E4 share of viewing BARB figures

E4 is a British digital television channel launched as a pay-tv companion to Channel 4 on 18 January 2001. The "E" stands for entertainment, and the channel is mainly aimed at the lucrative 16 - 35 age group. Programming includes US imports such as Friends, ER, The O.C., Smallville, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Desperate Housewives, One Tree Hill, Scrubs, Ghost Whisperer, and British dramas such as Shameless and Skins plus lots of home-grown chat and reality shows. Some of the imports, e.g. The OC, Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives, are screened on E4 up to 168 hours (1 week) ahead of their Channel 4 broadcasts. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (985x966, 46 KB) E4s current logo - remade from raster into vector. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ... More4 is a digital television channel produced by United Kingdom broadcaster Channel 4 that launched on October 10th 2005. ... Film4 is a free British digital television channel, owned and operated by Channel 4, which screens high-quality films. ... Freeviews retro logo Freeview is a brand name, owned by DTV Services Ltd. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Virgin Media Inc. ... UPC Ireland N.V. is Liberty Global Europes operation in Ireland. ... Tiscali TV is a UK-based consumer Video on Demand service. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 22 KB, MIME type: image/png) E4 share of viewing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 22 KB, MIME type: image/png) E4 share of viewing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... ER is a long-running, award winning American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ... The O.C. was an American teen drama television series that originally aired on FOX in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. ... Smallville is an American television series that follows the adventures of a young Clark Kent (Tom Welling), as a teenager living in Smallville, Kansas, during the years before he becomes Superman. ... This article is about the TV series. ... Six Feet Under is an American television drama created by Alan Ball that was originally broadcast from 2001 to 2005. ... Desperate Housewives is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, that began airing on October 3, 2004 on ABC. It is the most popular show in its demographic worldwide, with an audience of approximately 119 million viewers. ... One Tree Hill is an American teen television drama. ... Scrubs is an American sitcom that premiered on October 2, 2001, on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence, who also co-created Spin City. ... Ghost Whisperer is an American television drama-fantasy-thriller about a young woman who can communicate with the spirits of the dead. ... Shameless is an offbeat British comedic drama television series set in the fictional Chatsworth Estate in Manchester, England. ... Skins is a British teen drama from Company Pictures which premiered on E4 on 25 January 2007. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The O.C. ( stands for Orange County) is an American television drama/soap opera program broadcast on the Fox Network. ... Ugly Betty is a Golden Globe and Peabody Award winning American television dramedy series starring America Ferrera, Vanessa Williams, and Eric Mabius. ... Desperate Housewives is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, that began airing on October 3, 2004 on ABC. It is the most popular show in its demographic worldwide, with an audience of approximately 119 million viewers. ...

Every year, whilst the Big Brother reality show airs, E4 devotes much of its schedule to Big Brother programming such as live coverage from inside the house and interactive features that give access to additional camera angles, although this feature has now been discontinued. The channel also allows Big Brother voting options and Big Brother "catch up" shows (i.e., repeats). Big Brother coverage is among the highest rating programming on the channel, and comes at a time when most of the year's American imports have ended. Big Brother is a reality television series broadcast on Channel 4, and S4C in Wales, in which a number of contestants live in isolation from the outside world in a custom built house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ...

E4 has become somewhat notorious for is strange promotion campaigns, narrated by the infamous ‘voice of E4’, the late Patrick Allen. Since Allen's death in 2006, the similar voice of Peter Dickson has been used. Trailers often make use of dry humour and phrases which at first, do not appear to make any sense. Past examples include: Promotion may mean: Promotion (chess), a term used in the game of chess Promotion (marketing), a marketing term Promotion (rank), an increase in position in a hierarchy Promotion (academic), German academic degree that is roughly equivalent to the Ph. ... As Captain Collier in Night Creatures (1962), Allen doffs his hat to the late Captain Clegg John Keith Patrick Allen (March 17, 1927 - July 28, 2006) was a British actor and voice actor. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Peter Dickson is a British radio presenter, television announcer and voice over artist who rose to prominence in the 1990s. ...

• “Big shiny films in your dinky little home!”
• “In 1884 we invented music telly. We just didn't bother telling anybody.”
• “The bestest stuff that’s better than any other stuff.”
• “Second chance Sunday — not just a bunch of repeats, honest.”
• “It's funnier than a cat in a bomber jacket!”

