All articles by Stephen Price – Page 109
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RatingsBBC2 cooks up some ratings
I confess that my idea of cooking is reading the bottom of the box and leaving its contents in the oven for 20 minutes (I do take it out of the box - I am not a philistine).
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RatingsSpin-off puts ITV2 in lead
On Sunday, ITV2’s Xtra Factor managed to clock a whopping 1.8 million/7.4% at 9pm while Liverpool besting Manchester United brought in 1.7 million/ 17% at 12.30pm for Sky Sports 1.
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FeaturesITV woos with 8pm factor
Strictly fails in bid to capture the nation’s imagination as The X Factor runs circles around it again.
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RatingsRatings: Revealing summer’s winners and losers
Did anyone find ratings victory during the traditional seasonal slowdown? Former ITV scheduler Stephen Price investigates.
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RatingsBBC2 crosses TV time zones
BBC2 will have been pleased with successes pre-9pm - a domain dominated by soaps. Plus it extended bits across 9pm; so much the better.
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FeaturesIn the race for ratings
Unlike the Grand Prix, BBC1’s four new or returning series will try to win every battle.
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RatingsAndre's back on schedule
Katie Price has ended her run and without batting an eyelid, her exhubby moves in to the same time slot in the schedule and what happens? He wins, that’s what.
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RatingsBBC2 comedy struggles on
It isn’t very often that my poor benighted hometown gets a cheery mention, but BBC2 has been merrily trying to alter that.
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RatingsStripped schedule strategy
BBC1 took a gamble with a week’s worth of Criminal Justice - but was the plan worth the risk?
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RatingsSeason of cops and football
As autumn kicked off this week, the Uefa match scored for ITV and BBC1 showed its criminal expertise.
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RatingsNo extentions on Katie Price
Apologies this week if I sound a bit like a broken record as I point out that ITV2’s What Katie Did Next (1.1 million, 5%) is comfortably the highest non-brand extension, non-sports show in the multichannel world.
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RatingsFighting for attention
Violet Elizabeth Bott screamed and screamed until she was sick, but still William Brown would take no notice.
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RatingsBBC2 traveller beats C4 Tour
BBC2 launched a new travelogue to compete with Channel 4’s Kevin McCloud’s Grand Tour on Sunday, but otherwise much of the week was in established patterns.
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FeaturesITV1 can still make an impact
Never mind the raw audience figures, the network has been clocking up the lion’s share of ad views.
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RatingsBBC2 cooks up a master plan
These darkening evenings leave plenty of time for the mind to wander, and you find yourself wondering why MasterChef: The Professionals was on at some unusual times this week.
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RatingsFace-off results in ITV win
The battle of the schedules saw The X Factor victorious over BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.
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RatingsSunday soccer scores for Sky
The top two spots in the digital chart went to Sky Sports’ Super Sunday.
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FeaturesTerrestrial launches blast off
As autumn starts to take off, some TV settlers land on the big channels while others head to digital.