All articles by Jon Rogers – Page 37
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News
TV critics 21 August ‘08
“If you're at all squeamish, make sure you've got somewhere soft to land before you switch on.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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Features
X Factor return points to biggest series yet for ITV1
ITV1's singing contest The X Factor was back with a bang last week with a higher audience than any edition for the past two years, excluding both the previous series' finals.
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NewsC4 shares Secret Millionaire with 4.2m
Channel 4's The Secret Millionaire show went from strength-to-strength last night as it claimed the top spot at 9pm with 4.2m viewers (18.7%), a new personal best for the show.
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NewsMedal haul boosts BBC ratings
Viewers to the BBC's terrestrial channels were boosted yesterday as Britain's sportsmen and women claimed another four golds in the Beijing Olympics.
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NewsTV critics 20 August ‘08
“Revealed? Or just stating the blooming obvious.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsJazz FM set for October relaunch
Jazz FM is scheduled to relaunch on 6 October and has appointed former Classic FM enterprise director Robert O'Dowd to head all its off-air sales business.
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NewsC4 suffers ratings crash
Channel 4 fell to its second lowest all hours weekly share since 2001 last week with just 7% of the TV audience.
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NewsBBC2's Bakers cook up a ratings treat
BBC2 chefs Dave Myers and Simon King metamorphosised from Hairy Bikers to Hairy Bakers last night at 8.30pm and attracted 3.7m viewers (15.6%), the duo's highest audience ever.
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NewsTV critics 19 August ‘08
“A couple of big buffoons, Dave Myers and Si King are like fatter, hairier, foodier versions of Ant 'n' Dec. But they're still much more watchable than Mark Beaumont.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsMusic to C4's ears
The relaunch of The Hits as 4Music got off to a cracking start last Friday with an all hours share of 0.41%, more than the total combined audience of all the MTV-branded channels.
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NewsTeam GB spurs Olympics ratings to 36.6m
A grand total of 36.6m people have watched at least 15 minutes of the Beijing Olympic Games since it started, equivalent to 64.6% of the entire viewing public.
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NewsNew weekly low for ITV1
The X Factor may have given ITV1 a mammoth audience of 10.2m (48.2%) but the channel still fell to new low all hours weekly share of just 15.92%.
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NewsRatings slip for Spooks spin-off
BBC3's Spooks: Code 9 took a tumble in the ratings yesterday but still claimed the top spot at 9pm with 447,000 (2.07%).
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NewsSports ratings take gold
The Olympics and the launch of the football season proved a surefire ratings winner for both the BBC and Sky Sports 1 over the weekend.
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NewsTV critics 18 August ‘08
“It's Big Brother with Bibles.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsITV1 scores biggest ever X Factor launch
ITV1's talent show The X Factor came back stronger than ever on Saturday at 7.30pm with an enormous 10.2m viewers (48%), the show's highest ever debut performance.
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NewsITV4 wins as Man City lose
ITV4's live Uefa Cup coverage pulled off a ratings victory last night with a 15-minute peak audience of 936,000 (4.88%) at 9.15pm as Manchester City lost 1-0.
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NewsHarley Street going into cardiac arrest
ITV1's medical drama series took a turn for the worst as the penultimate episode could only attract 2.6m viewers (12%).
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NewsDiscovery's Chop Shop takes celeb spin
Cars owned by Martin Kemp, David Ginola and Johnny Vegas will be given a radical overhaul in the second series of Discovery UK's Chop Shop.
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NewsTV critics 15 August ‘08
“Britain's Really Disgusting Foods was, in some respects, treading a very worn-out path.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.