The adverts sometimes also repeat words in which the character of the show in which the advert is for has said. Such as, in an advertisement for Ugly Betty, the advert includes one character asking Betty "Why are you crying in the bathroom?". The narrator then replies, "Why is Betty crying in the bathroom?" Films advertised are usually gently ridiculed, such as with the voice of E4 telling viewers they "probably will" guess the ending of She's All That, naming actress Kim Cattrall as "That slaggy one from Sex and the City" when advertising an old film she was in. There is also quite heavy use of British words which have generally fallen out of circulation, such as ‘ruddy’ and ‘gaff’. They send up their own Friends-filled schedule, and play on the fact that many of their shows are repeated. On one occasion when a playout-error caused part of an episode of Desperate Housewives to be repeated, the announcer said, "I know we repeat ourselves a lot on E4 but that was of course a technical fault. Hopefully we'll have it fixed by the time it's repeated on Sunday."[2] More recently, the annoying "Next" DOG which ruins the end of programmes on the channel parodies the schedule with phrases such as "Next: The One with Jennifer Aniston", referring to an episode of Friends. Ugly Betty is a Golden Globe and Peabody Award winning American television dramedy series starring America Ferrera, Vanessa Williams, and Eric Mabius. ... Shes All That is a 1999 romantic comedy film, directed by Robert Iscove, and is a modern remake of George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion (which was also the basis for the musical comedy My Fair Lady starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews). ... Kim Victoria Cattrall (born August 21, 1956 in Widnes, England) is an Anglo-Canadian actress. ... Sex and the City is a popular American cable television program. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domestic subspecies of the wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. ...

On 16 December 2004, Channel 4 announced that it would move the subscription channel to digital terrestrial television. It was a part of the Top Up TV subscription scheme until 27 May 2005, when the channel joined Freeview and became free-to-air. This decision was made in the hope of attracting a larger audience and increasing advertising revenue. December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Top Up TV is a British television company registered on the island of Jersey, that offers subscription television services via digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom. ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Free-to-air is a phrase used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are available without subscription and without decryption (pay-TV). ...

In May 2005, E4 began to air "First Look", offering viewers the opportunity to watch an episode of popular programmes, such as Hollyoaks, and drama series, such as Lost and Invasion, in advance of their airdate on Channel 4. The 1998 Hollyoaks cast. ... Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning serial drama television series that follows the lives of a group of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, somewhere in the South Pacific. ... Invasion was an American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for one season beginning in September 2005. ...

In August 2005, E4 became a 24 hour channel with the introduction of E4 Music. It airs from 6am each morning (7am on E4+1) except if Big Brother or other reality shows are in progress.

In October 2005, More4 was unveiled alongside E4 to complement Channel 4's digital channels. The West Wing has since been moved exclusively to More4. More4 is a digital television channel produced by United Kingdom broadcaster Channel 4 that launched on October 10th 2005. ... The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast from 1999 to 2006. ...

E4 launched a dedicated Republic of Ireland service in June 2002 and the channel has become the second largest viewed non-terrestrial channel in Ireland next to Sky One, with a 1.1% market share [3]. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

In 2006, E4 sponsored the E4 UdderBELLY venue (part of Underbelly) at the Edinburgh Fringe. The venue took the form of a giant upside cow in the purple colour of E4's logo. Underbelly is a company that operates a series of four venues at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. ... A street performer on the Royal Mile, with volunteer (2004). ...

Some Programmes Shown On E4

• Desperate Housewives
• ER
• Friends
• Hollyoaks
• Miss Match
• One Tree Hill
• Scrubs
• Sex In Court
• Shameless
• Smallville
• The O.C.
• The Sopranos
• The War At Home
• Ugly Betty
• Wife Swap
• Skins

Desperate Housewives is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, that began airing on October 3, 2004 on ABC. It is the most popular show in its demographic worldwide, with an audience of approximately 119 million viewers. ... ER is a long-running, award winning American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... The 1998 Hollyoaks cast. ... Miss Match was a 2003 American television series produced by Twentieth Century Fox, Darren Star Productions and Imagine Entertainment. ... One Tree Hill is an American teen television drama. ... Scrubs is an Emmy Award and Peabody award-winning American situation comedy that premiered on October 2, 2001 on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence, who also co-created Spin City. ... Sex In Court is a British factual entertainment series which premiered on E4 on March 29, 2007. ... Shameless is an offbeat British comedic drama television series set in the fictional Chatsworth Estate in Manchester, England. ... Smallville is an American television series that follows the adventures of a young Clark Kent (Tom Welling), as a teenager living in Smallville, Kansas, during the years before he becomes Superman. ... The O.C. was an American teen drama television series that originally aired on FOX in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. ... This article is about the TV series. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ugly Betty is a Golden Globe and Peabody Award winning American television dramedy series starring America Ferrera, Vanessa Williams, and Eric Mabius. ... Wife Swap is a reality television program, produced by UK independent TV production company RDF Media. ... Skins is a British teen drama from Company Pictures which premiered on E4 on 25 January 2007. ...

