All articles by Jon Rogers – Page 20
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Ratings
Skins gets up to speed
Drama series usually suffer from a decline in ratings over the weeks, but if the second episode of E4's Skins is anything to go by, the teen show appears to be bucking that trend.
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ITV1 struggles with emergency shows in peak
ITV1 struggled in the key peaktime hours between 8pm and 10pm as shows about the medical and police services failed to make an impression and the commercial network was outgunned by BBC2, Channel 4 and BBC1.
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Ratings
Ratings rise as snow falls
The adverse weather conditions had a strong impact on television viewing yesterday as audience levels were up by over a third across the day.
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Whitechapel conquers with 8.1m
ITV1's new three-part thriller made a cracking start last night at 9pm with a massive 8.1m viewers (29.8% share), in the face of strong competition from BBC1.
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Comment
TV Critics 3 February ‘09
“Moses Jones seems a tad overcooked. Yet it has energy and atmosphere, and certainly possesses enough intrigue to warrant further investigation.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Attenborough's Darwin doc draws 6m
David Attenborough's documentary on scientist Charles Darwin pulled in a strong 6m viewers (22.9% share) at 9pm but it still wasn't enough to topple ITV1's ratings blockbusters.
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There's life in BBC1's Old Guys
BBC1's new sitcom The Old Guys pulled in a spritely audience of 4.9m (22.4%) on Saturday night at 9.30pm.
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Ratings
943,000 see Ross Kemp Return to Afghanistan
Sky 1 was fighting fit at 10pm last night as Ross Kemp: Return to Afghanistan picked up a strong 943,000 (5.54%), marginally up on last year's run.
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Comment
TV Critics 2 February ‘09
“There was simply no need for such length, but as Irvine Welsh also directed and produced, perhaps there was no one to rein him in.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Ratings
Piers Morgan gives Hustle some hassle
BBC1's drama Hustle managed to win the 9pm battle with 5m viewers (20.9%) but was given a run for its money by Piers Morgan on ITV1.
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Ratings
Paris Hilton gets 428,000 BBFs
ITV2's new show Paris Hilton's British Best Friend made a rather sluggish start last night at 9pm with a modest 428,0000 viewers (2% share).
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Comment
TV Critics 30 January ‘09
“You'd think a former newspaper editor would be a good interviewer, but I'm not sure about some of Piers's techniques.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Comment
TV Critics 29 January ‘09
“Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are still peddling the same old format.”Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Ratings
Viewers have Grand Designs on C4
Channel 4's popular property show Grand Designs was back with a bang last night with an audience of 4.1m (17.4%) at 9pm.
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News
Barnes steps down from Five digital channels
Five digital channels director of programmes Hannah Barnes has resigned.
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News
Zig Zag lands Five doc deal
Five has signed a fast turnaround output deal with Zig Zag Productions for six popular culture documentaries, three of which are for the Where Did it All Go Right? strand.
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Ratings
Dramas fight for Sunday
Some of the key digital entertainment channels went head to head in the 9pm slot on Sunday, with drama the main battleground.
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Ratings
UK tunes in to see Obama
Live coverage of the inauguration on BBC1 was ideal PSB output - and drew 6.5 million viewers.
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Ratings
C4 gets a Shameless 3.1m
Channel 4's hit drama series Shameless was a popular draw at 10pm last night with the sixth series kicking off with 3.1m viewers (17.5% share).
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Comment
TV Critics 28 January ‘09
“Flabby television.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.