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

Roger Federer equalling sporting history and Lewis Hamilton narrowly missing out on winning his home Grand Prix held millions of television viewers’ attention yesterday afternoon.BBC One’s Wimbledon 2007 coverage saw number one seed Federer avenge last month’s defeat to Rafael Nadal at the French Open, attracting an average adult audience of 4.5 million adult viewers.Audiences… Continue reading Millions Enjoy Sporting Weekend

The final of campfest Any Dream Will Do easily won the ratings war on Saturday night for BBC One, proving that viewers are far from tired of the format.The results programme, which saw Lee Mead rightfully win the coveted role of Joseph in the future West End production of Joseph And His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat,… Continue reading Joseph Is The Word For Saturday Night Viewers