Worth noting that the question Kevin quoted was from a BBC Worldwide email panel - not the BBC audience ratings arm. The commercial Worldwide is kept at arm's length.
The official measure of popularity - Audience Appreciation - is unpublished, but carried out daily and isn't asked in this fashion, since it's clearly leading. The findings may well have been sent back to the production team however. Finally, Sunday was the first weekend day of the year in which we had good weather. So the fall was to be expected. I think it'll be impossible to measure the success of the show until we've had a complete series. On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting. It still doesn't negate the fact that Murdoch and the Tory > press would love to see the BBC neutered. > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > spotligh...@gmail.com > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:17 AM, Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The BBC's official Top Gear survey began thusly: >> >> So the new series has begun and you’ve started to tell us what you >> think; last week we definitely felt your disappointment so now we want to >> hear if things have changed. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Week 2 of the revamped version of the BBC2 auto show dropped in the >>> numbers down to 2.8M as Rupert Murdoch's Sun (the paper with the bare >>> breasted birds on page 3, so you know it's quality journalism) claims that >>> heavy sweetening was done to cover up silent reactions to Chris Evans and >>> Matt LeBlanc's jokes and the Tory broadsheet the Telegraph claims that BBC >>> internal data claimed that the majority of surveyed viewers called the show >>> "the worst on TV"--although you have to remember that the Tory papers will >>> go to the ends of the earth to badmouth the Beeb (and that Murdoch and/or >>> his underlings have not hidden their desire to poach "Strictly," "Doctor >>> Who," "EastEnders"--and "Top Gear"--to Murdoch's BSkyB platform): >>> >>> >>> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/revamped-top-gear-uk-ratings-899809?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR%27s%20Today%20in%20Entertainment_now_2016-06-06%2006:54:58_ehayden&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_tie >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
