The gap between Corrie and everything else widened this week, it was the only show to get more than 9 million viewers and it got more than 9 million viewers with 4 out of 5 of it's episodes! Corrie's average for the week was 9.73 to EastEnders' 8.51 - ouch!

As the nights start to draw in, it's getting more difficult for the smaller channels to compete; 5.25 million viewers were needed in order to get onto this week's Top 20, the best BBC2, Channel 4 and Five could manage was 3.62 million (Extras), 3.16 million (You Are What You Eat) and 3.15 million (CSI: Miami) respectively.

The week ending 17th September's Top 20 looks like this:

1. Coronation Street [ITV1 Mon] - 10.47m
2. EastEnders [BBC1 Tue] - 8.98m
3. How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? [BBC1 Sat] - 8.20m
4. Emmerdale [ITV1 Mon] - 7.75m
5. Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway [ITV1 Sat] - 7.58m
6. The X Factor [ITV1 Sat] - 7.53m
7. The Royal [ITV1 Sun] - 7.26m
8. Dalziel and Pascoe [BBC1 Mon] - 7.11m
9. Midsomer Murders [ITV1 Sun] - 6.78m
10. Spooks [BBC1 Sun] - 6.31m
11. Holby City [BBC1 Tue] - 6.22m
12. The National Lottery - In It to Win It [BBC1 Sat] - 5.97m
13. Who Do You Think You Are? [BBC1 Wed] - 5.95m
14. BBC News [BBC1 Sat] - 5.84m
15. Life Begins [ITV1 Mon] - 5.79m
16. The Bill [ITV1 Thu] - 5.57m
17. The Vicar of Dibley [BBC1 Sat] - 5.53m
18. Losing It [ITV1 Wed] - 5.42m
19. Ten O'Clock News [BBC1 Wed] - 5.30m
20. Rebus [ITV1 Fri] - 5.25m

One episode (highest rated) for each series only. Comprised from official BARB ratings for all national terrestrial TV channels: BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five

I'm now the editor of a person, which is nice...Alistair Cooke to be precise, quite proud of that considering I wasn't really aiming to be a person editor but anyway...

I mentioned on a forum post that I'd post a floor plan of the West Wing (the real one) here - one of the many perculiar things I have stored on my hard drive - so here that is:

Have fun everyone!

TV ratings for the week ending 10th September have just been released. Any TV show with more than 4.62 million viewers is on it which, once again, doesn't include any of the smaller TV channels. Channel 4 was best of the rest this week with Supernanny (3.44m), then BBC2 with Dragon's Den (3.35m) and bringing up the rear was Five with CSI: Miami (3.10m).

Here the Top 20:

1. Coronation Street [ITV1 Mon] - 10.35m
2. EastEnders [BBC1 Mon] - 9.66m
3. Emmerdale [ITV1 Mon] - 8.22m
4. The X Factor [ITV1 Sat] - 7.96m
5. Holby City [BBC1 Tue] - 6.79m
=. Dalziel and Pascoe [BBC1 Mon] - 6.97m
7. Where the Heart Is [ITV1 Sun] - 6.71m
8. The National Lottery - In It to Win It [BBC1 Sat] - 6.58m
9. 9/11: The Twin Towers [BBC1 Thu] - 6.43m
10. Who Do You Think You Are [BBC1 Wed] - 6.40m
=. How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? [BBC1 Sat] - 6.40m
12. Life Begins [ITV1 Mon] - 6.17m
13. Ten O'Clock News [BBC1 Thu] - 5.90m
14. Midsomer Murders [ITV1 Sun] - 5.80m
15. Rebus [ITV1 Fri] - 5.68m
16. The Bill [ITV1 Thu] - 5.57m
17. Aftersun [BBC1 Fri] - 4.81m
18. Blackbeard [BBC1 Sun] - 4.67m
19. Jill Dando's Murder - The New Evidence [BBC1 Tue] - 4.66m
20. Bad Girls [ITV1 Thu] - 4.62m

One episode (highest rated) for each series only. Comprised from official BARB ratings for all national terrestrial TV channels: BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five

I'm going back to Uni tomorrow and start my second year in about two weeks.

Just spent the day packing and have decided on about 140 DVDs to take with me in my CD case...

I've trimmed down on TV show DVDs this year so I only  have:

• Alias Series 2
• Angel Series 1
• Futurama Series 1
• Frasier Series 1
• Firefly
• ER Series 1
• CSI Part 2 of Series 2
• Teachers Series 1 and 2
• America
• The West Wing Series 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7

I was so adicted to The West Wing last year that I meant not to take any DVDs of the series this year but there was loads of room left over in the case so I thought 'what the hell'...doubht my new housemates will see much of me now, I'll be the guy who locks himself in the room where they hear the theme for TWW regularly every 45 minutes...

Anyhow...I just wanted to say to anyone who's just starting Uni this year to enjoy it as best you can, just be yourself and be nice to everyone and you'll get along just fine - good luck and have fun !!!

I'm now very happy to be the editor for the 1970s documentary series America. It's a really amazing and insightful documentary for anyone who's not seen it.

I'm hoping to add full recaps for each of the episodes which might take some time, otherwise the guide is pretty much complete.

Yay

The BBC might be a bit worried with this week's Top 20, in a week that saw Emmerdale go head to head with EastEnders and beating it, the BBC soap also ranked consistently lower than Coronation Street all week long. Meanwhile on Saturday nights, ITV is slowly regaining control with X Factor being the biggest draw of the night and second biggest draw of the week!

TV shows needed 4.56 million viewers to get on this week's Top 20, none of the smaller channels had qualifying shows, Five came closest, drawing 3.81 million for an episode of CSI: New York, Channel 4's highest rated was Supernanny with 3.29 million and the best BBC-2 could score was 3.03 million with Dragons' Den.

