A little over one out of 2 of the UK's approximately 22 million homes were watching "Britain's Got Talent" on ITV Saturday night between 7:55 and 8:55 p.m., the week after Susan Boyle, the second highest total for this show's two-year history (after last year's final), walloping the closest competition of BBC1's "1 vs. 100" (one of the rotating game show formats framing the weekly national lottery drawing), proving that the viral video hype worked and that Simon Cowell (co-producer with Fremantle's TalkbackThames of "BGT" and "X Factor" and judge on both) is the true breadwinner for the otherwise struggling commercial net:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/20/susan-boyle-x-factor-tv-ratings BBC1's big gun for the night was a new variety show called "Tonight's the Night," produced and hosted by John "Capt. Jack" Barrowman where ordinary people get to perform with celebrities ("This is not a talent contest," emphasizes the BBC press release)--it got a 24 share and edged ITV's "Primeval," but was eclipsed by "BGT"'s might (I suspect that if BBCA will run "Any Dream Will Do" two years after the fact because of Barrowman's presence, they'll run this show too). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
