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NewsBBC nets huge response from The Verdict
The BBC has had one of its biggest ever online responses to its courtroom reality series The Verdictdespite lukewarm ratings and a harsh response from critics.
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Corrie Confidential helps ITV's afternoon revival
Last week was half-term for many schools. If you spent it at home with the kids, did you check out ITV1's new afternoon shows? They're not kids programmes exactly, I'm talking about Coronation Street Confidentialwhich aired every day last week at 3pm and ...
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NewsSky One pulls Sport Uncovered
Sky One has pulled Sport Uncoveredfrom its Tuesday night schedule after the first episode of the series only attracted 60,000 viewers - less than a third of Sky One's slot average for Tuesdays at 10pm last year.
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NewsHeroes triumphs for Sci Fi Channel
The first instalment of the US import Heroesgave The Sci Fi Channel its highest ever audience with 467,000 people (3.2%) tuning in at 10pm on Monday night.
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News5.7m take tips from The Bad Mother's Handbook
ITV1's one-off drama The Bad Mother's Handbookgained a respectable 5.7 million (24%) at 9pm last night but still lost out to BBC1's popular Waking the Dead.
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NewsPrimeval drops to 5.9 million
The second episode of ITV1's new big-budget drama was unable to hold on to the impressive audience it got for its opening episode, dropping to 5.9 million (27.5%) on Saturday night.
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NewsLewis arrests 7.4m
The first series of ITV1's detective show Lewismade a fine start on Sunday with a sizeable 7.4 million viewers (31.6%) at 9pm.
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NewsHotel Babylon returns with 5.4m
BBC1 drama Hotel Babylon returned for a second series at 9pm last night and pulled in an impressive 5.4 million viewers (24.6%) which was easily above the channel's slot average of 4.5 million (20%).
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NewsThe Brits bring 5.2m to ITV1
ITV1's live coverage of The Brit Awardsin an 8pm slot last night serenaded 5.2 million people (22.3%), a rise of 500,000 viewers on the previous year.
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Chicken and egg - or surfers catching a wave?
Channel 4 has commissioned Silver River to make a landmark series about television and when I read the following quote from Daisy Goodwin, I knew I would have to think harder this week. 'It's a chicken and egg concept. What comes first: our obsession with house prices or the vast ...
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NewsPrimeval snaps up healthy 7.2m audience
ITV1's£6m investment in its new fantasy drama Primevalpaid dividends as the show consolidated the commercial network's Saturday night line-up.
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NewsLife on Mars returns with 5.7m
The second series of BBC1's drama Life on Marsgot off to a modest start last night with an audience of 5.7 million people (23.1%) in a 9pm slot.
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NewsViewers return to Trial and Retribution
ITV1 crime drama Trial and Retributionbenefited from not being scheduled against Waking the Deadlast night as 6.7 million people (28.7%) tuned in to the penultimate episode of the series.
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NewsViewing jury is still out on BBC2's Verdict
BBC2's new celebrity-based jury show got a lukewarm reception from the viewers on Sunday with the first edition attracting 2 million (8%) in a 9pm slot.
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NewsPrimeval finds 6.9m
ITV1's new big-budget drama series Primevallaunched on Saturday evening with 6.9 million viewers (28.9%), an audience that was comfortably above the channel's 2006 slot average.
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NewsBenidorm loses shine with 4.5m
ITV1's new sitcom Benidormlost some of its appeal with viewers last night as the second episode attracted 4.5 million (20.8%) at 10pm, a fall of 800,000 viewers on last week.
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NewsLacklustre England performance still brings 7.6m to BBC1
BBC1's live coverage of England 's friendly against Spain managed to gain an average audience of 7.6 million (31.4%), despite failing to shine.
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NewsProgrammes that prove C4's value beyond reality
This seems like a good week to acknowledge the positive things Channel 4 does with its programming. On Monday at 9pm the channel had its highest rated programme of the week with The Smallest People in the Worldwhich had an audience of 4.2 million/16% share. ...
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BBC2 fails to deliver dramatic opening
Winter has always been a strong time of year for dramas but popular success isn't guaranteed even when a launch is backed by strong promotion.
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NewsViewers attracted to current affairs
The move of BBC1's Panorama programme to a new peaktime slot on Mondays has ignited a general rise in interest in current affairs programmes.