Well, if you believe the conspiracy theory that the Beeb moved Top Of The Pops from BBC1 to BBC2 so that less people will notice when it is quietly axed early next year, it seems the Corporation's strategy is working, because TOTP is averaging less than half the audience in its new BBC 2 Sunday night slot than it did when up against Coronation Street in its Friday 7.30pm slot.
An average of 1.1 million have been tuning in to the new time slot - compared to an average of 2.4 million for the BBC 1 slot. Of course TOTP bosses will point out that BBC2 shows always receive smaller audiences than those on BBC1, whatever the time slot or format (and they'd be right), but still, it's a pretty poor showing for once mighty pop show.