All articles by Jon Rogers – Page 59
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NewsThe Queen reigns with 7.9m
ITV1's Oscar-winning film The Queen, starring Helen Mirren, was the premier attraction on Sunday (2 September) with a bumper audience of 7.9m (36.1%), the second most popular film on TV so far this year. [ALL]
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NewsBig Brother ends with 5.3m
The 10pm final of Big Brotheron Friday managed a moderate audience of 5.3m viewers (29%), 2.2m down on last year's final show. [ALL]
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NewsSupernanny outsmarts BBC2's Restaurant
BBC2's new reality show The Restaurantserved up a decent enough first serving at 8pm with 2m viewers, a share of 9.5%, but was no match for the return of Channel 4's Supernannywhich drew 2.9m (14%).
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NewsTest the Nation brings in 3.6m
This year's Test the NationIQ test was something of a let down with the results programme only interesting 3.6m (16.2%) at 9pm. [ALL]
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NewsITV1 still has The X Factor
Edinburgh:The second outing of ITV1's hit entertainment show The X Factorattracted a strong 8.5m (47%), and although viewers dropped from the launch episode, its share increased. [ALL]
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NewsHorrocks: Sky News is 'irresponsible'
Edinburgh:BBC News head Peter Horrocks has launched a stinging attack on Sky News after its editor John Ryley told an audience at Edinburgh that he would be prepared to broadcast live footage of a hostage situation, even if it resulted in the hostage's death. ...
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NewsPaxman to attack industry greed
Edinburgh:Newsnightpresenter Jeremy Paxman is expected to attack the television industry's obsession with money in tonight's MacTaggart lecture. [ALL]
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NewsBBC4 sizzles with Fry strand
A strand of programming focusing on actor, writer and comedian Stephen Fry helped BBC4 to secure an audience share of 2.82% on Friday (17 August), its highest ever daily share. [ALL]
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NewsITV1 has The X Factor with viewers
The X Factormade its strongest debut yet with the first episode of the fourth series attracting an impressive 9.5m viewers (45%) at 7.40pm on Saturday (18 August). [ALL]
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FeaturesHail the conquering Heroes
BBC2's acquisition of the US drama import Heroes seems to be money well spent with the first two episodes breaking the 4 million mark and claiming a victory over BBC1.
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NewsBBCW hires news chief
BBC Worldwide America has appointed a new executive vice-president of news and sport in a move to step up the expansion of BBC news in the US.
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NewsSummertime ratings blues return to BBC1
BBC1's weekly audience share fell to its lowest since at least the start of 2001 last week, registering just 20.4% across all hours.
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News4.5m enrol in Fame Academy
The returning Comic Relief Does Fame Academyhad a tough time of it on Saturday (3 March) with the opening show at 5.55pm managing 4.5 million (23.8%).
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NewsFive all hours share falls to 3.8%
Five's all day share of the viewing audience dropped to just 3.8% yesterday, its worst performance on a Thursday since Christmas Day 2003.
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NewsNew dramas fail as viewers have other designs
ITV1's Confessions of a Diary Secretaryand Five's Kitchenboth suffered last night at 9pm as Channel 4's Grand Designsreturned with an impressive 5.3 million (24.3%).
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NewsDropping kids pays off for ITV
ITV1's controversial decision to drop its weekday CITV strand has led to a surge in viewers, with the commercial network's share for the 3.30pm to 5pm slot more than doubling.
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Mixed results for BBC1 and ITV1 comedies
Comedy is a notoriously difficult genre to get right, as evidenced by the mixed fortunes of BBC 1's sitcom After You've Gone.
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NewsCarling Cup grabs convincing win for Sky Sports
A thrilling Carling Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea secured Sky Sports 1 one of the biggest audiences in multichannel homes this year with the match coverage averaging 2.7 million viewers (24%).
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News1.9m cope with Fear, Stress and Anger
BBC2 was feeling under the weather last night at 9pm as new sitcom Fear, Stress and Angercould only attract 1.9 million viewers to the first part of its new look Thursday night peaktime schedule.
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Heroes delivers a massive hit for Sci Fi
The start of US drama Heroes made a big impression on The Sci Fi Channel with the show pulling in the broadcaster's highest ever audience.