All articles by Stephen Price – Page 85
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RatingsRevenge is sweet for E4
Revenge is allegedly a meal best served cold, and the lead character in E4’s latest import gobbles it up with relish. Elsewhere, BBC4 celebrated punk, BBC3 plugged in the Electric and Challenge TV’sBlockbusters had a P and other letters.
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RatingsHistory goes unrecorded
BBC4’s Restoration history series Harlots, Housewives And Heroines is clearly something to watch immediately, for its recording is relatively small but its numbers are decent.
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RatingsSpringwatch has sprung
This week’s channel overview considers Springwatch, Embarrassing Bodies and a new doc on Afghanistan among others.
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RatingsBBC wins the battle royal
The Thames Pageant peaked with 12m – but The Voice UK and The Apprentice finals were less impressive.
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RatingsIt’s all in the name
Common wisdom generally dictates a programme title should be short, preferably with the word ‘extreme’ at the beginning to ensure it arrests attention on the EPG.
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RatingsCurious lift for C&I Network
Crime & Investigation Network recorded an unusual spike in PVR viewers for a doc about curious deaths. Elsewhere, Lewis was top dog, The Voice UK recovered some respectability, Silk beat itself and Hart of Dixie made its mark.
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RatingsViewers enjoy a fishy tale
BBC2’s fishy series began well, Chelsea bloomed and Gok got his wok out.
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RatingsSun casts a shadow over TV
Audiences figures slump across the board as viewers choose sunshine over football and singing.
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RatingsGoing for the funny bone
Original comedy is now a key focus for broadcasters, but for every Stella or Mrs Brown’s Boys, there’s a Campus or The Royal Bodyguard. Stephen Price looks at the recent hits and misses
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RatingsUS threatens cultural coup
It comes to something when Chelsea and Essex represent the UK’s cultural bulwarks, but heroically they were in the vanguard this week against a US monopoly of the top digital programmes.
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RatingsViewers flock to event TV
As the summer finally arrives it’s suddenly apparent that the avalanche of events, rumbling down the mountain side of fate to smother the TV screens of destiny, is almost upon us; the Diamond Jubilee, the European Football Championships and some running, jumping, throwing and swimming somewhere in the East End. ...
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RatingsC4 hoarding beats crash
A BBC2 documentary about Facebook and Channel 4’s hoarder series feature in this week’s overview of ratings.
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RatingsHistory lessons all round
A 48-year-old series beats a stately home doc and 6.5 million watch Germany lose on penalties.
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RatingsImports pull in viewers
As TV execs from around the world head to LA for the screenings, Broadcast considers some of the biggest imports - some of which have been axed.
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RatingsViewers tune in for history
These days, it is alarmingly easy to feel like some kind of ante-diluvian figure merely by having a laptop that’s three years old. BBC4 could have been referring to 2010 with its 2,000-year-old computer.
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RatingsBGT week sends UK barking
Channels make tactical moves as Britain’s Got Talent dominates through to Saturday final.
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RatingsGot Talent takes on all-comers
With Britain showing off its eclectic talents across an entire week on ITV1, other channels had to brace themselves.
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Ratings5 USA feels Justified
5USA will be chuffed with its Justified, while Russell is back, The Bridge rumbles on and Celebrity Juice squirts its last - for now.
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RatingsFrom a flop to a Smash
US musical drama Smash has seen a 400% boost to its Sky Atlantic audience after adding PVR and repeat figures.
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RatingsC4 hoards viewers
Channel 4 investigated hoarders and collected some nice numbers while the The Killing US returned and Homeland finished with a ‘give-us-another-series’ ending’.