Pre-Launch News UK to launch talkTV in 2022

[XIII]

I think this prog will eventually settle at 200,000 to 300,000, but might get a 500,000 average on opening night with a peak nearer 0.8m? As time goes on the Talk TV public relations people will talk up the number of clicks their clips get (as GB News do). Plus they can add their foreign TV viewer ratings to the spin.

I fully expect Piers will massage the numbers somewhat, he did a lot when GMB did well. I imagine when Dan Walker joins 5 News, he'll probably say his show did better despite being on later and having multiple repeats.

[London Lite]

Given the first show is in 4 hours, do we know who the other 4 panelists are for The Talk tonight ?

Jeremy Kyle has said he's on tonight. I think it's him and Rob Rinder on rotation as regular panellists.

Kyle has also mentioned that'll be on Daisy McAndrew's 10pm show, so he's on his usual radio show this afternoon and then throughout the evening.

[Jon]

No-one want to venture a guess of number of viewer tonights? Average for Morgan; less than 200k I reckon.

I think this prog will eventually settle at 200,000 to 300,000, but might get a 500,000 average on opening night with a peak nearer 0.8m?

I don’t think it’ll get anywhere near those numbers tonight. At best I think it’ll get the numbers you think it’ll settle at.

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Not sure if this is a studio already used by TalkRadio but it seems to be the set for 'The News Desk'
Also features TLS in the background which is nice to see!

That backdrop looks a bit too video gamey to me and probably not an up to date one. Don’t like the desk either. Still it’ll probably look better than any of the GB News presentation areas on air.

I get the impression there is going to be 3 studios we see, the radio studio for all the stuff from the old talkRADIO schedule, the green screen studio for the new Talk TV commissions other than Morgan and the Morgan studio just for his show.

[Brekkie]

No-one want to venture a guess of number of viewer tonights? Average for Morgan; less than 200k I reckon.

I think this prog will eventually settle at 200,000 to 300,000, but might get a 500,000 average on opening night with a peak nearer 0.8m? As time goes on the Talk TV public relations people will talk up the number of clicks their clips get (as GB News do). Plus they can add their foreign TV viewer ratings to the spin.

I think that is very optimistic given where GMB ratings were for most of his stint and there is very much a ceiling on news channel ratings.

What sort of figures do TalkRadio get?  Probably a good chance the radio ratings will outrage the TV airing.

[London Lite]

No-one want to venture a guess of number of viewer tonights? Average for Morgan; less than 200k I reckon.

I think this prog will eventually settle at 200,000 to 300,000, but might get a 500,000 average on opening night with a peak nearer 0.8m? As time goes on the Talk TV public relations people will talk up the number of clicks their clips get (as GB News do). Plus they can add their foreign TV viewer ratings to the spin.

I think that is very optimistic given where GMB ratings were for most of his stint and there is very much a ceiling on news channel ratings.

What sort of figures do TalkRadio get?  Probably a good chance the radio ratings will outrage the TV airing.

TalkRadio currently has a reach of 542k. Compared with LBC, they have 2.6m nationally.

[Rob]

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