Macra Economics

Trickier to sort out the rating splits this week with the show starting half way through the fifteen minutes. But here goes.

Time......BBC One.............ITV1..........BBC Two......Four...............Five
19:30 .. 6.6 (35.5%) .. 4.6 (24.7%) .. 1.1 ( 6.1%) .. 1.4 ( 7.6%) .. 0.8 ( 4.1%)
19:45 .. 7.8 (39.7%) .. 4.1 (20.9%) .. 1.1 ( 5.3%) .. 1.4 ( 7.3%) .. 1.0 ( 4.9%)
20:00 .. 8.2 (39.8%) .. 4.6 (22.4%) .. 1.1 ( 5.1%) .. 1.3 ( 6.2%) .. 0.8 ( 3.9%)
20:15 .. 7.7 (36.3%) .. 4.9 (23.1%) .. 1.1 ( 5.0%) .. 1.6 ( 7.3%) .. 0.7 ( 3.4%)

Average: 8.0 (39.5%)

Worth noting too that the show gained 1.9 million viewers on the football. Who was it who said 'to be fair the football will probably be watched by more people'? Come one own up... Nyer, told you so. That said, oddly, the share was the same which means that more people were watching tv after that time overall. But ITV are having an awful time of it with their Grease show in particular onto a loser -- I think there's even less people watching that than Celebrity Wrestling ...