A closely fought battle saw 60s medical drama The Royal narrowly edge out Antiques Roadshow and Top Gear for Sunday night’s 8pm slot.The spin-off show managed to grab an average of 6.2 million adult viewers for its duration, with a 25% share of the available television audience. Over on BBC One, Antiques Roadshow pulled in… Continue reading Medical Drama Edges Out Antiques & Cars For Ratings Win

September saw a marked improvement for all the terrestrial channels following on from last month’s year on year losses. The best year on year performance came from ITV breakfast station GMTV, which rose by 14.3% to stand at £ 5.51 million.ITV1 network revenue increased by 3.4%, to stand at a total of £ 136.05 million.… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – September 2007

With the first live edition of The X Factor pushed back a week by the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup 2007, BBC One waltzed away with the early evening viewers on Saturday.The second week of the ballroom dancing competition attracted a healthy average adult rating of 7.3 million viewers, easily defeating ITV1’s golden couple… Continue reading While The X Factor Cat’s Away …Come Dancing Plays With 7m Viewers

The latest in a series of ITV1 adaptations of Agatha Christie’s most famous sleuth proved unable to defeat the might of the one-time Python Michael Palin.Agatha Christie’s Marple pulled in an impressive average rating of five million adult viewers during the two-hour duration, with a peak audience of 5.3 million for the first 15 minutes.Despite… Continue reading Marple No Match For Ex-Python

August was a difficult month for most of the terrestrial broadcasters, with only GMTV posting a year on year increase in revenue.The breakfast franchise recorded a 2.8% rise compared to August 2006, to stand at £3.69 million. This should prove to be a fillip for the beleaguered station, which is still battling back from the… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 2007

Surely there aren’t many more places left for Michael Palin to visit on the planet, but his latest journey to ‘new Europe’ lured an average of more than 7.2 million adult viewers to BBC One last night.The programme, which featured the Nicest Man In Britain’s usual mix of travel, humour, anecdotes and breathtaking scenery, managed… Continue reading Palin Sees Off Hell’s Kitchen For Sunday Night Ratings Crown

July was a good month for commercial revenues for terrestrial channels, which saw an overall increase of 9.6% year on year. Only GMTV recorded a dip in its monthly revenue, as the fallout from the phone-in controversy bit (see GMTV MD To Leave Following Phone-In Scandal).Channel 4 had the best monthly increase amongst the terrestrial… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – July 2007

It’s back and apparently bigger and better than ever; ITV1’s X Factor certainly drew in the punters, with Saturday night’s opening episode drawing in an impressive 7.9 million adults, up from six million for the start of last year’s competition.The programme, which featured the usual mix of hopefuls and hopeless wannabes striving to become the… Continue reading X Factor Back With A Bang

The evictions of white witch David and ‘care worker’ Shanessa didn’t muster much interest for Big Brother viewers. Friday night’s eviction attracted an average adult viewership of 3.2 million for the 8.30pm to 9.30pm show, and this fell further to three million for their eviction interviews. Compared to the previous week’s eviction of motormouth Charley… Continue reading Halfway Housemates Half Interest Viewers

The drama of the 136th Open Championship conclusion saw BBC One steal viewers from Coronation Street last night.The dramatic extra four-hole playoff between Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia attracted an average adult audience of 3.7 million, peaking at 5.4 million viewers between 7.15 and 7.30pm. With the final concluding holes being played out between 7.30… Continue reading Open Drama Dents Corrie’s Ratings