Christmas… logged!
Friday, January 1, 2010 by Graham Kibble-White
Was it "the best Christmas ever?"
As ever, OTT has written-up this year’s Christmas telly, for our big and bulky Festive Television section.
Obviously, with nine out of the 10 most watched Yuletide shows, BBC1 was yet again the ratings victor with strong showings in particular for EastEnders, The Royle Family and Doctor Who.
But how did the big day play out across all the terrestrial channels?
[Oh, and OTT's review of the year follows shortly...]
No mention of Five? I’m sure quite a few viewers would have been tempted away from the family films on the two main channels to watch 100 Greatest Christmas Moments, a reasonable way to pass a couple of hours. However, being quite a Five enthusiast, I would say this as I think the channel tries very hard to get a mainstream audience and is often very watchable.
Special mention for a totally cheapskate and awful Christmas schedule must go to ITV2. Who really wants to watch the same hour of X Factor highlights again and again or highlights of I’m A Celebrity, a show which is forgotten about a week after it finished.