All Ratings articles – Page 360
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RatingsNearly 1m evacuate The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist plunged by almost 1m viewers on Tuesday to perform in line with ITV’s Champions League coverage of Manchester United.
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RatingsFresh Meat back with 1m as The Choir hits high
The return of Gareth Malone’s The Choir hit new heights for BBC2 on Monday, while C4 sitcom Fresh Meat was unable to outscore its series two opener.
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RatingsHighs for Strictly and Downton
Strictly Come Dancing’s results show peaked with almost 11m for BBC1 on Sunday as Downton Abbey put in a series high performance of almost 10m.
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RatingsOff the Beaten Track locates 3m for ITV
Christine Bleakley set off on her ITV travelogue Off The Beaten Track with just over 3m on Friday, as C4 sitcom Man Down slipped below 1m.
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RatingsStrictly hits high note as X Factor falters
The X Factor dipped to a series low on Saturday night for ITV as BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing twirled to its best performance of 2013.
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RatingsBig Bang Theory explodes with 1.7m
E4’s The Big Bang Theory exploded with 1.7m viewers on Thursday, as Sky Living’s Dracula also took a sizeable chunk of viewers - in a strong night for the multichannels.
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RatingsThe Tunnel sinks to low
The Tunnel sunk to a series low for Sky Atlantic on Wednesday – as James Blake picked up this year’s Mercury Prize in front of an audience of 1.4m on Channel 4.
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RatingsMixed verdict for The Escape Artist
David Tennant drama The Escape Artist conjured up 5m viewers for BBC1 on Tuesday – putting it more than 3m viewers ahead of its rivals in the 9pm slot.
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RatingsRipper Street returns 1m down
Ripper Street returned to BBC1 on Monday with an audience of around 1m viewers fewer than the series one debut.
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RatingsStrictly waltzes off with Sunday honours
Strictly Come Dancing danced off with its best Sunday night performance of the year, as a racy Lady Gaga performance was unable to lift The X Factor to a notable high.
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RatingsMan Down drops to 1.2m
Greg Davies comedy Man Down slipped by around 300,000 viewers for its second outing on Friday.
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RatingsAtlantis sinks to series low
BBC1 fantasy drama Atlantis dropped to a series low – while Strictly Come Dancing continued to outperform The X Factor on Saturday.
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RatingsBreathless slumps to new low
ITV period drama Breathless lost another 600,000 viewers on Thursday – as Educating Yorkshire bowed out with 3m.
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RatingsPoirot finale begins with 4.8m
The first of four final episodes of Agatha Christie’s Poirot made a steady start, easily winning the 9pm slot on Wednesday.
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RatingsUK dramas fail to impress
The autumn assault of US dramas on UK shores is a constant one, and while Sky Living’s sultry and sanguine Dracula waits in the wings, two more turned up on our screens. At the same time, homemade dramas launched head to head on the UK’s two biggest channels, but were ...
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RatingsViewers enjoy a good moan
According to Dave and Karl, modern life barely gets off the mat; at best, it seems it’s good-ish before subsiding to something that has to be endured with the maximum of irritability.
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RatingsBBC4 quiz fails to connect
“Take your BBC1 shilling and be gone Buns!’ BBC2, wounded but proud, points dramatically to the exit. Then with barely a beat, but arms akimbo, it welcomes a quiz with hieroglyphics. BBC4 turns around, looks at the drawing board and says huffily: “Well?”
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RatingsBarks better than pub bites
I don’t know why the phrase ‘the county’s going to the dogs’ is such a pejorative one; certainly, commissioners can’t get enough of our woofy friends.
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RatingsX Factor loses its lustre
The shortening days always come as a disappointment, even though, without fail, it happens every year. But it feels especially poignant this year, as we bid adieu to the long hot days of the Grand Summer of 2013.
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RatingsBake Off saves best for last for BBC2 with 9m peak
The Great British Bake Off became BBC2’s biggest show in modern ratings history on its final outing for the channel on Tuesday.