All Ratings articles – Page 495
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RatingsWhy old is gold in TV land
Favourites Heartbeat and Taggart continue to pull in the viewers as new drama and ent shows launch.
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RatingsFairy Jobmother beats BBC2 comedy
Channel 4’s new factual series on unemployment beat BBC2’s heavyweight comedy hour of Mitchell and Webb and Shooting Stars last night.
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RatingsBrucie's family roots draw 7m
Bruce Forsyth launched a new series of Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC1 last night, which played its cards right with nearly 7m viewers.
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RatingsBarrowman wins Saturday night
A second run of BBC1 game show Tonight’s the Night trounced ITV1’s new shiny floor series Magic Numbers on Saturday night.
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RatingsDon’t Stop Believing draws 1.5m
Five’s new talent show Don’t Stop Believing performed to an audience of nearly 1.5m on a night that also saw Top Gear beat Heartbeat to the chequered flag.
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RatingsRoss bows out with 5m
The final ever Friday Night with Jonathan Ross delivered nearly 5m viewers to the BBC last week – the highest-rated episode since ‘Sachsgate’.
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RatingsUndercover Boss employs more than 3m
Channel 4’s new series of Undercover Boss started strongly last night, recruiting an audience of more than 3m.
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RatingsDragons' slay C4's Brucie
A Channel 4 documentary about Bruce Forsyth performed strongly but still failed to trump the competition last night, as a new series of Dragons’ Den fired-up BBC2’s audience.
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RatingsThey think it’s all over...
…It is now, but the World Cup dominates the ratings once more as new shows prepare to take over.
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RatingsManhunt fuels thirst for news
While the multi-million pound football festival in South Africa was coming to an end this week, a more homespun tragedy was unfolding in the north of England. Sky and BBC news channels saw large audiences on Friday as the week-long hunt for Raoul Moat ended.
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RatingsSex still sells but Dive sinks
‘Big Brother moves to 8pm for Sex Shock’. Calm down dears, it’s a schedule thing. In its heyday, C4’s schedule revolved around Big Brother; now we see the first signs of ignominy as three times this week it makes way for The Sex Education Show: Am I Normal? in the ...
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RatingsThe Bill nearly nicked by CSI
ITV1’s police drama The Bill was nearly nicked by CSI: Miami on Five last night, saved only by viewers to ITV1 HD.
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RatingsFactual shows hamper drama audiences
Factual shows on BBC2 and Channel 4 took the shine off two big new primetime dramas on BBC1 and ITV1 last night.
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RatingsBBC2 ratings take a Dive
BBC2 drama Dive failed to make a splash on Friday night, ending more than half a million viewers below the slot average.
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Ratings101 Ways debuts with 4m
New BBC1 series 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow debuted on Saturday night to an audience of 4.02m (25.7% share).
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RatingsWorld Cup final scores 73% share
The World Cup final netted nearly three quarters of the UK television audience last night, as Spain clinched an historic victory.
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RatingsDive sinks below average
BBC2’s new drama Dive, about a 2012 Olympic hopeful, sank below slot average at 9pm last night - beaten by Channel 4’s Sex Education Show.
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RatingsPuzzle of schedule patterns
World Cup knockout phase takes over schedules, leaving channels asking how best to deploy soaps.
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RatingsAlmighty start for ‘vicarcom’
BBC2’s 10pm comedy line-up this week began with the first episode of the new vicar sitcom Rev, slotting into Monday and attracting a promising 2.2 million/10.7%.
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RatingsIt’s a family affair for BBC3
A hapless dad, a talking dog and an evil genius baby took top slot this week as Family Guy scored 1.2 million/6% for BBC3 on Sunday night, beating off the challenge of ITV2’s only slightly less cartoonish Peter Andre: The Next Chapter’s 1.1 million/5%.