More UK viewers wanted to know who was replacing David Tennant as the Time Lord on the BBC1 doc "Doctor Who Confidential" Saturday night then watch what is considered the biggest soccer match of the year, the FA Cup, on ITV:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/05/doctor-who-tvratings And to add insult to injury, after the announcement of Matt Smith as the new Doctor, instead of switching to the FA Cup, viewers stuck around to BBC1 for the premiere of the UK version of "Wipeout," hosted by "Top Gear"'s Richard Hammond--in other words, Big Balls instead of Big Match. (The show's called "Total Wipeout" in the UK, since the last revival of the 80s Peter Tomarken game show "Wipeout" in the UK, hosted by the late Bob Monkhouse, wasn't that many years ago--and ITV co-owns that format with CBS Paramount.) Meanwhile, last night the latest crime drama from "Prime Suspect" creator Lydia LaPlante on ITV beat its competition of the latest BBC nature unit doc "Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions" on the One and "Celeb Big Brother" on Channel 4 (back after the racial controversy of 2007 and the failure of the "Celebrity Hijack" version last winter on sister channel E4): http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/05/tv-ratings-lynda-la-plante I suspect we'll see "Above Suspicion" this summer on "Masterpiece Mystery." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
