All Ratings articles – Page 539
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News2.8m get the Mary Whitehouse experience
BBC2 benefited from a nifty bit of scheduling at 9pm last night as Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story claimed an audience of 2.8m viewers (11.6%).
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FeaturesRatings Focus: Wildlife continues to pull in the viewers
Springwatch might be a slightly unlikely ratings winner, but viewers haven't grown tired of the wildlife format yet.
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FeaturesTuning up for Song Contest
Imagine that BBC3 did not exist - where would the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final coverage find a home? Fortunately the dilemma is hypothetical - but it's difficult to imagine where these shows would turn up otherwise.
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FeaturesRussian dramas turn in a strong performance
It was a week when the television schedules celebrated being part of Europe, as first the Champions League final, then the Eurovision Song Contest overwhelmed the usual domestic offerings. Or, more accurately, it was a Russian week as the Manchester United vs Chelsea final offered exceptional drama from Moscow, followed ...
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NewsITV1 delivers masterclass to Apprentice
There was a heavyweight clash in the ratings last night with ITV1 coming out the victor as Britain's Got Talent drew an audience of 8.8m (35.3%) at 8.30pm.
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NewsITV1's Got Talent outperfoms rivals
ITV1 annihilated the competition last night as Britain's Got Talent pulled in an audience of nearly 11 million viewers.
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NewsBell tolls for ITV1's Midnight Man
Terrestrial rivals BBC1 and ITV1 were almost level pegging in last night's 9pm slot as crime caper The Invisibles went head-to-head with James Nesbitt's gritty drama Midnight Man.
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NewsITV1 score 14.6m for Uefa final
An incredible peak audience of 14.6 million viewers tuned in to ITV1 last night to watch Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties to win the Uefa Champions League Final.
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FeaturesRatings focus
ABC1s fire Apprentice to highest ever ratingsBBC1's ratings juggernaut The Apprentice may be getting some of its highest ever audiences but it will still make way for international football coverage next week.
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NewsDuchess takes a dip
The concluding instalment of ITV's The Duchess in Hull was trounced in the ratings last night at 9pm by the final episode of BBC1's Waking the Dead.
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NewsDuchess fails to grab ratings crown
ITV1's new documentary two-parter The Duchess in Hull failed to secure the ratings crown last night at 9pm but still managed a respectable audience of 5m (21.2%).
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News7.2m support FA Cup final
BBC1's live coverage of the FA Cup final between Portsmouth and Cardiff City was the predictable ratings hit with the match being watched by 7.2m viewers, over half of the viewing public at the time.
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NewsUltimate Force fires blanks
ITV1 managed to secure an all hours share of just 13.3% yesterday, its lowest Sunday in nearly two years, as Ultimate Force returned with just 3.5m viewers (15.3%) at 9pm.
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NewsViewers emigrate from Emmerdale
Emmerdale's rough patch in the ratings continued last night as just 5.3m viewers (27.4%) watched at 7pm, its lowest audience since September last year.
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NewsApprentice tackles Uefa final
BBC1's business reality show The Apprentice kept up its winning streak at 9pm last night with 6.7m viewers (28.4%) but the show did feel the effects of ITV1's coverage of the Uefa Cup final.
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NewsIs The Apprentice a genre-bender of a format?
Is The Apprentice really a factual show? According to our weekly table, it is - and a highly successful one at that. In fact it was BBC1's most popular non-soap show this week, with 6.8 million/29% share on Wednesday at 9pm on BBC1.
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FeaturesSky's entertainment success
Sky One pulled out all the stops to support the new Gladiators, which opened with 1.5 million/12% share in multichannel homes on Sunday thanks to a relentless barrage of publicity. These figureshelped ensure Gladiators was the top multichannel show of the week.
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NewsRatings focus: Sky One's Gladiators eliminates rivals
Sky One's revival of Gladiators fought off the might of the sunny weather as well as a number of terrestrial channels to make a successful comeback on Sunday 11 May.
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NewsF Word ratings simmer
Viewers haven't yet tired of Gordon Ramsay's F Word but the start of the fourth series failed to reach the heights of last year with 2.5m (10.7%) watching at 9pm while a further 375,000 tuned in to C4+1 at 10pm.
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NewsPhilip fails to reign at ITV
ITV1's documentary on the life of Prince Philip appealed to a respectable 5.3m viewers (23.2%) at 9pm but it was no match for BBC1's Waking the Dead.