TV Overnights: ITV1’s UEFA coverage scores a high of 4.5m

ITV1’s coverage of the UEFA Champions League live goalless draw between Chelsea and FC Copenhagen attracted a high of more than 4.5 million viewers at 9pm last night.

However, ITV1’s football wasn’t enough to bank the prime time ratings. BBC One dominated the Wednesday schedule with The Boat That Guy Built, Waterloo Road and Masterchef.

The third episode of The Boat That Guy Built pulled in 4.5 million viewers between 7.30pm and 8pm, before Waterloo Road picked up 5.4 million peak viewers in the 8pm to 9pm slot.

At 9pm, Masterchef lost the peak audience to ITV1 for fifteen minutes but regained the top spot from 9.15pm onwards with 5.4 million peak viewers and a 20.2% average audience share.

At the same time, ITV1’s football coverage achieved an average audience of 3.7 million viewers and a 16% share. Emmerdale secured ITV1’s highest ratings of the night – peaking with 6.9 million viewers at 7pm.

In the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot, BBC Two’s new Andrew Tait film Leaving Amish Paradise was a hit, winning more than 2.3 million peak viewers.

At the same time, Channel 5’s NCIS attracted over 2 million average viewers, while Jamie’s Drean School pulled in 1.3 million average viewers for Channel 4.

Overnight data is available each morning in mediatel.co.uk’s TV Database, with all BARB registered subscribers able to view reports for terrestrial networks and key multi-channel stations.