Starting April with a spring in their step, UK commercial broadcasters recorded healthy increases in revenue, with all but one down on the previous year.
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This month saw big audience ratings for ITV with the return of Britain’s Got Talent, Safe House, Ninja Warrior and General Election Leaders’ Debate.
In its second consecutive month of decline, MailOnline was down -2.32%, keeping its total audience under 14 million.
After nine long months of living in a merciful Big Brother-free society, last night saw Channel 5 go and ruin everything by launching the first half of a summer-long plan to infest the national’s tellyboxes.
Monday night saw Benefits Street (9pm) finally return to Channel 4, albeit this time in a much cuddlier, more saccharine form.
Last night saw BBC One offer up a little bit of Sunday night glamour as the beautiful and (relatively) famous descended for the ultimate night of industry self-congratulation that is The British Academy Television Awards (9pm).
The relentless general election coverage during April appears to have had little impact on national newspaper circulations, according to the latest ABC release, with no titles recording any significant changes.
As expected, viewers tuned to BBC One in droves to see never-ending clips of people putting paper into boxes as well as the bevy of last-minute campaign attempts from the party leaders.
On the eve of today’s General Election Channel 4 gave the nation a horrifying glimpse of a leaderless and futile society where citizens are consigned to lay around and waste away instead of helping themselves.
Six months after Channel 4 wrapped up its last ‘hilarious’ stab at police dramedy, last night saw the broadcaster tentatively return to familiar territory with a sharper and nastier take from the mind of Shameless’ Paul Abbot.
