Ratings watch thread

No. Programme Channel Start Time Day TVR 000's
1 Champions League Final Live - Live Play:Real Madrid V Liverpool RTÉ2 19:46 Sat 13.7 482
2 The Late Late Show RTÉ ONE 21:37 Fri 12.8 451
3 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:LSHC - Galway V Kilkenny RTÉ2 16:01 Sun 10.2 359
4 Prime Time RTÉ ONE 21:37 Thu 9.5 335
5 At Your Service RTÉ ONE 20:31 Sun 9.5 334
6 Champions League Final Live - Post Match:Real Madrid V Liverpool RTÉ2 21:38 Sat 9.4 330
7 Prime Time RTÉ ONE 21:37 Tue 8.7 307
8 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:00 Sun 8.6 305
9 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:LSHC - Galway V Kilkenny RTÉ2 17:33 Sun 8.4 295
10 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:02 Wed 8.2 289
11 Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Mon 7.8 276
12 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:MSHC - Tipperary V Cork RTÉ2 15:34 Sun 7.7 272
13 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:04 Tue 7.6 267
14 Claire Byrne Live RTÉ ONE 21:37 Mon 7.4 260
15 The Great House Revival RTÉ ONE 21:31 Sun 7.2 254
16 Stressed RTÉ ONE 21:37 Wed 7.1 251
17 Sunday Game Live - Build Up:LSHC - Galway V Kilkenny RTÉ2 15:45 Sun 7.1 249
18 Coronation Street TV3 19:58 Mon 7 247
19 Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:00 Mon 6.7 237
20 Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Wed 6.5 231
21 Coronation Street TV3 20:30 Wed 6.5 230
22 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:02 Thu 6.5 228
23 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:MSHC - Tipperary V Cork RTÉ2 14:02 Sun 6.5 228
24 The Ray D'arcy Show RTÉ ONE 22:42 Sat 6.3 223
25 Super Garden RTÉ ONE 20:31 Thu 6.3 223
26 Coronation Street TV3 20:29 Fri 6.3 222
27 All Round To Mrs Brown's RTÉ ONE 21:31 Sat 6.3 221
28 Daniel and Majella's B&B Road Trip RTÉ ONE 20:33 Tue 6.2 218
29 Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Fri 6.2 217
30 Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:01 Wed 6 213
31 A Wild Irish Year RTÉ ONE 18:31 Sun 6 210
32 The Zoo RTÉ ONE 19:31 Sun 5.9 207
33 Ear To The Ground RTÉ ONE 19:00 Thu 5.9 206

It'd be interesting to know when TLLS peaked, certainly up from the rest of the season, which IMO was significantly down.

Prime Time, Pat Kenny and Tonight all up with Ref Coverage and Debates. PK getting his best result for the season with 175,000 viewers and The Tonight Show getting 182,000 following that debate, PT had 307,000 the previous night.

D'Arcy down to 223,000 viewers following Mrs Brown with just 221,000 viewers and BTG down to just 97,000 viewers.

GAA back on 2 see it top the chart(with soccer !!!). For Your Eyes Only was the top non-sports programme with 105,000 with reduced audience for RTÉ2's new programming Can't Cope Won't Cope getting 66,000, My Trans Life getting 62,000 and Say Yes To The Dress getting 64,000 and more Don't Tell the Bride getting 54,000 viewers

Elmo wrote: »

It'd be interesting to know when TLLS peaked, certainly up from the rest of the season, which IMO was significantly down.

Prime Time, Pat Kenny and Tonight all up with Ref Coverage and Debates. PK getting his best result for the season with 175,000 viewers and The Tonight Show getting 182,000 following that debate, PT had 307,000 the previous night.

D'Arcy down to 223,000 viewers following Mrs Brown with just 221,000 viewers and BTG down to just 97,000 viewers.

GAA back on 2 see it top the chart(with soccer !!!). For Your Eyes Only was the top non-sports programme with 105,000 with reduced audience for RTÉ2's new programming Can't Cope Won't Cope getting 66,000, My Trans Life getting 62,000 and Say Yes To The Dress getting 64,000 and more Don't Tell the Bride getting 54,000 viewers

My guess for LLS would be 11, given the exit poll was widely flagged on various websites and forums.

Just an update on Six O'Clock show which I noticed was sponsored by normede and I'd tried to get audience figures for from TV3, it has 42,200 viewers,

https://www.independent.ie/business/media/adlib-game-of-thrones-is-a-media-dream-35924314.html

NordMende has signed up as sponsor of 'The Six O'Clock Show' on TV3 in a six-month deal. The week-night show, which is presented by Lucy Kennedy and Martin King (pictured), has a heavy female bias, with just over 30,000 women and 12,200 men tuning in.

that was from July 2017, 7 months since the return on Coro St and Emmerdale.

