All Overnight ratings articles – Page 211
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RatingsUpstairs Downstairs debuts with 7.5m
BOXING DAY: New BBC1 drama Upstairs Downstairs launched with 7.5m viewers – slightly below the debut figures for ITV1 period drama Downton Abbey – while Top Gear scored its biggest ratings of 2010.
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RatingsEastEnders claims Christmas top spot
CHRISTMAS DAY: EastEnders and Doctor Who topped the Christmas Day ratings, as BBC1 claimed eight out of the top 10 most-watched programmes.
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RatingsRecord audiences for Norton and O’Grady
CHRISTMAS EVE: Chat show hosts Paul O’Grady and Graham Norton drew their biggest audiences to date on the night before Christmas while specials of My Family, QI and Have I Got News For You scored their highest ratings in at least 12 months.
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RatingsGot Talent finalist amuses 3.7m
WEDNESDAY: Britain’s Got Talent finalist Paul Burling managed to draw more than 3.7m viewers for his one-off show on ITV1.
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RatingsBBC1's Nativity debuts with 5.21m
MONDAY: Tony Jordan’s reimagining of the birth of Jesus helped raise an audience of more than 5m viewers for BBC1.
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RatingsC4 suffers on Friday night
FRIDAY: Channel 4 struggled with new episodes of The Million Pound Drop and Peep Show.
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RatingsStrictly final breaks record
SATURDAY: The final of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing scored its highest ratings to date, peaking with 14.5m viewers.
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RatingsApprentice final hires 10.5m
SUNDAY: BBC1’s The Apprentice peaked with nearly 10.5m viewers as Lord Sugar pointed his finger at Stella English and declared “You’re hired”.
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RatingsRoyal Variety performs to 8.3m
THURSDAY: The Royal Variety Performance, which hit headlines last week after Prince Charles and Camilla’s car to the event was attacked by student protestors, drew an audience of 8.34m (33%) to BBC1.
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RatingsApprentice draws series high of 7.9m
WEDNESDAY: BBC1’s penultimate episode of The Apprentice, in which the remaining candidates were sent into the lion’s den for final interrogation, attracted the biggest audience of the series to date.
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RatingsBBC2's Pompeii defrosts ITV
TUESDAY: BBC2’s snapshot of life before the destruction of Pompeii managed to beat a primetime repeat of ITV1 detective drama A Touch of Frost.
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RatingsITV's Savoy doc welcomes 5.4m
MONDAY: Unprecedented access to London’s famous hotel The Savoy helped attract more than 5.4m viewers to ITV.
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RatingsCorriegeddon week concludes with 12.3m
FRIDAY: Coronation Street rounded off its 50th anniversary week of carnage on ITV1 with a strongly-performing double bill.
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RatingsX Factor scores Saturday record
SATURDAY: The X Factor final weekend kicked off with a massive peak audience of more than 15m – helping the show to its best Saturday night ratings of the series.
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RatingsX Factor final peaks with 19.4m
SUNDAY: A massive peak audience of more than 19.4m viewers watched Matt Cardle crowned this year’s X Factor champion.
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RatingsCoronation Street Live records seven-year high
THURSDAY: ITV1’s live episode of Coronation Street drew a massive peak audience of 14.86m (52.8% share) – the highest figures for the soap in seven years.
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RatingsApprentice tackles Arsenal clash
WEDNESDAY: ITV1’s Champions League clash between Arsenal and Partizan Belgrade was no match for the latest instalment of BBC1’s The Apprentice.
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RatingsCorrie tram crash fallout draws 12m
TUESDAY: The fallout from the explosive Coronation Street tram crash helped the soap continue its imperious form, drawing nearly 12m viewers.
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Ratings14.6m see Coronation Street go up in flames
MONDAY: Coronation Street’s horrific tram crash exploded on to the screen in front of a peak audience of 14.6m – the highest ratings in at least five years.
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RatingsChannel 4's night of mixed fortunes
FRIDAY: Channel 4 experienced a night of mixed fortunes as The Event hit its lowest point and Peep Show rose back over the million viewer mark.