The second episode of Doctor Who’s 15th season suffered a fairly substantial drop in ratings – with just 1.58 million viewers tuning in to watch Lux on BBC One last night (Saturday 19th April).
That’s down from the 2 million who watched last week’s season premiere The Robot Revolution and marks the lowest overnight viewership ratings in the show’s history, the first time ever that the figures have dipped below 2 million.
Of course, it’s worth noting that these figures don’t tell the whole story, given the figure doesn’t take into account anyone who watched the episode on BBC iPlayer, where it debuted at 8am on Saturday prior to its BBC One broadcast.
The consolidated ratings, which include iPlayer, devices and catch-up, will be released at a later date.
After how good the first episode was, I’m surprised there was a downturn at all. This second episode was also high quality even if I don’t completely dig the harbinger plot line. One off mystical enemies aren’t as exciting to me.
“Of course, it’s worth noting that these figures don’t tell the whole story, given the figure doesn’t take into account anyone who watched the episode on BBC iPlayer, where it debuted at 8am on Saturday prior to its BBC One broadcast.”
I suspect many Whovians stream these days
I’m not really worried, nor am I jumping on the “Doctor Who is getting cancelled” train.
The show is streaming on iPlayer and Disney+, so there is a good chance that the vaunted 25-and-below segment aren’t too hung up on flow TV air dates. They can watch it anytime, and once the word of mouth about “Lux” spreads they probably will.
“Of course, it’s worth noting that these figures don’t tell the whole story, given the figure doesn’t take into account anyone who watched the episode on BBC iPlayer, where it debuted at 8am on Saturday prior to its BBC One broadcast.”
i suspect most stream
Yeah, I’ve never been about “ratings” posts - they’re not banned from the community or anything, but they seem to mean whatever the beholder wants them to mean.
The franchise will be fine, one way or another.
Yeah, I generally agree. I thought the “lowest rating ever” part was worth posting, though. It’s interesting to see how traditionally reliable metrics slide as shows turn increasingly from appointment TV to convenience streaming.