That is lower than Xpose in that time slot when TV3 didn't have Coro St or Emmerdale and it was a lead into The Seven O'Clock Show.

Time| Show | 2016| 2017
5:30| News | 100,000 | 100,000
6:00| Xpose/TSOCS |70,000| 42,000
7:00| TSOCS/ITV Soaps | 45,000 | 250,000

It's a quite poor rating for a show which goes out 5 days a week at a slot which was reaching more viewers with Xpose back 2 years ago.

Xpose has been thrown around the schedule, and even through stripped weeks of Britain's Got Talent and Ireland's Got Talent - the show doesn't even appear. Could they just have T6OCS reduced to 30 minutes (remove the cookery section) and a bit more pacey. And then Xpose at 6:30.

This leaves the 8pm slots on the Mon, Wed and Fri for new programming. Rare Breed has been given the Tuesday 7:30 slot. It's constantly interrupted by CL, Emmerdale, and specials like BGT and IGT. Took them 19 weeks to show 11 episodes of the newest series, and it's been 5 weeks since the last one. I think there is 12 in the series, so 1 still remains to be shown. Rare Breed did very well on UTVi on the Mon 8pm slot.

iseegirls wrote: »

This leaves the 8pm slots on the Mon, Wed and Fri for new programming. Rare Breed has been given the Tuesday 7:30 slot. It's constantly interrupted by CL, Emmerdale, and specials like BGT and IGT. Took them 19 weeks to show 11 episodes of the newest series, and it's been 5 weeks since the last one. I think there is 12 in the series, so 1 still remains to be shown. Rare Breed did very well on UTVi on the Mon 8pm slot.

It's as if both TV3 and UTVI management don't realise that shows like Majella & Daniel and Rare Bred do well at 8pm, while Xpose type shows only get a minor boost in that time slot, I think TSOCS should air at 8 Monday Tuesday and Wednesday I think as you say a faster short show would work much better for Coro st audience.

No. Programme Channel Start Time Day TVR 000's
1 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:MSHC - Waterford V Tipperary RTÉ2 16:02 Sun 8.9 315
2 Coronation Street TV3 21:01 Fri 8.8 310
3 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:USFC - Fermanagh V Monaghan RTÉ2 15:40 Sun 7.6 267
4 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:03 Tue 7.3 257
5 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:MSHC - Waterford V Tipperary RTÉ2 17:36 Sun 7.3 256
6 Sunday Game Live - Build Up:MSHC - Waterford V Tipperary RTÉ2 15:47 Sun 7 247
7 Britain's Got Talent TV3 21:34 Fri 7 245
8 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:03 Wed 6.8 241
9 Crimecall RTÉ ONE 21:36 Mon 6.8 241
10 Britain's Got Talent TV3 19:29 Fri 6.8 240
11 Coronation Street TV3 21:08 Mon 6.6 232
12 International Soccer Friendly - Live Play:France V Republic of Ireland RTÉ2 20:06 Mon 6.5 228
13 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:02 Thu 6.4 224
14 Prime Time RTÉ ONE 21:37 Thu 6.3 224
15 Daniel And Majella's B&B Road Trip RTÉ ONE 20:33 Tue 6.2 220
16 Coronation Street TV3 21:02 Wed 6.2 219
17 Once More With Meaning RTÉ ONE 21:36 Wed 6.1 216
18 Prime Time RTÉ ONE 21:42 Tue 6.1 216
19 Eastenders RTÉ ONE 19:30 Tue 6.1 214
20 Coronation Street TV3 21:02 Thu 6 211
21 Coronation Street TV3 21:01 Tue 6 211
22 Emmerdale TV3 19:00 Fri 5.8 203
23 Emmerdale TV3 19:00 Wed 5.7 201
24 Claire Byrne Live RTÉ ONE 22:37 Mon 5.6 198
25 Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:00 Mon 5.5 195
26 International Soccer Friendly - Post Match:France V Republic of Ireland RTÉ2 21:58 Mon 5.5 195
27 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:USFC - Fermanagh V Monaghan RTÉ2 14:03 Sun 5.5 193
28 Find Me A Home RTÉ ONE 19:30 Wed 5.4 189
29 Emmerdale TV3 19:00 Mon 5.3 188
30 Eastenders RTÉ ONE 19:28 Thu 5.3 187
31 All Round To Mrs Brown's RTÉ ONE 21:12 Sat 5.3 186
32 Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:01 Wed 5.3 186
33 Emmerdale TV3 19:00 Tue 5.1 178
34 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:30 Sun 5 177
35 Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:00 Fri 5 176
36 Reeling In The Years RTÉ ONE 18:37 Sat 5 176
37 How To Cook Well With Rory O'Connell RTÉ ONE 19:03 Tue 5 176
38 Bloom Live RTÉ ONE 20:31 Thu 5 175

Summer time returns and RTÉ ONE goes to bed. Ranging from 175,000 viewers to 257,000 viewers not much different to TV3's 137,000 to 310,000 and in reality TV3 didn't grow that much due to BGT final though it is up.

