National Television Awards Voting Begins

Tuesday, 10 July 2007 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

Early voting has been opened for the 2007 National Television Awards, sponsored by ITV. Both David Tennant and Freema Agyeman are among the long list of nominees for Most Popular Actor and Actress, respectively, while Doctor Who is once again up for Most Popular Drama.Torchwood also receives the Most Popular Drama nomination, while its star John Barrowman is nominated for Most Popular Actor. John Simm from the last three episodes of this past series is also nominated as Most Popular Actor for his work on "Life on Mars".

The NTA preliminary vote carries over to the final vote later in the year as the nominees' list is whittled down, with the presentation of the awards to take place in November. Doctor Who has been a big winner at the past two years' NTAs, the series taking both drama series awards and Tennant, Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper all winning in their categories.

Voting takes place at the National Television Awards website.

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Billie Piper - Awards/Nominations

Canada: CBC to make Series Three Available Online

Monday, 9 July 2007 - Reported by Mike Doran

The Doctor Who Blog is reporting that they have been informed by sources inside the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that the broadcaster will be posting Series Three ofDoctor Who online at their Doctor Who Website. Each episode will appear online the day after it airs onCBC Television, and will remain available for up to four weeks.

It is expected that the first three episodes should be posted on the site soon. The episodes are expected to be geofenced, and only be available to those connecting from Canadian ISPs.

(Thanks to Rudolf Mammitzsch and DWIN)

FILTER: - Canada - Series 3/29

Friday Ratings, Schedule Update

Saturday, 7 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The Friday BBC3 repeat of episode thirteen, Last of the Time Lords, achieved an overnight audience of 0.46 million viewers, making it the 4th most watched programme on multichannel television for the day. It had a share of 2.8%.

The entire Series Three gets another repeat showing on BBC3, starting with a chance to see Catherine Tate's debut in The Runaway Bride, which is being shown at 9pm on Monday 9th July.

Episode one, Smith and Jones, then follows at 7.50pm onFriday 13th July.

Doctor Who Confidential is also being repeated, sometimes the full forty-minute version rather than the cut-down one. The first showing is immediatlly after Smith and Jones.

Those who missed the 45-minute compilation of all the episodes of the Totally Doctor Who animated series, The Infinite Quest, can catch it again when it is repeated on the CBBC channel at 5pm on Sunday 8th July.

Finally fans of the original Doctor may want to catch Togas on TV on BBC Four next Wednesday 11th July at10.30pm. It looks at a variety of TV programmes that have featured togas, from I, Claudius, starring Derek Jacobi, to Doctor Who.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

TV GUIDE features Who

Thursday, 5 July 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

TV GUIDE's website has a few brief clips from up coming episodes of series 3 highlighted under The Future of Sci-Fi Shows and includes a nice photo of Tennant on their home page.

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Press

Sound of Drums Final Ratings

Wednesday, 4 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Figures published by BARB show that episode twelve, The Sound of Drums, was watched by 7.51 million viewers, making it the 11th most watched programme of the week.

The programme narrowly missed out on a top ten place by just 50,000 viewers. It was the 4th most watched on BBC One, beating an edition of EastEnders.

On multichannel, the Sunday repeat got 1.09 million watching, making the programme the second highest rated of the week.

Doctor Who Confidential got 0.96 million and was the 4th most watched multichannel programme of the week.

Final figures are much more accurate than the initial overnights and include those who recorded the programme and watch it within 7 days.

Top Twenty Television Programmes (w/e 24th June 2007)

