Top comedies

So these are the top comedies of 2007.

The Vicar Of Dibley (13m)

Comic Relief (March, 9.7m)
My Family (May 11th, 7.2m)
The Green Green Grass (Nov 2nd, 6.4m)
Harry Hill's TV Burp (Feb 1st, 6m)
After You've Gone (Feb 16th, 5.5m)
Benidorm (Feb 1st, 5.3m)
Ruddy Hell! It's Harry And Paul (Apr 13th, 4.8m)
All New Just For Laughs (Jan 20th, 4.5m)
Last Of The Summer Wine (Sept 23, 4.5m)

Well of them I only rated half. Is that a reflection on me or the state of comedy in this country?

Am I a comedy snob as well?

Quote: David Chapman @ December 19, 2007, 12:12 AM

Harry Hill's TV Burp (Feb 1st, 6m)

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Is the only one I watched.

Quote: David Chapman @ December 19, 2007, 12:12 AM

So these are the top comedies of 2007.

The Vicar Of Dibley (13m)

Comic Relief (March, 9.7m)
My Family (May 11th, 7.2m)
The Green Green Grass (Nov 2nd, 6.4m)
Harry Hill's TV Burp (Feb 1st, 6m)
After You've Gone (Feb 16th, 5.5m)
Benidorm (Feb 1st, 5.3m)
Ruddy Hell! It's Harry And Paul (Apr 13th, 4.8m)
All New Just For Laughs (Jan 20th, 4.5m)
Last Of The Summer Wine (Sept 23, 4.5m)

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Christ.

Was this poll run by the x factor? Where's not going out?

Quote: David Chapman @ December 19, 2007, 12:12 AM

Well of them I only rated half.

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What an odd expression. 'Rated'. I keep hearing it recently, but not sure where it comes from. I assume it means "think anything of"?

Quote: David Chapman @ December 19, 2007, 12:12 AM

So these are the top comedies of 2007.

The Vicar Of Dibley (13m)

Comic Relief (March, 9.7m)
My Family (May 11th, 7.2m)
The Green Green Grass (Nov 2nd, 6.4m)
Harry Hill's TV Burp (Feb 1st, 6m)
After You've Gone (Feb 16th, 5.5m)
Benidorm (Feb 1st, 5.3m)
Ruddy Hell! It's Harry And Paul (Apr 13th, 4.8m)
All New Just For Laughs (Jan 20th, 4.5m)
Last Of The Summer Wine (Sept 23, 4.5m)

Well of them I only rated half. Is that a reflection on me or the state of comedy in this country?

Am I a comedy snob as well?

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I think my favourite was The Vicar Of Dibley (13m)

Quote: Aaron @ December 19, 2007, 10:37 AM

What an odd expression. 'Rated'. I keep hearing it recently, but not sure where it comes from. I assume it means "think anything of"?

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Don't forget I'm old.

I suppose it's a bit like quality - it could mean good or bad.

All it does is show what is popular, that doesn't make it good or bad, just popular.

There seems to be a high proportion of what I would call 'gentle' comedies though. Dibley, My Family, The Green Green Grass, After You've gone, Last of the Summer Wine etc. All BBC One ones as well.

Not my cup of tea but I can see why they are popular.

I watched 2 of those.

Quote: jacparov @ December 19, 2007, 10:16 PM

All it does is show what is popular, that doesn't make it good or bad, just popular.

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Very true. There have been better comedies over the last year that have smaller figures either cause (1) they are not established enough yet (2) a bit more off the wall and not 'safe' (3) on a different channel (BBC1 always tends to pull in the larger figures regardless).

Quote: hotzappa11 @ December 19, 2007, 11:15 PM

I watched 2 of those.

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Likewise. Harry Hill (which I only see on and off and quite enjoy) and Harry Enfield, of which I saw the first two shows and then stopped watching because it was so so bad. Its a bit misleading cause the date for Enfield was for the first show of the series. What did the last one get, and what was the average for the series for example?

I think the average was 4 million and something.

All cack. And that's not just an opinion.

Quote: hotzappa11 @ December 20, 2007, 12:51 PM

I think the average was 4 million and something.

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That's depressing, although I do know a lot of people who watched it (and kept quoting me lines from the show which was very annoying).

It's no surprise. It's quite obvious that the top rated comedies would be the most mainstream, safe ones.

I didn't expect to see Peep Show topping the chart!

Quote: jacparov @ December 19, 2007, 10:16 PM

All it does is show what is popular, that doesn't make it good or bad, just popular.

There seems to be a high proportion of what I would call 'gentle' comedies though. Dibley, My Family, The Green Green Grass, After You've gone, Last of the Summer Wine etc. All BBC One ones as well.

Not my cup of tea but I can see why they are popular.

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The older generatation unfortunatly outnumber us and they must be watching more TV than us young folk (cause we go to the... Disco and what not!)