All Ratings articles – Page 535
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News2.8m want to Dine with C4
Channel 4's daytime food show Come Dine with Me made a successful transition to peaktime last night with an audience of 2.8m (12.6%) at 8pm.
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NewsApprentice gives ratings masterclass
BBC1's business reality show The Apprentice went from strength-to-strength last night with an average audience of 6.8m (27.8%) at 9pm.
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FeaturesDoctor's timeslot travels pay off for BBC1 line-up
Putting MipTV to one side for a moment, the pressing question of the week is whether Doctor Who's earlier 6.20pm start time will really cost the show viewers, as Russell T Davies maintains.
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NewsUS shows draw in the desired demographic
US acquisitions might not always bring in huge audiences, but they can bring in the type of viewers that broadcasters like.
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NewsBack of the net for ITV1's Champions League match
ITV1 continued to benefit from its Champions League coverage last night as 8.4m people tuned in for the game between Liverpool and Arsenal from 7.45pm.
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NewsElephant Man claims 3.5m
A special edition of Channel 4's BodyShock strand pulled in the viewers last night at 9pm with 3.5m (14.8%) viewers, 106% up on the channel's slot average.
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NewsTheroux needs to hunt for viewers
Louis Theroux's latest documentary offering was largely killed off by the competition with his African Hunting Holiday appealing to a relatively poor 2.2m (9%) at 9pm.
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NewsDoctor Who back with 8.4m
BBC1's decision to play out Doctor Who at the earlier time of 6.20pm on Saturday looks to have paid off as the start of the new series picked up an average audience of 8.4m (39.4%), 200,000 more than last year's launch.
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NewsMore Blues for Holby spin-off
The situation for BBC1's Holby Blue worsened last night with the police drama series proving to be no match for The Bill with an audience of only 3.8m (17.1%) at 8pm, its second lowest ever.
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NewsRock bottom for ITV1
ITV1's drama series Rock Rivals hit its lowest audience yet last night with an audience of just 2m (8%), losing out to Five, Channel 4 and BBC1 at the time.
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NewsRate of audience decline to slow
The four main broadcasters are all set to slow their rate of audience decline in the next five years, with ITV predicted to fare particularly well.
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FeaturesOnly a thin blue line divides BBC1 and ITV1 at 8pm
Some scheduling decisions strike me as really puzzling. Last Thursday at 8pm I found myself switching between two police precinct dramas - The Bill on ITV1 and Holby Blue on BBC1. Who on earth thinks a precinct drama is a good alternative to a precinct drama?
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NewsITV1 scores against BBC1
ITV1's live coverage of Manchester United's Champions League tie against AS Roma claimed a decisive victory over BBC1 as the match averaged an impressive audience of 7.5m (31%).
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NewsFive ratings boost from Neighbours and news
Q1 ratings (all channels): Five has got off to a strong start to the beginning of the year with the terrestrial channel actually increasing its peaktime performance and only taking a small dip across all hours.
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News10.3m see the return of Ricky
The highly anticipated return of Sid Owen's character Ricky Butcher to Albert Square gained an audience of 10.3m (43.2%), yesterday's most watched TV show.
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NewsBBC3 gets Dis/Connected
BBC3's latest one-off drama Dis/Connected failed to get the viewing public signed up as it only appealed to 71,000 (0.4%) at 9pm.
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NewsITV1 fails to get its Teenage Kicks
ITV1's new sitcom Teenage Kicks got off to something of a hesitant start as 3.6m (16.1%) watched the Adrian Edmondson-fronted show at 9.30pm.
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NewsBBC1 makes a Casualty of ITV1
BBC1's new Sunday night drama Casualty 1907 drew a sizeable audience of 6.7m (26.9%) at 9pm, making mincemeat of ITV1's own drama.
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NewsBlues for Holby spin-off
BBC1's police drama Holby Blue fell out of favour with the viewers last night with just 4.1m viewers (17.4%) at 8pm watching the second episode.