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Oh dear, never has such a lack of talent been so brutally exposed 
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Davina McCall's BBC1 chatshow has sunk to a new ratings low of 2.5 million, and propelled BBC1 to its worst-ever peak time performance.
The Big Brother presenter, who the BBC promised would bring some "Saturday night sparkle" to Wednesday nights, had an audience share of just 11%, according to unofficial overnight figures.
BBC1 had a peak time share of 14.8% between 6pm and 10.30pm, its worst-ever rating and half the 27.9% watching ITV last night.
Davina, which last night featured guests Jordan, Girls Aloud and Eamonn Holmes, narrowly escaped being beaten by BBC'2s Natural World, about the great apes of Congo. The BBC2 show had 2.3 million viewers, a 10% share.
But BBC1 was beaten by both ITV1's The Bill, with 6.6 million, and Channel 4's Relocation, Relocation, which had 3.7 million viewers.
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Davina McCall's BBC1 chatshow has sunk to a new ratings low of 2.5 million, and propelled BBC1 to its worst-ever peak time performance.
The Big Brother presenter, who the BBC promised would bring some "Saturday night sparkle" to Wednesday nights, had an audience share of just 11%, according to unofficial overnight figures.
BBC1 had a peak time share of 14.8% between 6pm and 10.30pm, its worst-ever rating and half the 27.9% watching ITV last night.
Davina, which last night featured guests Jordan, Girls Aloud and Eamonn Holmes, narrowly escaped being beaten by BBC'2s Natural World, about the great apes of Congo. The BBC2 show had 2.3 million viewers, a 10% share.
But BBC1 was beaten by both ITV1's The Bill, with 6.6 million, and Channel 4's Relocation, Relocation, which had 3.7 million viewers.
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She should just stick to BB, but even then she's getting a tad annoying on that.
If any of us were useless at a job, would it not be reasonable to be expect to be sacked?
I do think she would be great as a Dalek though.
Even between takes Harry said "Sorry, we seem to be saying lots of nasty things about Davina but actually it's a good show.. if you're 3 years old!"
She has had some fairly good guests on so far .
Where are the hollywood superstars or current sportstars who have done something noteworthy and interesting.
You have seen the guests many times before.She is just churning out any old tat.
But why the BBC are not too surposed to care about ratings. yeah right
my wife quite likes it - we've watched a couple, but not live - but on the telewest VOD thing - it's not that bad - does what it says on the tin - bit of lightweight banter. for that there's not that much wrong with davina - she's lively enough, keeps the chat going, is never lost for words....what do people actually expect?
Iain
It has to be down to one thing, Davina herself.
Strangely she done slightly better last week, when moved to 7pm against Corrie and Emmerdale for the football.
J Ross is their only success in this regard.
It will at least run for the scheduled 8 episodes, and will probably be back for a second series in the autumn, even if they have to move it out of primetime.
For anyone that says this proves Davina is a failure, you are wrong. It proves that primetime chat shows do not work, and that the decision to drop them in the late 1980s was a good one. As for the presenter, I think you would be hard pushed to find one name that would have made that a success. Paul O'Grady is the only one I can think of. Even Jonathan Ross and Parkinson would struggle at 8pm on a Wednesday. Parkinson especially, someone who can only manage just over double Davina's ratings when he is in a great slot and has the prime minister as a guest.
Agreed, there seems to be a certain style of presenter from Ch4 which just doesn't transfer well to the Beeb.
Jonathon Ross excepted, so perhaps he's better at his job than he gets credit for?
Watched the Davina show once, but it seemed too amateur and yes, old pals act for me.
Well if it was just this, then maybe it's the format. But if I can draw your attention to her other failures (and these are just off the top of my head)
He's Having a Baby
The Vault
Don't Try This at Home
Four different formats. Different days and times. All bombed.