British TV Viewers, You Disappoint Me

You have to seriously factor in the fact that it hasn't had a steady timeslot all season. You can see how much here: http://www.denofgeek.com/television/519121/why_…

Frankly, as an American, it's amazing to me that people are tuning in at all, and that the BBC still has faith in the show despite bouncing it around. Here in the States, this would be a sure sign of a show getting canned.

We'll ignore that the final episode was on the hottest saturday of the year so far, during the world cup and a HOUR earlier than usual?
I'm a major fan and I DVR-ed it because i was enjoying the sun

Watch the Moffat interview by his son on youtube where SM explains that the overnights are nowhere near as important as they used to be

In fact the audience has been the second strongest of the new series, just behind the first. And there are signs that these articles are just badly researched all over.

The sunny days, the World Cup, Wimbledon etc. prevented the initial numbers being all that big? But it's nonsense till the final numbers, usually 3 million up, for the repeats, the HD channel, iPlayer, etc. etc. etc. come in. We do know the BBC HD channel announced the first part of the finale was the largest audience they've ever gotten full stop, so you can't take the panic too seriously. The show is the BBC's flagship drama, it's in no trouble at all, and there couldn't be less real cause to panic, as the show's never been better.

Full stop.

Frankly, the new guy just doesn't have the David Tennant magnetism. And the new girl is just too much of a smartass. Also, I remarked last night to my wife that there just doesn't seem to be the continuity between episodes that the previous run had. Frankly, I only watch it now because I know that Graham Norton is on next, and there is nothing else on Saturday night.