All articles by Stephen Price – Page 94

  • Oscars
    Ratings

    Gold-plated Oscars for Sky

    2011-03-10T17:46:00Z

    This week’s digital focus shines the spotlight on the 83rd Academy Awards.

  • Wonders Of The Universe
    Ratings

    Arrow of time hits bull’s-eye

    2011-03-10T17:44:00Z

    BBC2’s Wonders Of The Universe introduced us all to the concept of the ‘arrow of time’ on Sunday night.

  • Daybreak
    Ratings

    BBC has ITV for Breakfast

    2011-03-10T17:43:00Z

    Early morning show continues to gain share, but ITV sets the bar for Thursday night drama.

  • Sky Atlantic
    Ratings

    Sky Atlantic scores 57% PVR boost

    2011-03-04T09:35:00Z

    Sky Atlantic has been with us for just over a month now and in that short time has neatly demonstrated the influence of the PVR.

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    Jeremy Kyle versus God

    2011-03-04T09:02:00Z

    On Wednesday at 2.35pm, ITV2’s Jeremy Kyle Show was watched by 570,000/7%; the same as BBC4’s When God Spoke English: The Making of the King James Bible (570,000/3%) at 9pm on Monday.

  • Heston Blumenthal's Mission Impossible
    Ratings

    C4’s Mission Impossible

    2011-03-04T09:00:00Z

    Thunk: that’s the sound of Tuesdays returning to normal as the gypsy juggernaut vanishes over the horizon, some time before the illuminated dresses disappear like some kind of sartorial setting sun.

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    Ratings

    BBC1’s Monday Outcast

    2011-03-04T08:57:00Z

    Monday reject almost bettered by Mrs Brown, while rugby triumph sets up a big Saturday.

  • Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
    Ratings

    Big Fat Gypsy round-up

    2011-02-25T10:28:00Z

    As Channel 4’s Gypsy caravan reaches the end of the road, consolidated figures show the full extent of the show’s success.

  • Glee
    Ratings

    Glee wins out over the grim

    2011-02-24T07:59:00Z

    Some people are gleeful, some are mad; some blub a lot, some can’t blub at all; some can pronounce Treme, some can’t. Some can’t believe Tottenham Hotspur beat AC Milan in Milan, but 1.3 million/5% (Sky Sports 2 Tuesday night) saw that they did.

  • MasterChef
    Ratings

    Chefs and slimmers top tables

    2011-02-24T07:59:00Z

    Audiences tune in to MasterChef and The Biggest Loser, but Outcasts loses slot to Crimewatch.

  • OK! TV
    Ratings

    Not brilliant, but OK! for C5

    2011-02-24T07:59:00Z

    At the end of the last century, ITV launched OK! TV on weekday mornings; now it has returned on rebranded Channel 5. Meanwhile, Big Fat Gypsy Weddings ended its blockbuster run and will be missed, if not by everyone.

  • Mad Dogs
    Ratings

    Madness gets a grip on Sky

    2011-02-18T10:58:00Z

    I don’t know if anyone down Isleworth way has one of those signs on their desk that declares ‘You Don’t Have To Be Mad To Work Here But It Helps’, but this week Sky Living and Sky 1 each launched new shows that more than alluded to madness.

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    Ratings

    Sky Atlantic catch-up figures revealed

    2011-02-18T10:22:00Z

    Consolidated ratings for new channel Sky Atlantic have revealed a healthy boost in figures for dramas Boardwalk Empire and Blue Bloods.

  • Midsomer Murders
    Ratings

    Week of drama ins and outs

    2011-02-11T10:19:00Z

    As DCI Barnaby retired and Silent Witness wrapped up, Marchlands came on stage

  • Boardwalk Empire
    Ratings

    Recording the Boardwalk

    2011-02-11T10:17:00Z

    Sky Atlantic’ figures need to be considered in a different light.

  • The Million Pound Drop Live
    Ratings

    Million Pound Drop on a roll

    2011-02-11T10:16:00Z

    Channel 4’s gameshow is defying the Saturday logic

  • Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
    Ratings

    Gypsies dominate - again

    2011-02-11T09:30:00Z

    Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is on the brink of a ratings landmark for Channel 4.

  • Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
    Ratings

    C4’s Gypsy Weddings up again

    2011-02-04T11:21:00Z

    Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings continued to boost its ratings success with nearly 2 million viewers recording the doc series.

  • Glee
    Ratings

    More Glee as E4 tops table

    2011-02-03T16:33:00Z

    Nearly 1 million people watched Bolton play Chelsea on Sky Sports 1 on Monday, proving that the football is the thing. Even if the ‘Keys’ are missing, there are no ‘Gray’ areas; apparently no one is indispensable.

  • Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
    Ratings

    C4’s Big Fat Gypsy ratings

    2011-02-03T16:29:00Z

    This week’s channel overview considers the ratings phenomenon of Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings.