All Ratings articles – Page 511
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RatingsGot Talent peaks with 12.2m
Britain’s Got Talent was welcomed back to ITV1’s Saturday night schedule with a peak audience of 12.2m (49%), but less than a quarter of these viewers stuck around for the end of blockbuster drama The Prisoner.
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RatingsElection debate peaks with 10.3m
The UK’s first television election debate peaked with 10.3m viewers last night (40% share) – with ITV1 holding on to an audience of more than 9m for almost all of its 90-minute running time.
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RatingsMidsomer wins again with 4.9m
ITV1 scored another midweek victory last night, with the latest Midsomer Murders investigation striding ahead of Waterloo Road to reach 4.9m (21%).
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RatingsTiger pulls in Masters’ fans
Mark Twain once described golf as a good walk spoiled. Clearly viewers of The Masters would disagree, as the final day’s play on BBC2 attracted more than 3 million.
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RatingsWar wins out over passion
BBC’s two-part adaptation with Billie Piper fails to dent popularity of ITV’s Foyle.
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RatingsThe Pacific on target for Sky
Sky Movie Premiere’s launch of the big-budget series The Pacific fought off all multichannel rivals on its launch.
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RatingsV helps Syfy inch ahead of ITV2 and E4
Rebooted sci-fi drama V made its UK debut with 325,000 viewers last night on NBCU’s rebranded Syfy.
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RatingsThe Bill slumps in new slot
The Bill’s audience sunk to a new low last night, attracting just 2.8m (11.8%) in its new Tuesday home at 9pm.
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RatingsLumley takes 4.8m down the Nile
Joanna Lumley enticed 4.8m viewers (19.8%) to take a journey down the Nile on ITV1 last night, fending off competition from New Tricks, FlashForward and new shows on BBC2 and Channel 4.
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RatingsSky 3D football attracts 200,000
Sky has revealed that 200,000 viewers watched its 3D broadcast of Sunday’s FA Premier League match between Manchester Utd and Blackburn Rovers.
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RatingsFoyle's War trumps Billie Piper drama
Billie Piper-starring 1950s drama A Passionate Woman delivered 4.7m (18.6%) viewers to BBC1 last night, but more viewers opted to stay in the 1940s with Foyle’s War on ITV1.
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RatingsGrand National delivers 57% share
The Grand National was a runaway success for BBC1 on Saturday afternoon, building to a peak of 7.6m (57.2%) as the horses got their starting orders.
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RatingsOutnumbered returns with 5.4m
BBC1 sitcom Outnumbered returned with 5.4m (22.1%) in its new Thursday night home last night, its second best performance to date.
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RatingsMan U tackles MasterChef final
MasterChef ended its current run with 5.6m (21.8%), but was dwarfed by the action at Old Trafford, with ITV1’s live Champions League coverage peaking with 8.5m (32.3%).
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RatingsHeston's Feast ties with hospital doc
BBC2 and Channel 4 were neck and neck at 9pm last night, with the return of Heston’s Feasts and a look inside Great Ormond Street tied with 2.4m (9.8%).
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RatingsMatt Smith's Doctor Who debuts with 8m
Matt Smith first turn as Doctor Who was watched by 8m (35.3% share) on BBC1 last Saturday (3 April).
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RatingsJordan beats Lohan in ratings clash
Lindsay Lohan’s investigation into child trafficking for BBC3 was hammered in the ratings by viewers looking for more feelgood fare on ITV2 with model Katie Price.
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RatingsAshes returns with 5.5m
BBC1 drama Ashes to Ashes returned for its third and final run on Good Friday with its lowest series debut to date.
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RatingsFrost ends with 8.3m
Long-running ITV1 crime drama A Touch of Frost bowed out with 8.3m (34%) last night, its best audience in more than three years.
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RatingsCanoe Man makes a splash on BBC4
BBC4 drama Canoe Man drew more than 800,000 viewers last night, more than three times the average audience for the channel’s midweek 9pm slot.