All articles by Jake Kanter – Page 180
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RatingsVera murders Exile
SUNDAY: ITV’s latest detective drama Vera out-sleuthed BBC1’s star studded psychological thriller Exile.
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RatingsRoyal wedding ties knot with 26m
FRIDAY: One of the biggest audiences in UK television history watched Prince William and Kate Middleton exchange vows during the royal wedding.
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CommentA fresh start for ITV and STV
STV finally buried the hatchet with ITV yesterday ending a near two-year legal wrangle. Jake Kanter examines what the future might hold for their relationship.
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RatingsMasterChef bows out with record ratings
WEDNESDAY: The MasterChef final served up a record performance, but was still edged out by ITV’s Champions League coverage of Real Madrid v Barcelona.
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NewsITV orders Seinfeld’s Marriage Ref
Famous faces are to cast a guiding eye over nuptial disputes in a new ITV1 show based on Jerry Seinfeld’s US reality vehicle The Marriage Ref.
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NewsITV and Sky Sports renew Champions League deal
ITV and Sky Sports have signed a deal with UEFA that will see them hang on to Champions League broadcast rights until 2015.
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RatingsRoyal doc falters on Secret Millionaire return
TUESDAY: A far from regal performance for an ITV documentary on Prince William and Kate Middleton helped a new series of The Secret Millionaire profit.
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NewsITV and STV end legal battle
STV is to pay ITV £18m after both parties agreed to end nearly two years of legal dispute.
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NewsCentury goes down under to lift the lid on the lives of expats
Expat Britons in Australia are to be the focus of an observational documentary for ITV1.
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RatingsMisbehaving Mums to Be loses 500,000
THURSDAY: BBC3’s Misbehaving Mums to Be lost more than half of its audience compared with last week’s debut, as a Richard E Grant doc put in a mediocre performance for BBC4.
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RatingsLong Lost Family finds 4.5m
THURSDAY: A new series reuniting fractured families found a below par audience of just over 4.5m on ITV1.
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RatingsSuspicions of Mr Whicher arrests 6m
MONDAY: Period murder mystery The Suspicions of Mr Whicher arrested nearly 6m viewers for ITV, locking out competition from Derren Brown and MasterChef.
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RatingsDoctor Who returns with 6.5m
SATURDAY: Doctor Who returned with its lowest overnight launch audience since the series was resurrected in 2005, as Britain’s Got Talent also lost viewers.
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RatingsCandy Cabs and Reckoning end on lows
TUESDAY: Rival dramas Candy Cabs and The Reckoning bowed out with disappointing audiences on an underwhelming night for the terrestrial channels.
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NewsChristopher Lunn faces battle with former clients over fees
Hundreds of former clients of accountant Christopher Lunn & Company (CLAC) are locked in a battle with the firm over unpaid fees.
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NewsNBCU’s Beale to head ITVS global formats
NBC Universal’s Mike Beale is to become ITV Studios’ new international formats supremo as the production arm targets overseas expansion.
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NewsBroadcasters and indies rally against relaxing IP laws
The UK’s biggest commercial broadcasters and Pact have argued that relaxing intellectual property (IP) laws could “seriously undermine” investment in content.
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RatingsMeet the Middletons draws 1.98m
MONDAY: A documentary charting the family history of future Queen Kate Middleton failed to put in a regal performance for Channel 4.
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NewsCowell bows out as weekly X Factor judge
ITV has confirmed that Simon Cowell will not be a main judge on the next series of The X Factor.
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RatingsLondon Marathon peaks with 3.3m
SUNDAY: The BBC’s coverage of the London Marathon peaked with more than 3.3m viewers.