All Ratings articles – Page 496
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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.
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RatingsDerren Brown a hero for 2.6m
WEDNESDAY: Derren Brown’s attempt to turn an ordinary man into a ‘hero’ took off with more than 2.6m viewers on Channel 4.
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RatingsMad Men returns with 355,000
WEDNESDAY: Award-winning US drama Mad Men returned to BBC4 with a decent audience, but fell short of its season three debut in January.
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RatingsAutumn treats are coming
The TV schedules are stirring from their summer slumber to deliver a host of new-season goodies.
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RatingsThis is England draws 3m
TUESDAY: This is England ’86 has rated as Channel 4’s biggest ever drama launch, on the back of a wave of marketing by the broadcaster.
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RatingsBouquet blooms with 5.2m
MONDAY: Psychological drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire snared 5.2 million viewers for its opening instalment on ITV1.
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RatingsDaybreak seen by 1m
MONDAY: New ITV1 breakfast show Daybreak launched with more than a million viewers – but could not match the might of BBC Breakfast.
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RatingsU Be Dead draws 5m
SUNDAY: True crime drama U Be Dead managed to top the 5 million mark for ITV at 9pm.