MULTICHANNEL RATINGS
Quest debuts on Freeview with 82,000 peak
Discovery’s new Freeview channel Quest made a slow but steady start on its launch yesterday, with a peak of 82,000 tuning in to a documentary on the search for Noah’s Arc.
Bo Selecta's Jacko tribute tops 400,000
Leigh Francis’ off the wall tribute to the king of pop jived with 378,000 (2.5%) on E4 last night, while the new Knight Rider series helped drive Fiver to its best ever Thursday.
BBC3 comedies have low-key launches
Two new BBC3 comedies got off to a slightly underwhelming start last night, with neither Lunch Monkeys nor Off the Hook managing to beat their slot averages.
Katie Price returns to ITV2 with 1.3m
The launch of Katie Price’s new documentary series What Katie Did Next pulled in a strong audience for ITV2 last night, attracting an average of 1.3m (6%) across the 9pm hour.
ITV2 beats terrestrials with Andre special
Peter Andre gave an insania boost to ITV2 last night, with his 90-minute special on life after splitting with wife Katie Price outrating BBC2 and C4.
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OVERNIGHTS
C4 feels The Force as ITV1 struggles
Channel 4’s feature length, ‘real life CSI’ doc The Force was a surprise hit last night, as ITV1’s Joan Collins makeover show floundered.
RATINGS ANALYSIS
Season of cops and football
As autumn kicked off this week, the Uefa match scored for ITV and BBC1 showed its criminal expertise.
CHANNEL OVERVIEW
DIGITAL FOCUS
No extentions on Katie Price
Apologies this week if I sound a bit like a broken record as I point out that ITV2’s What Katie Did Next (1.1 million, 5%) is comfortably the highest non-brand extension, non-sports show in the multichannel world.
