LATEST TERRESTRIAL RATINGS
The Apprentice scores 6.2m
The Apprentice steamed ahead of the competition this week with the highest rating episode of the series and a slot-beating performance.
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OVERNIGHTS: PAST SEVEN DAYS
Friday
Ben Earl's audience vanishes for C4
Channel 4’s Ben Earl: Trick Artist disappeared with a series low on Friday - while ITV drama Life of Crime lost more than 700k viewers.
Saturday
Eurovision scores over 7.5m
The Eurovision Song Contest pulled in its biggest audience since 2011 on Saturday, forcing Britain’s Got Talent to its worst performance of the series.
Sunday
Soap Awards hit three year high
The British Soap Awards walked away with its biggest audience in three years on Sunday – helping it outwit a solid return for Case Histories.
Monday
The Fall's audience stands firm
BBC2 drama The Fall was victorious in the Monday primetime slot for the second week in a row – as Channel 4 cashed in with poverty doc Skint.
Tuesday
Frankie slips on second outing
Despite losing 600,000 viewers on its second outing, BBC1 drama Frankie won the 9pm slot on Tuesday as Mary Portas bowed out with a high for Channel 4.
Wednesday
The Apprentice scores 6.2m
The Apprentice steamed ahead of the competition this week with the highest rating episode of the series and a slot-beating performance.
Thursday
SPECIAL REPORT
EastEnders’ loss is ITV’s gain
The BBC show has much to celebrate with its recent Bafta win, but a 10% share decline tells a different story. Stephen Price takes a look at how all the soaps are faring so far this year.
CONSOLIDATED RATINGS
Sitcom double trouble for ITV
The phrase ‘double bill’ still resonates in my mind with memories of unruly behaviour in the cinema at Saturday morning kids’ club, which usually left the tearful boss, tended by an usherette, lying prone and covered in popcorn.
RATINGS ANALYSIS: WEEK IN REVIEW
A winner on two channels
This week’s TV offered not only noisy battles in a boxing ring but also a much-loved Coleman as a National Treasure-in-Waiting, locked her own ratings battle.
CHANNEL OVERVIEW (BBC2, Channel 4, Channel 5)
C4 and C5 snooker BBC2
There are hoarders, high streets, hospitals and regency balls in Pride And Prejudice’s bicentennial year to chew over.
MULTICHANNEL ANALYSIS
Audience eats up Hannibal
Since Hannibal Lecter told Agent Starling he was “having a friend for dinner”, dinner parties have never been the same.
