All articles by Jon Rogers – Page 10
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Martin Clunes' islands doc trounced by George Gently
ITV1 factual series Martin Clunes: Islands of Britain made a fine start on Sunday night with a steady 4.2m (18.1%) over an hour at 9pm - but proved no match for the return of Inspector George Gently on BBC1.
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Ashes to Ashes scorches Compulsion
Ashes to Ashes won the big bank holiday drama clash at 9pm with 5.6m viewers (22.8%) for BBC1 as ITV1's Compulsion drew 4.7m (21.9%).
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Britain's Got Talent audience drops 1.7m
ITV1's ratings banker Britain's Got Talent took a bit of a dive on Saturday losing 1.7m viewers but still comprehensively dominated with 10.5m (47%) at 8.20pm.
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C4 not up the viewers' Street
Channel 4 tripped up in peaktime last night as its documentary My Wall Street attracted just 795,000 viewers (3.6% share) at 9pm, its worst performing show in that slot since 13 December 2008.
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TV Critics 1 May ‘09
“[It] seems determined to staff what would otherwise be a run-of-the-mill police procedural series with as many wacky funsters as possible.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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Playhouse Disney overtakes Nick Jr
Pre-school channel Playhouse Disney overtook its commercial rival Nick Jr for the first week ever with a share of 1.8% in the middle of April.
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Sky Sports 2 scores with Champions League
Sky Sports 2's live coverage of the Champions League semi-final clash between Manchester United and Arsenal was a big hit as the match averaged 2.6m viewers (12.8% share), more viewers than either BBC2 or Five at the time.
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Apprentice Noorul fired in front of 8m
A peak audience of 8m viewers (32.9% share) at 9.45pm saw Noorul Choudhury become the latest contestant fired by Alan Sugar in BBC1's The Apprentice.
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ITV makes second cut to Tonight's budget
ITV1's flagship factual strand Tonight has been ordered to chop 15% from its production budget, the second major cut in the past six months.
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Baftas' popular appeal
How many of this year's winners were also a popular success with the viewing public?
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Fiver rebrand boosts figures
Fiver, the general entertainment channel from Five, has grown its audience share by 24% since it rebranded.
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BBC2 drama does its Best
While the two main terrestrial channels liberally pepper their schedules with dramas, BBC2, like C4, has had to use its resources more sparingly.
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Comment
TV Critics 29 April ‘09
“Though it had the typical lightweight BBC3 presentation this wasn't that bad a stab at the issues behind the trade in famous female flesh.” Read on for the full verdict on last night's TV.
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Horne and Corden most popular debut for BBC3
BBC3's sketch show Horne & Corden was the channel's most popular first series of a comedy ever, despite it being savaged by the critics.
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Henry VIII rules over BBC2/Five
Channel 4's historical documentary Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant ended its run with 1.7m viewers (7% share), comfortably more then either of its closest rivals.
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Ashes to Ashes burns Hell's Kitchen finale
The final of ITV1's culinary reality show Hell's Kitchen ended strongly with 5.2m viewers (21.2%) at 9pm as Linda Evans became queen of the kitchen - but it was still outperformed by Ashes to Ashes.
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Comment
TV Critics 28 April ‘09
“It's all as daft as a brush, cardboard cut-out characters delivering card-board cut-out lines.” Read on for the full verdict on last night's TV.
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Britain's Got Talent on the rise
ITV1's talent show Britain's Got Talent went from strength-to-strength on Saturday with an enormous 12.2m viewers (52.3% share) at 8pm.
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News
FX to launch HD channel
Fox-owned entertainment channel FX is to launch a dedicated HD service later this month.