Unknown On Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Programme ratings are used for seeing which programmes are the most and least popular, also they show how many people are watching the show. The media producers use this information to see which programmes are doing well and which are not doing as well. The information is used to determine which shows can be re aired or cut from the channel after the finished series. 

Programme ratings are also used by media producers also use this information to gain knowledge about certain audiences preferences and dislikes about the channels they watch, don't watch and what programmes are preferred to be watched on these channels also.

BBC1

w/e 5 Oct 2014

7 day data (000s)
1
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF (WED 2002)
10,666
2
STRICTLY COME DANCING (SAT 1823)
9,926
3
STRICTLY COME DANCING: THE RESULTS (SUN 1920)
9,354
4
EASTENDERS (MON 2001)
7,751
5
EASTENDERS (FRI 2001)
7,692
6
EASTENDERS (TUE 1925)
7,647
7
EASTENDERS (THU 1928)
7,470
8
DOCTOR WHO (SAT 2029)
6,914
9
COUNTRYFILE (SUN 1819)
6,314
10
CASUALTY (SAT 2116)
5,747

MTV (was MTV One)

w/e 5 Oct 2014

7 day data (000s)
1
TEEN MOM 2 (WED 2000)
184
2
TEEN MOM 2 (THU 2000)
72
3
VIRGIN TERRITORY (MON 2100)
65
4
GEORDIE SHORE (FRI 2200)
56
5
RIDICULOUSNESS (MON 2300)
52
6
GEORDIE SHORE (SAT 2201)
51
7
AWKWARD (WED 2129)
50
8
FAKING IT (WED 2100)
47
9
TEEN MOM 2 (SAT 1659)
43
10
CATFISH: THE TV SHOW (SAT 1759)
On the Christmas of 2007, BBC won the Christmas Day Ratings battles, EastEnders was the biggest draw with 13.9 million people tuning in for the second half of a double bill, making it the most watched show of that year at that point.

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