RTÉ2 heavy realiance on Sport is clear with the final of Can't Cope Won't Cope getting 93,000 viewers being the top non-sports realated TV programme, while Grey's Anatomy had 50,000 viewers.

This on top of the ending of Clare Byrne and Prime Time Tuesday.

It's a summer of sport.

No. Programme Channel Start Time Day TVR 000's
1 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:MSHC - Limerick V Waterford RTÉ2 15:38 Sun 8.5 301
2 Prime Time RTÉ ONE 21:37 Tue 7.5 265
3 Coronation Street TV3 20:30 Wed 7.4 261
4 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:MSHC - Limerick V Waterford RTÉ2 14:02 Sun 7.2 255
5 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:LSFC - Dublin V Longford RTÉ2 16:01 Sun 7.2 255
6 Sunday Game Live - Build Up:LSFC - Dublin V Longford RTÉ2 15:51 Sun 7.2 252
7 Coronation Street TV3 20:30 Mon 7 247
8 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:03 Wed 6.8 238
9 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:03 Thu 6.7 237
10 Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Wed 6.7 237
11 Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Fri 6.7 236
12 Coronation Street TV3 20:28 Fri 6.6 232
13 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:01 Tue 6.5 230
14 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:30 Sun 6.5 230
15 All Round To Mrs Brown's RTÉ ONE 21:16 Sat 6.3 223
16 Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Mon 6.3 223
17 Raised By The Village RTÉ ONE 18:33 Mon 6.1 214
18 Prime Time RTÉ ONE 21:37 Thu 5.7 201
19 Daniel And Majella's B&B Road Trip RTÉ ONE 20:30 Tue 5.4 190
20 Emmerdale TV3 19:00 Wed 5.3 185
21 Anthony Foley: Munsterman RTÉ ONE 21:39 Wed 5.2 182
22 EastEnders RTÉ ONE 19:29 Thu 5.1 180
23 How To Cook Well With Rory O'Connell RTÉ ONE 18:59 Tue 4.9 174
24 Frock Finders RTÉ ONE 20:32 Thu 4.9 174
25 EastEnders RTÉ ONE 19:59 Mon 4.8 170
26 Emmerdale TV3 19:00 Thu 4.8 168
27 Emmerdale TV3 19:00 Fri 4.6 162
28 Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:01 Fri 4.6 161
29 Emmerdale TV3 19:24 Tue 4.5 157
30 Ear To The Ground RTÉ ONE 18:59 Thu 4.4 156
31 Emmerdale TV3 19:00 Tue 4.4 155
32 EastEnders RTÉ ONE 19:27 Tue 4.3 152
33 EastEnders RTÉ ONE 19:58 Fri 4.3 152
34 FILM: The Impossible RTÉ ONE 21:36 Fri 4.3 151
35 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:LSFC - Dublin V Longford RTÉ2 17:37 Sun 4.3 151
36 Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:00 Wed 4.3 150
37 The Sunday Game RTÉ2 21:30 Sun 4.2 146

Suppose the weather is really too good, and not that TV is really bad.

Audience way down this week. TV3 bares a massive brunt of the loss of BTG, lowest top twenty show is at 80,000 and it is ITV This Morning!!!!

RTÉ2's shows outside sports coverage are all under 100,000 viewers, with Bond keeping in some of the audinece with 82,000 viewers.

While RTÉ ONE's audience has slump again, only saved by TV3's dismal audience.

