All articles by Stephen Price – Page 52
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RatingsMidwife delivers for BBC1
Period drama tops the table on its return despite attracting its lowest overnight launch audience yet
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RatingsClash of shiny floor titans
On the first Saturday of 2017, BBC1 and ITV embarked on a new entertainment tussle – and in overnights the Beeb drew first blood.
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RatingsDelicious delights Sky 1
This week, Sky 1 sent its resident ex-cricketer off to fricassee some Australian meats, but this wasn’t the most delicious fare on the channel’s menu.
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RatingsFootball saga a winner
ITV’s Bobby & Tina launches well, while all three big entertainment shows lose viewers
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RatingsSky 1 drama tastes success
The second episode of Sky 1’s drama series Delicious achieved 562,000/3%, fractionally ahead of episode one on 30 December (552,000/3%) after 29 December’s sneak 3am preview (150,000/12%).
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RatingsArresting start for No Offence
The second series of Paul Abbott’s C4 comedy drama No Offence debuted on Wednesday at 9pm with 1.9 million/8% (320,000 +1), its second best overnight after series one’s opener: 2.2 million/ 10% (323,000 +1) on 5 May 2015.
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RatingsTime Commanders returns to the fray
This week BBC4 reached back across the decade to resurrect a BBC2 series from 11 years ago to re-do battle between ancient enemies while E4’s latest import features actual time machines and celestial battle with some baddies.
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RatingsX Factor climbs above rival
As panto season looms, ITV’s very own Prince Charmings, Ant and Dec, crowned Queen Scarlett the latest jungly winner.
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RatingsSky strikes the right balance
From flying dogs to Ross Kemp’s encounters with Isis, Sky’s factual shows have to both deliver ratings and woo new subscribers. Stephen Price looks at how this year’s offerings performed.
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RatingsBBC1 scores a right royal hit
BBC1’s Who Do You Think You Are? returned on Thursday 24 November at its new time of 8pm, consolidating to 5.5 million/22% after 1.2 million recorded and watched.
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RatingsHoney traps young crowd
Despite The X Factor’s elongated Honey trap, the Saturday live shows have come under more pressure from BBC1’s new hit Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (6.8 million/28%) opposite.
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RatingsSolid start for BBC4's Modus
BBC4 continued its particular Saturday night operandi with new Nordic thriller Modus.
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RatingsTop table for BBC2's chefs
Forty years ago, it fell to West Bromwich of all places to promote black footballers and take on racists. On Sunday, BBC2’s doc about a strange but significant football match in 1979 defeated Channel 4’s Humans, as it did quite a few low-watt humans at the time.
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RatingsBBC wins storming Sunday
Ordinarily, Ed Balls’ Gangnam Style salsa would be the most terrifying thing you’re ever likely to see; well, that or a bobcat swimming towards you.
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RatingsBake Off saves best till last
On 17 August 2010, BBC2 launched a little show about baking. With 2.2 million/9%, it was a share point behind the 8pm slot average.
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RatingsBake Off bows out on a high
This week, Bake Off waved an imperious and huge goodbye to BBC1; perhaps fatigued by the excitement, the next day’s review of 2015 made many fewer people’s soufflés go up and down.
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RatingsTop 100 shows: 22-28 August 2016
Great British Bake Off returns with best ever launch as ITV’s The X Factor slumps from last year’s opener
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RatingsTop 50 Non-PSB shows: 11 - 17 July 2016
Sky 1’s table topper, Ross Kemp: The Fight Against Isis, tripled its slot average with 555,000/3%