All Overnight ratings articles – Page 228
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RatingsBBC1 Dances with 5.6m
Ratings for BBC1 series So You Think You Think You Can Dance stood still on Saturday, clinging on 5.6m viewers – a share of 23.9%.
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RatingsPopstar to Operastar opens with 4m
ITV1’s new celebrity singing contest Popstar to Operastar debuted with 4m (15.4%) on Friday night, losing out to BBC1’s Silent Witness, while Jonathan Ross returned to his BBC1 chatshow for the first time since announcing plans to quit the corporation.
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RatingsBBC1 unveils fashion drama Material Girl
New fashionista drama Material Girl sashayed onto BBC1 last night at 8pm, where it was trounced by a double bill of ITV1 soaps.
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RatingsRecord 7.4m audience for One Show
A “snow special” helped The One Show to its highest ever audience last night, peaking with 7.4m (30.7% share) at 7.30pm.
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RatingsC4 wins 4.6m with Slumdog
The TV premiere of Slumdog Millionaire brought a massive 4.6m viewers to Channel 4 last night, winning the slot for the broadcaster in its climactic 45 minutes.
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RatingsSurvivors lives on with 4.5m
BBC1 sci-fi drama Survivors returned with 4.5m viewers (17.5%) at 9pm last night, more than 1m down on the average audience for series one.
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RatingsBBC beats ITV in drama battle
Law & Order: UK returned to ITV1 with 5.7m (21%) last night, but it wasn’t quite enough to topple Hustle, which delivered 5.9m (21.9%) to BBC1 at 9pm
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RatingsBeing Human helps BBC3 beat Five
BBC3 inched ahead of Five last night as supernatural drama Being Human returned with an audience of 1.4m (5.9%).
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RatingsHeroes loses pulling power
Heroes’ move to Saturday nights failed to take off with just 1.4m (6.9%) turning to BBC2 at 10.15pm.
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RatingsOne in eight choose 8 Out of 10 Cats
Channel 4 panel show 8 out of 10 Cats enjoyed its best ratings in more than two years on Friday night, with almost 3.5m tuning in.
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RatingsSilent Witness grips 7.3m
Silent Witness stormed back onto BBC1 last night with 7.3m viewers (26.7%), its best ratings in almost four years.
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RatingsViewers flock to BBC2's birds and dogs
BBC2 benefited from the big freeze last night, with above-average audiences for a factual double-whammy of Natural World and Horizon.
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RatingsNews ratings soar past 9m as snow falls
Heavy snow throughout the UK led to a bumper night for BBC News as more than 9m tuned in to regional reports about the weather.
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RatingsHairy Bikers hit new heights
The Hairy Bikers cooked up their biggest ever audience last night, with 3.3m (12%) tuning in to BBC2 at 8pm to watch Mums Know Best.
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RatingsAbove Suspicion outfoxes Hustle
ITV1 won the 9pm drama battle last night, with the return of Lynda La Plante’s Above Suspicion drawing 6.7m (25.6%).
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RatingsSky 1 gets more than a million dancing
Talent contest Got to Dance delivered more than a million viewers to Sky 1 from 7pm last night – more than twice the slot average.
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RatingsDoctor Who and Gavin & Stacey end on a high
David Tennant’s final turn in Doctor Who and the last episode of Gavin & Stacey delivered big audiences to BBC1 on New Year’s Day.
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RatingsCelebrity Big Brother opens with 6.1m
The launch of the final Celebrity Big Brother was all-conquering last night, peaking with 6.1m (23.3%) for Channel 4 as viewers tuned in to meet the new housemates.
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RatingsBBC1 floors ITV1 in Saturday night battle
BBC1’s Saturday night line-up for 2010 began with a bang, with So You Think You Can Dance? and a celebrity special of Total Wipeout flooring ITV’s gameshow offerings.
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RatingsCranford beats Fattest Man
BBC1 comfortably won the heavyweight drama battle on Sunday night, with the first in a two-part Cranford Christmas special beating ITV1’s The Fattest Man in Britain at 9pm.