All Ratings articles – Page 386
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RatingsDownton finishes on top
Drama series finale tops table for ITV1, while BBC1’s Strictly pulls in 2 million more than X Factor
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RatingsCBBC conjures up slot winner
It’s not Harry Potter battling the alien bursting out of John Hurt’s stomach, but CBBC’s tale of aliens and wizards began nicely.
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RatingsBeware the grizzly bear
One of the most chanted refrains emanating from the US elections was the Obama camp’s “four more years”. In the even more ruthless world of American TV, it’s often a more plaintive “four more episodes”.
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Ratings007 puts BBC2 in driving seat
BBC2 celebrated the understated launch of a new Bond film with a Top Gear special in an appropriately stunty schedule in which it also stripped icebergs and autumn. While smarting at the fate of the Jewish mum competition, Channel 4 can take comfort from the redoubtable Grand Designs.
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RatingsBBC wins audience vote for US election coverage
Coverage of the US Election boosted late night audiences for BBC1 and ITV1 as well as news channels – with BBC1 reaching a peak of 880k viewers.
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RatingsC4 Gabriel Byrne drama starts with 1m
Channel 4 political drama Secret State, inspired by A Very British Coup, intrigued more than 1m viewers during the first episode on Wednesday night.
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RatingsHeston beats Dara but falls short of slot average
The launch of Heston Blumenthal’s Channel 4 series fell more than half a million below slot average on Tuesday, but beat Dara O’Briain’s new BBC2 science show.
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RatingsMasterChef: the Professionals serves up 2.3m
MasterChef: the Professionals returned on Monday with its lowest series launch audience since the show moved into primetime in 2009.
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RatingsBGT's Jonathan and Charlotte attract 3.8m
An ITV documentary following a Britain’s Got Talent opera duo drew 3.8m on Friday, while Derren Brown held steady on Channel 4 for the conclusion of Apocalypse.
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RatingsStrictly beats X Factor by 2.4m
Strictly Come Dancing opened up its biggest ratings gap on The X Factor in six years on Saturday - as the ITV1 show notched up its lowest live audience since 2007.
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RatingsDownton Abbey finale draws 9.8m
ITV1’s Downton Abbey’s bowed out with its biggest overnight audience of the series on Sunday – but The X Factor’s marginal recovery was not enough to hold off Strictly Come Dancing.
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RatingsYoung Apprentice fails to recruit 4m
Lord Sugar’s final hunt for a protégé in the Young Apprentice got underway with an audience over 200,000 down on last year’s opener.
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RatingsFall brings US dramas
In the US, the fall TV season is under way and the business of wondering what will survive is on. Some of those new dramas launched here this week, from sci-fi to a US take on Sherlock Holmes.
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RatingsX Factor loses out to Strictly
New Tricks goes down a treat and Savile’s toxic legacy proves popular for Panorama.
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RatingsChoir ends on a high note
As the weather around the world goes nuts with alarming regularity it didn’t help that this week Derren Brown convinced some poor sap the world was ending; forget the aid of skilful suggestion, just watching the news makes it feel like it actually might happen.
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RatingsMichael Palin sheds half a million
Brazil with Michael Palin lost more than half a million viewers but still just edged out competition from DCI Banks.
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RatingsPride of Britain Awards hits six-year low
The Pride of Britain Awards slumped to its worst performance in at least six years - but still beat BBC1 drama The Paradise.
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RatingsSherlock Holmes uncovers 50% audience rise for Sky Living
Sky Living’s take on Sherlock Holmes, Elementary, grew its audience by almost 50% in its second week as viewers warmed to the remake.
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RatingsViewers no-show for Jack Dee's Don't Sit In The Front Row
Jack Dee’s panel show for Sky Atlantic Don’t Sit In The Front Row failed to sell out for the channel, entertaining an audience over half its usual size.
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RatingsTop Gear Bond special draws 4m
Top Gear’s James Bond special tracked down more than 4m viewers - forcing New Tricks to bow out on a series low.