All articles by Stephen Price – Page 87
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RatingsSherlock finds another 2m
Among the many different ways in which watching television is changing, the one that has suddenly caught fire after years of smouldering is recording via PVRs.
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RatingsNew year sprint for ratings
ITV1 and BBC1 quick out of the starting blocks with a host of new shows to kick off year of the Olympics.
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RatingsUniversity Challenge specials put BBC2 ahead
In the Christmas week up to and including Boxing Day, Channel 4 pinched the top spot, BBC2 will be pleased with its haul and Channel 5 kept its powder dry for this week’s return of Celebrity Big Brother.
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EastEnders success fails to translate to BBC3
Christmas Day was business as usual for BBC3’s EastEnders repeat, writes Stephen Price
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FeaturesDownton gives ITV1 Christmas boost
ITV could have cashed in on any night with a Downton Abbey special, but playing its hand at Christmas Day made for an exciting tussle, writes Stephen Price.
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RatingsX Factor and Strictly: the final tussle
RATINGS ANALYSIS: ITV1 headed towards 2011 with a flourish, with The X Factor just squeezing out Strictly and a new drama trouncing BBC1, says Stephen Price
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A golden week for history docs
DIGITAL FOCUS: BBC4 and National Geographic both enjoyed success with their history output this week, says Stephen Price
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RatingsGambling on a big win
CHANNEL OVERVIEW: The allure of high-stakes gambling in many forms brought in the viewers last week, writes Stephen Price
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RatingsScousewives cleans up
There’s a thin line between genius and madness, as Storyville depicted. E4’s Desperate Scousewives got off to a good start, while ITV2 is feeling an Xtra pinch.
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RatingsViewers 'like' Facebook doc
This week’s channel overview considers Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror and BBC2’s interview with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg amongst others.
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RatingsTop dogs losing their bark
Viewing is again dominated by I’m A Celeb, X Factor and Strictly, but all three are down on last year.
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RatingsThe Killing tops a million
Danish crime drama The Killing returned with its best ever ratings for BBC4 and was recorded by nearly 400,000 viewers to take it over the million mark.
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RatingsCafé serves up a treat for Sky
The digital channel catch-up service came into its own again as viewers negotiated their way around pesky scheduling. Elsewhere, The Killing II rumbled on and Sky Atlantic invited us to a diabolical dinner.
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RatingsBankers are good for BBC2
This week’s channel overview looks at When Bankers Were Good, The Choir and the Life’s Too Short, amongst others.
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RatingsViewers stay in ITV camp
I’m A Celebrity…wins out against its competition, but is lagging behind on last year’s figures.
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RatingsHow BBC had ITV for breakfast
As ITV prepares another shake-up of its breakfast show following the axing of its hosts, Stephen Price asks if it will ever claw back BBC1’s lead in a long, hotly fought ratings battle.
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RatingsDouble Killing boosts BBC2
The Killing returned with much hullabaloo, mostly about knitware; Ross Kemp was back in action; this ‘not telling the bride’ business is catching on, while those stuck celebrities remain competitive.
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RatingsITV’s Jury courts PVR attention
ITV1 drama The Jury appeared to struggle when it was stripped across weeknights earlier this month but PVR viewing has delivered a more positive verdict.
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RatingsPan Am fails to take off
Was it only Pan Am stewardesses who walked around as if they were waitresses in a Thunderbird episode carrying an invisible tray to a rather snooty diner? Judging by the latest retro import, it was.
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RatingsKids hit by jungle fever
BBC’s Young Apprentice falls to lowest level yet as I’m A Celebrity returns to ITV.