All articles by Stephen Price – Page 103
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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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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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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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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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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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RatingsPuzzle of schedule patterns
World Cup knockout phase takes over schedules, leaving channels asking how best to deploy soaps.
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RatingsCompeting for attention
As the World Cup parps on in South Africa, BBC2 and Channel 4 can defend and define themselves with their own events: Wimbledon and Big Brother. BBC2 even had the additional bonus of a new series of Top Gear.
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RatingsCup runneth over to HD
Share to all the satellite channels during major events on terrestrial TV usually declines, reversing the perpetual upward trend.