All ITV articles – Page 158
-
RatingsITV struggles as The Island ends well
WEDNESDAY: Bear Gryll’s survival documentary The Island bowed out with a series average of 2.4m viewers as ITV suffered a tough night and was overhauled by Channel 5.
-
NewsITV looks beyond Downton Abbey
ITV has taken a major step into the post-Downton era by ordering three high-end dramas that it hopes will ease the departure of the country house smash.
-
RatingsMartin Clunes ITV animal doc dips below 3m
FRIDAY: Martin Clunes’ latest factual series for ITV got off to an underwhelming start as A League of Their Own returned to Sky 1.
-
NewsIn brief: Pact names vice chair; ITV2 re-orders sketch show
Hat Trick’s Paul Cohen lands Pact role, while Keith Lemon’s Kardashians are set to return
-
RatingsBBC4 drama 1864 underway with 640k
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent continued to smash the competition for ITV as Danish drama 1864 got underway on BBC4 with 640,000.
-
NewsITV lines up Queen Victoria drama from Mammoth Screen
Former Silver River head Daisy Goodwin is to make her screenwriting debut with a Queen Victoria biopic for ITV.
-
NewsITV stands ground on pay demands
The pay dispute between ITV and the joint unions rumbled on at the company’s AGM yesterday, with its senior execs standing their ground on the issue.
-
NewsITV orders school swap experiment
ITV has commissioned a 2 x 60-minutes series that will ask state and private school teachers and pupils to swap places.
-
NewsITV orders Peter Pan adaptation and Yorkshire period epic
ITV has ordered two high-end dramas: and adaptation of Peter Pan with Fortitude star Stanley Tucci as Hook; and epic series set in the “wild west” of the Yorkshire Dales in the 19th century.
-
NewsITV on-screen performance a 'key focus'
ITV will make boosting audience share a “key focus” for 2015 after its main channel’s ratings fell 6% in the first three months of the year.
-
NewsKeshet UK arm wins dating order from ITVBe
Israeli production company Keshet has won its first commission based on IP developed in the UK: a workplace dating format for ITVBe.
-
NewsUnions plan protest at ITV AGM
The National Union of Journalists, Bectu and Unite will stage a protest at ITV’s annual general meeting on Thursday as members go on strike over pay.
-
RatingsBritain's Got Talent peaks with 11.2m
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent scored its second highest ratings of the series on Saturday, while BBC1’s VE Day 70 event coverage peaked with more than 6m viewers.
-
RatingsBBC election coverage triumphs with 7m
THURSDAY: The BBC won the lion’s share of the general election audience as a peak of more than 7m watched the drama unfold before 2am.
-
NewsPeter Fincham ‘holds secret meeting with Top Gear team’
Peter Fincham is reported to have held a secret meeting with former Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, fuelling speculation that ITV will swoop for the stars.
-
NewsITV staff to strike during AGM
More than 200 members of ITV staff have voted to strike on 14 May – the day of the broadcaster’s annual general meeting.
-
NewsJohn Sergeant to go barging again for ITV
John Sergeant will be back barging around Britain after ITV ordered a second series of the Alaska-produced show.
-
RatingsSlow Train Through Africa and HIGNFY hit series lows
FRIDAY: ITV’s Slow Train Through Africa and BBC1’s Have I Got News For You both hit series lows.
-
RatingsNinja Warrior climbs to another high
SATURDAY: Ninja Warrior continued to build its audience, as Britain’s Got Talent remained dominant.
-
NewsITV finalises Talpa deal
ITV has completed the acquisition of John de Mol’s Talpa Media for an initial fee of £355m.