May Top 20

Rank Programme Name Channel Day Time Date TVR 000's
1 Eurovision Song Contest Final 2018 RTÉ ONE Sat 20:00 May 12 16.16 569.7
2 Champions League Live - Live Play:Real Madrid V Liverpool RTÉ2 Sat 19:46 May 26 13.67 482
3 Champions League Live - Live Play:Roma V Liverpool RTÉ2 Wed 19:46 May 2 12.45 439.1
4 The Late Late Show RTÉ ONE Fri 21:37 Avg 11.43 403
5 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:LSHC - Galway V Kilkenny RTÉ2 Sun 16:01 May 27 10.17 358.7
6 Champions League Live:Real Madrid V Bayern Munich TV3 Tue 19:40 May 1 9.36 330.1
7 Champions League Live - Post Match:Real Madrid V Liverpool RTÉ2 Sat 21:38 May 26 9.35 329.8
8 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:MSHC - Cork V Clare RTÉ2 Sun 16:02 May 20 9.2 324.4
9 Claire Byrne Live Referendum Special RTÉ ONE Mon 21:37 May 14 9.05 319.1
10 RTE News: Nine O'Clock RTÉ ONE Mon-Sun 21:01 Avg 9.04 318.9
11 At Your Service RTÉ ONE Sun 20:31 Avg 8.79 310.1
12 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:CSFC - Mayo V Galway RTÉ2 Sun 16:03 May 13 8.79 310.1
13 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:MSHC - Cork V Clare RTÉ2 Sun 17:46 May 20 8.68 306.2
14 RTE News: Nine O'Clock RTÉ ONE Sat 20:50 May 19 8.65 305.2
15 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:LSHC - Galway V Kildare RTÉ2 Sun 17:33 May 27 8.38 295.4
16 The Ray D'Arcy Show RTÉ ONE Sat 21:40 May 5 8.19 288.7
17 Champions League Live - Post Match:Roma V Liverpool RTÉ2 Wed 21:37 May 2 8.12 286.3
18 The Great House Revival RTÉ ONE Sun 21:31 May 6 7.96 280.8
19 All Round To Mrs Brown's RTÉ ONE Sat 21:19 May 19 7.89 278.1
20 RTE News: Six One RTÉ ONE Mon-Sun 18:01 Avg 7.75 273.2
21 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:MSHC - Tipperary V Cork RTÉ2 Sun 15:34 May 27 7.71 271.8
22 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:CSFC - Mayo V Galway RTÉ2 Sun 17:43 May 13 7.66 270
23 Claire Byrne Live RTÉ ONE Mon 21:37 May 21 7.37 259.8
24 Fair City RTÉ ONE Tue/WedThu/Sun 20:02 Avg 7.36 259.4
25 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:MSHC - Limerick V Tipperary RTÉ2 Sun 15:36 May 20 7.24 255.3
26 Prime Time RTÉ ONE Tue/Thu 21:38 Avg 7.21 254.1
27 Stressed RTÉ ONE Wed 21:37 May 23 7.11 250.8
28 Sunday Game Live - Build Up:LSHC - Galway V Kilkenny RTÉ2 Sun 15:45 May 27 7.07 249.1
29 Coronation Street TV3 Mon/Wed/Fri 20:29 Avg 6.99 246.4
30 Coronation Street TV3 Mon/Wed/Fri 19:30 Avg 6.97 245.6
31 RTE News: Nine O'Clock RTÉ ONE Sat 23:55 May 12 6.93 244.3
32 Sunday Game Live - Build Up:MSHC - Cork V Clare RTÉ2 Sun 15:48 May 20 6.88 242.8
33 Sunday Game Live - Build Up:CSFC - Mayo V Galway RTÉ2 Sun 15:43 May 13 6.87 242.1
34 Crimecall RTÉ ONE Mon 21:36 May 28 6.83 240.7
35 The Ray D'Arcy Show RTÉ ONE Sat 22:30 May 19 6.71 236.7
36 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:MSHC - Limerick V Tipperary RTÉ2 Sun 14:01 May 20 6.67 235.2
37 How To Cook Well With Rory O'Connell RTÉ ONE Tue 19:00 May 1 6.64 234.1
38 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:LSHC - Dublin V Kilkenny RTÉ2 Sun 15:31 May 13 6.63 233.9
39 International Soccer Friendly - Live Play:France V Republic of Ireland RTÉ2 Mon 20:06 May 28 6.47 228.2
40 Winning Streak RTÉ ONE Sat 20:13 May 19 6.46 227.9
41 Daniel And Majella's B&B Road Trip RTÉ ONE Tue 20:33 Avg 6.46 227.9
42 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:MSHC - Tipperary V Cork RTÉ2 Sun 14:02 May 27 6.45 227.6

Sport took up most of the top twenty in May, Eurovision topping the list with 569,000 viewers.

No major increase for news and current affairs, while 3e gained ground with Coro St coverage.

be3 NEWS AT 10 getting 22,000 viewers. No sign of TV3 News AT 5:30 or The Tonight Show, with the PK debate getting 175,000 viewers and CB getting 319,000

This Morning appearing in the ratings again, that is one massive number, if you take into consideration it's not a bank holiday and the summer sun out there.

