'Big Fat Gypsy Weddings' beats 'Prisoners' Wives' in 9pm hour

'Big Fat Gypsy Weddings' beats 'Prisoners' Wives' in 9pm hour

Big Fat Gypsy Weddings recovered from last week's dip by winning the 9pm hour last night, according to overnight data.

The Channel 4 programme, which suffered against the Brit Awards seven days earlier, attracted 4.22m (17.6%) beating Prisoners' Wives (4.05m/169%).

Gypsy Weddings took an extra 948k (5.6%) on timeshift, once again ending up as the most-watched multichannel show of the night.

Elsewhere on Channel 4, Supersize v Superskinny drew 2.31m (10.3%) from 8pm and Shameless continued with 1.65m (9.9%) in the 10pm hour.

Without the Brit Awards, ITV1 once again struggled on Tuesday night with The Exit List and The Biggest Loser taking 1.55m (6.9%) and 2.21m (9.3%) respectively. A further 168k (1%) caught The Biggest Loser on +1.

Meanwhile, BBC Two aired Alex Polizzi: The Fixer (2.17m/9.6%) and Horizon (2.9m/12.1%).

On Channel 5, Body of Proof's penultimate episode of season one grabbed 1.43m (6%) from 9pm and an instalment of The True Story at 8pm averaged 1.14m (5.1%).

Overall, BBC One convincingly won primetime with 22.8%. ITV1 came second with 11.8% (+1: 0.5%), though Channel 4's 10.7% was backed up by a considerably stronger timeshift rating of 1.7%.

BBC Two had 9% and Channel 5 ended up with 4.7%.

On ITV2, a new Vampire Diaries episode drew 389k (1.6%) from 9pm and an additional 115k (0.7%) on +1.

Meat Loaf on 'Glee': 'I'll never put it down'

Meat Loaf on 'Glee': 'I'll never put it down'

Meat Loaf has said that he would never disrespect Glee.

The singer told that despite not even watching the 2010 Rocky Horror episode in which he starred, he had no problem with the show reinterpreting songs from the past.

"I don't think anything of it, if people like it and they enjoy it," he said. "They have viewers and the people who watch it really love it.

"To me anything is viable. I don't like all kinds of music but that doesn't mean it's not viable. I'm never going to put it down. Was I a fan of disco? Not particularly. But that didn't mean I wouldn't be respectful to the artist."

Meat Loaf continued: "Would I buy a Picasso? No, I don't like that, I'm into impressionistic art. But people love Picasso. What am I gonna do, cut him up?

"Everybody likes something different and that's what makes the world different and go around."

He added of his own career: "At least I've never been mediocre. People either love me or they hate me. And that's fine. I'd rather be to the extreme because that's the kind of artist I am."

Adam Lambert, Chris Daughtry to perform on 'American Idol'

Adam Lambert, Chris Daughtry to perform on 'American Idol'

Adam Lambert and Chris Daughtry will perform on a special edition of American Idol next month.

American Idol's March 15 instalment will feature former contestants returning to the series to promote their latest albums, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Lambert and Daughtry will be joined by season 10 rocker James Durbin and country music sensation Lauren Alaina, who finished as runner-up in 2011.

Daughtry will unveil his new single 'Outta My Head', which features on his US top ten album Break The Spell.

Last night's American Idol episode saw the Top 13 boys perform on the first live show of the season. The girls will get their chance to shine on tonight's show.

American Idol continues tonight (Wednesday) at 8/7c on Fox

'Strictly' Craig Revel Horwood: 'Alesha Dixon was not very BBC'

'Strictly' Craig Revel Horwood: 'Alesha Dixon was not very BBC'

Strictly Come Dancing's Craig Revel Horwood has mocked his former co-star Alesha Dixon following her defection to ITV1's Britain's Got Talent, claiming that the popstar was "not very BBC One".

Dixon announced at the start of the year that she was quitting Strictly for a spot alongside Simon Cowell on a revamped Got Talent.

Horwood confessed that he had no idea Dixon was leaving the series, but joked that her drunken behaviour on Alan Carr's chatshow should have been an indicator that she was exiting the BBC.

"We did Alan Carr's Chatty Man together. Bruno [Tonioli], Alesha and I did it. She got absolutely hammered on the show and was drinking out of the bottle," said Horwood.

