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Looking back to week ending Sunday March 25th, Eggheads, in the 6:00pm -> 6:30pm timeslot, had all 5 programmes in the top 30 - highest Monday 19th 1.95 million (#11 in the top 30), lowest Thursday 24th 1.68 miliion viewers (#24).
JAM the following week in the same 6:00pm -> 6:30pm timeslot had 2 programmes in the top 30: highest Monday 26th 1.48 (#14) followed by Wednesdays show with 1.24 million (#27), the other 3 are not in the top 30 so no rating given but had to be below 1.20 million.
The following week, 2nd - 8th April, only 1 JAM episode made the BARB top 30; Friday 6th April 1.39 million (#30).

During the 2 weeks JAM was broadcast Eggheads viewing figures in the 6:30pm -> 7pm timeslot were generally the same as when screened between 6 and 1/2 6.

(Will leave averages and going analysis going back weeks and weeks to someone else.)

It should be noted that Eggheads has been going for years, will have built up an audience, and has been shown in the 6:30 - 7pm timeslot before.
JAM was completely new to BBC2 and on the air at a different time than when its on the radio.
No idea how other shows do when in those timeslots.

In the end its down to whether or not the people behind BBC2 are happy with the figures, if everybody involved wants JAM on the tv, and if a high number of the regular panelists are prepared to participate. There is a difference between 10 anniversary shows and a normal regular series and I cant see it going ahead without the regulars. Maybe they would spread the regulars out a bit more out as well as getting Sheila, Ross, Kitt involved, and werent a few others mentioned, i recall one being Lee Mack (tho he hasnt been on that often). Does Paul have to feature on every show (even tho its better with him and gives a bit of reassurance and normality to some people seeing his name on the panel)?

--- In mailto:just-a-minute%40..., "kj.naughton" <kj.naughton@...> wrote:

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> Hello Dean,
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> You asked a question on the blog about audience figures for JAM TV

versus Eggheads but hadn't seen the figures. The headline figures from BARB (the prople who do UK audience figures) are on http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weekly-top-programmes-overview - you can select the week you're interested in.

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big analysis - if someone else does then I'd love to read it - but on the week ending 1 April Monday's JAM TV got 1.43 million viewers and was 14th most viewed programme on BBC2 that week, beating the equivalent Eggheads episode. In the second week only one JaM TV made the top 30 - in 30th place but still with 1.39 million viewers.

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> Anyway, there's more on the BARB website if

anyone's interested.

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> Cheers
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> kJ
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