The gap between Corrie and everything else widened this week, it was the only show to get more than 9 million viewers and it got more than 9 million viewers with 4 out of 5 of it's episodes! Corrie's average for the week was 9.73 to EastEnders' 8.51 - ouch!

As the nights start to draw in, it's getting more difficult for the smaller channels to compete; 5.25 million viewers were needed in order to get onto this week's Top 20, the best BBC2, Channel 4 and Five could manage was 3.62 million (Extras), 3.16 million (You Are What You Eat) and 3.15 million (CSI: Miami) respectively.

The week ending 17th September's Top 20 looks like this:

1. Coronation Street [ITV1 Mon] - 10.47m
2. EastEnders [BBC1 Tue] - 8.98m
3. How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? [BBC1 Sat] - 8.20m
4. Emmerdale [ITV1 Mon] - 7.75m
5. Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway [ITV1 Sat] - 7.58m
6. The X Factor [ITV1 Sat] - 7.53m
7. The Royal [ITV1 Sun] - 7.26m
8. Dalziel and Pascoe [BBC1 Mon] - 7.11m
9. Midsomer Murders [ITV1 Sun] - 6.78m
10. Spooks [BBC1 Sun] - 6.31m
11. Holby City [BBC1 Tue] - 6.22m
12. The National Lottery - In It to Win It [BBC1 Sat] - 5.97m
13. Who Do You Think You Are? [BBC1 Wed] - 5.95m
14. BBC News [BBC1 Sat] - 5.84m
15. Life Begins [ITV1 Mon] - 5.79m
16. The Bill [ITV1 Thu] - 5.57m
17. The Vicar of Dibley [BBC1 Sat] - 5.53m
18. Losing It [ITV1 Wed] - 5.42m
19. Ten O'Clock News [BBC1 Wed] - 5.30m
20. Rebus [ITV1 Fri] - 5.25m

One episode (highest rated) for each series only. Comprised from official BARB ratings for all national terrestrial TV channels: BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five

I'm now the editor of a person, which is nice...Alistair Cooke to be precise, quite proud of that considering I wasn't really aiming to be a person editor but anyway...

I mentioned on a forum post that I'd post a floor plan of the West Wing (the real one) here - one of the many perculiar things I have stored on my hard drive - so here that is:

Have fun everyone!

TV ratings for the week ending 10th September have just been released. Any TV show with more than 4.62 million viewers is on it which, once again, doesn't include any of the smaller TV channels. Channel 4 was best of the rest this week with Supernanny (3.44m), then BBC2 with Dragon's Den (3.35m) and bringing up the rear was Five with CSI: Miami (3.10m).

Here the Top 20:

1. Coronation Street [ITV1 Mon] - 10.35m
2. EastEnders [BBC1 Mon] - 9.66m
3. Emmerdale [ITV1 Mon] - 8.22m
4. The X Factor [ITV1 Sat] - 7.96m
5. Holby City [BBC1 Tue] - 6.79m
=. Dalziel and Pascoe [BBC1 Mon] - 6.97m
7. Where the Heart Is [ITV1 Sun] - 6.71m
8. The National Lottery - In It to Win It [BBC1 Sat] - 6.58m
9. 9/11: The Twin Towers [BBC1 Thu] - 6.43m
10. Who Do You Think You Are [BBC1 Wed] - 6.40m
=. How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? [BBC1 Sat] - 6.40m
12. Life Begins [ITV1 Mon] - 6.17m
13. Ten O'Clock News [BBC1 Thu] - 5.90m
14. Midsomer Murders [ITV1 Sun] - 5.80m
15. Rebus [ITV1 Fri] - 5.68m
16. The Bill [ITV1 Thu] - 5.57m
17. Aftersun [BBC1 Fri] - 4.81m
18. Blackbeard [BBC1 Sun] - 4.67m
19. Jill Dando's Murder - The New Evidence [BBC1 Tue] - 4.66m
20. Bad Girls [ITV1 Thu] - 4.62m

One episode (highest rated) for each series only. Comprised from official BARB ratings for all national terrestrial TV channels: BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five

I'm going back to Uni tomorrow and start my second year in about two weeks.

Just spent the day packing and have decided on about 140 DVDs to take with me in my CD case...

I've trimmed down on TV show DVDs this year so I only  have:

• Alias Series 2
• Angel Series 1
• Futurama Series 1
• Frasier Series 1
• Firefly
• ER Series 1
• CSI Part 2 of Series 2
• Teachers Series 1 and 2
• America
• The West Wing Series 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7

I was so adicted to The West Wing last year that I meant not to take any DVDs of the series this year but there was loads of room left over in the case so I thought 'what the hell'...doubht my new housemates will see much of me now, I'll be the guy who locks himself in the room where they hear the theme for TWW regularly every 45 minutes...

Anyhow...I just wanted to say to anyone who's just starting Uni this year to enjoy it as best you can, just be yourself and be nice to everyone and you'll get along just fine - good luck and have fun !!!

I'm now very happy to be the editor for the 1970s documentary series America. It's a really amazing and insightful documentary for anyone who's not seen it.

I'm hoping to add full recaps for each of the episodes which might take some time, otherwise the guide is pretty much complete.

Yay