Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale lead Friday primetime ratings
Published Jul 14 2012, 13:49 BST | By Kate Goodacre
Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale all posted strong showings on Friday evening (July 13), overnight audience data has revealed.Coronation Street on ITV1 featured a dramatic storyline involving Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) and his estranged wife Leanne (Jane Danson).
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The first of Friday's two instalments was seen by 7.58m viewers (36.1% audience share) at 7.30pm, with 144k watching later on ITV+1. 7.84m (33.4%) tuned in for the second episode at 8.30pm, with 218k watching on timeshift.
A number of scenes in the episodes were edited out of respect for the family of late Stone Roses fan Christopher Brahney.
Emmerdale's 6.05m viewers gave the channel a 30.6% audience share between 7pm and 7.30pm. 104k also watched the episode an hour later on timeshift.
Meanwhile, Case Sensitive thrilled 3.57m (15.3%) at 9pm, peaking with 3.87m (16.7%) in its first 15 minutes. The show also had a further 219k viewers on timeshift.
On BBC One, EastEnders pulled in 6.69m viewers (32.8%) at 8pm, as Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) panicked following a revelation from Jay and Ben. The 10pm repeat on BBC Three was watched by 639k (3.3%).
New Tricks gripped 3.23m (15.0%) during the 9pm hour, peaking at 3.38 million (15.7%) during the last 15 minutes of the show.
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Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow amused 2.55m (16.8%) from 10.35pm.
On BBC Two, coverage of the First Night of the Proms live from the Royal Albert Hall was seen by 0.88m (3.7%).
Channel 4's highest-rated programme in primetime was The Million Pound Drop, with 1.63m (7.8%) watching between 9pm and 10pm. A further 181k watched on Channel 4 +1.
Hollyoaks was seen by 720k (4.2%) at 6.30pm, with a further 117k watching on timeshift.
The Angelos Epithemiou Show entertained 560k (3.4%) at 10.30pm.
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Meanwhile, Shievonne Robinson's eviction from the Big Brother house was seen by 1.51m (7.1%) at 9pm, and her exit interview was seen by 1.12m (8.3%) at 11pm.
The Bachelor, featuring Spencer Matthews, wooed 774k (4.2%) in the 10pm hour.
ITV1 had the strongest primetime audience share of 19.9% between 7pm and 11pm, followed by BBC One on 17.4%. BBC Two followed on 5.2%, with Channel 4 on 5.0% and Channel 5 on 4.5%.
BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional
wow the bachelor actually got more viewers than hollyoaks
July 15th 2012 at 12:13am(+2 likes)
That's awful ratings from hollyoaks. No excuses!
Can't last much longer. It's more like grange hill these days
July 14th 2012 at 10:22pm(+2 likes)
That's awful ratings from hollyoaks. No excuses!
Can't last much longer. It's more like grange hill these days
July 14th 2012 at 10:22pm
Soaps......the curse of television.....unless you happen to be I T V who's income depends on Advertising.
July 14th 2012 at 4:11pm(+1 like)
Yet the BBC needs to show it can attract viewers too, and EastEnders does that. Although soap ratings across the board are very low compared to the 11+ milliom from a couple of years back.
July 15th 2012 at 9:45am
surly hollyoaks cant last much longer with those viewing figures
July 14th 2012 at 3:34pm(+1 like)
It's not just about the Channel 4 ratings, when you factor in the E4 ratings and the fact that it plugs several hours of programming in the schedule for both channels throughout the week, it's still profitable especially now that they're able to capitalise on product placement.
July 14th 2012 at 6:42pm