All Overnight ratings articles – Page 198
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RatingsOscar Pistorius defeat draws nearly 4.2m
Oscar Pistorius’ surprise defeat in the men’s 200m T44 helped Channel 4 to its biggest audience of Paralympic Games so far.
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RatingsDoctor Who hits seven-year low
Doctor Who returned with its lowest series launch audience since the sci-fi franchise was rebooted in 2005 as The X Factor continued to underperform.
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RatingsParalympics peaks with 3.2m on first day
Channel 4’s first day of coverage of the Paralympic Games peaked with nearly 3.2m viewers as Team GB’s basketball team lost to Germany.
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RatingsParalympic opening ceremony peaks with nearly 11m
The extravagant Paralympic opening ceremony scored one of the biggest audiences in Channel 4’s 30-year history.
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RatingsAccused down 1.3m on debut
Jimmy McGovern’s criminal justice drama Accused fell to a new series low - meaning it has lost more than 1.3m viewers on its debut.
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RatingsCitizen Khan debuts with 3.41m
BBC1’s new post-watershed sitcom Citizen Khan made a strong start - topping the first ever episode of Mrs Brown’s Boys.
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RatingsThe X Factor up 300k on debut - down 1.7m YoY
The X Factor grew its audience by around 300k on last week - but it was more than 1.7m viewers down on the equivalent episode in 2011.
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RatingsParade’s End tops 3m on debut
BBC2’s new period drama Parade’s End, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, managed to beat all-comers on its Friday night debut.
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RatingsWaterloo Road scores low marks after Scotland move
BBC1 school drama Waterloo Road has recorded its lowest launch figures to date after relocating to Scotland.
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RatingsCBB tops 2m with Jasmine exit
The live eviction of Jasmine Lennard from Celebrity Big Brother topped the 2m mark and drew the second highest audience of the run for the Channel 5 reality show.
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RatingsC4 scores 3.5m ratings high with Royal film
Channel 4 provided the surprise hit of the night with a documentary about the Queen’s mother-in-law - as BBC2’s Great British Bake Off rose to its second highest audience ever.
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RatingsIan Brady doc draws nearly 1.7m
Channel 4’s high profile documentary on child-murderer Ian Brady could only manage a below-par audience of 1.67m.
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RatingsBBC1 and C4 comedy struggle to raise a smile
A new series of BBC1 comedy In with the Flynns and Channel 4’s Funny Fortnight both failed to make an impact, falling short of their short averages.
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RatingsSilent Witness beats Last Weekend
Silent Witness thrashed ITV1’s three-part thriller The Last Weekend in the battle of the Sunday night dramas.
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RatingsX Factor returns on six-year low
The X Factor returned with its lowest launch audience in six years as ITV1’s other entertainment centrepiece, Red or Black?, was whipped by an Indiana Jones repeat.
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RatingsParalympics drama beaten by Peter Kay
A BBC2 drama about the birth of the Paralympics was beaten by a comedy stand-up show by Peter Kay on Channel 4 – but did edge ahead of BBC1 and ITV1.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother returns with 2.61m
Celebrity Big Brother returned to Channel 5 with its lowest launch audience to date, as ITV1’s England football friendly was beaten by Who Do You Think You Are?.
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RatingsAccused returns with 5.3m
Sean Bean’s turn as a transvestite helped Jimmy McGovern’s Accused to its biggest audience on record, as The Great British Bake Off returned to BBC2 on a high.
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RatingsSharon's EastEnders return draws 8.3m peak
BBC1’s special week of EastEnders episodes helped it outmuscle ITV1’s Ruth Rendell drama, as the Big Brother final peaked with 1.76m viewers.
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RatingsBahamas surprise relay win tops BBC1 audience
The men’s 4 x 400m relay final attracted BBC1’s biggest audience of the day with close to 10 million watching.