All Ratings articles – Page 476
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RatingsAn Idiot Abroad pulls 820,000 to Sky1
THURSDAY: Sky1 has scored a major hit with its new comedy travelogue, exec produced by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, smashing the usual audience figures for the pay-TV channel.
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RatingsWho benefits from consolidation?
As audiences increasingly turn to time-shifted viewing, Stephen Price highlights the channels that benefit when the figures are consolidated.
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RatingsSeven Days debut pulls 1m
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4’s high profile new reality series Seven Days launched with just 1m viewers.
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RatingsInbetweeners rise to the top
Inbetweeners, by definition, never find themselves at the top, but E4 proved this week that boys standing awkwardly at the back of the disco can win.
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RatingsOld and young do battle
The Cube makes a welcome return, and viewers tune in to honour war heroes with BBC and ITV.
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RatingsBuilding and baking success
Three Fs and a B sounds like my exam results, but here it encapsulates this week’s line-up: food, football, the few and building. Channel 4 launched new shows for Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver, and Kevin McCloud guided us around more slightly over-ambitious building projects.
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RatingsLost tigers find 4.8m on BBC1
TUESDAY: BBC1’s new wildlife series about a near-extinct population of mountain tigers clawed in 4.85m (20.7%) viewers at 9pm.
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RatingsInbetweeners get high with 2.45m
MONDAY: The Inbetweeners continued to light-up E4’s ratings after becoming the channel’s highest-rated show ever last week.
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RatingsSpooks returns with 5.6m
MONDAY: BBC1 spy drama Spooks returned for a ninth series and retained its loyal audience of followers, while Channel Five managed to beat BBC2 and Channel 4 with a new travel series.
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RatingsJoe Maddison draws 6.1m
SUNDAY: ITV1 drama Joe Maddison’s War, written by the late Alan Plater, amassed an army of viewers that broke the 6 million barrier.
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RatingsMust Be the Music ends on high note
SUNDAY: The finale of Sky1’s Must Be the Music, with judges Dizzee Rascal, Sharleen Spiteri and Jamie Cullum, ended with a peak audience of more than 450,000 viewers.
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RatingsStrong start for Rob Brydon chatshow
FRIDAY: Rob Brydon’s new BBC2 chatshow turned in a strong performance for its first outing, beating the return of Channel 4 comedy panel show 8 out of 10 Cats.
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RatingsX Factor peaks with 12.7m
SATURDAY: The X Factor continued its blistering momentum, pulling in its highest Saturday night ratings of the series so far.
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RatingsMillions tune in for Pope visit
THURSDAY: Coverage of Pope Benedict XVI’s first day in the UK drew millions of viewers to BBC1 and BBC2.
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RatingsBBC4’s Corrie drama draws 900,000
THURSDAY: A BBC drama about the birth of Coronation Street was seen by more than 900,000 viewers last night, winning the 9pm slot in multichannel.
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RatingsRepeats take X Factor over 15m
This week’s smorgasbord of goodies serves up not just consolidated viewing but introduces the notion of Multiple Transmission Consolidated Viewing, helping raise the audience of ITV1’s The X Factor and Sky’s Must Be the Music.
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RatingsThe opposites attract public
This week it’s all about Eddie Waring, Don Draper, Him, Her, and The Swiss.
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RatingsBB and Proms take a bow
What have Rogers and Hammerstein and Arthur Schoenberg got in common? Very little, apart from being at opposite extremes of the BBC Proms season that ended this weekend. Also ending this week was Big Brother, whose grip on the C4 schedule was finally prised off.
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RatingsDaybreak - worth the wait?
Cold comfort for ITV as Daybreak makes a patchy start, and 71 Degrees North loses X Factor inheritance.
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RatingsGrand Designs returns with nearly 3.6m
WEDNESDAY: The return of Channel 4’s Grand Designs came close to matching ITV’s coverage of Arsenal’s opening Champions League bout.