All Ratings articles – Page 252
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RatingsMartin Lewis banks 3.5m
TUESDAY: ITV’s Martin Lewis proved more popular than Channel 4’s Mary Portas in the battle of the finance shows.
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RatingsGuy Martin transports 2m to China
MONDAY: Guy Martin’s trip to China was unable to transport a bigger audience than his previous visit to India – as BBC2 notched up 1m for its trip to Brixton.
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RatingsStrictly retains 11m peak
SUNDAY: Strictly Come Dancing retained its 11m peak from last week as I’m a Celebrity and Planet Earth II fell slightly, while Andy Murray’s victory in the ATP’s World Tour Finals was watched by more than 5m.
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RatingsPlanet Earth sequel beats original
As sequels go, BBC1’s returning Planet Earth was more of a Godfather II than a Grease 2.
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RatingsBBC wins storming Sunday
Ordinarily, Ed Balls’ Gangnam Style salsa would be the most terrifying thing you’re ever likely to see; well, that or a bobcat swimming towards you.
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RatingsI’m A Celebrity spin-off boosts ITV2
At the beginning of last week, BBC4 examined past American elections in the final day BT (Before Trump). Elsewhere, ITV2 changed the title of its brand extension and camped it up.
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RatingsThe Young Pope loses followers
HBO’s Westworld had its fair share of troubles as it lurched through production, but it must all seem worth it now that a second season has been confirmed.
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RatingsClose To The Enemy trumps prison doc
I met Stephen Poliakoff once. It’s likely I remember it more clearly than The Great Beard does.
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RatingsMichael McIntyre pips The X Factor
WEEKEND: Michael McIntyre’s Big Show narrowly outperformed The X Factor as it returned to BBC1 for a second series.
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RatingsSecret Life of the Zoo back with 1.5m
THURSDAY: The second series return of Channel 4’s The Secret Life of the Zoo fell below the 8pm slot average while ITV’s I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here continued to dominate at 9pm.
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RatingsI’m A Celebrity slips by 1m
WEDNESDAY: I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! dropped by just over a million on its third outing, while Black and British: a Forgotten History also slipped by 200,000 on BBC2.
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RatingsITV's Tenable settles in with 800k
TUESDAY: Warwick Davies’ daytime ITV quiz Tenable settled down with over 800,000, before England’s friendly clash with Spain peaked with 6.6m viewers.
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RatingsNW grips over 1m
MONDAY: The BBC2 adaptation of Zadie Smith’s NW performed solidly as a Children In Need special was overrun by I’m A Celebrity.
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RatingsTV's first night a hit for BBC4
Some eight decades ago, a modestly sized bunch of people stood around a slowly warming cabinet, waiting for the much-ballyhooed television to start.
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RatingsHaunted Hotel closes doors
This week, W finished spooking the heebie-jeebies out of celebrities on Halloween. Fox’s own undead shuffled along nicely, while its new comedy-drama attracted small numbers but positive responses.
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RatingsBake Off saves best till last
On 17 August 2010, BBC2 launched a little show about baking. With 2.2 million/9%, it was a share point behind the 8pm slot average.
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Ratings9m watch England beat Scotland
WEEKEND: England’s World Cup 2018 clash with Scotland pulled in crowd of 9m fans – while Strictly Come Dancing notched up a share of almost 50%.
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RatingsViewers warm to Arctic Live
Some newspapers get into hysterical froths about anything these days, so it’s not surprising there are epic warnings of some kind of icy Armageddon bearing down on us – it’s best to keep every one cowed.
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RatingsStrictly, Planet Earth & I'm A Celebrity land 11m viewers
SUNDAY: Linear TV proved it remains a powerful force after three shows pulled in more than 11m viewers – Strictly Come Dancing, Planet Earth and the return of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
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RatingsPlanet Earth takes off
This week, BBC1’s sequel, Planet Earth II – the return of the killer planet – dealt with the opposition in much the same way as that pit of snakes did the sea-bound baby iguanas.