All Ratings articles – Page 339

  • BGT
    Ratings

    BGT sees off Eurovision

    2014-05-15T17:27:00Z

    In Blackadder III, Prince George declared himself as thick as a whale omelette, but even he’d have known a hit when one clouted him.

  • Snooker
    Ratings

    BBC2 pots a TV winner

    2014-05-15T17:24:00Z

    So that’s that then: another year’s wait until a waistcoated world champion contender vigorously chalks his cue while pondering the balls on the baize.

  • Eurovision-2014
    Ratings

    BBC1 hits the right note

    2014-05-15T17:23:00Z

    In times of ubiquitous bad temperedness, Saturday’s annual reality holiday felt especially welcome.

  • Happy Valley
    Ratings

    BBC1 is happy in the valley

    2014-05-15T17:19:00Z

    It’s hard not to feel a bit sorry for valleys, lying as they do beneath the la-di-da hills with all their sun and fresh air.

  • Episodes
    Ratings

    Episodes returns with 940k

    2014-05-15T11:51:00Z

    Episodes returned for a third run on Wednesday with its lowest series debut audience to date, but it still managed to hold off competition from Channel 4’s Derek.

  • 24 Hours To Go Broke
    Ratings

    24 Hours To Go Broke banks 200k

    2014-05-14T14:01:00Z

    Dave’s latest format 24 Hours To Go Broke got off to a relatively slow start on Tuesday – banking just over 200,000 viewers.

  • PREY
    Ratings

    Prey hunts down 5.5m

    2014-05-13T10:23:00Z

    ITV’s John Simm-fronted crime drama Prey ended on a positive note on Monday, while Channel 4 enjoyed a successful evening with Bear Grylls and Simon Farnaby.

  • Football
    Ratings

    Man City triumph peaks with 1.3m

    2014-05-12T13:13:00Z

    Manchester City’s title-clinching performance during Sunday’s final round of Premier League fixtures peaked with 1.3m viewers – well below the season climax in 2012.

  • Eurovision 2014
    Ratings

    Eurovision hits high note

    2014-05-12T10:35:00Z

    Conchita Wurst helped Eurovision score its second best ratings in eight years on Saturday.

  • Jamaica-Inn_BTS_b
    Ratings

    ITV schedulers miss a trick

    2014-05-09T16:39:00Z

    The pitch, way back when, would have been interesting: rambling stories punctuated by displays of vaguely incompetent magic tricks.

  • game of thrones_Sea4_02
    Ratings

    Hunters close in on rivals

    2014-05-09T16:37:00Z

    With the exception of discovering one’s ex marching up the beach (which, under normal circumstances, you’d probably run away from), everything else this week has been about the pursuit: of power and thrones; of quirky treasures; and of sporting glory.

  • The-First-Georgians_b
    Ratings

    Georgians boost BBC4

    2014-05-09T16:34:00Z

    Who would have thought those bewigged Georgians would have such an impact?

  • Mr-Drews-School-for-Boys_b
    Ratings

    Mr Drew’s on par with Essex

    2014-05-09T16:32:00Z

    It probably wasn’t the plan. “So BBC2 and BBC4, if you could commission stuff together, that would be great.” “Yep, of course boss,” each would have chimed.

  • Good Morning Britain
    Ratings

    Mornings brighter for ITV

    2014-05-09T16:24:00Z

    In 1982, the Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers merged with the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union to form the GMBATU.

  • Newsnight
    Ratings

    Newsnight hits 14-month low

    2014-05-09T11:25:00Z

    BBC2’s Newsnight hit a 14-month low on Thursday, while Posh Pawn reached a series high.

  • Happy Valley
    Ratings

    Happy Valley slips by 800k

    2014-05-07T11:16:00Z

    The absence of Champions League football on ITV boosted the fortunes of BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5 on Tuesday, but could not prevent Happy Valley shedding 12% of its audience.

  • Bloody Tales
    Ratings

    Bloody Tales of The Tower locks up 600k

    2014-05-06T13:27:00Z

    Channel 5’s Nat Geo acquisition Bloody Tales Of The Tower got off to a solid start on Friday - regaling an audience of more than 600,000.

  • The Crimson Field
    Ratings

    Crimson Field falls to series low

    2014-05-06T13:17:00Z

    The Crimson Field fell to a series low on Sunday night, as In the Flesh struggled to rouse a big audience.

  • 24
    Ratings

    24 simulcast draws 11,000

    2014-05-06T11:01:00Z

    The return of Jack Bauer in 24: Live Another Day tracked down 11,000 viewers for its 1am simulcast on Tuesday, as the snooker World Championship final peaked with 5.6m on Monday.

  • BGT
    Ratings

    Britain’s Got Talent draws 9.6m

    2014-05-06T09:34:00Z

    Britain’s Got Talent slipped below the 10m viewer mark for the second time on Saturday, as Amazing Greys continued to lose viewers.