All ITV Studios articles – Page 56
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RatingsBBC1 boosts Real Marigold Hotel
WEDNESDAY: The Real Marigold Hotel added 2m viewers as it leapt to BBC1 for a second series.
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RatingsMoorside dominates for BBC1
TUESDAY: ITV Studios’ Shannon Matthews-inspired drama The Moorside maintained its strong performance to dominate the 9pm slot.
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NewsThe Chase lands Saturday slot
ITV is turbocharging daytime format The Chase – preparing a revamped family version to air in a Saturday tea-time slot.
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RatingsMoorside is BBC's biggest drama launch since 2014
TUESDAY: BBC1’s The Moorside, which explores the real-life disappearance of Shannon Matthews, was the channel’s best-performing new drama launch in three years.
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NewsBishop lands Nightly Show gig
John Bishop is the latest star booked by ITV to present a week of the forthcoming The Nightly Show, which was piloted with Joe Lycett and Katherine Ryan at the helm.
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RatingsThe Jump and Good Karma Hospital launch well
SUNDAY: The Jump returned with a peak of almost 3m as ITV’s Good Karma Hotel launched neck-and-neck with the third episode of BBC1’s Apple Tree Yard.
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FeaturesIndependent production company: Big Talk Productions
A bumper year for one of comedy’s pre-eminent producers, 2016 saw Big Talk build on the continued success of its established slate with the launch of several cracking new series.
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FeaturesPopular factual programme: The Real Marigold Hotel
The Real Marigold Hotel blurred genres and addressed diverse themes – and became a massive ratings hit. More than 4 million people tuned in to its clever combination of celebrity reality show, travelogue and documentary.
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FeaturesSoap or continuing drama: Emmerdale
It’s a second consecutive win for the Yorkshire-set soap, whose most talked-about storyline of the year was Aaron finding the courage to confide in his mother that he was a victim of sexual abuse.
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FeaturesComedy programme: Mum
Big Talk’s six-part series was a genuinely funny and moving piece of work that “subverted expectations”, according to one judge.
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NewsEndemol Studios exec joins ITVS US
ITV Studios America has hired former Endemol Shine Studios exec Dwayne Shattuck as executive vice-president of production.
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NewsEndeavour lands bumper run
ITV has ordered an extended fifth series run of Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour.