All Ratings articles – Page 344

  • Penny Dreadful
    Ratings

    Penny Dreadful debuts with 354,000

    2014-05-21T10:22:00Z

    Sky Atlantic’s gothic thriller Penny Dreadful sunk its teeth into an audience of 350,000 on Tuesday – making it the channel’s most popular show of the year after Game of Thrones.

  • The Island
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    The Island grows audience to 2.5m

    2014-05-20T10:28:00Z

    The Island with Bear Grylls grew its audience for a second consecutive week on Monday, securing third place in the key 9pm battleground.

  • Masterchef
    Ratings

    Masterchef final peaks with 6.4m

    2014-05-19T13:29:00Z

    The final of Masterchef peaked with 6.4m viewers for BBC1 on Friday, narrowly beating climax of last year’s competition.

  • Bafta
    Ratings

    TV Baftas draw 5.1m

    2014-05-19T10:33:00Z

    The Bafta Television Awards walked away with 5.1m viewers on Sunday – almost 1m below 2013’s seven-year high.

  • FA Cup
    Ratings

    Arsenal’s FA Cup win hits 10m peak

    2014-05-19T10:29:00Z

    Arsenal’s FA Cup triumph peaked with more than 10m viewers for ITV on Saturday evening, as Britain’s Got Talent took the honours on the day.

  • Nicky Campbell
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    A Family of My Own locates 2.2m

    2014-05-16T10:58:00Z

    Nicky Campbell’s series for ITV on adoption Wanted: A Family of My Own failed to grow its audience across its three parts – bowing out on Thursday with 1m fewer viewers than the channel’s slot average.

  • 24
    Ratings

    Jack's back with a bang

    2014-05-15T17:30:00Z

    Jack’s back, covered as he is in scars inflicted by eight series of fist-fights, shootouts, drugs and the odd momentary death.

  • 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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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.