TV ratings 15-12-2019

5m viewers tuned into BBC 1 to see Ben Stokes star player of England's Cricket World winning team take home the 2019 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. Whereas on ITV 1.7m viewers watched the final of X-Factor: The Bands. This contrasts with 2011 when BBC SPOTY was moved from it's traditional Sunday home in order to avoid a clash with that year's X-Factor Final. .The future of X-Factor has been much debated with it's position of ratings titan very much downgraded.