All ITV articles – Page 144
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RatingsDownton draws lowest audience ever
SUNDAY: Downton Abbey’s final series got underway with its lowest overnight audience on record.
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RatingsRugby World Cup kicks off with 9m
FRIDAY: The opening match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, in which hosts England beat Fiji, peaked with just over 9m viewers.
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NewsEmmerdale producer to take over Coronation Street
Days before Coronation Street is to celebrate its 60th anniversary with a live special, it has emerged the soap’s producer will leave his role at the end of the year.
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NewsITV wants Olympics but rejects BBC Studios
ITV plans to go toe-to-toe with the BBC to win Olympics rights from Discovery and has warned the corporation has massively underestimated the task of creating BBC Studios.
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RatingsFlockstars and Stephen Fry average 2m
THURSDAY: ITV’s Flockstars and Stephen Fry in Central America both bowed out with less than 2m viewers as Channel 4’s Hunted lost 400,000 viewers.
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NewsDiscovery eyes UK broadcasters
Discovery Communications is open to the prospect of buying a major UK broadcaster according to president David Zaslav – but he remained cool on the prospect of bidding for Premier League rights.
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NewsSolid start for Saturday Night Takeaway US
The US version of Saturday Night Takeaway has become NBC’s biggest non-scripted launch since gameshow Take It All three years ago.
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RatingsBear Grylls struggles for ITV
TUESDAY: ITV’s latest Bear Grylls format failed to beat competition from Channel 4 and Channel 5, while BBC2’s Grand Theft Auto drama The Gamechangers hijacked fewer than a million viewers.
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NewsPlebs star to front hybrid ITV2 sketch show
ITV2 will send up some of television’s most recognisable brands in a hybrid sketch/prank show from the makers of Celebrity Juice.
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RatingsThe X Factor hits series high
SATURDAY: The X Factor hit a series high of almost 8m viewers for ITV, twice the crowd entertained by BBC1’s Last Night of the Proms coverage.
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NewsITV returns to Safe House
Eleventh Hour Films has secured a second series of Safe House after the thriller became one of ITV’s highest-rated dramas of 2015.
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VideoVIDEO: Midwinter of the Spirit, ITV
Watch the trailer for the ITV Studios produced drama about a single mother who is also a country vicar.
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RatingsDoc Martin returns with 6m
MONDAY: Doc Martin returned to ITV after a two-year absence with close to 6m viewers as The Catch sunk to 1m.
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NewsITV to pilot parent intervention format
ITV has ordered a pilot from Boundless which will follow grown-up children as they help their parents deal with life-threatening health, debt and anxiety issues.
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NewsITV launches playalong Rugby World Cup app
ITV has launched an interactive playalong app as a companion to its 2015 Rugby World Cup coverage.
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NewsITV News at Ten set for revamp as political editor race hots up
ITV News at Ten will undergo a major editorial refresh later this year in the hands of new anchor Tom Bradby - as the race to replace the outgoing political editor hots up.
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NewsTwofour to resurrect Pompeii for ITV doc
Michael Buerk and Twofour are to bring destroyed Roman town Pompeii back to life using CGI in a single documentary for ITV.
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NewsTV chiefs in scheduling row
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 traded blows at the Edinburgh International Television Festival over the scheduling of some of their biggest shows.
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RatingsThe Trials of Jimmy Rose locks up 4m
SUNDAY: The Trials of Jimmy Rose failed to launch with the same fanfare as ITV’s previous drama Black Work but comfortably won the 9pm slot.
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RatingsThe X Factor debut hits nine-year low
SATURDAY: The X Factor returned with its lowest series debut audience in almost a decade after losing nearly 2m viewers on the 2014 launch.