All Overnight ratings articles – Page 231
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RatingsJacko séance raises 606,600 for Sky
Michael Jackson pulled a crowd even from beyond the grave this weekend, with Sky 1’s live séance to contact the King of Pop bringing in more than three times its normal Friday night audience.
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RatingsX Factor's Grimes save scores 16.6m
Simon Cowell’s decision to save hair-raising twins John and Edward Grimes over Welsh singer Lucie Jones proved ratings gold for ITV1’s The X Factor last night, with a record peak audience of 16.6m (54.1%).
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RatingsSaturday X Factor scores 11.8m
Movie-themed songs and the promise of John and Edward Grimes singing Ghostbusters brought The X Factor its highest average audience for a Saturday so far this series, with 11.8m tuning in (46.9%) - but Cowell’s huge audience didn’t hang around for Piers Morgan.
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RatingsBoost for The Bill but New Tricks nicks more
BBC1’s old trick of scheduling New Tricks repeats against The Bill paid off again last night winning the coveted 9pm hour - but the ITV1 police drama is narrowing the gap.
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RatingsBBC1 drama Spooks the competition
Spooks and The Family both made triumphant returns last night, winning strong audiences for BBC1 and Channel 4 at 9pm.
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RatingsRamsay loses half his F-ing viewers
Gordon Ramsay’s F Word returned to Channel 4 with 1.8m viewers at 9pm last night – just over half the audience for the finale of last year’s run.
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RatingsNew look News at Ten adds 100,000
ITV’s new look News at Ten piled on an extra 100,000 viewers compared with last Monday, but couldn’t topple the might of BBC News.
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RatingsChurchill drama storms away with 2.5m
Winston Churchill drama Into the Storm rode out with 2.5m viewers (9.8%) last night – thundering past the slot average by 600,000.
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RatingsRecord-breaking X Factor peaks with 15.8m
The X Factor smashed another ratings record last night with a peak of 15.8m tuning in to ITV1 to see Rachel Adedeji lose out in the final sing off to Welsh crooner Lloyd Daniels.
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RatingsBenidorm has last laugh over Armstrong and Miller
Armstrong and Miller’s new sketch show continued to slide against Benidorm, with 3.7m (16.4%) tuning in for the third episode of the comedy duo’s new series on BBC1 last Friday.
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RatingsX Factor down 1.3m but scares off Strictly
Halloween delivered a minor fright for The X Factor, with nearly 1.3m fewer viewers tuning in for Saturday’s live performance show, but it was still able to scare off Strictly Come Dancing.
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RatingsKatie's face brings 3.3m to C4
Former model Katie Piper’s harrowing recovery after being maimed in an acid attack handed Channel 4’s Cutting Edge strand its highest audience of the year.
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RatingsMidsomer wins the battle of Waterloo
ITV1 comfortably won the midweek drama battle last night, with Inspector Barnaby’s latest case in Midsomer Murders pulling in 6.3m viewers (26.8%) at its peak.
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RatingsJames May plays with 3.5m
Top Gear presenter James May’s new series based around toys helped BBC2 take off in the ratings last night, outgunning every other channel except BBC1.
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RatingsLife fights back against Murderland
David Attenborough’s Life helped BBC1 close the gap on Robbie Coltrane crime drama Murderland last night, with ITV1 losing 800,000 viewers in its second week.
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RatingsPeep Show closes with 1.4m
Peep Show drew the shutters on its sixth series with 1.4m (7.1%) watching on C4, making it the show’s most successful series to date.
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RatingsX Factor matches 14.8m peak
The X Factor proved unstoppable yet again last night drawing nearly half of all viewers and matching last week’s record-breaking audience peak of 14.8m.
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RatingsThe Thick of It sticks with 1.3m
The Thick of It made its return to BBC2 on Saturday night, with the premiere of series three drawing 1.3m (6.4%) against a tough line up of Match of the Day and Piers Morgan’s Life Stories.
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RatingsStrictly's early start draws 8.4m
Moving Strictly Come Dancing to an earlier time slot paid off for BBC bosses on Saturday night, with the show pulling its highest average viewing audience of the series so far.
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RatingsMasterchef finale whips up 4.7m
Masterchef: The Professionals cooked up an impressive peak audience of 4.7m (19.5%) last night, as Steve Groves was crowned champion for 2009.