All Ratings articles – Page 392
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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.
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RatingsThe Thick Of It resigns with thin end of wedge
Malcolm Tucker’s exit from The Thick Of It spawned a series low audience and saw the political satire bow out well below the slot average.
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RatingsX Factor Results hit four-year low
The X Factor pulled in its lowest results show audience in nearly four years and was beaten by Strictly Come Dancing for the second time in a weekend.
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RatingsDerren Brown's apocalypse experiment draws 2.3m
Derren Brown’s apocalypse experiment conjured up the illusionist’s biggest audience for Channel 4 in more than two years.
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RatingsKevin Costner blasts Hatfield & McCoys to 1.2m
Channel 5’s major new acquisition Hatfields & McCoys starring Kevin Costner, launched with a double bill and audience of 1.2m – but failed to match the channel’s slot average.
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RatingsPalin transports 4.7m to Brazil
Michael Palin’s steps into the Brazil, the host of the next World Cup and Olympic Games, attracted a below par audience to BBC1.