"I was like, 'This is not very BBC One, darling!' And I was right - it was more ITV behaviour! Setting it all up. Getting lower to the gutter."

Horwood, who was speaking at the launch of BBC Two classical music series Maestro, revealed that he had given suggestions for a replacement judge, but said that ultimately the BBC would make the decision.

"It would be interesting if we did get casting approval, but sadly, we don't. I'm just a pawn in the chess game and I'm waiting for the queen to be cast," he said.

Horwood did confirm that he would be back for the next series of the ballroom reality show, adding: "I'm not going anywhere."

'Geordie Shore' Vicky defends Ricci over brawl: 'He didn't start it'

'Geordie Shore' Vicky defends Ricci over brawl: 'He didn't start it'

Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison has defended boyfriend and co-star Ricci Guarnaccio's aggressive behaviour on last night's show.

The latest edition of the MTV series concluded with Guarnaccio throwing a glass and launching himself at fellow cast member Gary Beadle in an apparently unprovoked attack.

However, Pattison has since claimed on Twitter that footage of the clash was edited to portray her partner in a negative light.

"Unfortunately it seems as though they have chosen nt2 show what the argument was over on lnyts show," she wrote. "Shame but not surprising! #teamricci

"Oh and another thing.. No matter how it was edited, ricci did not start it and it was not just because he was drunk.. #morethanmeetstheeye."

Pattison also denied that she was still with her previous boyfriend when she started dating Guarnaccio, as last night's Geordie Shore suggested.

"I had broken up with dan ages before lastnights episode," she insisted. "But again with careful editing I'm being made to look like sumthin I'm nt.."

The couple are known to have fought during filming of Geordie Shore's online spinoff in January, with Pattinson apparently throwing Guarnaccio's clothes out of their hotel window afterwards.

Geordie Shore continues Tuesday (March 6) at 10pm on MTV.

Matthew Morrison 'feels trapped' on 'Glee': 'I can't get out of it'

Matthew Morrison 'feels trapped' on 'Glee': 'I can't get out of it'

Glee star Matthew Morrison has reportedly said that he is "frustrated" about being "trapped" on the show for another four seasons.

The actor and singer admitted that he had no idea about the scale of the Fox programme, or the limitations it would impose on his career, when he signed up to play Will Schuester.

"It's not ending any time soon," The Mirror quotes him as saying. "Once they have you, they trap you. I'm tied in to seven years - I signed up to seven years and I cannot get out of it.

"I have a really good lawyer but there's nothing we can do - I've had offers recently for a few really cool movies but had to turn them down. It's so frustrating.

"None of us realised when we signed up it'd turn into this - we thought it was just a show about kids singing and dancing... I literally cannot get out of it. It's a great show, it provided me with my big break, but what can I do?"

Morrison released his self-titled debut album last year and has signed to Adam Levine's label 222 Records for his new LP.

He will appear alongside the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz and Cheryl Cole in What To Expect When You're Expecting, released on May 18 in the US and May 23 in the UK.

Glee airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Fox in the US and Thursdays at 9pm on Sky1 in the UK.

'Harry Potter', 'Hugo', 'Breaking Bad' lead Saturn Award nominations

'Harry Potter', 'Hugo', 'Breaking Bad' lead Saturn Award nominations

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 and Hugo have led the nominations for the 2012 Saturn Awards.

The movies are competing in a total of ten categories, including 'Best Fantasy Film', where they are up against Immortals, Thor, The Muppets and Midnight In Paris.

Super 8 - which will face Captain America: The First Avenger, Limitless, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and X-Men: First Class for 'Best Science Fiction Film' - is next with eight nominations.

Fast Five, The Lincoln Lawyer, Red Tails, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Brad Bird's Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and Steven Spielberg's War Horse are up for 'Best Action/Adventure Film'.

Spielberg and Bird will go head to head with Martin Scorsese (Hugo), JJ Abrams (Super 8) Rupert Wyatt (Apes) and David Yates (Harry Potter) for 'Best Director'.

Scorsese will also receive the George Pal Memorial Award "for his brilliant ode to the triumphant spirit of early cinema in Hugo".

In the television categories, AMC's Breaking Bad is the frontrunner with six nominations, while American Horror Story received five.

Torchwood: Miracle Day, Fringe, Game of Thrones, The Killing, Dexter and Leverage all have four nominations.

The Saturn Awards, voted for by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, will be handed out at a ceremony in Burbank on June 20.