All Ratings articles – Page 246
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RatingsFibbing pays off for BBC4
In this era of ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’, BBC4’s fibbing series is striking the right chord. Meanwhile, even Stephen Fry couldn’t help ITV2’s new American sitcom capitalise on Family Guy’s largesse.The second episode of BBC4’s British History’s Biggest Fibs With Lucy Worsley achieved 950,000/4% on ...
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RatingsFortitude frozen out
The second episode of Sky Atlantic’s Fortitude achieved just 69,000/0.2% on Thursday at 9pm, its lowest overnight ever.
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RatingsNo recovery for Let It Shine
SATURDAY: Let It Shine dipped to a series low as it entered its live stage as The Voice UK matched its best performance to date.
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RatingsLegion storms onto Fox
THURSDAY: Heavily-marketed X-Men spin-off drama Legion made a solid start for Fox – more than doubling the channel’s slot average.
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RatingsRoots grabs 1m for BBC4
WEDNESDAY: Roots, the remake of Alex Haley’s classic novel about the slave trade, launched with BBC4’s biggest audience for an original drama in three years.
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RatingsMoorside is BBC's biggest drama launch since 2014
TUESDAY: BBC1’s The Moorside, which explores the real-life disappearance of Shannon Matthews, was the channel’s best-performing new drama launch in three years.
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Ratings1m watch fake news on C4
MONDAY: Channel 4 kicked off its fake news season in front of 1m viewers, as BBC2’s SAS documentary outgunned Channel 5’s recent effort.
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RatingsThis week's top 10 ratings by genre
The top 10 factual, drama and current affairs programmes.
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RatingsUllman fails to capitalise on primetime slot
WEEKEND: Tracey Ullman failed to capitalise on her primetime slot as Celebrity Big Brother bowed out with a series average below 2m.
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RatingsSunday success for BBC1
Countryfile, Still Open All Hours and Call The Midwife give channel the upper hand over ITV
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RatingsThe Jump and Good Karma Hospital launch well
SUNDAY: The Jump returned with a peak of almost 3m as ITV’s Good Karma Hotel launched neck-and-neck with the third episode of BBC1’s Apple Tree Yard.
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RatingsBBC2 freezes out rivals
BBC2’s best Winterwatch was Monday’s 8pm edition with 3.2 million beating C4’s Dispatches and Food Unwrapped, as well as Channel 5’s Police Interceptors repeat.
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RatingsHistory lesson boosts BBC4
BBC4’s British History’s Biggest Fibs With Lucy Worsely delivered the best performance of the PSB digital channels with 1.1 million.
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RatingsBleak return for Fortitude
Sky Atlantic’s Scandinavian drama returned but struggled to just 275,000 viewers, less than a third of series one’s launch episode in 2015.
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RatingsDramas prove their worth
BBC1’s new four-part thriller Apple Tree Yard began with 7 million viewers after 1.7 million recorded and watched, becoming BBC1’s third highest-rated Sunday 9pm drama in the past 12 months.
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RatingsWomen Who Kill locks up 800k
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4 documentary Women Who Kill pulled in an audience in line with slot average.
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RatingsSugar Free Farm slims down
TUESDAY: Sugar Free Farm struggled to match last year’s outing as the ITV format bowed out with a below average performance.
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RatingsHalcyon slips to low
MONDAY: ITV’s wartime drama The Halcyon slipped to a low while BBC1’s Silent Witness continued to dominate.
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RatingsHell Week burns viewers
SUNDAY: Special Forces lost over 400,000 viewers on its return to BBC2, while the Australian Open tennis final peaked with 800,000 for Eurosport.
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RatingsLet it Shine falls 1m behind The Voice
WEEKEND: The Voice opened up a significant lead over Let It Shine after the BBC1 format slipped below 5m viewers.