So, did this new series take a swing to the darkiside, as was suggested it would? Do we have a new 'Jam' on our hands?
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Quote: Matthew Stott @ July 12 2010, 1:31 PM BSTSo, did this new series take a swing to the darkiside, as was suggested it would? Do we have a new 'Jam' on our hands?
Darkside? Well, it is on after 9pm so I would imagine so. I didn't watch it. I'm too hard and alternative.
Depends what you do with the herring though!
I'm looking forward to this series
I think this will be the last series. The 1st episode had poor ratings with just over 4 million. They won't commision another series if the ratings are bad.
Quote: Richard Saunders @ July 13 2010, 6:58 PM BSTI think this will be the last series. The 1st episode had poor ratings with just over 4 million. They won't commision another series if the ratings are bad.
It's already coming back next year with seven new episodes though. 
Also, if you look at the overnights for Doctor Who and various other programmes, you will find that they are considerably lower (sometimes by 2 million) than the timeshift figures.
I won't be surprised if the BARB figure is over five million.
Also worth noting that the BBC don't just go on the figures - and with iPlayer, those from BARB boxes are only a fraction of the equation.
Technically does it mean that 50 million could be watching but only a small amount of the BARB panel are?
In theory, that is possible, yes.
So maybe (going slightly off topic) The Bill is really geting 30 million viewers
The 9th series of My Family was regularly getting 4.5 - 5 million viewers and they still asked for more.
Quote: David Carmon @ July 14 2010, 1:31 AM BSTThe 9th series of My Family was regularly getting 4.5 - 5 million viewers and they still asked for more.
4.5 - 5 million viewers is actually good by today's standards though, isn't it?
Yeah I'd say it was a decent figure, most TV shows have lost viewers over the last 10 years with more channels becoming available, plus the internet taking people away from the TV.