Friday 21st March 2008




It was a good Friday for Channel 4 as the pilot episode of new US drama Dirty Sexy Money attracted 2.7m (11.5%) between 9-10pm, giving a TI™ score of 131. It centres on the character of Nick George (Peter Krause), an idealistic lawyer who becomes the personal lawyer of the wealthy Darling family following his father’s death. However, the wealth that comes with the job pulls him in two directions – it would allow him the freedom to be an altruistic do-gooder, but it also links him to some dubious doings he would rather avoid. The darkly comic show has performed well in the US for home network ABC, becoming the first drama to pick up a full season order since the writer’s strike.





Wednesday 19th March 2008

The Curse of Steptoe proved to be a blessing for BBC4 last night as writer Brian Fillis’ docu-drama averaged 1.4m (7%) in the 9-10pm slot, performing well above the channel average. The programme was shown as part of a season about TV personalities, and starred Jason Isaacs as Harry H. Corbett and Phil Davies as Wilfrid Brambell. It explored the rocky relationship between Corbett and Brambell that belied their on-screen chemistry. BBC4 followed the docu-drama with the first-ever episode of Steptoe and Son, averaging 813,200 (4.6%) between 10 – 10:30pm.





Tuesday 18th March 2008




Bionic Woman made a record-breaking debut on ITV2 last week with 2.2m viewers – the channel’s highest ever audience. However, there was some evidence that Michelle Ryan’s superpowers were wearing off last night as the second episode averaged 1.5m (7.2%) in the 9-10pm slot. This is still an impressive audience for ITV2, but losing one third of its audience week on week must be a worry.

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