The line graph illustrates the figures in millions for the people watching Channel one news at four different times of the day: 1p.m, 6p.m, 9.30p.m and 11p.m, in the period of 12 months. Overall, it is clear that 6p.m was the time slot in which news program recieved the most views and 1 p.m is the least popular program. Furthermore, the most significant shifts in viewing figures for other time slots happened from May to September.
The figures for the viewerships of news at two time slots : 1p.m and 6.pm saw opposite trends over the course of one year. The number of audiences at 1 p.m slot was stable during the period (from 1.3 to 1.5 million) and, stayed at the lowest postion for the most of the year. In contrast, 6 p.m news witnessed erractic behaviour in the number of viewers. It started with 4.8 million daily viewers and finished at 3.2 million.
9.30 p.m slot was the second highest position and, reached a peak at 4 million viewers in May in 2010. However, its viewing figure plunged 3 million in August. It became the least viewed program. Conversely, the 11 p.m news was introducted in May and skyrocketed in the next three months, over took three other programs. From August onwards, the trends reversed. The figure for the audiences at 9.30 p.m quickly recovered to 3 million viewers and reclaimed the second place. Meanwhile, that of 11.pm time slot declined for the rest of the year, became the least again in December.