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Broadcast

In April 2008, American broadcast rights were purchased by NBC.[1] The distributor, FremantleMedia Enterprises, also sold broadcast rights to CTV in Canada, Network Ten in Australia,[2][3][4], RTL in Germany, Canal+ in France, M-Net in South Africa, and MICO in Japan.[5] In Italy, Italia 1 began broadcasting the series on Monday 15 December 2008 at 21:10.[5] While in Malaysia, TV3 airs this series every Sunday, 9.00 pm, starting from the 25 January 2009. In Norway, TV2 began airing the series 18 January 2009 every Sunday at 8:00 pm. Merlin is also aired in the Swedish public broadcasting context on Sundays at 6.45 pm as well as on demand through the web.

International broadcasts

Country TV Network(s) Premiere Weekly Schedule (local time)
Italy Italy Italia 1 15 December 2008 Tuesdays, 10:10 pm
Malaysia Malaysia Hallmark Channel 1 March 2009 Sundays, 9:00 pm
Norway Norway TV2 18 January 2009 Sundays, 8:00 pm
Poland Poland Polsat 7 March 2009 Saturdays, 5:15 pm
Sweden Sweden SVT1
SVT2 (replays)
18 January 2009

Sundays, 6:45 pm
Mondays
United Kingdom United Kingdom BBC One 20 November 2008 Saturdays, various times
United States United States NBC 21 June 2009 Sundays, 8:00 pm

Ratings

The series première drew an overnight average of 6.65m (30%) viewers in the 19:30 slot (and a final consolidated figure of 7.15 million) despite being scheduled against popular ITV series The X Factor.[6] The series as a whole had an average of 6.32 million viewers,[7] which is fewer than Doctor Who attracted during its first series, and slightly more than those received by Robin Hood.[8] Merlin was the fifth most watched programme on BBC iPlayer in 2008.[9]

Weekly ratings

# Episode UK Air Date Timeslot Viewers (millions)[10] Audience share in timeslot
1 "The Dragon's Call" 20 September 2008 19:30 7.15 30.0%
2 "Valiant" 27 September 2008 18:00 5.40 30.6%
3 "The Mark of Nimueh" 4 October 2008 18:00 6.30 28.9%
4 "The Poisoned Chalice" 11 October 2008 19:05 6.48 25.6%
5 "Lancelot" 18 October 2008 17:55 5.37 27.1%
6 "A Remedy to Cure All Ills" 25 October 2008 17:50 6.00 28.6%
7 "The Gates of Avalon" 1 November 2008 19:30 6.45 22.9%
8 "The Beginning of the End" 8 November 2008 19:20 6.25 23.1%
CiN "Merlin in Need" 14 November 2008 19:00 - 19:30
9 "Excalibur" 15 November 2008 19:20 6.47 24.4%
10 "The Moment of Truth" 22 November 2008 19:25 7.03 25.6%
11 "The Labyrinth of Gedref" 29 November 2008 19:35 6.71 23.0%
12 "To Kill the King" 6 December 2008 19:25 6.31 23.1%
13 "Le Morte d'Arthur" 13 December 2008 19:10 6.27 22.2%


Erin "Silver" Silver

  1. ^ Holmwood, Leigh (2008-04-03). "NBC buys BBC family drama Merlin". guardian.co.uk. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
  2. ^ "CTV secures Canadian broadcast rights to 'Merlin'". CTV. 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
  3. ^ Hurrell, Will (2008-08-07). "BBC's Merlin heading Down Under". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  4. ^ "Merlin casts spell over TEN".
  5. ^ a b Clarke, Steve (2008-12-15). "'Merlin' heads into second series". Variety. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  6. ^ Wilkes, Neil (2008-09-21). "'Merlin' pulls in 6.6 million". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  7. ^ Exact figure: 6.32230769230769, calculated from BARB figures which can be found here
  8. ^ Doctor Who: Series One averaged 7.95 million viewers, Robin Hood averaged 6.19 (Series 1) and 5.83 (Series 2), calculated from BARB figures which can be found here
  9. ^ "BBC releases list of 10 most viewed shows to mark iPlayer's first birthday". Sam Nichols. The Guardian. 12-12-2008. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "Weekly Viewing Summary (see relevant week)". BARB.