All articles by Jon Rogers – Page 17
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MasterChef stuffs its rivals
The final of BBC2's MasterChef proved a ratings feast last night with 5.2m viewers (21%) at 8pm, helping the channel's 9pm drama Margaret gain 2.6m (12%).
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Celebrity Juice back with 310,000
ITV2's comedy game show Celebrity Juice managed to tickle viewers' funny bone at 10pm with a respectable 310,000 (1.7%).
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Refreshed Housewives attract 2.3m
Channel 4's US drama Desperate Housewives returned last night after the fifth series took a two month break and pulled in 2.3m viewers (12.9%) at 10pm, the strongest performance of the current run.
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Comment
TV Critics 26 February ‘09
“The comedy of losers is a British speciality: FM skilfully continues the tradition.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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News
Five set to axe third of staff
Five will reveal plans for savage job cuts on Thursday 5 March - the day after ITV is expected to announce a major new round of redundancies of its own.
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Lording it in the dance off
ITV skates off with the honours in the battle of the weekend celebrity-based entertainment genre.
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Home alone show fades
Factual show Boys and Girls Alone got off to a fine start but its audience fell away over its four-week run.
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Man Utd clash scores 7.4m
Manchester United's clash in the Champions League against Italian giants Inter Milan was cheered on by a strong audience for the match of 7.4m (30%) from 7.45pm.
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Five poised to slash third of workforce
Five is expected to announce it is cutting around a third of its workforce next week.
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Cutting Edge investigates surrogate mums
Channel 4 is to investigate serial surrogate mothers in a Cutting Edge documentary from True North Productions.
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Oscar revamp boosts US viewers
The US coverage of the glitz and the glamour of the Oscars attracted an average audience of 36 million viewers, a rise of 4 million on last year's lowest ever figures.
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Law & Order arrests 6.4m
The UK version of Law & Order at 9pm kept up ITV1's current run of strong Monday night dramas with 6.4m viewers (26.2%) at 9pm.
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University Challenge final scores 5.3m
BBC2's University Challenge benefitted from the fame of Gail Trimble as the final of the quiz show gained 5.3m viewers (20.8%), the show's highest audience since at least 2001.
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Comment
TV Critics 24 February ‘09
“About as interesting as sitting through a real day in a district court.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Piers Morgan's Life Stories delivers 4.5m
Piers Morgan's new chat show for ITV1, Life Stories, got off to a fine start last night with a solid audience of 4.5m (23.9%) at 10pm.
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Oscars boost Sky 1 four-fold
A strong British presence at the Oscars helped Sky 1's live red carpet coverage deliver 280,000 (4.1%) viewers, over four times its normal audience.
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Comment
TV Critics 23 February ‘09
“The Colour of Money is advertised as the ‘most stressful game on television'. It's as stressful as bingo night at the village hall.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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BBC1 dances all over ITV1
BBC1 waltzed off with the viewers in the early part of peaktime on Saturday as Let's Dance pulled in 6.7m viewers (30.6% share), as it overwhelmed ITV1's new game show The Colour of Money.
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Jade attracts Living's best ever audience
The plight of reality star Jade Goody, who is suffering from terminal cancer, helped Living gain its largest ever audience last night with a total of 929,000 viewers.