External links

• E4 at channel4.com
• E4.com official site

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UK TV viewing figures

BBC One share 1992-2007 BARB, the Broadcasters Audience Research Board, is the organisation that compiles television ratings in the UK. It was created to replace a previous system, where the BBC and ITV companies compiled their own ratings. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 44 KB, MIME type: image/png) BBC One share of viewing 1992-2007 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... BBC One (styled BBC1 until 1997) is the most watched domestic channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ...	BBC Two share 1992-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 36 KB, MIME type: image/png) BBC Two share of viewing 1992-2007, BARB figures I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...	BBC Three share 2003-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 20 KB, MIME type: image/png) BBC Three viewing figures since launch I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... BBC Three, the successor to the similar BBC Choice, is a British television channel from the BBC broadcasting only on digital cable, terrestrial and satellite. ...	BBC Four share 2002-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 18 KB, MIME type: image/png) BBC Four viewing share since launch I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... BBC Four Ident BBC Four is a BBC television channel available to digital television (Freeview, satellite and cable) viewers in the UK. The successor to an earlier digital channel called BBC Knowledge, BBC Four began on March 2, 2002 – its first evenings programmes being simulcast on BBC Two. ...
ITV1 share 1992-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 44 KB, MIME type: image/png) ITV1 share of viewing 1992-2007 from BARB figures I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ...	ITV2 share 2000-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 24 KB, MIME type: image/png) ITV 2 share of viewing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... ITV2 is a free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. ...	ITV3 share 2004-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 18 KB, MIME type: image/png) ITV 3 share of viewing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... ITV3 is an entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. ...	ITV4 share 2005-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 17 KB, MIME type: image/png) ITV 4 share of viewing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... ITV4 is a UK television station which launched on November 1, 2005. ...
Channel 4 share 1992-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 35 KB, MIME type: image/png) Channel 4 share of viewing 1992-2007 based on BARB figures I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ...	E4 share 2001-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 22 KB, MIME type: image/png) E4 share of viewing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...	Film4 share 1998-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 17 KB, MIME type: image/png) Film4 share of viewing. ... Film4 is a free British digital television channel, owned and operated by Channel 4, which screens high-quality films. ...	More4 share 2005-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 16 KB, MIME type: image/png) More4 share of viewing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... More4 is a digital television channel produced by United Kingdom broadcaster Channel 4 that launched on October 10th 2005. ...
Five share 1997-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 26 KB, MIME type: image/png) five share of viewing since launch 1997-2007 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Launched in 1997, five is the fifth and final national terrestrial analogue television channel to launch in the United Kingdom. ...	UKTV Gold share 1992-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 31 KB, MIME type: image/png) UKTV Gold share of viewing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... UKTV Gold, (previously known as UK Gold until March 8, 2004), is a British television channel that shows mainly classic BBC entertainment programmes. ...	UKTV History share 2002-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 19 KB, MIME type: image/png) UKTV History viewing figures I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... UKTV History, known as UK History until 8 March 2004, is a British television channel, launched on 30 October 2002, to coincide with the launch of the Freeview digital terrestrial television platform. ...	BSkyB share 1995-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 34 KB, MIME type: image/png) BSkyB total viewing figures 1995-2007 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Sky One share 1992-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 34 KB, MIME type: image/png) Sky One share of viewing 1992-2007 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...	Sky Three share 2005-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 16 KB, MIME type: image/png) Sky Three share of viewing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Sky Three is a television station for the UK from BSkyB, designed to accompany their existing Sky One and Sky Two (formerly known as Sky Mix) subscription channels. ...	Sky Movies share 2000-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 26 KB, MIME type: image/png) All Sky Movies share of viewing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Sky Movies is the collective name for the British premium subscription television movie channels operated by Sky Television, later British Sky Broadcasting. ...	Sky Sports share 2000-2007 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 27 KB, MIME type: image/png) Sky Sports viewing figures I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ...