All Ratings articles – Page 490
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RatingsAutumn TV as it should be
Season of plenty as X Factor continues to grow and Downton Abbey hands ITV1 a substantial debut.
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RatingsWhites debut cooks up 2.5m
TUESDAY: The launch of new comedy Whites and the return of Harry & Paul served up a strong night for BBC2.
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RatingsBorn Free doc claws 315,000
TUESDAY: A night devoted to the 50th anniversary of seminal wildlife book Born Free provided BBC4 with a mixed night of viewing figures.
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RatingsDCI Banks outwits Spooks
MONDAY: ITV’s new detective drama DCI Banks: Aftermath arrested more than 5.6m viewers - locking out competition from BBC1’s Spooks.
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RatingsInbetweeners breaks E4 records... again
MONDAY: Teen comedy The Inbetweeners has broken its own ratings record, securing the highest viewing figures in E4’s history.
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RatingsDownton Abbey debuts with 7.7m
SUNDAY: ITV’s grandiose new period drama Downton Abbey pulled in more than 7.6m viewers on a strong night for the commercial broadcaster, which also saw The X Factor score a record peak.
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RatingsX Factor boot camp draws 11.3m
SATURDAY: The biggest boot camp sessions in X Factor’s history drew its largest Saturday night audience of the current series.
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RatingsMore4 Miliband drama polls 130,000
FRIDAY: A satirical docudrama about the Miliband brothers drew a low turnout to More4 - the night before Ed Miliband was named the new leader of the Labour Party.
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RatingsCharles draws princely 2m for BBC2
THURSDAY: Alan Titchmarsh’s tour of Prince Charles’ home and gardens welcomed nearly 2 million viewers to BBC2.
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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.