All articles by Stephen Price – Page 90
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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.
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RatingsTop Boy recorded by 550k
PVR figures for urban drama Top Boy have revealed that one in three viewers chose to record and watch the Channel 4 series after its original broadcast.
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RatingsCelebrity Juice tops US rivals
This week, there was the first sight of a new plan for Really, while FX delivered an American Horror Story.
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RatingsViewers flock to Rev’s return
Rev is back in an accidental kung fu mood; while in actual fisticuffs, the heroically named Tyson Fury delivered for Channel 5.
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RatingsITV strips Jury and gets off
Competitive showing for stripped criminal justice drama, while I’m A Celeb… begins with strong audience.
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RatingsFrozen Planet recorded by 2m viewers
Frozen Planet, BBC1’s landmark natural history series, has seen a 2 million-strong boost to its already high audience figures due to PVR viewing.
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RatingsStrong week for stalwarts
There’s a great deal of strength piling on strength currently. Hollyoaks, that stalwart of Channel 4 and E4, has picked up the mantle post-Big Brother and is posting some big audiences; An Idiot Abroad is now a bona fide hit; and Him And Her has returned bigger than before.
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RatingsBritain past and present
This week there was a contrast between Britain’s past and present: the past of which everyone can unequivocally feel proud; the present a rather more dark and threatening place.
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RatingsBonfire weekend fireworks
X Factor reclaims top spot on Saturday night as Downton Abbey ends on a series high.
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RatingsThe Walking Dead rises again
US zombie drama The Walking Dead is proving a monster hit for FX with PVR catch-up and repeats taking the audience past the million mark
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RatingsWhen Misfits met TOWIE
This week, misfits played against misfits and the results were interesting, Celebrity Juice squirted on with another top performance and Hollyoaks did E4 proud.
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RatingsRoad trip to peak pays off
With interesting timing, a BBC2 daytime show succeeded in its peak-time promotion; Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park’s Lost Heroes proved too much for Jamie Oliver’s latest venture; while Louis Theroux rounded off a decent week for BBC2.
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RatingsDownton shocks as ITV falters
Period drama springs a surprise as alarming as The X Factor’s dip below Strictly on Saturday.
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RatingsThe PVR revolution
Insight and analysis from Stephen Price of how time-shifting and recording is influencing different TV genres.