All Overnight ratings articles – Page 119
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RatingsGymnastics propels BBC4 to two-year high
THURSDAY: Simone Biles’ gold medal-winning performance in the gymnastics helped BBC4 to a record high.
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RatingsVersailles scuppered by Rio diving high
WEDNESDAY: Team GB’s gold medal-winning performance in the synchronised diving became the most-watched moment of Rio 2016, scuppering the final episode of BBC2’s Versailles.
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RatingsFirst Dates slips below 1m
TUESDAY: First Dates struggled to woo 1m viewers on its return to the schedule – up against tough competition from a slot-winning performance from BBC2’s Olympics coverage.
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RatingsDaley dive helps Olympics soar
MONDAY: British diving duo Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow drew the biggest crowd of the Rio Olympics so far as they claimed bronze in front of a crowd of 8m.
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Ratings2.4m invest in Dragons Den
SUNDAY: Viewers continued to invest in BBC2’s long-running format Dragons’ Den, while Robot Wars fell below the BBC2 slot average for the first time since its reboot.
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RatingsMen's cycling grips 5m
SATURDAY: The Olympics kicked off with a full day of events, as a dramatic conclusion to the men’s road cycling race drew a peak of over 5m viewers.
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RatingsRio 2016 opens with 4m
FRIDAY: The Rio 2016 Olympics opening ceremony entertained a peak of almost 4m viewers on BBC1 – but the late-night event failed to match the curtain-raisers of London 2012 and Beijing 2008.
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RatingsMo doc runs off with 2.5m
THURSDAY: BBC1’s one-off film about British champion Mo Farah ran off with an audience of 2.5m ahead of tonight’s Rio 2016 opening ceremony.
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RatingsSuspects doubles previous launch
WEDNESDAY: Semi-improvised police drama Suspects returned to Channel 5 with twice the audience it locked up for the previous series opener.
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RatingsBorderline arrests youth viewers for C5
TUESDAY: Borderline, Channel’s 5 return to original comedy, helped it to attract young male audience.
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RatingsNaked Attraction maintains performance
MONDAY: Naked Attraction stimulated its audience for a second week, as Celebrity Big Brother gained its biggest audience since the series launch.
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RatingsCeleb MasterChef ends with 5m
FRIDAY: Celebrity MasterChef crowned its latest champion in front of 5m viewers – around 200,000 down on last year’s event.
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RatingsITV fails to score with 1966 doc
SATURDAY: ITV’s World Cup 1966 lookback failed to draw a crowd – losing out to Celebrity Big Brother and a screening of Iron Man 2 on Channel 4.
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RatingsSecret Agent ends mission with 2.4m
SUNDAY: The Secret Agent bowed out on a series low and less than half BBC1’s slot average.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother peaks with 3m
THURSDAY: Celebrity Big Brother nudged ahead of the performance for last summer’s opener - as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shed 1m viewers on BBC1.
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RatingsSaving Lives at Sea rescues 3m
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s Saving Lives At Sea surged to a series high of over 3m as Gold sitcom The Rebel maintained its solid performance.
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RatingsBig Brother bows out with series high
TUESDAY: Big Brother bowed out with a series average of 1.2m as E4 comedy Wasted got underway with a below par performance.
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RatingsC4's Naked Attraction pulls in viewers
MONDAY: Channel 4’s risqué new dating show Naked Attraction almost doubled slot average as it grew its audience to peak with 1.7m.
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RatingsFriday Night Dinner serves 1m
FRIDAY: Big Talk Productions’ kosher sitcom Friday Night Dinner served up over 1m viewers as it returned to Channel 4 after a two-year hiatus.
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RatingsRobot Wars recruits 2m
SUNDAY: Robot Wars overcame BBC2’s slot average as Mentorn programmes dominated the 8pm slot – responsible for reeling in 4m viewers across three channels.