Would be great to see a breakdown of RTE1 and TV3 daytime ratings, which is something we'll never get I'd say. Wonder how The Chase and Elaine are up against the soaps and Today.

iseegirls wrote: »

This Morning appearing in the ratings again, that is one massive number, if you take into consideration it's not a bank holiday and the summer sun out there.

Would be great to see a breakdown of RTE1 and TV3 daytime ratings, which is something we'll never get I'd say. Wonder how The Chase and Elaine are up against the soaps and Today.

Today has 100,000 veiwers according to RTÉ, TV3 have never mention the audience for midday or Elaine, though it could have got a boost since it moved to the afternoon slot that had 45,000 viewers for Late Lunch Live. Ireland AM has about 50,000 viewers according to TV3. No Idea of RTÉ ONE's other daytime shows.

It's telling all the same that the one simulcast retained by TV3 was This Morning, you'd have to wonder how well it did in the past on UTV PROPER.

Elmo wrote: »

Today has 100,000 veiwers according to RTÉ, TV3 have never mention the audience for midday or Elaine, though it could have got a boost since it moved to the afternoon slot that had 45,000 viewers for Late Lunch Live.

Found some recent details from March on Elaine - http://virginmediasolutions.ie/elaine/

Elaine reaches 63,200 Adults 15+ and 38,900 Housekeepers daily.
Across a week, Elaine reaches 236,000 Adults 15+ and 141,200 Housekeepers.

Although a 'reach' is different than an 'average', so those figures can be taken with a pinch of salt I guess.

May share is up will put up details later. But they tell a different story, RTÉ ONE, 2 and TV3 are all up slightly, which I wasn't expecting.

Channel May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
RTÉ ONE 18.25% 17.99% 19.59% 19.26% 19.09% 19.31% 18.39% 18.67% 17.68% 18.70%
RTÉ ONE +1 0.77% 0.80% 0.86% 0.79% 0.82% 0.82% 0.82% 0.77% 0.59% 0.50%
RTÉjr 0.63% 0.79% 0.74% 0.80% 0.74% 0.76% 0.72% 0.77% 0.69% 0.50%
RTÉ2 6.17% 5.19% 4.68% 5.20% 4.65% 4.84% 6.11% 6.39% 6.31% 7.60%
RTÉ Total 25.82% 24.77% 25.87% 26.05% 25.30% 25.74% 26.03% 26.60% 25.27% 27.30%
TV3 12.46% 12.45% 13.96% 13.56% 10.61% 12.71% 10.83% 7.66% 8.06% 10.30%
TV3 +1 0.29% 0.40% 0.42% 0.40% 0.41% 0.41% 0.51% 0.37% 0.29% 0.00%
3e 2.94% 2.59% 2.51% 2.70% 3.62% 2.94% 3.00% 2.47% 2.74% 2.50%
be3 2.50% 2.52% 2.13% 2.37% 2.41% 2.30% 2.31% 5.87% 5.93% 0.00%
TV3 Total 18.19% 17.96% 19.02% 19.03% 17.05% 18.37% 16.65% 16.37% 17.02% 12.80%

TG4 1.45% 2.06% 2.13% 1.83% 1.73% 1.90% 1.87% 1.78% 1.63% 1.80%
eir Sport 1 0.07% 0.13% 0.10% 0.13% 0.12% 0.12% 0.11% 0.31% 0.32% 0.30%
Total 45.53% 44.92% 47.12% 47.04% 44.20% 46.12% 44.66% 45.06% 44.24% 42.20%
Other 54.47% 55.08% 52.88% 52.96% 55.80% 53.88% 55.34% 54.94% 55.76% 57.80%

Monthly Change

Channel May Apr Mar Feb Jan
RTÉ ONE 1% -8% 2% 1% 0%
RTÉ ONE +1 -4% -7% 9% -4% -5%
RTÉjr -20% 7% -8% 8% 17%
RTÉ2 19% 11% -10% 12% -12%
RTÉ Total 4% -4% -1% 3% -2%
TV3 0% -11% 3% 28% -3%
TV3 +1 -28% -5% 5% -2% -27%
3e 14% 3% -7% -25% 15%
be3 -1% 18% -10% -2% 3%
TV3 Total 1% -6% 0% 12% 0%

TG4 -30% -3% 16% 6% -5%
eir Sport 1 -46% 30% -23% 8% 71%
Total 1% -5% 0% 6% -1%
Other -1% 4% 0% -5% 0%

