All articles by Jon Rogers – Page 21
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TV viewing at five-year high
The average TV viewer watched an average of 26 hours and 18 minutes of broadcast TV a week last year, the highest level viewing has been since 2003.
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90210 makes strong return
Fresh drama from the glamorous teens of Beverly Hills returned to screens last night, as E4 aired new series 90210.
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TV Critics 27 January ‘09
“Were Channel 4 to disappear, or become just another commercial brand, what would become of a brave programme such as Chickens, Hugh and Tesco Too?” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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C4's chickens come home to roost
Channel 4's continuing Great British Food Fight season picked up a respectable audience of 2.5m viewers (10.2% share) at 9pm last night for Chickens, Hugh and Tesco Too.
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Viewers have an appetite for Saturday Kitchen
BBC1 consolidated its hold over Saturday morning viewing thanks to its food shows as Saturday Kitchen pulled in 2m viewers (26.6%) at 10am.
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TV Critics 26 January ‘09
“Its visual mode is realist but the dialogue has the poetry of a Scorsese gangster movie.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Sky finds 1m with Lost
There was a fierce battle in multichannel homes last night as four of the key digital channels launched new shows including Generation Kill and the latest series of Lost.
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4.7m book A Short Stay in Switzerland
BBC1's hard-hitting feature-length drama A Short Stay in Switzerland made a respectable showing at 9pm last night with 4.7m viewers (19.5% share).
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5m see return of Ross
Viewers welcomed the return of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as the show pulled in an audience of 4.7m (30%).
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BBC1 insures itself with Flame
BBC1 is to investigate the world of insurance in a new daytime series called The Claim Game from Flame TV.
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C4 orders Hudson River plane crash doc
Channel 4 has ordered a fast turnaround documentary on the recent Hudson River plane crash from Darlow Smithson Productions.
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TV Critics 23 January ‘09
“Skins has lost its originality, lost its nerve and lost its cool.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Skins returns with 665,000
E4's teen drama Skins returned for a third series last night with an underwhelming 665,000 (4.1%) over an hour at 10pm.
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Elephant Princess joins Nickelodeon
Australian series The Elephant Princess is the centrepiece of Nickelodeon's spring and summer season.
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Disney Channel is kids favourite
The Disney Channel was the UK's most popular children's channel last year, amongst young viewers.
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Stockwell plunges ITV1 to 1.4m
ITV1's drama Stockwell lost out to all the other terrestrial broadcasters at 9pm last night, as just 1.4m viewers (6.2% share) tuned in. It was ITV1's worst performing 9pm show since at least 2001.
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BBCW or Five: C4 faces up to its merged future
Channel 4 must merge with another organisation or wither away, Ofcom has warned - sending chief executive Andy Duncan back to the drawing board in his bid to convince BBC Worldwide of the value of a strategic merger.
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Top 100 of 2008
Last year's ratings reflected epic battles between the entertainment giants, innovative dramas, sporting excitement - and an overall rise in viewing hours. Jon Rogers reports.
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What's next for Channel 4?
A merger with Five or BBC Worldwide could save an ailing C4.In the last week or so, national newspaper columns have been awash with suggestions of how you solve a problem like Channel 4.
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7m turn out for Obama
BBC1's live coverage of the inauguaration of Barack Obama as the USA's 44th president was a massive hit with viewers as the afternoon coverage of the ceremony peaked at 5.15pm with an audience of 7m (40.1%).