TV ratings: Don't Stop Believing ends with under 1m

Channel 5's Glee-inspired talent show Don't Stop Believing finished with fewer than 1 million viewers, beaten by a James Bond repeat on ITV1 but ahead of Channel 4's V Festival coverage yesterday, Sunday 22 August. Don't Stop Believing, which began with 1.458 million viewers five weeks ago, ended its six-part run with an average of 844,000 viewers, a 5% share, between 5.30pm and 7pm. Channel 4's coverage of the V Festival had 410,000 viewers, a 2.6% share, between 5.30pm and 6.30pm. Another 93,000 (0.5%) watched an hour later on Channel 4 +1. ITV1/ITV1 HD's 1977 Roger Moore Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me, had 2.007 million viewers, 13.9% of the audience, between 4.15pm and 6.35pm. BBC1's Great British Railway Journeys repeat had 2.993 million viewers, an 18.2% share, between 6pm and 6.30pm, while BBC2's Home Movie Roadshow, first shown last Friday, had 727,000 viewers, a 4.2% share. Five main terrestrial analogue networks BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel Five (available in all UK homes with TV, except Channel 5, which reaches about 95%) BBC1 9pm: Secret Britain - 5.262 million/21.5% BBC2 9pm: Vexed - 1.811 million/7.4%, BBC HD 103,000/0.4% ITV1/ITV1 HD 9pm: Martin Clunes - Horsepower (new series) - 4.479 million/18.3% Channel 4 9pm: Big Brother - 2.228 million/9.1%, C4+1 - 470,000/2.5% Channel 5 8pm: Terminator : Rise of the Machines (film rpt) - 1,839 million/7.7% Freeview/digital terrestrial TV free-to-air networks Available in 23.4m UK homes – 91.4% of total – as of 31/12/09. Source: Ofcom digital progress report, Q4 2009 ITV2 6.30pm: The X Factor (rpt) - 972,000/5% BBC3 9pm: Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum - 536,000/2.2% BBC4 10pm: Wonderful Town (film) - 82,000/0.5% Cable and satellite pay-TV networks Available in 12.4m UK homes – 48.2% of total – as of 31/12/09. Source: Ofcom digital progress report, Q4 2009 Sky1 7pm: Must Be The Music - 330,000/1.6% All ratings are Barb overnight figures, including live and same day timeshifted (recorded) viewing, but excluding on demand, HD, +1 or other – unless otherwise stated • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email [email protected] or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. • If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".