《唐顿庄园》圣诞特辑英国收视率喜人 《唐顿庄园》第六季的最后一集在英国收视率低迷的圣诞夜的表现胜过其它剧集。它的完结篇取得收视率690万人次观看的好成绩，占ITV圣诞夜收视额的28.6%，估计它可能会取得1.7的更好收视。英国电视通常挤满了特价和观众最喜欢的圣诞节系列节目,但这是自2009年以来收视率最低的圣诞夜。观众推迟看当然是一个因素,也许还有一个原因是因为电影才是英国占据主要海外市场的主要力量，例如《星球大战：原力觉醒》。

　　BBC第一频道最高收视率的圣诞夜节目是《舞动奇迹》，于晚上6：15开始吸引了650万人次观看。《神秘博士》的特集于较早的晚上5：15开播，580万人次收看。紧接着的是与《名利场》针锋相对的BBC经典剧集《伦敦东区》，于晚上8：45播放，吸引了接近570万观众。(一整天下来,女王的圣诞致辞实际上是在BBC一台收视率最高的节目，在午后分别吸引了610万和130万观众在BBC、ITV收看。)

　　《唐顿庄园》的最后一季前八集有着固定的平均104万观众群。今年圣诞特辑收视率急剧上升，从去年的584万观众到如今最终季的880万观众群。

　　在我最后一次访问格兰瑟姆伯爵的时候执行制片人加雷斯·尼姆说,“我认为人们已经发现这一季的故事很紧凑，非常令人满意。我们实现了所有的期望。很多人觉得这是最好的一季。这是有益的。”第六季在美国1月3日开始播出。

　　'Downton Abbey' Christmas Special Wins UK Ratings Battle With Last-Ever Episode

　　The final episode of Downton Abbey‘s six-season run well outperformed the competition last night on what was an overall slow Christmas evening for UK TV viewing. Downton‘s farewell scored 6.9M viewers for a 28.6 share on ITV in the overnights; a figure that will see a big bump in L+7s. British television is generally packed with specials and favorite series on Christmas Day, but this was the lowest-rated December 25 since 2009. Delayed viewing is of course a factor, as perhaps, was cinema going in the country that is currently the leading overseas market for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

　　BBC One’s most watched Christmas Day program was Strictly Come Dancing at 6.5M viewers beginning at 6:15PM. Doctor Who‘s special episode aired early at 5:15PM, scoring 5.8M. Below that was long-running BBC soap EastEnders which went head-to-head with the Crawley family at 8:45PM, picking up 5.7M viewers. (On the whole day, the Queen’s Christmas message was actually the most-watched with 6.1M on BBC One and 1.3M on ITV in the mid-afternoon.)

　　Downton concluded its final season with an average 10.4M consolidated viewers over the first eight episodes. The Christmas episode this year was up sharply from last year‘s 5.84M viewers after the regular season’s finale went out on a two-year high with 8.8M and a 39 share.

　　Exec producer Gareth Neame recently told me of this last visit to the Grantham Estate, “I think people have found it very satisfying how stories have been tied up. We achieved all expectations. A lot of people feel it’s the best season ever. That’s rewarding.” Season 6 begins airing Stateside on January 3.

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（编辑：何莹莹）