Peace is unlikely to wreck out between ITV and BBC in the latest Saturday scheduling warA slightly rickety glitterball makes for an unlikely weapon of mass disruption. But when Strictly reach Dancing returned to BBC1 final week it felt like ITV’s worst fears had reach true,the BBC1 dance show sticking a sequinned stiletto into The X Factor just two weekends into its high-profile revamp.
Strictly reach Dancing had an overnight audience of 8.7 million viewers against The X Factor’s 7.5 million in the Saturday night ratings battle. In the 20 minutes or so when the two were head-to-head, the BBC’s lead nearly tripled to around 3 million.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com