All Ratings articles – Page 553
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NewsThe Tudors fails to reign
BBC2 drama The Tudors made a slightly underwhelming return on Friday with 2.3m (11.2%) tuning in for the first episode at 9pm.
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NewsJackson falls at the first hurdle
BBC1's profile of sprinter Colin Jackson in The Making of Me could only manage a bronze medal at 9pm with an audience of just 2.8m (13.4%).
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FeaturesDigital Focus: Kids TV
One of the great pleasures of being a dad is being able to watch children's television with my daughters.
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FeaturesRatings: Is iPlayer having an impact on BBC2's figures?
I don't understand cars. And I don't understand those who drool over them. They are a means of transport. The end. I have a vague idea of how they work. By this I mean, they need petrol, which flows into the engine and... blah blah blah. I'm boring myself ...
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NewsRatings Focus: Sketch comedy on the right laughter track
Viewers may see the funny side of comedy sketch shows but broadcasters take the matter seriously, hoping to find the next Two Ronnies in the making.
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NewsBig Brother's Little Brother lends a hand to E4
E4's fanzine show for Big Brother equalled its best performance of the year so far with a total of 518,000 viewers (3.90%), helping the channel to its best showing of the year.
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NewsBonekickers gets another kicking
The ratings for BBC1's drama series took a turn for the worse last night with an audience of just 4.2m (19.8%) as the show continued to lose viewers.
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NewsYellow jersey for ITV4
ITV4's annual coverage of the Tour de France proved to be a big draw for the viewers with its highlights package at 7pm averaging a strong 314,000 (1.98%) over 22 days.
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NewsLove overcomes Beauty
BBC3's factual When Beauty Goes Wrong put in a strong performance with 335,000 viewers (1.69%) at 9pm last night, but couldn't match ITV2's film Love Actually.
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NewsOne Man and His Canoe springs a leak
ITV1's fast turnaround documentary One Man and His Canoe: The John Darwin Story faced choppy waters last night at 9pm with 2.7m (11.7%), trailing behind both BBC1 and BBC2.
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NewsTop Gear defeats BBC1's War
BBC2's motoring show Top Gear pulled in a sizeable 5m (22.6%) at 8pm last night, giving it a comfortable advantage over BBC1's film War of the Worlds.
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NewsCelebrity Masterchef final cooks up 4.9m
The final of BBC1's cookery contest Celebrity Masterchef simmered with 4.9m viewers (23.4%).
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NewsCommercial impacts set to rise by 20%
Total commercial impacts are set to rise by almost 20% by the time of analogue switch-off in 2012, according to the latest research.
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NewsJohn Barrowman on the make
BBC1's new science-based show John Barrowman: The Making of Me may have won its slot but failed to make a convincing debut performance last night at 9pm with a modest audience of 3.8m (18.1%).
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NewsBurn Up consumes 2.4m
BBC2's new eco-drama Burn Up got off to a solid start last night (23 July) with 2.4m viewers (11.6%) at 9pm.
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NewsHow Roly pulled in the crowds for BBC2
Outgoing BBC2 controller Roly Keating managed to pull off the difficult balancing act between maintaining the channel's public service credentials while also building up sizeable audiences during his four years in charge.
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Features
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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Features
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.