JO
To be fair, and though I agree with what you're saying, I don't think anybody should write it off until at least the end of the series. The first episode will get decent figures because of the novelty factor - it's about whether it can maintain those.
Nobody should be writing this show off until the consolidated ratings are in. It will timeshift well and is doing very well on iPlayer.
To be fair, and though I agree with what you're saying, I don't think anybody should write it off until at least the end of the series. The first episode will get decent figures because of the novelty factor - it's about whether it can maintain those.
:-(
A former member
Why? Top gear was the Iplayer biggest show,
VM
It's good to see Extra Gear right behind Top Gear on the iPlayer's most popular programmes (currently 1 and 2). I think it might get a wider audience (rather than just the hardcore TG audience) if it had an airing sometime during the week on BBC Two, perhaps early evening in the same way as It Takes Two.
JA
That's just so it shows up when you search for Top Gear. Just
Extra Gear
is the true title.
The spin-off is called Top Gear: Extra Gear on the BBC website.
AA
That's just so it shows up when you search for Top Gear. Just
Extra Gear
is the true title.
Which is a little bit strange, most spin offs have the main programme title in the name.
The spin-off is called Top Gear: Extra Gear on the BBC website.
Which is a little bit strange, most spin offs have the main programme title in the name.
SP
Or leave it where it is and when there are viewing figures available put out a "you see, moving BBC Three online did work" press release.
I I think it might get a wider audience (rather than just the hardcore TG audience) if it had an airing sometime during the week on BBC Two, perhaps early evening in the same way as It Takes Two.
Or leave it where it is and when there are viewing figures available put out a "you see, moving BBC Three online did work" press release.
TL
TalentLover1987
Launching on a Bank Holiday weekend was quite clever really, got the viewers talking over a fallow weekend, provided a perfect excuse for low ratings.
It being a bank holiday is not an excuse for low ratings. This was the first episode of a revival of a popular show and they are generally expected to do better than other episodes of said TV show. If the show can't even get five million during an event episode then what chance does it have for the remaining ones?
It's not that bad when you consider that the first episode of the 2014 series got only a million less:
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/03/top-gear-jeremy-clarkson-audience-bbc
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/03/top-gear-jeremy-clarkson-audience-bbc
The 2014 episode wasn't an 'event' episode though. It was a standard episode of the show.
With respect you are talking garbage. Overnight TV audiences are generally shrinking year on year (look at BGT final). Nobody should be writing this show off until the consolidated ratings are in. It will timeshift well and is doing very well on iPlayer.
TalentLover, I don't think anyone else sees 4.3million as low and they aren't going to axe it overnight because you belive it should and it's failing.
It's low for a new era of a TV show. I don't expect them to axe it now but they should once viewers drop down more for the remaining episodes.
LL
Do you have anything to back that up with or is this just your opinion?
It's low for a new era of a TV show.
Do you have anything to back that up with or is this just your opinion?
IS
Do you have anything to back that up with or is this just your opinion?
It's his opinion.... but one he formulated several months ago.
What does it mean anyway?
It's low for a new era of a TV show.
Do you have anything to back that up with or is this just your opinion?
It's his opinion.... but one he formulated several months ago.
What does it mean anyway?