes of Emmerdale.




FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32

The Wedding of River Song - Official UK Ratings

Monday, 10 October 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Doctor Who's series finale, The Wedding of River Song, received a final audience figure of 7.67 million viewers, according to official statistics released by BARB this week; with 6.1 million reported for the initial broadcast, the episode's audience increased by an additional 26% over the course of the week.

The BARB ratings cover the period 26th September to 2nd October, during which Doctor Who was the seventh highest rated individual programme on BBC One and the third as a distinct series, with only episodes of Eastenders and Strictly Come Dancing achieving a higher figure.

Figures do no include those who watched the programme via the BBC iPlayer.

ITV1 programme details for this period have yet to be released; however if viewing patterns have remained consistent with previous weeks, The Wedding of River Song should fall within the Top 20 programmes of the week, and be the eighth most popular distinct series on television - Coronation Street, Emmerdale, The X Factor, Downton Abbey and Doc Martin normally claim higher figures for the commercial channel.

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





FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32

The Wedding of River Song: Australian ratings

Sunday, 9 October 2011 - Reported by Adam Kirk
The Wedding of River Song has debuted in Australia to strong ratings. TV Tonight reports that the episode averaged 708,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. It was the second highest rating drama and the sixth highest rating programme for the day overall. The corresponding Confidential Cutdown rated 488,000 viewers in the five major capitals. These overnight figures, however, do not include regional, rural and time-shifted viewers and hence significantly understate the actual national ratings.

Meanwhile in New Zealand, The God Complex on Prime rated 96,430 viewers. There was no episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day this week due to the broadcast of an international netball match.




FILTER: - Ratings - New Zealand - Broadcasting - Australia

Closing Time: Chart Position

Friday, 7 October 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who RatingsDoctor Who: Closing Time has now been confirmed as the 20th most watched programme of the week.

Final Figures include those who record the programme and watch it within seven days, but do not include those watching on iPlayer.

ITV1 once more claimed all the top spots of the week with The X Factor, Downton Abbey and Doc Martin taking the top four spots. The main three soaps also did well with Doctor Who rating more than once episode of Emmerdale to make 20th place for the week.

The final audience share for Doctor Who was 29.4%




FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32

iPlayer - September Totals

Tuesday, 4 October 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: iPlayerDoctor Who took four of the five top places in the list of most accessed programmes on the BBC iPlayer for September.

Top of the list was the Tom MacRae episode, The Girl Who Waited, which had 1.16 million requests up until the end of the month.

Second was Mark Gatiss's Night Terrors with 1.11 million. Outnumbered Episode 1 sneaked into third place with The God Complex and Closing Time coming 4th and 5th respectively.

Let's Kill Hitler, which topped the August charts, also managed 16th in the September ones.

Torchwood took the 10th spot with its season finale getting 0.59 million requests.

The recent repeats of the comedy series Come Fly With Me have seen Episode Two of the series retake the top position, just ahead of The Impossible Astronaut, as the most accessed programme of the year.




FILTER: - Torchwood - Ratings - Series 6/32 - Online - Miracle Day (Series 4)

Closing Time: Official Ratings

Monday, 3 October 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: Closing Time had a final official audience figure of 6.93 million viewers, according to figures released by BARB.

The episode was the fifth highest rated programme on BBC One for the week. When HD figures are counted it is likely to finish as 21st for the week.




FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32

The Wedding of River Song: AI

Monday, 3 October 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The Wedding of River Song had an Appreciation Index score of 86

The score is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the episode. A score of 86 is considered excellent.

The Sunday repeat had an audience of 0.48 million viewers and a 2.2% share of the audience.

With overnight figures available for the whole week, Doctor Who is currently the 20th most watched programme. Final figures should be available next week.

The final Doctor Who Confidential had an overnight audience of 0.4 million on BBC Three on Saturday.




FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32

Wedding of River Song: Overnight Viewing Figures

Sunday, 2 October 2011 - Reported by Marcus
6.1 million watched the Doctor Who series finale, The Wedding of River Song, on Saturday, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The the programme had an audience share of 28.3%. It was the third highest rated show of the day and the second highest rated programme on the BBC.

Top of the day was The X Factor with 9.5 million watching and Strictly Come Dancing was second for the day with 7.5 million, giving Doctor Who a much better lead-in than the two previous weeks. The new series of Merlin had 5.2 million watching as was fourth for the day.

All Star Family Fortunes on ITV1, had an average of 3.6 million viewers, with its audience dented by Strictly Come Dancing. During the period it was placed directly against Doctor Who it achieved 5.5 million against Doctor Who's 6 million viewers.

With one day to come Doctor Who is the 17th most watched programme of the week.

Final official figures should be available next week.




FILTER: - Doctor Who - Ratings - UK - Series 6/32