The exceptional weather this weekend had some interesting affects on our viewing habits. While the soaps and sporting events didn’t have the expected impact, dusty old favourites retained their loyal viewers.

With only six short days left of exciting Superstar (9pm) eliminations, the nation has been getting in a fevered frenzy about who will be crowned the new Jesus. As usual the prime time ITV show forced the two least popular Jesuii to sing for survival.The show lifted the curtain to reveal the brutal and swift… Continue reading TV Overnights: Ryan’s boozy return secures 7.5m for ITV1

The nation’s eyes have been firmly locked on next week for a truly once-in-a-lifetime historic event. Men and women, young and old across the country have been counting down the days: just who will be the next Superstar (ITV1, 9pm)?

Washed-out paranoid thriller Blackout (BBC One, 9pm) came to a close last night as Christopher Eccleston struggled with his responsibilities as Mayor of the grimmest city committed to film. The show was held firmly in reality but revelled in the dark and dirty aesthetics of a future nightmare scenario.The look of the show and general… Continue reading TV Overnights: Blackout ends with 3m viewers for BBC One

As usual Friday night was dominated by the soaps, although they weren’t contained to one day this weekend.

Thursday saw soaps pull in the largest audiences of the night for their respective channels, with barely a competitor in sight.

Midweeks are difficult for us all, probably more so in Coronation Street (ITV1, 7:30pm), where Peter Barlow once again turned to the demon drink.

Tuesday saw ITV1’s biggest hit arrive early in the evening with Emmerdale (7pm) bringing in the channel’s biggest audience.

Last night’s first episode of Coronation Street (ITV1, 7:30pm) attracted Monday’s largest audience, pulling in a 39% audience share.

Video on-demand services will grow from the current 3% of the global video market to 12% by 2020. According to IDATE’s Next Gen TV report, connected TV will make up 63% of the new over-the-top services market, while PC viewing will take a back seat to relatively new devices in 2019.