1 CORONATION STREET (MON 2030) - 10.27 - ITV1
2 CORONATION STREET (MON 1934) - 9.99 - ITV1
3 EASTENDERS (MON 2001) - 9.68 - BBC1
4 EASTENDERS (THU 1931) - 9.17 - BBC1
5 CORONATION STREET (WED 1931) - 9.11 - ITV1
6 CORONATION STREET (SUN 1929) - 9.04 - ITV1
7 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1934) - 8.78 - ITV1
8 EASTENDERS (FRI 2001) - 8.54 - BBC1
9 HEARTBEAT (SUN 2000) - 7.84 - ITV1
10 EMMERDALE (MON 1902) - 7.56 - ITV1
11 DOCTOR WHO (SAT 1915) - 7.51 - BBC1
12 THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE (MON 2101) - 7.10 - ITV1
13 EMMERDALE (THU 1903) - 6.94 - ITV1
14 EASTENDERS (TUE 1931) - 6.86 - BBC1
15 EMMERDALE (WED 1900) - 6.84 - ITV1
16 EMMERDALE (TUE 1901) - 6.59 - ITV1
17 EMMERDALE (SUN 1900) - 6.56 - ITV1
18 EMMERDALE (FRI 1903) - 6.47 - ITV1
19 DALZIEL AND PASCOE (THU 2100) - 6.24 - BBC1
20 BBC NEWS AND WEATHER (SUN 2200) - 6.00 - BBC1

Multichannel Top Twenty

1 FILM: SHREK (Tue 2001) 1,432,000 - BBC3
2 DOCTOR WHO (Sun 2000) 1,094,000 - BBC3
3 EASTENDERS (Tue 2202) 956,000 - BBC3
4 DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL (Sat 2002) 955,000 - BBC3
5 AMERICA'S GOT TALENT (2007) (Fri 2031) 954,000 - ITV2
6 FILM: SHREK (Wed 2100) 936,000 - BBC3
7 THE SIMPSONS (Sun 1831) 850,000 - Sky 1
8 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL LIVE (Wed 1700) 829,000 - Sky Sports
9 EASTENDERS (Thu 2201) 816,000 - BBC3
10 HOME AND AWAY (Tue 1829) 807,000 - Five Life
11 SUPERNATURAL (Sun 2104) 804,000 - ITV2
12 HOLLYOAKS (Thu 1859) 785,000 - E4
13 60 SECONDS (Sun 1958) 772,000 - BBC3
14 HOME AND AWAY (Mon 1829) 731,000 - Five Life
15 FILM: LETHAL WEAPON (Thu 2154) 717,000 ITV2
16 HOLLYOAKS (Fri 1859) 715,000 E4
17 HOME AND AWAY (Wed 1829) 688,000 Five Life
18 HOME AND AWAY (Thu 1829) 663,000 Five Life
19 60 SECONDS (Sun 2201) 647,000 BBC3
20 HOLLYOAKS (Wed 1859) 639,000 E4

Source: BARB

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

USA Series Three Starts Friday - Updated

Tuesday, 3 July 2007 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

The US Sci Fi Channel cable network begins airing Series Three of Doctor Who this Friday, July 6 at 8pm. The broadcast of the third season, which stars David Tennant and Freema Agyeman, begins with the debut of last December's Christmas special, "The Runaway Bride" at 8pm and the first regular season episode, "Smith and Jones," immediately following at 9:30pm. Episodes will then be broadcast on subsequent Fridays at 9pm, with a one-week break on August 31 due to the Labor Day holiday weekend. The show then moves to 8pm as of September 7 due to the return of Stargate Atlantis at 9pm.

The schedule of episodes is as follows:

July 6 - The Runaway Bride (8:00pm), Smith and Jones (9:30pm)
July 13 - The Shakespeare Code (9:00pm)
July 20 - Gridlock (9:00pm)
July 27 - Daleks in Manhattan (9:00pm)
August 3 - Evolution of the Daleks (9:00pm)
August 10 - The Lazarus Experiment (9:00pm)
August 17 - 42 (9:00pm)
August 24 - Human Nature (9:00pm)
September 7 - The Family of Blood (8:00pm)
September 14 - Blink (8:00pm)
September 21 - Utopia (8:00pm)
September 28 - The Sound of Drums (8:00pm)
October 4 - Last of the Time Lords (9:30pm)

FILTER: - USA - Series 3/29 - Broadcasting

AI Figure, Sunday ratings

Monday, 2 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The final episode of Season Three of Doctor Who was once more one of the most enjoyed programmes on British Television, with Episode Thirteen,Last of the Timelords achieving an Appreciation Index of 88.

For a programme with such a high Audience to achieve such a high Appreciation index is incredibly rare.

