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After returning from the dead following a spectacularly final-looking suicide attempt three weeks ago, Sherlock (BBC One, 8:30pm) continued to push credibility to extreme levels.

New figures from the Advertising Association and Warc show highest year on year growth for three years is fueling optimism.

The second new episode in 16 years saw Sharon, Tracey and Dorien go to very extreme lengths to pay the bills – allowing a TOWIE star to cameo in a misguided attempt at popularity truly is scraping the barrel.

As Decipher’s Nigel Walley examines some persistent myths about TV, he says it’s time the industry re-learned that channels and channel brands are absolutely central to the television experience

ITV truly had the soap market cornered yesterday, thanks to BBC One’s EastEnders (8pm) dropping the ball just enough to fall to third place.

As tablet sales sky rocket, what are the implications for publishers that started life in print media? Raymond Snoddy looks at the path to a truly workable print-online strategy.

Tuesday night brought a severe case of the munchies for Nigella Lawson and Anthony Bourdain as Channel 4 launched a UK version of ‘hit’ American ABC show The Taste at 9pm.

Greg Grimmer predicts the key things in media that definitely will happen in 2014, as well as some more interesting – and slightly off the radar – ideas that could have big implications for the sector.

At 10pm, Channel 4 ensured that the 11% audience share it captured were not going to sleep a wink, thanks to Secrets of the Living Dolls (AKA pure unadulterated nightmare fuel).

The Times has today increased its cover price to £1.20 with the Guardian to follow suit and up its weekday price by 20p from next Monday to £1.60.