Episode One
Desperate Romantics opens to 2.5m
Wednesday, July 22 2009, 17:35 BST
By Dan French, TV Reporter (DigitalSpy)
Desperate Romantics had a decent debut for BBC Two last night, according to early ratings figures.
The first episode of the series, starring Zoe Tapper, opened to 2.47m (11%), putting the channel in fourth place in the 9pm hour.
It was beaten by ITV1's Car Crime UK, which had 3.17m (14.2%), the similarly-themed Truth About Crime, which took 3.04m (13.6%) for BBC One, and Five's screening of the latest CSI: Miami, which was seen by 2.54m (11.4%).
The latest visit to the Big Brother house attracted 2.24m (10%) to Channel 4 over the same period.
Holby City came top during the 8pm hour, putting in 5.42m (24.4%) for BBC One, while ITV1's Send In The Dogs logged 3.65m (16.5%).
BBC Two's Coast had 3.11m (14%), Property Snakes And Ladders grabbed 2.06m (9.3%) for Channel 4, and 810k (3.65%) tuned in for Monster Moves on Five.
Overall, BBC One dominated primetime with an average share of 21.6% to ITV1's 16.1%. BBC Two was third with 9.8%, followed by Channel 4 with 7.7% (+1: 1.3%) and Five's 6.6%.
Elsewhere, Sci Fi's 8pm screening of Knight Rider averaged 125k (0.6%). Dollhouse followed at 9pm, pulling in 117k (0.6%).
Ratings data supplied by Attentional
Original article here.
Big Brother grabbed 2.1m (9.6%) for Channel 4, and the third episode of BBC Two's Desperate Romantics pulled in 2m (9.1%), putting the channel in last place during the timeslot.
Desperate Romantics - starring Aidan Turner and Rafe Spall - came last during the 9pm hour, drawing 1.74m (8.1%) for BBC Two.
Desperate Romantics averaged 1.82m (8.4%) for BBC Two, 2.51m (11.6%) watched CSI: Miami on Five, and Channel 4's Big Brother highlights show was seen by 2.07m (9.6%). A further 405k (2.6%) tuned in on Channel 4+1.