Given Piers is boasting about getting “DOUBLE” the ratings of Sky News last night – it appears he now once again believes conventional ratings matter – Guido did his due diligence and checked the BARB figures. In fairness to Piers, Uncensored got 55,600 viewers last night across the hour, with Sky managing 29,500 from 7-7:30 pm, before dropping to 26,600 in the second half of the slot. Well done Piers.
What Piers forgot to mention is he was beaten by GB News, again. Mark Steyn got 64,500 viewers in the same slot, with Farage storming to the front of the pack again with 105,700 an hour earlier. Farage also topped the BBC, which managed 84,900 in his slot…
Patrick Christys, covering for Dan Wootton, got 49,000, virtually neck-and-neck with Beth Rigby’s new show at 50,800. Tom Newton Dunn, meanwhile, entertained his loyal fan club of 4,600…
Sooner or later, every broadcaster has a marmalade-dropper live on air. For Patrick Christys, it came this morning, when Britain’s Got Talent star Francine Lewis appeared on GB News to discuss how she lost £90,000 to con artists. The interview was going smoothly enough until the last few minutes, when Lewis dropped the bombshell allegation that she’d caught her husband cheating last night:
“There’s so many scams going on all the time, but you know what’s ironic? I stuck with my husband through this whole thing, and last night I found out he was cheating on me with his best friend’s girlfriend…”
Watch as Christys practically scoops his jaw off the floor in possibly the most hysterical moment in GB News history…
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GB News viewers may have noticed the on-screen talent have made a few sartorial improvements since the turn of the year, with Tom Harwood even – for the first time ever – wearing a tie to present his show each morning. Guido learns this isn’t a personal wardrobe choice, with bosses telling hosts it’s time to “smarten up” for the new year, so ties and top buttons are now mandatory. Still, it’s not all bad news for Tom et al. – yesterday Guido revealed they’ve overtaken LBC in YouTube subscribers…
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