Here's the Top 20:

1. Coronation Street [ITV1 Wed] - 10.30m
2. The X Factor [ITV1 Sat] - 9.08m
3. EastEnders [BBC1 Tue] - 8.91m
4. Emmerdale [ITV1 Wed] - 7.73m
5. Match of the Day Live [BBC1 Sat] - 7.33m
6. The National Lottery - In It to Win It [BBC1 Sat] - 6.82
7. Holby City [BBC1 Tue] - 6.55m
8. Dalziel and Pascoe [BBC1 Sun] - 6.44m
9. Midsomer Murders [ITV1 Sun] - 6.28m
10. Ten O'Clock News [BBC1 Wed] - 5.99m
11. Where the Heart Is [ITV1 Sun] - 5.96m
12. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? [BBC1 Sat] - 5.92m
13. Murphy's Law [BBC1 Mon] - 5.83m
14. The Bill [ITV1 Wed] - 5.58m
15. The Chase [BBC1 Sun] - 5.24m
16. Test the Nation: The National IQ Test [BBC1 Sat] - 5.09m
17. Tenants from Hell [ITV1 Wed] - 4.88m
18. BBC News and Weather [BBC1 Sun] - 4.68m
19. Antiques Roadshow's Greatest Finds [BBC1 Sun] - 4.56m
=. Bad Girls [ITV1 Thu] - 4.56m

One episode (highest rated) for each series only. Comprised from official BARB ratings for all national terrestrial TV channels: BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five

I find that if you want to know TV ratings, it's pretty easy to find ones for US TV shows with the Neilson Top 20 available all over the place but no one seems to publish the UK Top 20 so I'm going to start, these are official numbers from BARB for the week before last (week ending 27th August):

1. Coronation Street [ITV1] - 10.35m
2. EastEnders [BBC1] - 9.11m
3. Emmerdale [ITV1] - 8.05m
4. The X Factor [ITV1] - 7.36m
5. The National Lottery - In It to Win It [BBC1] - 7.09m
6. Casualty [BBC1] - 6.90m
7. Holby City [BBC1] - 6.10m
8. Silent Witness [BBC1] - 5.98m
9. Ten O'Clock News [BBC1] - 5.87m
10. BBC News [BBC1] - 5.73m
11. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria [BBC1] - 5.67m
12. Murphy's Law [BBC1] - 5.47m
13. The Bill [ITV1] - 5.26m
14. Where the Heart Is [ITV1] - 5.21m
15. Bad Girls [ITV1] - 5.00m
16. Sorted [BBC1] - 4.84m
17. The Chase [BBC1] - 4.34m
18. Crimewatch Solved [BBC1] - 4.28m
19. Edinburgh Military Tattoo [BBC1] - 4.28m
20. Jane Hall [ITV1] - 3.99m

One episode (highest rated) for each series only. Comprised from official BARB ratings for all national terrestrial TV channels: BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five

I've not been updating my guides to the best of my ability of late, I've been a bit busy with work and then when I'm not busy with work I can't get on the damn internet...all so annoying (but it will all be better on Friday when we finally get broadband - we must be one of the last villages in the World not to have it!!!).

Anyhow, the EastEnders guide has really seen the worst of my inability to update and for that I'm very sorry especially since I made such a fuss about getting the guide in the first place...I will do my best (as of this coming weekend) to update it regularly - I've already started by adding yesterday's episode.

I was almost glad to see the back of Big Brother this year. Updating a guide 7 days a week for 13 weeks isn't an easy thing to keep up and having to keep up with 6 episodes a week of BBLB and 5 episodes a week of Richard & Judy takes time but with 80% of my work load out of the way I can also get back to filling in the gaps on EastEnders and R&J, I've got at least a years worth to add to each, so that's my plan for now (that and [legally] downloading TV episodes over broadband)!

To calm myself while not being to get on the internet I've been watching the first season of Veronica Mars, I saw bits and pieces of it when it was on Living TV but I wasn't home from Uni enough to catch the whole thing so I bought the DVD...anyway, it's really really really good and I can highly recommend it to anyone who's not seen it, I can't believe how abysmal the ratings for the series has been in the US, UK and Canada...I loved the show so much I've now got the lovely Kristen Bell in my first personalised banner - isn't she pretty?!

That's pretty much all I had to say...

Have fun everyone!

Whew! After 3 months of intense submitting to Big Brother, BBLB, Richard & Judy and EastEnders I have ascended to Level 30!!!

30's a big number...

And there's still almost 3 weeks left of BB-7 and BBLB-9, 6 weeks left of R&J-6 and 21 years of EE to fill! I'd better get to it!

Well, after more than a few angry PMs, forum posts and a ludicrous number of submissions, I'm finally the proud editor of EastEnders!

I'm very excited about it...now I can get down to the real business of updating it!!!

I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the death of Aaron Spelling, who produced so many iconic TV series over the years and in so doing has changed the way television is made and watched.

"I think there is a need to escape," Mr. Spelling once said. "I think it is a release valve that keeps people from blowing their brains out or having nervous breakdowns. We find that the majority of our audience is worried, really worried, about the cost of food, how much it costs to send your kid to school, the cost of clothes.

"Unfortunately, we often have to make the choice between 150 critics and 150 million Americans out there, and I have always felt that my job was to please [the viewers]. To entertain them."

And he did.

He leaves a legacy that is not easily forgotten. He'll be missed.

Aaron Spelling (1923 - 2006)

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip baby! I'm looking forward to this show so much it hurts!

If you have no earthly idea what I'm talking about, check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl0isLMhhkY

Great writer, great cast, great show!