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Richard and Judy hit new low

Richard and Judy's multichannel talkshow fell to its lowest audience yet with a total audience of just 20,000 (0.1%) watching the peaktime show.

The hour-long programme, Richard and Judy's New Position, struggled to hit a peak of 23,000 (0.11%) for UKTV-owned broadcaster Watch at the half way point.

The entire audience of the Cactus TV-produced show viewed the programme on the main Watch channel, with the audience for the timeshifted +1 option failing to register with audience research body Barb.

When the show first launched on the new entertainment channel on 7 October, the show picked up a total audience of 149,000 (0.8%) in the same slot. The programme has seen its audience dwindle since then and has failed to break back above the 70,000 mark. Since its launch it has averaged 47,000 (0.23%).

The show's previous low was on 31 October when 23,000 (0.12%) watched in the regular 8pm slot.

UKTV Gold+1, which previously occupied the Watch EPG slot, averaged 49,000 viewers in the same time period this year.

The latter half of Richard and Judy was up against BBC3's new sitcom Clone at 8.30pm which pulled in a decent 329,000 (1.5%) for half an hour. The show was up on the channel's slot average of 265,000 (1.3%).

Sky 1, which like Watch doesn't have a presence on Freeview, aired an episode of animated series Futurama at 8.30pm and gained 223,000 (1%).

ITV2 found the going fairly tough at 8pm with its movie The Flintstones on just 172,000 (0.8%) and the film gained another 108,000 on ITV2+1. The entertainment channel was in a much stronger position at 10pm with I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here Now! with 549,000 (3.5%) and 44,000 watching on ITV2+1.

BBC4's gameshow Only Connect at 8.30pm took 147,000 (0.7%) which was followed by The Department Store at 9pm with 338,000 (1.6%).

Source: Boardcast Now