All articles by Jon Rogers – Page 16
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1.6m is no laughing matter for Al Murray
ITV1's sketch show Al Murray's Mulitple Personality Disorder found itself in trouble on Friday night at 9.30pm as only 1.6m (7.6%) tuned in.
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Katie Price bares all to 5.2m
Katie Price and Piers Morgan helped ITV1 to gain its highest performance in a 10pm slot since November 2007.
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Let's Dance hits series high
Let's Dance for Comic Relief pulled in a sizeable 8.1m viewers (35.1%) on Saturday night at 7.05pm, the show's highest audience yet.
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Comment
TV Critics 9 March ‘09
“Peep Show with a bus pass.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Stylista is a ratings faux pas
Five's acquisition Stylista got off to a disastrous start at 8pm last night, as just 253,000 (1%) tuned in for an hour. It was the channel's worst performance in the slot since at least 2001.
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Red Riding brings 2.6m to C4
Channel 4's big winter drama Red Riding grabbed a strong total audience of 2.6m viewers (12.9% share) over two hours last night at 9pm.
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Comment
TV Critics 6 March ‘09
“If we get a better TV offering this year, we'll be lucky, though I very much doubt we will.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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BBC2's Olympic Dream smashed
BBC2's dreams of Olympic glory were unceremoniously dashed as it new documentary trilogy Building the Olympic Dream could only interest 602,000 viewers (2.5% share) at 9pm, it's worst performing show in the key slot since September 2008.
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BBC4 motors to 1.3% share
BBC4's The Joy of Motoring season helped the channel achieve its equal second-best weekly average share since it launched.
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C4 falls and Five flounders
While BBC2 was cleaning up in peaktime across the week, both Channel 4 and Five were feeling the heat.
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BBC2 in ratings hat-trick
Cooking, quizzes and sport help BBC2 to its best performance for four months.
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News
Action needed to secure TV's future, say industry figures
Against the backdrop of this week's cuts at ITV and Five, senior industry figures have warned of the need for radical action to safeguard TV's future.
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Heston serves up 2.3m for C4
Michelin-starred chef Heston Blumenthal kicked off his new series Heston's Victorian Feast with a respectable 2.3m viewers (9.8% share) at 9pm.
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Law and Order weakens grip
The second instalment of ITV1's high profile drama Law & Order: UK averaged 5.8m viewers (24.2% share) at 9pm last night, a fall of 600,000 on last week as the show narrowly lost out to BBC1.
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Comment
TV Critics 3 March ‘09
“The televisual equivalent of spending a lot of money on a small piece of liquorice.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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7.2m say Let's Dance
BBC1's Comic Relief show Let's Dance was on the rise on Saturday as 7.2m people (31.9% share) tuned in at 7.25pm.
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Penalty shoot-out brings 3m to Carling Cup final
The nail-biting climax to the Carling Cup final between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur was seen by a peak audience of 3m (19.5%) at 5.30pm.
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Adam Kemp to leave BBC
Adam Kemp, the BBC's in-house commissioning editor for arts, music and religion, is to leave the corporation.
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Moving Wallpaper gets pasted
The return of ITV1's comedy Moving Wallpaper was largely ignored by the viewing public on Friday with an audience of just 2.1m (9.1% share) at 9pm, the least watched terrestrial show at the time.
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Comment
TV Critics 2 March ‘09
“It's Coast meets River Cottage meets Robinson Crusoe.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.