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Television Highlights w/c 10th December 2007
Posted by: Attentional | 17.12.07
Saturday 15th December 2007
The X Factor reached a crescendo on Saturday evening as an English brother and sister fought against a Scotsman and a Welshman to win the 2007 title. Scotland won, although the real winner was arguably Simon Cowell since his production company Syco (producing the show alongside Fremantle) has one of the hottest formats on TV. The final was split into two parts, with the first half attracting 11.4m (46.9%) between 7:15 – 8:50pm (giving an excellent TI™ score of 161). The second half also attracted 11.4m in the 9:35 – 10:35pm slot, but as Total TV was lower this equated to a 49.1% share and an outstanding TI™ score of 219. ITV2 also did well from the final, with its linking coverage from 8:50 – 9:35pm (bridging the gap between ITV1 shows) averaging 717,860 (3.6%). And in an age of declining audiences for the terrestrial channels, the 2007 final outperformed last year’s event. The 2006 final (won by Leona Lewis) attracted 10.4m (45.6%) and 10.5m (44.8%) for its two shows.
Friday 14th December 2007
The 34th series of Hat Trick’s panel show Have I Got News for You? came to an end on Friday evening with a typically strong audience of 5.9m (26.4%) between 9 – 9:30pm – a timeslot winning performance for BBC1. This episode – hosted by Richard Madeley – couldn’t quite top the ratings for the current series. That honour went to guest host Jo Brand, with her episode attracting 6.3m on the 2nd November. Series 34 finished with an average of 5.5m, on a par with an average of 5.7m for Series 33 earlier this year.
Monday 10th December 2007
What’s the ultimate Christmas song? ITV1 has been polling the UK population to find out, and the results form the cornerstone of Britain Sings Christmas, the channel’s new seasonal celebration hosted by Kate Thornton. Except when they say ‘Britain’ sings Christmas, it’s actually British celebrities singing Christmas. The songs are performed by a 20-strong choir made up of actors, TV presenters, comedians, pop stars and opera stars. In last night’s show the choir performed all ten songs, before viewers voted for a favourite. A second show will be broadcast in the coming weeks, following the celebrity choir (led by Fame Academy coaches David and Carrie Grant) as they record an album with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The event is raising money for The Princes Trust, and in a novel twist viewers will be able to buy downloads of the tracks from the ITV website. Britain Sings Christmas averaged 4.2m (17.4%) in the 8 – 8:30pm slot, giving a TI™ score of 98 despite strong opposition from EastEnders on BBC1.
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