The programme scored extremely high on all aspects with 85% making a special effort to watch and 90% watching with a lot of attention. 78% thought it was a high quality programme.

31% thought the programme was inspiring, way above the average score for drama of 16% and 60% said they would recommend it to a friend.

Meanwhile the Sunday BBC3 repeat was once more the most watched programme on Multichannel Television, with 0.76 million viewers, despite its earlier time slot. The share was 4.3% with Doctor Who Confidential being watched by0.46 million viewers.

Final figures are now available for the whole week and puts Doctor Who as the 7th most watched programme of the week, the highest position achieved since Gridlock. Saturday's Doctor Who got 1.7 million more viewers than Sunday's Coronation Street. Final figures will be released by BARB in about nine days time.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Last of the Time Lords - Overnight Rating

Sunday, 1 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who went out on a massive high with unofficial overnight figures showing that Episode Thirteen, Last of the Time Lordswas watched by 8.0 million viewers, a 39.1% share of the total television audience.

The programme was by far the most watched of the day, beating the second placed Casualty by nearly 1.5 million viewers.

The repeat of The Weakest Link: Dr Who Special was fifth with 4.5 million people watching.

ITV1's opposition, the feature film The Mummy averaged just 3 million viewers.

With just Sunday's ratings to come, Doctor Who is currently the 5th most watched programme of the week, virtually guaranteeing a top ten place when the final figures are compiled. It currently stands ahead of all episodes of Emmerdale, three episodes of EastEnders and one episode of Coronation Street.

The children's audience was 1.5 million which was a 55.6% share of the 4-15 year olds watching television.

On BBC3, Doctor Who Confidential was watched by 0.93 million making it the most watched programme on multichannel television with a 5.7% shareof the audience. This is the highest rating of the series and the second highest rating the programme has received on the channel.

Earlier in the day the showing of the compilation of the animated story Doctor Who - The Infinite Quest had 0.6 million viewers.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

Doctor Who dropped at London Pride 2007

Sunday, 1 July 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Dr Who fans who endured very wet weather in London yesterday were disappointed when the organisers of London Pride 2007 had to pull the plug on the season finale, Last of the Time Lords, due to end the event on a large outdoor screen.

Hundreds of people gathered in Trafalgar Square to celebrate gay pride and were looking forward to seeing the show on the big screen when, at approximately 7.45pm, an apologetic host told the crowd that the programme had been cancelled.

The fans who had sat in the rain for a number of hours with the promise that "Doctor Who would be airing shortly" were left severely disappointed.

It was initially blamed on a faulty DVD player, but later transpired there was an 8pm curfew imposed on the event by Westminster Council and the police which meant there was no time for the broadcast.

Scheduling delays also lead to confusion over timing and some Who fans missed appearances by John Barrowman andFreema Agyeman (a typo in a timetable flyer amusingly listed her as Freda Agyeman). Altogether, a wet and disappointing day out in London for Who fans.

Submitted by Mark Nisbitt. Thanks also to Bruce Walcroft and Andrew Warrilow.

FILTER: - Special Events - Series 3/29

Friday Ratings

Saturday, 30 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who had a strong performance on Friday night with unofficial figures showing that 0.55 million watched the BBC3 repeat of Episode twelve,The Sound of Drums, a 3.3% share of the audience.

This was the highest rating the programme has received in this time slot and was enough to make the programme the second most watched multichannel programme for the day.

The earlier repeat of Episode Eleven, Utopia had 0.32 million viewers, a 2.1% share of the audience.

Doctor Who Confidential also did well with 0.33 million watching at 8.45pm and 0.43 million watching at 9.45pm, enough to make this showing the 8th most watched multichannel programme of the day.

FILTER: - Ratings - UK - Series 3/29

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National Television Awards Voting Begins

Canada: CBC to make Series Three Available Online

Friday Ratings, Schedule Update

TV GUIDE features Who

Sound of Drums Final Ratings

USA Series Three Starts Friday - Updated

AI Figure, Sunday ratings

Last of the Time Lords - Overnight Rating

Doctor Who dropped at London Pride 2007

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