All Ratings articles – Page 549
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Replace Lineker with Chiles in the driving seat
God bless sport! We are entrenched in that horrible sporting downtime between the end of the football season/Wimbledon and the start of the new football season. For sporting wives and girlfriends, it's a six-week period of almost unbroken serenity... until golf goes and spoils it all with the Open Championship. ...
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Digital Focus: Sky One
As digital switchover becomes a reality for a growing percentage of the population, it is clear that the old terrestrial powerhouses have got their digital strategies absolutely spot on.
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NewsEastEnders falls to 5m
BBC1's flagship show EastEnders attracted an audience of just 5m (26.8%) at 7.30pm, its worst performance for over a year.
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NewsDragons' Den snares 3.4m
The new series of BBC2's Dragons' Den got off to a flying start last night at 9pm with an audience of 3.4m (14.7%), the show's fourth largest ever audience.
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NewsMultichannel growth for Five
Five's multichannel offerings Fiver and Five US both had a strong weekly performance, bringing in a combined all hours share of 1.39% - its highest to date.
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NewsGolf swings 4.7m for BBC1
BBC1's live coverage of the final day's play of the Open from Royal Birkdale was on form with a peak audience of 4.7m (28%) at 6.15pm.
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NewsFive's Superstars shines on
Five's second outing for Superstars lost 100,000 viewers week-on-week to average 1.2m (5.7%) at 8pm on Friday.
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NewsHadrian rules over 2.2m
BBC2's new historical documentary Hadrian was in a commanding position on Saturday with 2.2m viewers (11.1%) in an 8pm slot.
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NewsBig Brother ratings down 10%
Channel 4's most popular show Big Brother has averaged a total audience of 3.3m (16.3%) so far, a fall of 10% year-on-year.
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NewsPoor diagnosis for Harley Street
ITV1's new high profile drama series Harley Street had an inauspicious start last night at 9pm with 3.9m viewers (17.5%).
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NewsYo-Yo ratings diet for Celebrity Masterchef
BBC1's food show Celebrity Masterchef continued to bounce around in the ratings last night with the first semi-final pushing the show back over the 4 million mark.
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FeaturesRatings Focus: The upside of airing low-rating superdocs
Feature-length documentaries are unlikely to bring in high ratings but they can benefit broadcasters in other areas.
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NewsBonekickers gets a kicking
BBC1's Bonekickers lost ground with the viewers after a dream start last week with last night's episode at 9pm attracting a much more modest 5.2m (24.4%).
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NewsQur'an attracts 1m to C4
Channel 4's extensive documentary on The Qur'an effectively opted out of the daily ratings battle at 8pm with 1 million viewers (4.6%) but proved a big hit with upmarket viewers.
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NewsBBC3 crowned ratings Queen
BBC3's Sasha: Beauty Queen at 11 got the vote with viewers last night with a strong 635,000 (3.18%) at 9pm.
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NewsBBC's choir beats ITV's karaoke
BBC1's talent show Last Choir Standing proved to be a more popular attraction than ITV1's own singing show on Saturday with 4.4m viewers (24.6%) at 7pm.
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NewsGeorge Gently lost in Midsomer
BBC1's period detective drama George Gently found the going tough at 8pm last night with a disappointing 4.2m viewers (18.8%), fewer than both ITV1 and BBC2.
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NewsSuperstars twinkle with 1.3m
Five's resuscitation of Superstars got off to a steady start with 1.3m viewers (6.2%) watching at 8pm on Friday.
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NewsCharlotte Church entices 2.4m
The third series of Channel 4's The Charlotte Church Show gained a combined audience of 2.4m viewers (13%), the programme's highest ever audience.
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NewsMarco serves up 3.2m
The second outing of Marco's Great British Feast on ITV1 pulled in 3.2m viewers (15.3%) at 9pm last night, 100,000 more than last week.