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'Superstars' suffers drop in stamina
Published Friday, Oct 24 2003, 12:06 BST | By Neil Wilkes
The BBC's resurrected celebrity challenge series Superstars lost over half a million viewers last night.
Episode two in the new series - fronted by Johnny Vaughan and Suzi Perry - averaged 5.5 million viewers and a 23.1% audience share over an hour from 8pm last night, down by 600,000 on last week's solid opener.
By comparison The Bill, shown in the same timeslot on ITV1, was up from 6.9 million last week to 7.8 million and a 33.0% share.
Another of the BBC's physical challenge shows - Hunting Chris Ryan - suffered in the ratings last night, attracting just 4.5 million (20.3%) from 9pm. ITV1's medical drama Sweet Medicine won comfortably with 5.6 million (24.9%).
Overall, ITV1 was narrowly ahead during primetime with an average share of 28.0% against BBC One's 27.5%.
Episode two in the new series - fronted by Johnny Vaughan and Suzi Perry - averaged 5.5 million viewers and a 23.1% audience share over an hour from 8pm last night, down by 600,000 on last week's solid opener.
By comparison The Bill, shown in the same timeslot on ITV1, was up from 6.9 million last week to 7.8 million and a 33.0% share.
Another of the BBC's physical challenge shows - Hunting Chris Ryan - suffered in the ratings last night, attracting just 4.5 million (20.3%) from 9pm. ITV1's medical drama Sweet Medicine won comfortably with 5.6 million (24.9%).
Overall, ITV1 was narrowly ahead during primetime with an average share of 28.0% against BBC One's 27.5%.
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