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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.
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NewsGossip Girl fails to spread word
ITV2's new teen drama series Gossip Girl failed to create much of a buzz with the viewers on its debut with just 293,000 (1.92%) watching at 10pm.
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FeaturesBBC1 takes spoils from Easter TV crime wave
Viewers preferred detectives to cops in the head-to-head drama clash between the two main terrestrial channels over the Easter holiday.
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NewsBig, Bigger, Biggest for Five
Five's new architectural series Big, Bigger, Biggest got a good take off last night at 8pm with 1.4m viewers (5.6%) as the show focused on Heathrow's new Terminal Five.
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NewsBionic Woman props up ITV2
ITV2's Bionic Woman is still a big draw for the channel with 1.3m viewers (6.33%) at 9pm but the other new shows in its Tuesday line up leave much to be desired.
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NewsViewers drawn to Dirty Sexy Money
The Good Friday launch of Channel 4's lastest US drama Dirty Sexy Money was on form as 2.7m (11.6%) watched at 9pm, more viewers than ITV1 at the time.
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NewsEastEnders buries its rivals
BBC1's flagship soap EastEnders gained its highest audience of the year so far on Easter Monday with 11.4m viewers (4.24%) watching at 8pm.
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NewsCoppers no match for Detectives
BBC1's one-off The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency took the spoils at 9pm on Easter Day with 6.3m viewers (27%), completely out gunning ITV1's own drama offering.
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NewsViewers have Grand Designs on C4
Channel 4's Grand Designs Revisited - effectively a repeat of the property show - was easily the top dog at 9pm with 3.9m (16.9%) as both BBC1 and ITV1 struggled.