Yearly Change

Channel May Apr Mar Feb Jan
RTÉ ONE 2% -4% -3% -5% -6%
RTÉ ONE +1 -9% -17% 5% 4% -2%
RTÉjr 13% 22% 4% 8% -5%
RTÉ2 23% 13% -30% -32% 1%
RTÉ Total 6% -1% -9% -11% -5%
TV3 7% 19% 28% 37% 14%
TV3 +1 -46% -27% -16% -18% -25%
3e 13% 2% -6% -5% -4%
be3 6% 13% -7% 10% -2%
TV3 Total 6% 14% 16% 24% 6%

TG4 -11% -23% 0% -10% 17%
eir Sport 1 -13% 30% -17% -13% 20%
Total 5% 3% 0% 0% 0%
Other -4% -3% 0% 0% 0%

So, the most-watched World Cup match to date was Brazil v Switzerland, with 407,000 viewers, followed by Spain v Portugal on 312,000, Argentina v Iceland on 285,000, Germany v Mexico on 248,000 and a surprise fifth-place for Peru v Denmark on 245,000. It's usually stated that England matches tend to get relatively high ratings on RTE, so next week's tabs will be interesting.

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iseegirls wrote: »

It's a quite poor rating for a show which goes out 5 days a week at a slot which was reaching more viewers with Xpose back 2 years ago.

Xpose has been thrown around the schedule, and even through stripped weeks of Britain's Got Talent and Ireland's Got Talent - the show doesn't even appear. Could they just have T6OCS reduced to 30 minutes (remove the cookery section) and a bit more pacey. And then Xpose at 6:30.

This leaves the 8pm slots on the Mon, Wed and Fri for new programming. Rare Breed has been given the Tuesday 7:30 slot. It's constantly interrupted by CL, Emmerdale, and specials like BGT and IGT. Took them 19 weeks to show 11 episodes of the newest series, and it's been 5 weeks since the last one. I think there is 12 in the series, so 1 still remains to be shown. Rare Breed did very well on UTVi on the Mon 8pm slot.

Xpozzure deserves the axe. It's well past it's use by date. Sorry, but it needs to be said.

P.S. Dear Channel 6,
Dear vanished cable friend,
Your enemy, TV3,
Killed you in the end. :-(

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

So, the most-watched World Cup match to date was Brazil v Switzerland, with 407,000 viewers, followed by Spain v Portugal on 312,000, Argentina v Iceland on 285,000, Germany v Mexico on 248,000 and a surprise fifth-place for Peru v Denmark on 245,000. It's usually stated that England matches tend to get relatively high ratings on RTE, so next week's tabs will be interesting.

Very big ratings for the matches. The Brazil matches always capture the imagination of the Irish public. Next England match is on a Sunday at 1pm, which prob won't attract that high of an audience considering their opponents. Their game against Belgium may also be meaningless in terms of getting out of the group, as both should qualify after gameweek 2, but should nonetheless be a good game.

No. Programme Channel Start Time Day TVR 000's
1 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Brazil V Switzerland RTÉ2 19:00 Sun 11.6 407
2 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:03 Wed 9.1 322
3 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:MSHC - Clare V Limerick RTÉ ONE 15:42 Sun 9.1 319
4 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Portugal V Spain RTÉ2 19:00 Fri 8.9 312
5 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:MSHC - Clare V Limerick RTÉ ONE 14:03 Sun 8.3 292
6 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:CSFC - Roscommon V Galway RTÉ ONE 16:51 Sun 8.2 289
7 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Croatia V Nigeria RTÉ2 20:01 Sat 8.2 288
8 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Argentina V Iceland RTÉ2 14:01 Sat 8.1 285
9 Prime Time RTÉ ONE 21:38 Thu 7.8 274
10 Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:01 Wed 7.6 269
11 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:02 Tue 7.5 265
12 Sunday Game Live - Build Up:CSFC - Roscommon V Galway RTÉ ONE 15:51 Sun 7.5 265
13 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:CSFC - Roscommon V Galway RTÉ ONE 16:03 Sun 7.3 258
14 2018 FIFA World Cup - Post Match:Argentina V Iceland RTÉ2 15:54 Sat 7.2 254
15 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Germany V Mexico RTÉ2 16:00 Sun 7 248
16 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Peru V Denmark RTÉ2 17:00 Sat 7 246
17 Coronation Street TV3 20:30 Mon 6.8 240
18 2018 FIFA World Cup - Build Up:Brazil V Switzerland RTÉ2 18:31 Sun 6.7 237
19 Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Wed 6.6 233
20 Coronation Street TV3 20:30 Wed 6.6 231
21 2018 FIFA World Cup - Post Match:Brazil V Switzerland RTÉ2 20:55 Sun 6.5 228
22 2018 FIFA World Cup - Post Match:Portugal V Spain RTÉ2 20:53 Fri 6.4 227
23 2018 FIFA World Cup - Build Up:Croatia V Nigeria RTÉ2 19:35 Sat 6.4 227
24 Golden: Our 50 Years Of Marriage RTÉ ONE 21:37 Wed 6.4 226
25 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:CSFC - Roscommon V Galway RTÉ ONE 17:40 Sun 6.4 225
26 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:30 Sun 6.4 225
27 2018 FIFA World Cup - Post Match:Argentina V Iceland RTÉ2 16:16 Sat 6.3 222
28 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Russia V Saudi Arabia RTÉ2 16:02 Thu 6.3 222
29 2018 FIFA World Cup - Post Match:Peru V Denmark RTÉ2 18:54 Sat 6.1 215
30 2018 FIFA World Cup - Post Match:Germany V Mexico RTÉ2 17:50 Sun 6 213
31 Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Mon 6 210
32 RTE Investigates - Clear And Present Danger RTÉ ONE 22:15 Thu 5.9 209
33 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:03 Thu 5.9 208
34 Emmerdale TV3 19:00 Wed 5.9 208
35 Eastenders RTÉ ONE 19:30 Thu 5.9 207
36 Awake: The Science Of Sleep RTÉ ONE 21:35 Tue 5.8 205
37 Ear To The Ground RTÉ ONE 19:00 Thu 5.8 205
38 Tommy Bowe - The End Game RTÉ ONE 21:37 Mon 5.7 203
39 Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:01 Mon 5.7 201
40 2018 FIFA World Cup - Build Up: Peru V Denmark RTÉ2 16:30 Sat 5.6 199
41 Coronation Street TV3 20:23 Fri 5.6 198
42 Find Me A Home RTÉ ONE 19:29 Wed 5.5 194

