Uri's Hungarian show

The Successor beats Harry Potter in the ratings war

2007-07-03 2:29

The premiere of Uri Geller’s The Successor delivered strong ratings for TV2 in Hungary, outperforming the channel’s average share by almost 30 percent.

The local version of the show, which originated in Israel, is called A kiválasztott. According to the show’s distributor, SevenOne International, the premiere episode topped all of its competition, including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on RTL Klub. The episode nabbed a 30.8-percent share of the 18-to-49 set and a 32.6-percent share of 18- to 49-year-old males.

— By Mansha Daswani