The first Strictly Come Dancing 2024 live show aired on Saturday night as the likes of Nick Knowles and Sam Quek took to the dance floor.
Reports have since alleged that ratings were down for the show – with a peak of 6.7 million fans watching on Saturday.
According to The Sun, this was down from 7.3 million last year and 10.2million in 2020.
But it’s not all that it seems and the BBC has explained why overnight ratings “no longer” provide an accurate picture.
Strictly returned to our screens with its first live show on Saturday (Credit: BBC)
Strictly 2024 ratings
Saturday night’s show aired from 7pm to 9.25pm on BBC One. According to Metro, Strictly averaged 6.4million viewers.
The average share of the audience for the first live show was also up from last year. It was 49.4% in 2024, while it was 43.9% in 2023.
Overnights no longer provide an accurate picture of all those who watch in an on demand world.
Meanwhile, the peak share of the audience throughout the show was 52.2%.
In addition, overnight figures aren’t an accurate representation of popularity as TV viewing has changed. Overnight ratings don’t include the BBC iPlayer viewing.
Also, it could be argued that the nicer than usual weather at the weekend could have resulted in less people tuning in live and watching it on catch up.
The BBC said “overnights no longer provide an accurate picture of all those who watch in an on demand world” (Credit: BBC/Kieron McCarron)
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