All Ratings articles – Page 491
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RatingsITV draws 20m with England game
England’s first match in the 2010 World Cup gave ITV a peak audience of 20m viewers on Saturday evening – but 1.5m missed the first goal due to a “transmission error” on ITV1 HD.
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RatingsJunior Apprentice finale hires 5m
The final episode of Junior Apprentice won the 9pm slot last night hiring an audience of 5m, as ITV drama Father & Son raised its audience to nearly 4.5m.
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RatingsBig Brother launch draws 5.4m
The launch of the final ever series of Big Brother peaked with 5.4m (24%) viewers to Channel 4 last night, but overall it was the show’s poorest curtain raiser since 2001.
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RatingsITV Talent flattens everyone
Although overall audiences were down, a stretched-out BGT dominated the week’s ratings.
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RatingsRepeats make longer game
EastEnders, clobbered this week by ITV1’s BGT, was found by much of its missing audience via the BBC3 catch-up; a manner of viewing now completely familiar and, along with +1 channels and PVRs, forcing the ratings ‘winners and losers’ debate into a longer game.
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RatingsFamiliarity beats novelty
With a whopping week on a bigger rival what do you play against it? A familiar schedule? Or is it an opportunity to try something new?
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RatingsFather & Son beats Luther finale
ITV1 drama Father & Son lost over a million viewers last night but still beat the finale of BBC1’s gritty detective series, Luther.
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RatingsFather & Son bonds with 5m
Star-studded new drama Father & Son attracted over 5m viewers to ITV last night and Coronation Street returned with bumper ratings after being pulled from last week’s schedules.
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RatingsITV misses Corrie but still rules
ITV pulled Coronation Street for a third night in a row on Friday night, but again managed to win the ratings battle.
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RatingsBGT final peaks with 14m
The climax of Britain’s Got Talent out-shone all competition on Saturday night, but was easily the lowest-rated finale since 2007.
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RatingsSoccer Aid tackles TV Baftas
Charity football match Soccer Aid dominated the ratings last night, scoring ITV a peak audience of over 8m and trouncing BBC1’s coverage of the TV Baftas.
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RatingsITV prospers despite Corrie's absence
Coronation Street’s second evening out of the schedule did not hamper ITV1’s domination in the ratings last night, which also saw the last of Charlie Brooker’s C4 panel show postponed in the wake of the Cumbria shootings.
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RatingsTV Janitor clears ITV schedule
Weak series endings for All At Sea and Marco as ITV prepares for BGT week and World Cup.
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RatingsTV Burp repeat wins at 9pm
ITV1’s hastily-scheduled TV Burp repeat drew 6m (25.4%) at 9pm last night – almost 4m less than Coronation Street enjoyed in the same slot the previous night.
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RatingsBGT and Corrie crush rivals
BBC1’s gritty drama Luther lost nearly a million viewers last night as ITV1’s winning line-up of Britain’s Got Talent and Coronation Street obliterated all competition.
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RatingsSpartacus slashed by More Talent
Spartacus continued to perform well for Bravo last night, beating Sky 1’s finale of Fringe and a new run of Smallville on E4 – but was slashed by ITV2’s Britain’s Got Talent spin-off show.
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RatingsLewis beats new fact ent shows
Three new factual entertainment series launched on BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4 on Sunday night, but were all beaten by the finale of ITV1’s established drama Lewis.
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RatingsStrong start for Corrie HD
More than half a million viewers saw Coronation Street’s first broadcasts in high definition last night.
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RatingsEurovision entertains 8m peak
A peak audience of nearly 8m watched the climax of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night, but the BBC1 coverage was outperformed by Britain’s Got Talent on ITV1.