All articles by Jon Rogers – Page 48
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News10.3m see the return of Ricky
The highly anticipated return of Sid Owen's character Ricky Butcher to Albert Square gained an audience of 10.3m (43.2%), yesterday's most watched TV show.
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NewsBBC3 gets Dis/Connected
BBC3's latest one-off drama Dis/Connected failed to get the viewing public signed up as it only appealed to 71,000 (0.4%) at 9pm.
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NewsFriends to revisit Lily Allen
Lily Allen is to host a second series of her interactive chatshow for BBC3 despite poor ratings throughout her first run.
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NewsITV1 fails to get its Teenage Kicks
ITV1's new sitcom Teenage Kicks got off to something of a hesitant start as 3.6m (16.1%) watched the Adrian Edmondson-fronted show at 9.30pm.
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NewsBBC1 makes a Casualty of ITV1
BBC1's new Sunday night drama Casualty 1907 drew a sizeable audience of 6.7m (26.9%) at 9pm, making mincemeat of ITV1's own drama.
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NewsBlues for Holby spin-off
BBC1's police drama Holby Blue fell out of favour with the viewers last night with just 4.1m viewers (17.4%) at 8pm watching the second episode.
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NewsGossip Girl fails to spread word
ITV2's new teen drama series Gossip Girl failed to create much of a buzz with the viewers on its debut with just 293,000 (1.92%) watching at 10pm.
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NewsAshes to Ashes rises again
DCI Gene Hunt will have another opportunity to spout sexist and very un-PC remarks as Philip Glenister's character is set to return in a second series of Ashes to Ashes.
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NewsHollingworth post goes to Corrie's Frost
Coronation Street producer Steve Frost is to replace Corinne Hollingworth as ITV's head of continuing drama series.
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FeaturesBBC1 takes spoils from Easter TV crime wave
Viewers preferred detectives to cops in the head-to-head drama clash between the two main terrestrial channels over the Easter holiday.
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NewsBig, Bigger, Biggest for Five
Five's new architectural series Big, Bigger, Biggest got a good take off last night at 8pm with 1.4m viewers (5.6%) as the show focused on Heathrow's new Terminal Five.
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NewsBionic Woman props up ITV2
ITV2's Bionic Woman is still a big draw for the channel with 1.3m viewers (6.33%) at 9pm but the other new shows in its Tuesday line up leave much to be desired.
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NewsViewers drawn to Dirty Sexy Money
The Good Friday launch of Channel 4's lastest US drama Dirty Sexy Money was on form as 2.7m (11.6%) watched at 9pm, more viewers than ITV1 at the time.
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NewsEastEnders buries its rivals
BBC1's flagship soap EastEnders gained its highest audience of the year so far on Easter Monday with 11.4m viewers (4.24%) watching at 8pm.
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NewsCoppers no match for Detectives
BBC1's one-off The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency took the spoils at 9pm on Easter Day with 6.3m viewers (27%), completely out gunning ITV1's own drama offering.
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NewsViewers have Grand Designs on C4
Channel 4's Grand Designs Revisited - effectively a repeat of the property show - was easily the top dog at 9pm with 3.9m (16.9%) as both BBC1 and ITV1 struggled.
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NewsViewers lift The Curse on BBC4
BBC4's new drama season The Curse of Comedy got off to a flying start with The Curse of Steptoe attracting 1.4m (6.96%) at 9pm, the channel's highest ever audience.
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NewsGavin and Stacey help multichannel charge
Strong performances from BBC3 and ITV2 gave the multichannel sector a bumper week as five different programmes broke through the 1 million mark.
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NewsMonster ratings for Five
Five's factual series Monster Moves ended on a high note last night with 1.5m viewers (6.1%), the show's highest ever audience.
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NewsBBC3 struggles with drama pilot
BBC3's new drama pilot The Things I Haven't Told You didn't have much to smile about last night at 9pm with an audience of just 203,000 (1.02%).