An Issue of Scheduling
With the announcements of the new seasons for Doctor Who in the autumn and Merlin's 13 episode run to start around the same time. I have been curious as to how they would schedule it.
Here is approximatley how the autumn saturday nights on BBC1 have gone in previous years have gone:
2008
18:00-18:45 Merlin
18:45-20:00 Strictly Come Dancing
20:00-21:00 National Lottery Who Dares Wins
21:00-22:00 Casualty
2009
17:45-18:15 News
18:15-19:00 Merlin
19:00-21:00 Strictly Come Dancing
21:00-21:10 National Lottery Draws
21:10-22:00 Casualty
2010
18:00-19:45 Strictly Come Dancing
19:45-20:30 Merlin
20:30-21:20 The National Lottery: In It To Win It
21:20-22:10 Casualty
Now if you were BBC scheduler what would you do to get a 45 minute Doctor Who to fit on this night along with 1 hour and 45 minute strictly come dancing, 45 minute merlin, 50 minute national lottery and 50 minute casualty (bearing in mind if these programmes didn't air on that night they would have to air another time). What would you move on to another night and when?
Also bear in mind the likely ITV1 opposition would be:
18:00-18-45 All Star Family fortunes (Avg. viewers 3.93 million)
18:45-19:15 New You've Been Framed (Avg. viewers 4.1 million)
19:15-19:45 Harry Hills TV Burp (Avg. viewers 5.57 million)
19:45-22:00 The X-factor (Avg. viewers 14.1 million)
22:00-23:00 Piers Morgans Life Stories (Avg. viewers 4.87 million)
So how would you schedule saturday nights?
Here is approximatley how the autumn saturday nights on BBC1 have gone in previous years have gone:
2008
18:00-18:45 Merlin
18:45-20:00 Strictly Come Dancing
20:00-21:00 National Lottery Who Dares Wins
21:00-22:00 Casualty
2009
17:45-18:15 News
18:15-19:00 Merlin
19:00-21:00 Strictly Come Dancing
21:00-21:10 National Lottery Draws
21:10-22:00 Casualty
2010
18:00-19:45 Strictly Come Dancing
19:45-20:30 Merlin
20:30-21:20 The National Lottery: In It To Win It
21:20-22:10 Casualty
Now if you were BBC scheduler what would you do to get a 45 minute Doctor Who to fit on this night along with 1 hour and 45 minute strictly come dancing, 45 minute merlin, 50 minute national lottery and 50 minute casualty (bearing in mind if these programmes didn't air on that night they would have to air another time). What would you move on to another night and when?
Also bear in mind the likely ITV1 opposition would be:
18:00-18-45 All Star Family fortunes (Avg. viewers 3.93 million)
18:45-19:15 New You've Been Framed (Avg. viewers 4.1 million)
19:15-19:45 Harry Hills TV Burp (Avg. viewers 5.57 million)
19:45-22:00 The X-factor (Avg. viewers 14.1 million)
22:00-23:00 Piers Morgans Life Stories (Avg. viewers 4.87 million)
So how would you schedule saturday nights?