Editing U&Dave (section)

==Reception==
Within just one month of its launch, Dave was the tenth most viewed [[television channel]] in the UK. In November 2007, the broadcaster listed daily viewing averages at around 3 million viewers, although, much of the growth was attributed to its presence on [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]; nonetheless, it was performing significantly better in pay TV homes than UKTV G2. Over the month since its launch, Dave averaged a 1.32% share in multichannel homes and a 3.2% share in the 16–34 male demographic.<ref name="ds_novreception">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a80331/uktv-celebrates-daves-growth.html |title=UKTV celebrates Dave's growth |date=21 November 2007 |first=James |last=Welsh |publisher=Digital Spy |access-date=12 January 2008 }}</ref>

Dave received 4 million viewers throughout 18 November 2007 for its coverage of "Car of the Year", pushing it to second place in multichannel behind [[ITV2]].<ref name="ds_novreception"/>

The first episode of ''[[Red Dwarf: Back to Earth]]'' attracted 2,060,000 viewers on the first viewing,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a152469/new-red-dwarf-pulls-in-over-2-million.html?rss |title=Television&nbsp;– News&nbsp;– New 'Red Dwarf' pulls in over 2 million |date=11 April 2009 |publisher=Digital Spy |access-date=11 April 2009}}</ref> though over 4 million viewed the episode at some point over its debut weekend.<ref name="reddwarf1"/> The highest rating original commission before this had been ''[[Red Bull X-Fighters]]'' (about 185,000).