01-09-2023, 12:00 PM
(01-09-2023, 09:55 AM)DTV Wrote: it was never a high-performing slot for the channel.Very tangential, but as discussions about the relative performance of different slots is a semi-regular discussion on here, I thought I'd attempt to visualise it so there is a reference for future discussions. This shows how often each slot appeared in the channel's weekly top 10 across the final year for which BARB published BBC News channel top 10s (September 2017-September 2018, though I've removed the Christmas period).
Most consistently high-performing slots were Sunday mornings, Saturdays at 18:00 and The Film Review. Across the week, 17:00, 18:00, 21:00 and 22:00 hours tended to rate the best. Of course, the data is now over five years old, but I would suspect the general trends remain. Also of note is how frequently World News America would crop up in top 10s during the few weeks of the year it would appear due timezone disalignment - suggesting it had something of a draw for UK viewers.