TV
'Fame Academy' ratings finally on the up
Published Thursday, Aug 14 2003, 16:58 BST | By Neil Wilkes
Fame Academy showed signs of making a ratings ascent last night, reaching a new series high and beating ITV.
The main show, screened over an hour from 8pm, drew an average of 3.9 million viewers and a 20.7% audience share, up 600,000 on last Wednesday.
An Only Fools and Horses repeat immediately after averaged 6.0 million viewers, providing a strong inheritance for the Fame Academy results show at 9.40pm. The 20-minute programme pulled in 5.5 million viewers and a 27.1% share, beating the first half of ITV1's Wednesday night movie Instinct, which had 4.9 million (24.0%).
Last week the reality show was blamed for BBC One's lowest weekly ratings share this year.
The main show, screened over an hour from 8pm, drew an average of 3.9 million viewers and a 20.7% audience share, up 600,000 on last Wednesday.
An Only Fools and Horses repeat immediately after averaged 6.0 million viewers, providing a strong inheritance for the Fame Academy results show at 9.40pm. The 20-minute programme pulled in 5.5 million viewers and a 27.1% share, beating the first half of ITV1's Wednesday night movie Instinct, which had 4.9 million (24.0%).
Last week the reality show was blamed for BBC One's lowest weekly ratings share this year.
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