All Ratings articles – Page 491
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RatingsGlee returns with best ever performance
MONDAY: E4 was dancing from the rafters as the return of US series Glee drew the show’s biggest audience to date.
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RatingsFalling viewer numbers hit BBC2
BBC2 had the biggest drop in audience share out of the five terrestrial television channels during 2010.
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RatingsDancing on Ice helps ITV to bumper night
SUNDAY: The return of Dancing on Ice and Wild at Heart helped ITV1 pull in big audiences on Sunday evening, but there was a low key start for Adrian Chiles’ new chat show.
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RatingsDerren Brown doc conjures 1.7m
SATURDAY: A documentary celebrating a decade of Derren Brown’s illusions conjured up an audience of nearly 1.7m for Channel 4 - while BBC1’s The Magicians held its audience.
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RatingsITV scores with FA Cup weekend
Manchester United and Liverpool’s eagerly anticipated FA Cup third round clash drew a massive peak audience of 7.6m in a big week for ITV sport, which included highlights of England’s Ashes victory.
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RatingsChristmas catch-up figures revealed
Consolidated ratings have revealed that millions recorded heavyweight shows including EastEnders and Coronation Street – but also boosted figures for new comedy and drama. Stephen Price reports.
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RatingsHowzat for a late night hit?
It’s been so cold that a whole nation’s pipes burst, but across the seven seas in an Antipodean summer an urn was magnificently retained.
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RatingsA trip down memory lane
Apparently, the way to the nation’s hearts is to evoke memories of power cuts and only three TV channels - i.e. the 1970s.
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RatingsSinking of the Laconia draws 2.9m
THURSDAY: BBC2’s wartime submarine drama threatened to sink Martin Clunes’ manta ray mission on ITV1.
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RatingsChristmas line-up deja vu
After a Christmas Day of programmes strikingly similar to last year’s, a battle for the family ensued
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RatingsBritain’s Fattest Man draws 3m
WEDNESDAY: A documentary on Britain’s most obese man helped serve up a total of nearly 3m viewers across Channel 4 and C4+1.
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RatingsEastEnders cot death plot draws 10.7m
TUESDAY: EastEnders’ controversial cot death storyline drew a massive 10.7m viewers to BBC1 on Tuesday - one of the soap’s highest audiences in nearly 12 months.
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RatingsStargazing Live sparkles for BBC2
MONDAY: BBC2 rocketed a million above its usual audience figures for the debut of astronomy show Stargazing Live.
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RatingsEric and Ernie bring sunshine to BBC2
NEW YEAR’S DAY: BBC2’s drama about the formative years of comedy duo Morecambe and Wise peaked with nearly 6.5m viewers - believed to be the highest rating non-BBC1/ITV1 drama since Our Friends in the North in 1996.
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RatingsUpstairs Downstairs debuts with 7.5m
BOXING DAY: New BBC1 drama Upstairs Downstairs launched with 7.5m viewers – slightly below the debut figures for ITV1 period drama Downton Abbey – while Top Gear scored its biggest ratings of 2010.
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RatingsEastEnders claims Christmas top spot
CHRISTMAS DAY: EastEnders and Doctor Who topped the Christmas Day ratings, as BBC1 claimed eight out of the top 10 most-watched programmes.
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RatingsRecord audiences for Norton and O’Grady
CHRISTMAS EVE: Chat show hosts Paul O’Grady and Graham Norton drew their biggest audiences to date on the night before Christmas while specials of My Family, QI and Have I Got News For You scored their highest ratings in at least 12 months.
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RatingsGot Talent finalist amuses 3.7m
WEDNESDAY: Britain’s Got Talent finalist Paul Burling managed to draw more than 3.7m viewers for his one-off show on ITV1.
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RatingsUgly Betty bows out on a high
WEDNESDAY: The final ever episode of Ugly Betty managed to draw its biggest audience of the series on E4 as more than 850,000 said farewell to the US comedy drama.
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RatingsBBC2’s Top Gear returns with 5.8m
TUESDAY: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May performed a drive-by shooting of the Stig in the triumphant return of Top Gear.