All Overnight ratings articles – Page 210
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RatingsThe Chase catches 2.73m
FRIDAY: ITV1 gameshow The Chase continued its hot streak, posting its second best ratings of the series to date.
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RatingsBritish Comedy Awards amuse 2.5m
SATURDAY: The British Comedy Awards laughed along with more than 2.5m viewers in its new home on Channel 4.
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Ratings10 O’Clock Live launches with 1.4m
THURSDAY: Channel 4’s satirical news show 10 O’Clock Live made a decent debut with 1.41m viewers – but was no match for Question Time.
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RatingsMary Portas' C4 debut draws 3m
WEDNESDAY: Mary Portas’ first outing for Channel 4 since defecting from BBC2 drew more than 2.7m viewers.
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RatingsGypsy Weddings ties knot with 6.36m
TUESDAY: Big Fat Gypsy Weddings pulled in Channel 4’s biggest audience in more than two years and beat the combined viewers of BBC2, ITV1 and Channel 5 in the 9pm slot.
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RatingsLand Girls returns with 1.86m
MONDAY: BBC1’s World War Two drama Land Girls returned to battle with an audience of nearly 2m.
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RatingsPete Postlethwaite tribute draws 2.8m
SATURDAY: A tribute to late actor Pete Postlethwaite drew BBC2’s second biggest audience of the day.
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RatingsRamsay's shark film snaps up 2m
SUNDAY: Gordon Ramsay’s investigation into the shark fishing industry drew more than 2 million viewers to Channel 4.
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RatingsITV's new Jason Manford show struggles
FRIDAY: The debut of ITV’s new stand-up show starring former One Show host Jason Manford was more than 2 million viewers below the broadcaster’s usual figures.
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RatingsKidnap and Ransom snatches 5.65m
THURSDAY: New ITV1 drama Kidnap and Ransom, starring Trevor Eve, debuted with a strong audience and tussled with BBC1 comedy Come Fly With Me.
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RatingsMichel Roux serves up 1.64m
WEDNESDAY: Michel Roux Jr’s new BBC2 series on the art of service failed to impress, as Channel 5 beat Channel 4 at 8pm with a Second World War documentary.
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RatingsRatings slump for return of Taggart
TUESDAY: The return of Scottish drama Taggart failed to arrest a big audience for ITV as BBC1’s Silent Witness drew more than double the number of viewers.
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RatingsStrong debut for BBC2 comedy Episodes
MONDAY: Episodes, the new BBC2 comedy starring Matt LeBlanc, drew nearly 1.9m on its debut – but was beaten by the return of Shameless on Channel 4.
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RatingsDancing on Ice helps ITV to bumper night
SUNDAY: The return of Dancing on Ice and Wild at Heart helped ITV1 pull in big audiences on Sunday evening, but there was a low key start for Adrian Chiles’ new chat show.
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RatingsDerren Brown doc conjures 1.7m
SATURDAY: A documentary celebrating a decade of Derren Brown’s illusions conjured up an audience of nearly 1.7m for Channel 4 - while BBC1’s The Magicians held its audience.
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RatingsITV scores with FA Cup weekend
Manchester United and Liverpool’s eagerly anticipated FA Cup third round clash drew a massive peak audience of 7.6m in a big week for ITV sport, which included highlights of England’s Ashes victory.
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RatingsBritain’s Fattest Man draws 3m
WEDNESDAY: A documentary on Britain’s most obese man helped serve up a total of nearly 3m viewers across Channel 4 and C4+1.
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RatingsEastEnders cot death plot draws 10.7m
TUESDAY: EastEnders’ controversial cot death storyline drew a massive 10.7m viewers to BBC1 on Tuesday - one of the soap’s highest audiences in nearly 12 months.
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RatingsStargazing Live sparkles for BBC2
MONDAY: BBC2 rocketed a million above its usual audience figures for the debut of astronomy show Stargazing Live.
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RatingsEric and Ernie bring sunshine to BBC2
NEW YEAR’S DAY: BBC2’s drama about the formative years of comedy duo Morecambe and Wise peaked with nearly 6.5m viewers - believed to be the highest rating non-BBC1/ITV1 drama since Our Friends in the North in 1996.