All ITV articles – Page 145
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Ratings
The 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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News
ITV 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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Video
VIDEO: 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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Doc 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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News
ITV 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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News
ITV 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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News
ITV 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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Twofour 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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TV 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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The 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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The 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.
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News
Family Guy to help launch ITV2 comedy
ITV2 will use US animation Family Guy as a springboard to launch original scripted commissions.
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Fincham: ITV not under threat from Netflix
Peter Fincham has played down the threat of losing out on major shows to VoD services and claimed that Netflix’s £100m commission of The Crown and Amazon’s deal with Jeremy Clarkson were “exceptional things”.
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Richard Klein defends ITV factual performance
ITV commissioner Richard Klein has defended the broadcaster’s factual performance and highlighted the growing challenges faced by mainstream broadcasters.
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Fincham: BBC uses Strictly to 'clip X Factor wings'
ITV’s Peter Fincham has made a public plea to the BBC not to schedule this autumn’s Strictly Come Dancing directly against The X Factor.
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Educating Cardiff sees off School Swap
TUESDAY: Educating Cardiff registered 1.8m viewers on Channel 4, more than 500,000 ahead of its ITV rival School Swap.
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Features
Jekyll & Hyde, ITV
Talk of budgets often put a damper on your imagination when writing. On our ITV drama, that talk never happened, says Charlie Higson
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News
ITV2 orders diverse comedies ahead of Mobos
ITV2 wants to make its mark in diverse content by ordering four comedies featuring and produced by black, Asian and minority ethnic talent.
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News
ITV lining up Cold Feet reunion
ITV is in talks with the stars of Cold Feet about a potential reunion more than a decade after the drama was axed.
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Ratings
Saturday Night Story entertains 2.4m
SATURDAY: ITV’s The Saturday Night Story and Channel 5’s Football League Tonight remained steady as part of a quiet evening’s entertainment.