All Overnight ratings articles – Page 204
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RatingsStrangeways ends sentence on ratings high
MONDAY: Prison documentary Strangeways bowed out on a ratings high, making it one of ITV1’s most successful factual series in the past decade.
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RatingsVera edges out the Baftas
SUNDAY: The final part of ITV1 drama Vera just edged out competition from BBC1’s coverage of the Bafta Television Awards.
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RatingsDirk Gently investigated by 1.1m
FRIDAY: Comedy drama Dirk Gently has made its terrestrial debut, growing the number of viewers that first caught the Douglas Adams adaptation on BBC4.
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RatingsSo You Think You Can Dance hits new low
SATURDAY: BBC1’s So You Think You Can Dance took another tumble, recording its lowest audience of the series to date.
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RatingsQuestion Time prison special locks in 2.9m
THURSDAY: A Question Time prison special, featuring embattled justice secretary Ken Clarke, helped lock in a strong audience.
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RatingsBritish Soap Awards second worst on record
WEDNESDAY: The British Soap Awards attracted the second lowest audience in its history and was beaten by The Apprentice in the 9pm slot.
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RatingsITV homeless series struggles
TUESDAY: ITV1’s celebrity homelessness series was trumped by both Channel 4 and Channel 5 in the primetime slot.
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RatingsBBC street experiment struggles
MONDAY: BBC1 experiment The Street That Cut Everything was roundly beaten by the second part of ITV1’s unflinching prison documentary Strangeways.
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RatingsVera sunk by Pirates of the Caribbean
SUNDAY: ITV1 detective drama Vera recorded it best audience of the series, but was still sunk by Jack Sparrow’s first outing in Pirates of the Caribbean.
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RatingsEurovision best in a decade
SATURDAY: The Eurovision Song Contest recorded its best performance in a decade, but was still beaten by Britain’s Got Talent over the 8pm hour.
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RatingsShadow Line loses 1m
THURSDAY: BBC2 crime drama The Shadow Line lost nearly a million viewers but remained above slot average, as ITV1’s Long Lost Family recorded its second best audience of the series.
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RatingsNational Movie Awards lack sparkle
WEDNESDAY: The National Movie Awards failed to sparkle for ITV1 and was thrashed by The Apprentice and Channel 4’s new fixed camera show, 24 Hours in A&E.
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RatingsApprentice returns with 7.8m
TUESDAY: The Apprentice returned to BBC1 with its second strongest debut to date.
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RatingsStrangeways locks in 5.5m
MONDAY: ITV has recorded one of its highest-rated documentaries in a decade with new prison series Strangeways, as Channel 5’s Hotel Inspector beat Gordon Ramsay’s latest outing for Channel 4.
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RatingsLocal election coverage pulls 6%
FRIDAY: BBC2’s line-up of current affairs coverage of the local election results drew a 6% share of the audience.
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RatingsBBC1's Atlantis draws 5m
SUNDAY: BBC1’s epic CGI drama-documentary charting the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world pulled in more than 5m viewers.
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RatingsGot Talent records series high
SATURDAY: Britain’s Got Talent recorded its biggest audience of the current series but was still more than 500,000 viewers down on last year.
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RatingsShadow Line debuts with 3m
THURSDAY: Hugo Blick’s new crime thriller The Shadow Line made an impressive start for BBC2, gripping more than 3m viewers.
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RatingsManchester United victory nets 8m peak
WEDNESDAY: ITV scored nearly 8m viewers as Manchester United put Schalke 04 to the sword in the Champions League semi final.
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RatingsExile bows out with 4.26m
TUESDAY: The final Exile won the primetime slot for the first time in its three-part run, just edging out competition from the last instalment of Case Sensitive.