All articles by Jon Rogers – Page 44
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NewsITV1 delivers masterclass to Apprentice
There was a heavyweight clash in the ratings last night with ITV1 coming out the victor as Britain's Got Talent drew an audience of 8.8m (35.3%) at 8.30pm.
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FeaturesRatings focus
ABC1s fire Apprentice to highest ever ratingsBBC1's ratings juggernaut The Apprentice may be getting some of its highest ever audiences but it will still make way for international football coverage next week.
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NewsDuchess fails to grab ratings crown
ITV1's new documentary two-parter The Duchess in Hull failed to secure the ratings crown last night at 9pm but still managed a respectable audience of 5m (21.2%).
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News7.2m support FA Cup final
BBC1's live coverage of the FA Cup final between Portsmouth and Cardiff City was the predictable ratings hit with the match being watched by 7.2m viewers, over half of the viewing public at the time.
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NewsUltimate Force fires blanks
ITV1 managed to secure an all hours share of just 13.3% yesterday, its lowest Sunday in nearly two years, as Ultimate Force returned with just 3.5m viewers (15.3%) at 9pm.
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NewsViewers emigrate from Emmerdale
Emmerdale's rough patch in the ratings continued last night as just 5.3m viewers (27.4%) watched at 7pm, its lowest audience since September last year.
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NewsApprentice tackles Uefa final
BBC1's business reality show The Apprentice kept up its winning streak at 9pm last night with 6.7m viewers (28.4%) but the show did feel the effects of ITV1's coverage of the Uefa Cup final.
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ITV team acquires Breslau
ITV has boosted its acquisitions team with the appointment of Sasha Breslau as senior programme executive for US series.
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NewsSofia's Diary given peaktime slot
Five is moving the weekday TV broadcasts of web drama Sofia's Diary on digital channel Fiver to a high-profile peaktime slot to address sluggish ratings.
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NewsRatings focus: Sky One's Gladiators eliminates rivals
Sky One's revival of Gladiators fought off the might of the sunny weather as well as a number of terrestrial channels to make a successful comeback on Sunday 11 May.
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NewsF Word ratings simmer
Viewers haven't yet tired of Gordon Ramsay's F Word but the start of the fourth series failed to reach the heights of last year with 2.5m (10.7%) watching at 9pm while a further 375,000 tuned in to C4+1 at 10pm.
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NewsPhilip fails to reign at ITV
ITV1's documentary on the life of Prince Philip appealed to a respectable 5.3m viewers (23.2%) at 9pm but it was no match for BBC1's Waking the Dead.
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NewsStunted growth for Pushing Daisies
ITV1's quirky US drama series Pushing Daisies continued to lose ground on Saturday with an audience of just 2.8m (13.6%) at 9pm.
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NewsGladiators pummels rivals with 1.5m
Sky One's revival of the 1990s hit Gladiators was an instant ratings hit last night with a huge 1.5m viewers (11.6%) at 6pm, nearly five times more than the channel's average audience.
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NewsBBC1 and ITV1 fail to impress
Neither of the two main terrestrial channels could really impress the viewers at 9pm as their respective dramas failed to even make the 4m mark.
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NewsUp for a bit of Bully
The creator of the long-running ITV show Bullseye has put the brand up for sale.
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NewsSoap Awards bring 6m to ITV1
ITV1's annual coverage of The British Soap Awards made an impression with the viewers attracting an audience of 6m (27.5%) at 8pm but couldn't topple BBC1's The Apprentice.
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FeaturesRATINGS FOCUS: ITV disaster drama draws holiday crowd
The sunny weather may have been the attraction over the bank holiday, but the terrestrial channels did manage to get a look-in here and there.
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NewsBBC1 offloads soap after ratings slump
BBC1 has dropped Australian daytime soap Out of the Blue after just six episodes after its audience fell by nearly 44%.
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NewsBBC1 offloads soap after ratings slump
BBC1 has dropped Australian daytime soap Out of the Blue after just six episodes after its audience fell by nearly 44%.