Soaps remain relatively strong during the world cup, particularly Fair City that came second with 322,000 viewers, though without sport

Programme Channel Start Time Day TVR 000's
Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:03 Wed 9.1 322
Prime Time RTÉ ONE 21:38 Thu 7.8 274
Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:01 Wed 7.6 269
Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:02 Tue 7.5 265
Coronation Street TV3 20:30 Mon 6.8 240
Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Wed 6.6 233
Coronation Street TV3 20:30 Wed 6.6 231
Golden: Our 50 Years Of Marriage RTÉ ONE 21:37 Wed 6.4 226
Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:30 Sun 6.4 225
Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Mon 6 210
RTE Investigates - Clear And Present Danger RTÉ ONE 22:15 Thu 5.9 209
Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:03 Thu 5.9 208
Emmerdale TV3 19:00 Wed 5.9 208
Eastenders RTÉ ONE 19:30 Thu 5.9 207
Awake: The Science Of Sleep RTÉ ONE 21:35 Tue 5.8 205
Ear To The Ground RTÉ ONE 19:00 Thu 5.8 205
Tommy Bowe - The End Game RTÉ ONE 21:37 Mon 5.7 203
Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:01 Mon 5.7 201
Coronation Street TV3 20:23 Fri 5.6 198
Find Me A Home RTÉ ONE 19:29 Wed 5.5 194

It would be nice to see how RTÉ's decision to keep with EastEnders Usual schedule will work for them.

