All Ratings articles – Page 355
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RatingsFargo debuts with 2m
The TV remake of Coen brothers film Fargo made a solid start for Channel 4, but it was easily beaten by other drama offerings on Sunday night.
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RatingsJamaica Inn opens door to over 6m
BBC1’s Daphne du Maurier drama Jamaica Inn won the Easter Monday ratings battle, beating ITV’s Tommy Cooper biopic.
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RatingsBritain’s Got Talent sheds 1.8m viewers
Britain’s Got Talent lost around 1.8m viewers on last Saturday’s record debut.
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RatingsMad Men fails to sell Sky Atlantic
Mad Men returned for a seventh series on Wednesday with a meagre audience of 28,500 - as Channel 4’s How to Get a Council House was back with record ratings.
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RatingsBBC4 finds TV gold in Eden
In an unlikely contest this week, it turned out that suburban gardens can hold their own in a stand-off with a backpacked Olympic bronze medallist and porn.
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RatingsBGT back with a bang
Cowell talent show and brand new Amazing Greys give ITV bragging rights for Saturday night
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RatingsThrones roars ahead for Sky
The official motto of the (fictional) Westeros grand family House Lannister of Casterly Rock is, apparently, ‘hear me roar’.
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RatingsC4 quiz drops off the pace
William G Stewart first introduced us to 15 contestants, 14 of whom were destined to be unlucky, in January 1988. More than a quarter of a century on, and 10 years off the air, his former show has had a bumpy return.
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RatingsThe Trip stays on course
My school trips tended to be to places like Littlehampton or Eastbourne. All revolved around the same dreary experience: where to find shelter from the incessant wind-assisted rain to eat fish paste sandwiches and drink warm, weak squash out of a plastic beaker.
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RatingsThe Call Centre dials up record audience
The Call Centre phoned in its biggest audience on record on Tuesday night, as BBC2 launched two new factual shows to solid ratings.
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RatingsGame of Thrones enthrals over 800k
Game of Thrones continued with nearly 820,000 viewers on Monday, as ITV’s crime drama Undeniable lost 350,000 viewers.
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RatingsWarwick Davies travelogue transports 2.7m
Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davies got underway with 2.7m viewers on Friday, down on his previous outing for ITV.
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RatingsThe Masters hooks 2.4m
Bubba Watson’s victory in the Masters helped BBC2’s golf coverage peak with an audience of 2.4m on Sunday.
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RatingsBGT draws record debut crowd
Britain’s Got Talent returned for a seventh series on Saturday with its biggest launch ratings on record.
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RatingsEndeavour’s solid return
One of the space shuttles is called Endeavour. Some years ago, I watched it launch into the Florida yonder with mad, fiery urgency, catapulting towards the stillness of space. I can’t imagine melancholic Endeavour Morse launching into any yonder but there are times when his fiery urgency boils over.
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RatingsE4 is back with a Bang
It’s likely that E4 whirled a jig of delight when The Big Bang Theory was awarded three more seasons.
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RatingsWalking Dead rise for Fox
If ever the dead walked, there would be something inexorable about them. Arms held stiffly out in front, hollow eyes, a lowing groan as they marched on, determinedly bent on some ghoulish, nefarious deed.
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RatingsMary Berry batters rivals
Mary Berry does a nice line in butter-wouldn’t-dare-melt demureness, but when it comes to ratings, the Queen of Buns is a killer – as all but the denizens of Weatherfield found out on Monday.
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RatingsWar saga captures viewers
Numbers can be like people. Occasionally, they interlope and confuse: the first time I heard The Special AKA belt out their African liberation anthem, and perhaps affected by the party atmosphere, I warbled lustily about three Nelson Mandelas.
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RatingsTom Daley tops BBC3 porn doc
Tom Daley’s ITV2 travelogue held off competition from a BBC3 pornography documentary on a quiet Thursday night.