All articles by Stephen Price – Page 100
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RatingsMonday night drama ends with a big bang
This week, Stephen Price examines the final showdown of the great Monday night drama gunfight, as US sitcom The Big Bang Theory passes a key milestone on E4.
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RatingsFuture’s here and it’s in HD
Not that long ago, Mobile TV was The Future. Everyone would soon, apparently, be carrying EastEnders or The X Factor around in their pocket and watching ‘mobisodes’.
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RatingsFamily life is never easy
This week, there was the return of The Family, a documentary about an East London family as well as an epic saga of one man’s fictional life and family history. And then there was Miranda, back with her odd collection of friends to supplement a very daffy mother.
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RatingsSea, fun and royal weddings
Strictly special pulls in the viewers while engagement of Wills and Kate gives ITV a ratings boost.
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RatingsWalking Dead and Idiot Abroad rack up strong ratings
The nation’s PVRs boosted ratings for An Idiot Abroad and The Walking Dead by some distance this week while multiple transmissions of The Only Way is Essex demonstrated another way to garner millions. The latest results in Monday’s ‘great dramatic clash’ are also in and there was a boost for ...
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RatingsMisfits have the power
This week’s digital focus examines Todd Margaret, Misfits and The Walking Dead.
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RatingsTaking refuge from history
This week, Edwardian farmers vied with the reincarnation of 1970s suburban ploughing on BBC2, while Channel 4 scared us to death with the size of the national debt, only to invite us the next day to watch people literally drop another million quid.
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RatingsMaking room for new faces
It’s changeover week in the schedules - Corrie bids farewell to Jack and I’m A Celebrity begins.
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RatingsConslidated figures leave Dave laughing
Consolidated figures prove the popularity of stand up comedy once again as the clash of the Monday night dramas continues.
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RatingsNo stumble on this Trip
If The Trip is a mock travel documentary, does that make it a Mockulogue? Elsewhere, MasterChef: The Professionals broiled its last this week as Kirstie Allsopp tried to get us to rethink how we refurbish.
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RatingsGood News for Russell
Good News if you’re Russell Howard, not so much if you are interviewed in a car.
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RatingsEnt giants keep on growing
Strictly and X Factor’s momentum is unstoppable, while Downton Abbey bows out on a high.
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RatingsViewers take DIY option
James May’s Man Lab helped BBC2 secure victory over Channel 4 while the Apprentice’s spin-off series took an upswing.
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RatingsSoaps lather up audiences
This week’s consolidated report considers those stalwarts of the schedules, the soaps; the programmes that deliver between 7 and 10 million viewers to BBC1 and ITV1 on a daily basis.
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FeaturesGhoulish themes galore
Strictly closed the gap on The X Factor as both shows got into the spirit of Halloween.
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RatingsPower doc surges ahead
There are many opaque rules about sophisticated dinner parties, but an obvious one is: ‘Don’t talk about the workings of the National Grid, despite the six crème de menthes you’ve had.’ But after Tuesday, I’d start boning up on your pylons.
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RatingsRandom characters rack up ratings
Wizards, aliens, the Kray Twins, spies and an idiot all feature in this week’s consolidated ratings round-up.
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RatingsFrom Essex to the moon
Time to say farewell to the successful but calamitous The Inbetweeners as they bibble off into adulthood on 2.6 million/13%.
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RatingsStrictly takes to the air
The shiny floor show reaches new heights with a helping hand from a flying former minister
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RatingsITV’s big guns take primetime
A fifth of UK viewers tune into X Factor, while international football and Downton prove their worth.