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[Randall]

First round stoppage

Its ok you don't have to be scared of him

Why would I be?

[The Thorn]

[Safc]

I personally think all 3 this weekend have been appalling.

Nicholson with his utter shite that has nothing to do with the match he is on.

Murphy with his obsession of saying nobody should say anything to offend a player then does the exact same thing himself.

Dawson is getting more annoying by the weeks aswell his weird obsessions with Aspinall, Gilding and Schindler and has started over expressing the last word of every sentence to sound dramatic. I still only cut him a bit of slack as he does genuinely know a lot of stats.

[sennafan24]

I appreciate that Dawson is passionate about the game, but he and Murphy have never been my cup of tea.

Nicho needs to be banned from commentary altogether.

[The Thorn]

Dan is a legend

Murphy is solid

Nicho is poor

[DeepFriedRat]

I personally think all 3 this weekend have been appalling.

Plastic Aussie Cunt with his utter shite that has nothing to do with the match he is on.

Murphy with his obsession of saying nobody should say anything to offend a player then does the exact same thing himself.

Dawson is getting more annoying by the weeks aswell his weird obsessions with Aspinall, Gilding and Schindler and has started over expressing the last word of every sentence to sound dramatic. I still only cut him a bit of slack as he does genuinely know a lot of stats.

Always been obsessed with Gilding but absolutely 100% spot on with Schindler, he's right up his hole

I'd add Joe Cullen to the list too, he was very pleased he beat Smudger and also has a fetish for Daryl Gurney and his "flat" darts

[Safc]

I appreciate that Dawson is passionate about the game, but he and Murphy have never been my cup of tea.

Nicho needs to be banned from commentary altogether.

I didn't mind Dawson and Murphy but the last year Murphy can fuck off with his woke agenda.

And like I say Dawson since February is really annoying me don't think it helps he is on every channel now Sky, ITV and PDC. The other weekend when it was Lloydy and Dan McCarthy it was decent both just commentating on the game and even Webby last week.

But this weekend the 3 stooges have been unbearable.

[The Thorn]

Good to have people who are passionate about the game

[DeepFriedRat]

Plastic mentioned that Mason is doing ET6 in Leeuwarden

Strongly suspect Jacques Nieuwlaat will be there too in some capacity, it'll be a good weekend of commentary as those two will keep Dawson in line

[ChrisW]

Plastic mentioned that Mason is doing ET6 in Leeuwarden

Strongly suspect Jacques Nieuwlaat will be there too in some capacity, it'll be a good weekend of commentary as those two will keep Dawson in line

I imagine Nieuwlaat will be on viaplay duty.

[Rogg]

Aye. Care to guess what that "limited time' is in the BARB definition?

Doesn't look like it. Do tell...

3 minutes

Also would need to consider what they normally get in that slot for it they consider it a success or not, I have no idea of that.

3 minutes, rofl. Across 10 hours on Channel 5 I'd imagine that 'reach' should be absolutely enormous, if I am even understanding how they count it.

We'll have the BARB data in a couple of weeks which will help to provide some actual context but even then we will have almost no clue about what it all means, hooray.

One thing to add. In terms of total viewing audience across the week, the highest rated Channel 5 show for 6-12 March was:

'Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly'. 8-9pm on the Tuesday night: 1.7m.

Then down the list: 1.6, 1.5m, 1.4m, etc.

Day of the week, time of the day, length of the show, cost of the show... ratings are an endless muddle. Beware those who celebrate them.

Did we get the viewing figures in the end? I missed them and they've gone now.

[The Ginge Reaper]

Yes.



Assume the Saturday wasn't in the top 50.

[Rogg]

Cheers. Analysed too. 'Good'.

[The Ginge Reaper]

Cheers. Analysed too. 'Good'.

"The man from Channel 5 told me he was very happy with the viewing figures"

[oche balboa]

300,000 on a Sunday Afternoon is good

Bradders loathes this

[Rogg]

300,000 on a Sunday Afternoon is good

Bradders loathes this

How are you analysing it then?

[The Ginge Reaper]

Hard to make such a judgement tbh unless you know what their usual programming achieves.

[Rogg]

Hard to make such a judgement tbh unless you know what their usual programming achieves.

That afternoon slot on Channel 5, the week after the darts. Sunday 2nd April. The second film here was chopped in half by some news/entertainment bulletin.


1:30-3pm............ FILM: The Perfect Storm (2001)......................... 430k
3:05-4:05pm.... FILM: The Hunt For Red October (1990)................... 402k
4:10-5:45pm....... FILM: The Hunt For Red October (1990)................ 523k

[The Ginge Reaper]

So 20+ year old films, which dont require an expensive outside broadcast, got better figures than the darts by at least 33%.

Its things like that that will dictate if they show the event or not again.

[Safc]

So 20+ year old films, which dont require an expensive outside broadcast, got better figures than the darts by at least 33%.

Its things like that that will dictate if they show the event or not again.

The Perfect Storm is an horrendous film aswell especially with adverts