No. Programme Channel Start Time Day TVR 000's
1 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Tunisia V England RTÉ2 19:00 Mon 12.9 453
2 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Iran V Spain RTÉ2 19:00 Wed 9.7 342
3 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Russia V Egypt RTÉ2 19:00 Tue 8.8 312
4 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Poland V Colombia RTÉ2 19:00 Sun 8.6 303
5 RTE Investigates - Ireland's Wild Waste RTÉ ONE 21:37 Mon 8.4 295
6 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Argentina V Croatia RTÉ2 19:00 Thu 8.1 286
7 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Germany V Sweden RTÉ2 20:00 Sat 7.8 276
8 2018 FIFA World Cup - Post Match:Tunisia V England RTÉ2 20:53 Mon 7.8 273
9 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:LSFC - Dublin V Laois RTÉ ONE 16:01 Sun 7.3 256
10 2018 FIFA World Cup - Post Match:Argentina V Croatia RTÉ2 20:52 Thu 7.3 256
11 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:LSFC - Dublin V Laois RTÉ ONE 16:49 Sun 7.2 254
12 2018 FIFA World Cup - Post Match:Belgium V Panama RTÉ2 17:53 Mon 6.9 242
13 Sunday Game Live - Post Match:USFC - Donegal V Fermanagh RTÉ ONE 15:34 Sun 6.6 232
14 No Country For Women RTÉ ONE 21:37 Wed 6.5 230
15 The Best Of The Late Late Show RTÉ ONE 21:34 Fri 6.4 226
16 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:31 Sun 6.4 224
17 "Sunday Game Live - Build Up:
LSFC - Dublin V Laois" RTÉ ONE 15:48 Sun 6.3 223
18 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:03 Wed 6.3 223
19 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Serbia V Switzerland RTÉ2 19:00 Fri 6.2 219
20 All Round To Mrs Brown's RTÉ ONE 21:30 Sat 6.1 214
21 Prime Time RTÉ ONE 21:37 Thu 6 213
22 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Poland V Senegal RTÉ2 16:02 Tue 6 213
23 Coronation Street TV3 20:29 Fri 5.9 210
24 No Country For Women RTÉ ONE 21:38 Tue 5.9 208
25 Saturday Game Live - Live Play:MSFC - Cork V Kerry RTÉ ONE 19:02 Sat 5.8 205
26 Classic Joe Dolan RTÉ ONE 22:38 Fri 5.8 204
27 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Korea Republic V Mexico RTÉ2 16:00 Sat 5.7 201
28 Coronation Street TV3 20:00 Fri 5.7 201
29 2018 FIFA World Cup - Post MatchIran V Spain RTÉ2 20:54 Wed 5.7 200
30 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:England V Panama RTÉ2 13:00 Sun 5.7 200
31 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Germany V Sweden RTÉ2 19:00 Sat 5.6 198
32 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play: Belgium V Panama RTÉ2 16:01 Mon 5.6 197
33 2018 FIFA World Cup - Post Match:Poland V Senegal RTÉ2 17:55 Tue 5.4 190
34 2018 FIFA World Cup - Post Match:Poland V Colombia RTÉ2 20:55 Sun 5.3 186
35 2018 FIFA World Cup - Post Match::Germany V Sweden RTÉ2 20:55 Sat 5.2 183
36 Sunday Game Live - Live Play:USFC - Donegal V Fermanagh RTÉ ONE 13:59 Sun 5.1 181
37 Room To Improve RTÉ ONE 19:30 Sun 5.1 180
38 2018 FIFA World Cup - Live Play:Uruguay V Saudi Arabia RTÉ2 16:00 Wed 5 177

Programme Channel Start Time Day TVR 000's
No Country For Women RTÉ ONE 21:37 Wed 6.5 230
The Best Of The Late Late Show RTÉ ONE 21:34 Fri 6.4 226
Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:31 Sun 6.4 224
Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:03 Wed 6.3 223
All Round To Mrs Brown's RTÉ ONE 21:30 Sat 6.1 214
Prime Time RTÉ ONE 21:37 Thu 6 213
Coronation Street TV3 20:29 Fri 5.9 210
No Country For Women RTÉ ONE 21:38 Tue 5.9 208
Classic Joe Dolan RTÉ ONE 22:38 Fri 5.8 204
Coronation Street TV3 20:00 Fri 5.7 201
Room To Improve RTÉ ONE 19:30 Sun 5.1 180
FILM: Pretty Woman RTÉ ONE 21:29 Sun 4.9 173
Emmerdale TV3 19:28 Fri 4.8 168
Coronation Street TV3 20:29 Thu 4.7 167
Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:00 Wed 4.6 164
Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:00 Mon 4.6 162

Sam Russell

Elmo wrote: »

Programme Channel Start Time Day TVR 000's
No Country For Women RTÉ ONE 21:37 Wed 6.5 230
The Best Of The Late Late Show RTÉ ONE 21:34 Fri 6.4 226
Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:31 Sun 6.4 224
Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:03 Wed 6.3 223
All Round To Mrs Brown's RTÉ ONE 21:30 Sat 6.1 214
Prime Time RTÉ ONE 21:37 Thu 6 213
Coronation Street TV3 20:29 Fri 5.9 210
No Country For Women RTÉ ONE 21:38 Tue 5.9 208
Classic Joe Dolan RTÉ ONE 22:38 Fri 5.8 204
Coronation Street TV3 20:00 Fri 5.7 201
Room To Improve RTÉ ONE 19:30 Sun 5.1 180
FILM: Pretty Woman RTÉ ONE 21:29 Sun 4.9 173
Emmerdale TV3 19:28 Fri 4.8 168
Coronation Street TV3 20:29 Thu 4.7 167
Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:00 Wed 4.6 164
Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:00 Mon 4.6 162

You missed Ireland's Wild Waste 295.

Sizeable ratings for the World Cup, with the England figure the real standout. Slightly disappointing for the GAA, but fans evidently realising that the real excitement will only begin with the Super 8s.

In contrast, TV3 will be praying for it to end - Corrie and Emmerdale both getting significant pummellings.