All Ratings articles – Page 480
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RatingsSoaps lather up audiences
This week’s consolidated report considers those stalwarts of the schedules, the soaps; the programmes that deliver between 7 and 10 million viewers to BBC1 and ITV1 on a daily basis.
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RatingsCracking debut for Wallace & Gromit
WEDNESDAY: Animated duo Wallace & Gromit launched a new BBC1 series about inventions that drew nearly a million more viewers than the slot average while the Apprentice hired its biggest audience of the current series.
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RatingsPower doc surges ahead
There are many opaque rules about sophisticated dinner parties, but an obvious one is: ‘Don’t talk about the workings of the National Grid, despite the six crème de menthes you’ve had.’ But after Tuesday, I’d start boning up on your pylons.
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RatingsMasterChef final serves 3.7m
TUESDAY: MasterChef: the Professionals crowned its first female champion in front of large helping of more than 3.7m viewers.
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RatingsGetting On treats 389,000
TUESDAY: The new series of BBC4 nursing comedy Getting On suffered a minor dip in ratings for its second episode.
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RatingsThe Trip journeys with 2m
MONDAY: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s new comedy The Trip got off to a flying start with more than 2m viewers on BBC2.
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RatingsPsychoville returns with 1.4m
SUNDAY: BBC2’s darkly comedic Psychoville returned for a Halloween Special and managed to spook more than 1.4m viewers.
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RatingsX Factor spooks 12m
SATURDAY: The X Factor continued to steam forward on ITV1, with a Halloween-themed live show peaking with 13.5m viewers.
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RatingsGraham Norton loses followers
FRIDAY: Graham Norton’s new BBC1 chat show took a dip on its second outing losing more than 150,000 viewers.
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RatingsMonte Carlo... fails to sparkle
THURSDAY: The first episode of ITV1’s celebrity road trip Monte Carlo or Bust failed to really excite audiences last night as Channel 4 did well with a doc on child geniuses.
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RatingsRandom characters rack up ratings
Wizards, aliens, the Kray Twins, spies and an idiot all feature in this week’s consolidated ratings round-up.
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RatingsFrom Essex to the moon
Time to say farewell to the successful but calamitous The Inbetweeners as they bibble off into adulthood on 2.6 million/13%.
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RatingsSunday one, Saturday nil
In olden days, when kids played football in kits made of wool booting a heavy leather ball on boggy ‘pitches’ dreaming of glory, 3pm on Saturday was sacrosanct.
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RatingsStrictly takes to the air
The shiny floor show reaches new heights with a helping hand from a flying former minister
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RatingsITV’s big guns take primetime
A fifth of UK viewers tune into X Factor, while international football and Downton prove their worth.
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RatingsMiners doc fails to excite for C4
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4’s documentary about the rescue of the Chilean Miners, Buried Alive, failed to extract viewers’ excitement last night, drawing an average 1.27m audience – less than three-quarters of the slot average.
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RatingsDaybreak hits new low
TUESDAY: ITV’s breakfast show Daybreak hit its lowest point on Tuesday as its audience dipped below 600,000 for the second day in a row.
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RatingsMillion Pound Drop back with 2m and record online players
MONDAY: Channel 4’s The Million Pound Drop Live returned with a total TV audience of more than 2m and with 127,000 people playing along online.
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RatingsX Factor and Strictly hot up
SUNDAY: The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing hotted up as both recorded their highest results show audiences of the series.
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RatingsCheryl serves up record Life Stories
SATURDAY: Cheryl Cole’s appearance on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories helped the show pull in its highest ever audience.