All Digital Focus articles – Page 32

  • Celebrity Juice
    Ratings

    ITV2’s Juices really flowing

    2012-02-16T14:22:00Z

    In 2008, Keith Lemon’s Celebrity Juice debuted with a not spiffing 279,000/1.6% and nowhere near the terrestrials.

  • Being Human
    Ratings

    Sunday night gets spooky

    2012-02-09T17:06:00Z

    Apparently Sunday nights aren’t gloomy enough, what with work looming, but now the supernatural have moved in, making it spooky as well. Elsewhere, Spartacus is vengeful, Borgen exits and the Kiwis reinvent Odin.

  • The Only Way is Essex
    Ratings

    Docs doc and Essex appeal

    2012-02-03T16:59:00Z

    What is it about Essex, junior doctors, detectives and dancing? Who knows, but this week they made their presence felt.

  • Big Brother
    Ratings

    5* rating for Celebrity BB

    2012-01-27T09:07:00Z

    This week some Daves in suits launched, BBC4 went to France, the sweaty Mad Dogs returned and 5* got a big boost from the switchover from the live Big Brother house.

  • BBC
    Ratings

    Audience hail BBC4’s Kings

    2012-01-20T11:12:00Z

    At school, mediaeval kings always seemed pretty two-dimensional to me, largely because that was how they were painted: flat but faintly startled. It turns out that maybe they were more rounded and colourful than that.

  • borgen
    Ratings

    BBC4 viewers enjoy a Danish

    2012-01-13T18:25:00Z

    It used to be that Danish only meant sizzling bacon but now it’s a byword for gripping drama on BBC4.

  • Ratings

    EastEnders success fails to translate to BBC3

    2012-01-06T11:43:00Z

    Christmas Day was business as usual for BBC3’s EastEnders repeat, writes Stephen Price

  • desperate_scousewives_2
    Ratings

    Scousewives cleans up

    2011-12-08T14:33:00Z

    There’s a thin line between genius and madness, as Storyville depicted. E4’s Desperate Scousewives got off to a good start, while ITV2 is feeling an Xtra pinch.

  • The Café
    Ratings

    Café serves up a treat for Sky

    2011-12-02T09:48:00Z

    The digital channel catch-up service came into its own again as viewers negotiated their way around pesky scheduling. Elsewhere, The Killing II rumbled on and Sky Atlantic invited us to a diabolical dinner.

  • The Killing
    Ratings

    Double Killing boosts BBC2

    2011-11-25T10:51:00Z

    The Killing returned with much hullabaloo, mostly about knitware; Ross Kemp was back in action; this ‘not telling the bride’ business is catching on, while those stuck celebrities remain competitive.

  • Celebrity Juice
    Ratings

    Celebrity Juice tops US rivals

    2011-11-18T09:23:00Z

    This week, there was the first sight of a new plan for Really, while FX delivered an American Horror Story.

  • Hollyoaks
    Ratings

    Strong week for stalwarts

    2011-11-11T08:45:00Z

    There’s a great deal of strength piling on strength currently. Hollyoaks, that stalwart of Channel 4 and E4, has picked up the mantle post-Big Brother and is posting some big audiences; An Idiot Abroad is now a bona fide hit; and Him And Her has returned bigger than before.

  • Misfits
    Ratings

    When Misfits met TOWIE

    2011-11-03T17:28:00Z

    This week, misfits played against misfits and the results were interesting, Celebrity Juice squirted on with another top performance and Hollyoaks did E4 proud.

  • An Idiot Abroad
    Ratings

    Genius choice for Sky’s Idiot

    2011-10-28T11:17:00Z

    An Idiot Abroad had 1.1 million/4% share on Sky 1 on Friday at 9pm – and a title that made a funny tabloid headline for Wayne Rooney’s sending off in England’s recent game.

  • Ratings

    Potty figures for BBC4

    2011-10-20T15:17:00Z

    BBC4’s series on ceramics charts the glorious rise and precipitous fall of the once glorious Stoke- On-Trent and one of the UK’s greatest industries.

  • Made In Chelsea
    Ratings

    No escaping spray tan fans

    2011-10-13T16:46:00Z

    Imagine if Made In Chelsea booked the same venue as The Only Way Is Essex on the same night. The room would be hoovered into a vortex of intimate apparel and orange spray tan.

  • The Fades
    Ratings

    A bright start for The Fades

    2011-10-06T17:20:00Z

    Two new imports from Sky Living this week had young women in bother as their theme: sibling identity theft on the one hand and witchy goings-on in a small town on the other. BBC3 helped the freaking-out theme with its new series The Fades.

  • The X Factor
    Ratings

    ITV2 smothers competition

    2011-09-30T09:13:00Z

    ITV2 could be forgiven if it cut out this week’s list and nailed it to the wall. With TOWIE topping out and the The X Factor US outstripping the home-grown extension, only football and an idiot got in the way.

  • football generic
    Ratings

    Torres stinker puts Sky top

    2011-09-22T09:15:00Z

    In 1967, the Torrey Canyon, an oceangoing tanker laden with oil, began sinking off the coast of Cornwall. Chelsea striker Fernando Torres almost shares its name and must have felt just like that helpless ship as he missed the ‘Sitter of The Aeon’ against Man United on Sunday, watched by ...

  • Doris Day
    Ratings

    BBC4’s Day to celebrate

    2011-09-16T08:45:00Z

    This week, BBC4’s tribute to Doris Day’s surprisingly tumultuous life reaped rewards, Celebrity Juice is back and the bride is once again kept in the dark.