GM
More at http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2008/02/news_at_ten_claims_43m.html
Broadcast posted:
ITV1's News at Ten drew its highest audience since its reintroduction with 4.3m (20.6%) at 10pm last night.
The 35-minute news bulletin, presented by Trevor McDonald, managed to appeal to 4.7m (21.2%) in the opening 15 minutes.
The programme was comfortably above the channel's weekday slot average for last year of 3.3m (16.5%).
Last night's bulletin was the most watched edition of ITV1's nightly news since it reverted to its old 10pm slot on 14 January.
The ITN-produced bulletin was helped, in part, by the delay in the Ten O'Clock News as BBC1's live FA Cup football coverage over-ran.
Coverage of Middlesbrough's replay against Sheffield United for a place in the quarter finals began at 8pm and due to the game going into extra time finished at 10.35pm. The entire programme averaged 4.6m (19.6%). The game hit a high of 5.6m (25.2%) at 10pm.
BBC1's nightly news afterwards had 3.6m (24.0%).
The 35-minute news bulletin, presented by Trevor McDonald, managed to appeal to 4.7m (21.2%) in the opening 15 minutes.
The programme was comfortably above the channel's weekday slot average for last year of 3.3m (16.5%).
Last night's bulletin was the most watched edition of ITV1's nightly news since it reverted to its old 10pm slot on 14 January.
The ITN-produced bulletin was helped, in part, by the delay in the Ten O'Clock News as BBC1's live FA Cup football coverage over-ran.
Coverage of Middlesbrough's replay against Sheffield United for a place in the quarter finals began at 8pm and due to the game going into extra time finished at 10.35pm. The entire programme averaged 4.6m (19.6%). The game hit a high of 5.6m (25.2%) at 10pm.
BBC1's nightly news afterwards had 3.6m (24.0%).
More at http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2008/02/news_at_ten_claims_43m.html
BR
God - the earthquake really did pull in the viewers didn't it?
GMc posted:
God - the earthquake really did pull in the viewers didn't it?
ST
But Harry is obviously no longer there, so Mark may as well be doing a location report from Scunthorpe, or better still - don't bother!
EDIT:
I should've selected a different random UK location that wasn't caught by the swear filter
josh205 posted:
Obviously for Mark so he can be part of presenting NaT 
But Harry is obviously no longer there, so Mark may as well be doing a location report from Scunthorpe, or better still - don't bother!
EDIT:
I should've selected a different random UK location that wasn't caught by the swear filter
BR
Why - because otherwise like the Evening News they'd be only one story on the programme.
Whatever your opinion on the story, ITV News covered it extremely well on the Evening News and are the only organisation to have their host out there, which may seem pointless but really does make them feel closer to the story.
This way they're offering a very different bulletin to the BBC News, which could only offer a filmed report by Nicholas "shouldn't he have retired by now" Whitchell, and should also offer pretty much full coverage of the days other events too.
And 4.3m watched it last night so they're probably milking it for all it's worth!
Whatever your opinion on the story, ITV News covered it extremely well on the Evening News and are the only organisation to have their host out there, which may seem pointless but really does make them feel closer to the story.
This way they're offering a very different bulletin to the BBC News, which could only offer a filmed report by Nicholas "shouldn't he have retired by now" Whitchell, and should also offer pretty much full coverage of the days other events too.
And 4.3m watched it last night so they're probably milking it for all it's worth!