All articles by Stephen Price – Page 97
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FeaturesApplause all round for ITV
BGT and Corrie dominate the top slots as Cowell makes a well-timed return from the US.
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RatingsBBC’s Waterloo move pays off
BBC1’s decision to reschedule Waterloo Road has boosted ratings for the long-running drama while consolidated figures reveal further growth.
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RatingsMTV discovers new shores
This week’s digital focus considers MTV’s Geordie Shore and ITV2’s Celebrity Juice.
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RatingsRooms lost in lifestyle wash
This week’s eclectic bunch of stuff included history disturbed and deconstructed, flower power ago-go, a quartet of salons and Manchester United fans trying to slake their disappointment with a punt at winning some cash.
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RatingsITV enjoys a bumper weekend
ITV1 gets a timely boost from the much-anticipated Champions League final and BGT.
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RatingsTime-shift boosts Time Lord
Doctor Who is drawing significant boosts to its audience through PVR viewing with nearly 2 million extra viewers choosing to time-shift the sci-fi show.
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RatingsLouis locks in the audience
This week, the sweary chef ‘s great escape is looking slightly more like an exit strategy; Channel 4 and 5 showed up ITV1; and Louis Theroux, in that way he has, gave us a taste of ‘life’ in a Florida jail.
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RatingsAnd the award goes to...
BBC comes out on top in the battle of the award shows as the Baftas narrowly beat the soaps.
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RatingsHas C4 risen to the Big Brother challenge?
With the departure of the reality juggernaut prompting an overhaul of its schedules, Stephen Price takes a look at how the channel is faring.
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RatingsITV1’s Vera unearths extra 1.2m
ITV1 crime drama Vera is generating significant uplift through PVR viewing - a welcome boost given that a second series is firmly on the cards.
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RatingsToo much of a Glee thing?
Julia Bradbury this week walked about in Iceland, Celebrity Juice topped the charts, while Glee’s success might end up being a double-edged sword for E4.
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RatingsA spoonful of Sugar for BBC2
This week, BBC2 enjoyed more morsels from The Apprentice table that was once its own, Channel 4 proved once again that real hospitals are compelling, while The Shadow Line faced up to the ‘episode two test’.
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RatingsSing if you’re winning
Annual cheese fest Eurovision hits the right note, gaining its biggest audience in six years.
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RatingsTitle decider scores for Sky
As the football season draws to an end, some matches have a significance beyond weekly bragging rights, as revealed by the whooping from my Man Utd-supporting neighbour on Sunday.
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RatingsGood but not Remarkable
BBC2 relived a sporting life and introduced us to new drama while Channel 4 saw its investment in millionaires pay off.
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RatingsCops hit the spot for ITV1
Opening episode of Case Sensitive leaves BBC1’s Exile out in the cold as Vera makes a strong return.
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RatingsRoyal Wedding catch-up figures unveiled
The marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton may have drawn one of the biggest audiences in UK television history but – once it was over – few chose to relive the event.
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RatingsRatings: Quarterly round-up 2011
Viewing figures for the first quarter of 2011 were a mixed bag for the major broadcasters. Stephen Price looks at what caught viewers’ imagination and what made them switch off
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RatingsPVRs prove worthy ally for Dr Who
Dr Who’s consolidated ratings make for anything but scary reading for the BBC, while battling gods continue to wield power and The Good Wife looks set for a second series.