All articles by Stephen Price – Page 95
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RatingsThe Chase is on for 5pm lead
BBC’s Weakest Link succumbs to ITV, while ITV1 is the Biggest Loser to Silent Witness.
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RatingsGypsy Weddings grabs extra viewers
Channel 4 series Big Fat Gypsy Weddings has boosted its already impressive overnights performance with nearly 2 million recording the programme.
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RatingsAnnual ratings round-up: 2010
Audiences were up overall, with The X Factor overtaking BGT to claim top spot, while strong ratings for Downton Abbey and Sherlock proved the case for drama. Stephen Price reports.
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RatingsLighting up long nights
A broad range of programming kept viewers entertained as this never-ending January rolled on.
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RatingsTime stands still for Hattie
This week’s digital focus centres on Glee, Hattie and Being Human.
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RatingsC4 pulls out more stops
Are there any stops left on Horseferry Road? Channel 4 pulled out more this week including gypsies, satire and a defecting awards show with varying results. BBC2 welcomed back petrolheads.
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RatingsDrama back with a bullet
The immediate future of television drama looked bleak a couple of years ago, but a modest recovery shows the most-watched and recorded programmes of the week to be thrillers such as Above Suspicion and Zen.
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RatingsCollective Glee returns to E4
This week, those crazy Gleesters returned bigger than ever and were the only thing standing in the way of a sporty top four in the chart. Familiar drama proved a tonic even in a week of plenty elsewhere, while dancing continued to put its most elegant foot forward.
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RatingsBig fish steady the C4 ship
After last week’s potpourri, a fishier Channel 4, coupled with the return of an old favourite, provided a more stable schedule, while two new BBC2 comedies bookended the working week.
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RatingsBattle of the dramas
Established series lined up alongside new arrivals as drama dominated, and ITV1 added a new service.
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RatingsEastEnders cot death plot draws extra viewers
Consolidated figures have handed a major boost to the New Year’s Eve edition of EastEnders, which featured a controversial cot death storyline and generated thousands of complaints.
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RatingsTV returns to the real world
After the cocoon of Christmas, the new year restored some normality to the schedules.
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RatingsA break from the big brands
With no brand extension sitting at the top of the table, it’s an opportunity for the rest. Most importantly, it means I can write words such as ‘oche’, ‘Ashes’, ‘pixelated’ and ‘Midsomer’ in a purely professional capacity.
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RatingsNew year, new-look C4
Life after Big Brother was always going to be difficult; after this week Channel 4 might be thinking that life without it makes the 12 labours of Hercules look like boiling a kettle.
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RatingsChristmas catch-up figures revealed
Consolidated ratings have revealed that millions recorded heavyweight shows including EastEnders and Coronation Street – but also boosted figures for new comedy and drama. Stephen Price reports.
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RatingsHowzat for a late night hit?
It’s been so cold that a whole nation’s pipes burst, but across the seven seas in an Antipodean summer an urn was magnificently retained.
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RatingsA trip down memory lane
Apparently, the way to the nation’s hearts is to evoke memories of power cuts and only three TV channels - i.e. the 1970s.
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RatingsChristmas line-up deja vu
After a Christmas Day of programmes strikingly similar to last year’s, a battle for the family ensued
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RatingsOut of the Ashes
The Ashes appear to be an early Christmas present for ITV4, while Mad Men, Misfits and Miranda continue to generate generously-sized audiences in the consolidated highlights.
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RatingsSinging soap causes a stir
Even if you were visiting from a far-flung galaxy such as NGC 5194 and you looked at the digital top 10, you’d easily discern that something was afoot this week.