All articles by Jon Rogers – Page 13
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Ratings
All the Small Things makes modest debut
BBC1's new musical drama All the Small Things made something of a tentative appearance last night at 9pm with 4.6m viewers (20% share).
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Comment
TV Critics 1 April ‘09
“Another week, another dud Horizon.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Strong debut for The Wire on BBC2
The critically-acclaimed US drama series The Wire made its terrestrial debut last night, bringing in a strong 568,000 (8%) over an hour in a late night slot at 11.20pm.
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Comment
TV Critics 31 March ‘09
“Lord Reith, who would have hated it, might have coined his phrase ‘inform, educate and entertain' for The Wire.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Ratings
2.1m sign up for C4's Sex Education
Channel 4's latest version of The Sex Education Show managed to pull a respectable 2.1m viewers (8.9% share) at 9pm last night.
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Comment
TV Critics 30 March ‘09
“Lord Reith, who would have hated it, might have coined his phrase ‘inform, educate and entertain' for The Wire.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Detective Agency needs to track down viewers
BBC1 drama series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency continued to lose viewers with last night's episode only bringing in 3.4m (13.3% share) at 9pm, as it once again took a battering from ITV1's Lewis.
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Saturday dramas take a hit
The return of Robin Hood on BBC1 and Primeval on ITV1 took a dip in the ratings on Saturday night.
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Comment
TV Critics 30 March ‘09
“I asked my son what it was about. ‘It's about dinosaurs coming through an open portal,' he said. This, it turns out, is pretty much all you need to know.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Comment
TV Critics 27 March ‘09
“Bright and brash, it's the younger, (even) trashier, cousin of CSI, with a couple of other borrowed tricks thrown in for good measure.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Ratings
Skins ends with 872,000
The final part of E4's teen drama Skins ended its third run with a total audience of 872,000 viewers (5.7%) at 10pm.
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Ratings
The Mentalist wows 3.6m for Five
Five outperformed ITV1 at 9pm last night as US acquisition The Mentalist began with a startling 3.6m viewers (16.3% share).
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News
Sky Arts acquires archive film interviews
A series of interviews and documentaries with some of film's biggest names including Stanley Kubrick, Peter Sellers and Marlon Brando have been acquired by Sky Arts.
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News
Windfall moves into cinema
Factual indie Windfall Films has moved into theatrical productions with the release of its feature-length documentary Sons of Cuba.
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News
ShineReveille picks up FX UK's debut No Signal
ShineReveille International has secured the sole international distribution rights to FX UK's first homegrown show No Signal.
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Ratings
The Apprentice returns with 8.1m
Interest in BBC1's hit show The Apprentice shows no signs of flagging yet as the fifth series got off to a cracking start with a massive 8.1m viewers (33.3% share) last night at 9pm.
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Comment
TV Critics 26 March ‘09
“A stupendous clip-filled refresher course in his 50 years as a broadcaster.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Ratings
Where to put a US import
The politics of peaktime force broadcasters to deploy acquisitions in strategic slots.
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Ratings
Five beats BBC with CSI
As buyers head for MipTV, it's interesting to note that the final appearance of forensic investigator Gil Grissom in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Five's most important acquisition - helped the channel to its best weekly performance since last September.
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Importing a staple diet
Multichannel TV in the UK would be virtually unrecognisable without imports.