All Ratings articles – Page 491
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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.
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RatingsDaybreak loses fifth of viewers
TUESDAY: ITV’s new flagship breakfast show Daybreak has lost more than 20% of its viewers since its launch.
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RatingsGordon Ramsay returns with 1.8m
TUESDAY: Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay returned to Channel 4 with a new format last night, but could not whet enough appetites to match his previous efforts.
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RatingsInbetweeners breaks E4 records
MONDAY: The Inbetweeners has become E4’s highest-rated show ever, pulling in a total of more than 2.5m viewers and beating ITV1, BBC2 and Channel 4 in the 10pm slot.
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RatingsC4 cooks up 1.9m with Jamie Oliver
MONDAY: Jamie Oliver’s Emmy Award-winning US series managed to serve up a healthy 1.9m viewers on its Channel 4 debut.
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RatingsFinal Heartbeat arrests 5.6m
SUNDAY: Heartbeat, the ITV rural police drama that has run for 18 years, drew to a close with nearly more than 5.6m viewers - beaten by BBC1’s coverage of a Concert for Heroes.
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RatingsX Factor beats Strictly launch
SATURDAY: The eighth series of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing waltzed into action with an audience of nearly 7m - but was put in the shade by ITV rival The X Factor.
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RatingsFinal Big Brother draws 3.6m
FRIDAY: Big Brother’s final bow after a decade on Channel 4 delivered 3.6m viewers.
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RatingsWeek of the curate’s egg
The phrase curate’s egg was coined to describe a very contrary egg but I bet it was never as curate-y as this week’s line-up. From Zimbabwe via touring ex-PM to Irish snooker player, and from a Hollywood blockbuster to a sobering look at sex traffickers, this week had the lot.
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RatingsXtra deja vu and bridal joy
Each week I feel a bit like the screenwriter on the movie Godzilla 8: The Return, Again. How many ways are there to say that Xtra Factor bestrode/stalked/towered over and terrified the multitude?
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RatingsEastEnders and X Factor score top consolidated audiences
Today Broadcast launches a weekly Ratings Focus newsletter, presenting a report on consolidated figures for the first time as well as analysis, tables of the top performing shows and a round-up of the biggest ratings stories of the past seven days.
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RatingsEastEnders fire ignites 8.4m
THURSDAY: The ferocious fire that consumed EastEnders’ Queen Vic last night was seen by more than 40% of the viewing population.