All articles by Stephen Price – Page 102
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RatingsBB and Proms take a bow
What have Rogers and Hammerstein and Arthur Schoenberg got in common? Very little, apart from being at opposite extremes of the BBC Proms season that ended this weekend. Also ending this week was Big Brother, whose grip on the C4 schedule was finally prised off.
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RatingsDaybreak - worth the wait?
Cold comfort for ITV as Daybreak makes a patchy start, and 71 Degrees North loses X Factor inheritance.
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RatingsWeek of the curate’s egg
The phrase curate’s egg was coined to describe a very contrary egg but I bet it was never as curate-y as this week’s line-up. From Zimbabwe via touring ex-PM to Irish snooker player, and from a Hollywood blockbuster to a sobering look at sex traffickers, this week had the lot.
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RatingsXtra deja vu and bridal joy
Each week I feel a bit like the screenwriter on the movie Godzilla 8: The Return, Again. How many ways are there to say that Xtra Factor bestrode/stalked/towered over and terrified the multitude?
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RatingsEastEnders and X Factor score top consolidated audiences
Today Broadcast launches a weekly Ratings Focus newsletter, presenting a report on consolidated figures for the first time as well as analysis, tables of the top performing shows and a round-up of the biggest ratings stories of the past seven days.
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RatingsAutumn treats are coming
The TV schedules are stirring from their summer slumber to deliver a host of new-season goodies.
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RatingsEnd of an era lures viewers
After 37 years, the sun set on Compo, Clegg and Cyril - and more than 5 million said farewell.
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RatingsLate sub shakes up schedules
Change to the listed football match gives ITV an unexpected boost, while X Factor returns with a bang.
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RatingsFacing the critics head on
England’s World Cup flops return to decent ratings, if not a warm welcome, as The Deep defies the doubters.
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FeaturesBritain's Got Talent audience grows 8%
Consolidated figures have revealed an 8% boost to Britain’s Got Talent’s overnight ratings, despite the appeal of its live broadcast, writes Stephen Price.
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RatingsStaying in for the summer
The Great Flight fails to materialise as BBC again wins the Saturday night handbags.
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RatingsBBC going berserk in Baker St
As ITV1 goes quiet, BBC’s five new series score well, including its all-conquering Sherlock update.
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RatingsWhy old is gold in TV land
Favourites Heartbeat and Taggart continue to pull in the viewers as new drama and ent shows launch.
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RatingsThey think it’s all over...
…It is now, but the World Cup dominates the ratings once more as new shows prepare to take over.
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RatingsManhunt fuels thirst for news
While the multi-million pound football festival in South Africa was coming to an end this week, a more homespun tragedy was unfolding in the north of England. Sky and BBC news channels saw large audiences on Friday as the week-long hunt for Raoul Moat ended.
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RatingsSex still sells but Dive sinks
‘Big Brother moves to 8pm for Sex Shock’. Calm down dears, it’s a schedule thing. In its heyday, C4’s schedule revolved around Big Brother; now we see the first signs of ignominy as three times this week it makes way for The Sex Education Show: Am I Normal? in the ...
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RatingsPuzzle of schedule patterns
World Cup knockout phase takes over schedules, leaving channels asking how best to deploy soaps.
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RatingsAlmighty start for ‘vicarcom’
BBC2’s 10pm comedy line-up this week began with the first episode of the new vicar sitcom Rev, slotting into Monday and attracting a promising 2.2 million/10.7%.
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RatingsIt’s a family affair for BBC3
A hapless dad, a talking dog and an evil genius baby took top slot this week as Family Guy scored 1.2 million/6% for BBC3 on Sunday night, beating off the challenge of ITV2’s only slightly less cartoonish Peter Andre: The Next Chapter’s 1.1 million/5%.
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RatingsForecast, like team, is rubbish
Ridiculous ratings predictions added to the surrealism, but BBC1 at least ended on a high.