All articles by Stephen Price – Page 86
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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’.
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RatingsThe Voice starts to crack
BBC1 talent show 2 million down on previous week, while football plays havoc with drama ratings
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RatingsE4 shouts the loudest
Watching TV in the US is a bit like being shouted at a lot, all the time, but E4 will be glad for it as it bundles together two strong American sitcoms.
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RatingsChannel 4's talent hidden by Beard
This week’s channel overview shines the spotlight on new Channel 4 series Hidden Talent, BBC2’s Mary Beard and Channel 5’s US crime dramas.
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RatingsWinning ticket for BBC1
The Syndicate sinks ITV1’s Mighty Mississippi but Scott & Bailey stands up to Silent Witness.
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RatingsITV1's Vera recorded by 1.2m
After taking a battering from BBC talent show The Voice UK, the new series of ITV crime drama Vera is making a recovery.
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RatingsTimeshifted viewing rises to 91 minutes
PVR viewing has grown to an hour and a half a week - about double the figure for 2009.
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RatingsUKTV: Strategic shift pays dividends
UKTV’s new strategy of increasing original commissions and bigger acquisitions has boosted share across its network of channels. Stephen Price breaks down the numbers.