All Ratings articles – Page 498
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RatingsMarried Single Other debuts with 6.2m
ITV1’s new romantic comedy Married, Single, Other debuted with a solid 6.2m last night, more than six times the audience for the finale of C4’s Tower Block of Commons.
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RatingsBaftas watched by 4.1m
An emotional Vanessa Redgrave collected her Bafta fellowship award in front of a TV audience of 4.1m, but the A-list event on BBC1 slipped to the glitz of ITV1’s Dancing on Ice.
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RatingsBBC3 beats ITV1's Operastar finale
The finale of Popstar to Operastar failed to hit ratings high notes on Friday night, with just 4m tuning in to see Darius Campbell scoop the top prize – 300,000 less than the audience that were watching EastEnders cast interviews on BBC3.
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RatingsSport Relief dance-off wins 7.9m
BBC1 fundraiser Let’s Dance for Sport Relief waltzed past ITV1’s offerings on Saturday night, peaking with 7.9m (33.2%) during its climactic moments.
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Ratings16.6m watch live Eastenders
Friday’s live episode of EastEnders, which saw Archie Mitchell’s killer revealed, pulled in 16.6 million viewers - nearly 60% of the viewing population.
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RatingsGypsy Wedding gives Cutting Edge 14-year high
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding pulled a combined audience of 5.2m to Channel 4 last night, making it the most watched Cutting Edge documentary since 1996.
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RatingsEastEnders wedding draws 11.4m
Bianca and Ricky’s wedding on an extended EastEnders was attended by a huge 11.4m last night, with viewers jilting soap rival Emmerdale.
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RatingsWinter Olympics peaks with 3.6m
Thrills and spills in the women’s downhill ski race helped BBC2 post a strong early evening performance last night, but it still came in bronze medal position behind rivals ITV1 and BBC1.
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RatingsSlip-sliding up the rankings
A fortnight of Olympic Sliding About is upon us while Monty Don is suddenly ubiquitous - appearing on two channels in the week. Channel 4 had a topsy-turvy time, with Embarrassing Bodies (3.6 million/14%) being the topsy part.
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RatingsFeasting on four courses
Come Dine With Me’s value to More 4 is amply demonstrated by four episodes of the ‘who cooks what in a house like this’ show appearing in the top 20.
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RatingsHolby hits the high note over Brits
Liam Gallagher hurling his trophy into the crowd and a live performance from Cheryl Cole helped The Brit Awards hit a high note of 6.7m on ITV1 last night, but even that wasn’t enough to topple BBC1’s Holby City.
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RatingsLaw & Order: UK ends with 22.6% share
Law & Order: UK bowed out on a high note last night, enjoying a 22.6% audience share – the biggest of its current run.
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RatingsDance duo bow out on a high
BBC1 entertainment series So You Think You Can Dance wrapped up with 5.3m (22.1%) on a weekend that also saw Sky 1 enjoy an audience of more than 1m for the final of its own contest, Got to Dance.
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RatingsGordon Brown interview peaks at 5.2m
More than 5m tuned in to watch Gordon Brown open up to Piers Morgan on ITV1 last night - almost twice the audience who tuned in to watch Michael Portillo on BBC1.
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RatingsMonty Don's Mastercrafts whittles 2.7m
Monty Don inspired 2.7m (11.1%) to watch beginners learn the techniques of woodworking in new BBC2 series Mastercrafts, the biggest new show in an otherwise lacklustre Friday night.
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RatingsPrice pulls viewers for ITV2
Tabloid darling Katie Price proved to be ratings dynamite for ITV2 last night, with 1.6m tuning in for the premiere of her latest series – three times the audience of BBC3’s new reality series Dancing on Wheels.
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RatingsBoarding school and The Bill do well
Channel 4 boarding school doc Leaving Home at Eight was watched by 2.1m last night, but The Bill was top dog at 9pm for the first time in 2010.
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RatingsNew Midsomer star draws 6.5m
The new star of Midsomer Murders, John Barnaby, introduced himself to 6.5m viewers last night, killing off competition from Rogue Traders and Embarrasing Bodies.
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RatingsReplays build shows' totals
Bloodthirsty dancing teenagers, if they crawled out of their bedrooms, would be able to slouch proudly near the top of the multichannel chart. Glee and Being Human storm on while Got To Dance pirouettes toward its crescendo.
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Ratings5pm is peak launch pad
Although outside peak, with its nose pressed up against the window, 5pm is still a vital part of the schedule for impact, share and boosting the 6pm slot. For commercial channels, investment at 5pm remains important but it is no longer possible to spalsh out.