ITV show becomes channel’s ‘most expensive flop in years’ after dismal ratings despite mega budget & big name host

ITV’s bid to turn former Doctor Who star David Tennant into one of its new faces has ended in one of its biggest ratings flops in years.

Genius Game, hosted by the former Time Lord actor, 54, cost more than £2.5million to make but viewing figures this week plunged to a paltry average of 739,000.

ITVDoctor Who star David Tennant’s ITV show Genius Game saw viewing figures plummet to 739,000[/caption]

It was thrashed by BBC One’s Race Across the World on Wednesday and beaten on Channel 4 by The Sun’s documentary...