Paul O'Grady's For the Love of Dogs concluded with a series high of almost 5 million viewers last night (October 15). The final edition of O'Grady's seven-part fly-on-the-wall show for ITV drew 4.73m and a 19.3% share, adding a further 257k (1.1%) on ITV1 +1. Clashing with BBC One's popular EastEnders, For the Love of Dogs has become ITV's most successful format in its Monday 8pm filler slot in the 21st century. For the Love of Dogs has also outperformed the presenter's Friday night chat show Paul O'Grady Live, which was dropped after two series following unspectacular viewing figures. There was also good news for ITV in O'Grady's old stomping ground, as The Chase commanded 2.89m (20.5%) at 5pm (+1: 219k/1%), beating Pointless's 2.58m (10.6%) for BBC One. However, ITV's (more)...
- 10/16/2012
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Paul O'Grady has said that he is not feuding with ITV bosses, amid reports that his chatshow Paul O'Grady Live has been cancelled. It was yesterday claimed that the programme had been shelved due to disappointing ratings. However, the host has said that he is now planning to focus on new projects. Speaking to The Mirror, the 56-year-old commented that "everyone's doing" chatshows. On his relationship with ITV, which saw him first leave the broadcaster in acrimonious circumstances in 2006, he said: "I'm doing stuff for them next year, there's no fight. It's hunky (more)...
- 10/7/2011
- by By Ryan Love
- Digital Spy
ITV has reportedly cancelled Paul O'Grady Live. The channel has decided not to order another series of the primetime chatshow after disappointing ratings, Broadcast claims. According to sources, the programme "was not a happy ship" and host Paul O'Grady was keen to move on. A third series was expected to be filmed next year at The London Studios, but the booking is now thought to have been cancelled. However, ITV is said to be considering working on a new project with O'Grady (more)...
- 10/6/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Paul O'Grady's ITV1 chatshow shed more viewers on Friday night, early viewing figures indicate. Paul O'Grady Live, featuring guests including Coronation Street star Antony Cotton, mustered 3.07m (13.9%) at 9pm, an overall drop of nearly one million viewers on last week's opener, and in stark contrast to last year's
Christmas special, which averaged 5.5m. Meanwhile, BBC One led the hour as Rhod Gilbert's turn on Have I Got News For You picked up 4.82m (21.7%), following which 3.75m (17.2%) watched a Qi repeat at 9.30pm. Davina McCall gameshow Million Pound Drop returned to Channel 4 with just 1.78m (10.9%) at 10pm (+1: 207k), while more Embarrassing (more)...
Christmas special, which averaged 5.5m. Meanwhile, BBC One led the hour as Rhod Gilbert's turn on Have I Got News For You picked up 4.82m (21.7%), following which 3.75m (17.2%) watched a Qi repeat at 9.30pm. Davina McCall gameshow Million Pound Drop returned to Channel 4 with just 1.78m (10.9%) at 10pm (+1: 207k), while more Embarrassing (more)...
- 4/24/2011
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Paul O'Grady Live returned to ITV1 with a fairly modest audience last night, early viewing figures show. The light-hearted chatshow, featuring guests Amanda Holden and John Cleese, pulled in 3.91 million (17.3%) in the 9pm hour, adding 170k on +1. Paul O'Grady was beaten by Have I Got News For You, which climbed to 4.83m (20.9%) for BBC One, a 340k rise on last week's opener. Following Have I Got News For You, a repeat of Qi interested 3.47m (15.6%), and 3.11m (21.6%) watched The Graham Norton Show from 10.35pm. Facing a climactic EastEnders episode watched by 10.4m, Baboons with Bill Bailey managed 2.62m (11%) at 8pm and 109k on timeshift. At 8pm, BBC One's A Question of Sport scored 3.33m (14.2%). Over on BBC Two, the Mastermind grand final appealed to 2.09m (9.1%) at 7.30pm, then (more)...
- 4/16/2011
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Paul O'Grady has admitted that he enjoys doing his chatshow because he is a "nosey so-and-so". The presenter will return for a previously-confirmed second series of ITV show Paul O'Grady Live on Friday, April 15. "The reason I love doing the show so much is because I'm a nosey so-and-so," he said. "It's always a joy to meet someone you've always really wanted to meet and you're thinking, 'Ooh, I'm dying to chat to this one.' "Especially when you've grown up with these people, because they are so familiar to you, they're like one of the family. And I still get ridiculously over-excited when I meet my heroes." Recalling an interview with Coronation Street (more)...
- 3/30/2011
- by By Ryan Love
- Digital Spy
Doctor Who star Matt Smith will go head-to-head with Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch at the National Television Awards.
Both stars, who were thrust into the limelight last year as the 11th incarnation of the Doctor and the quirky detective Sherlock Holmes respectively, have been nominated for best Drama Performance.
Philip Glenister also competes for the title, for his role in Ashes to Ashes, as does five times National Television Awards winner David Jason for A Touch of Frost.
Matt, 28, and 34-year-old Benedict's BBC1 dramas, Doctor Who and Sherlock, have also been shortlisted for best Drama, against rivals Shameless (Channel 4) and BBC1 school series Waterloo Road.
X Factor host Dermot O'Leary will be up for his first National Television Award for best Entertainment Presenter at the ceremony, which takes place later this month.
He will compete against Britain's Got Talent stars Ant and Dec, who are aiming for their record-breaking...
Both stars, who were thrust into the limelight last year as the 11th incarnation of the Doctor and the quirky detective Sherlock Holmes respectively, have been nominated for best Drama Performance.
Philip Glenister also competes for the title, for his role in Ashes to Ashes, as does five times National Television Awards winner David Jason for A Touch of Frost.
Matt, 28, and 34-year-old Benedict's BBC1 dramas, Doctor Who and Sherlock, have also been shortlisted for best Drama, against rivals Shameless (Channel 4) and BBC1 school series Waterloo Road.
X Factor host Dermot O'Leary will be up for his first National Television Award for best Entertainment Presenter at the ceremony, which takes place later this month.
He will compete against Britain's Got Talent stars Ant and Dec, who are aiming for their record-breaking...
- 1/3/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Potentially interesting update on Robert Zemeckis courtesy of BleedingCool. While we've heard recently that the decision to shut down his animated studio ImageMovers Digital has made him re-consider to the live-action world with a new time travel project, we thought he was still supposed to be finishing up Mars Needs Mom! and Yellow Submarine, his new CGI take on the trippy Beatles movie. Well, on an episode of Paul O'Grady Live from the UK a few weeks ago, British actor David Tennant, who was auditioning for a role in it, spoke about how he doesn't "think it's happening any more. I think the film has gone away." The conversation starts when the host asks him if he got the part in Yellow Submarine that they were both auditioning for, and his response was a very pessimistic sounding: "I don't think it's happening any more. I think the film has gone away.
- 10/21/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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