Tuesday night saw the UK’s football-mad population gather around their TVs in the vain hope that Roy Hodgson’s England team would bow out of the FIFA World Cup 2014 tournament in a heroic blaze of glory.
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Monday night brought two major clashes to UK screens, with one battle involving two soap rivals, while the later face-off was more of the traditional FIFA World Cup 2014 sort.
Even this year’s most hyped sporting event struggled to keep people out of the glorious summer sunshine.
Wednesday night brought a devastating outcome to World Cup holders Spain as they were sent crashing out of the competition in a shocking 2-0 defeat.
Tuesday night saw a young Inspector Morse tasked with bolstering ITV’s defences as BBC One held on to the audience magnet with coverage of FIFA World Cup 2014 for the third night in a row.
Monday night once again brought a bevy of FIFA World Cup 2014 action but only one singular game managed to make any kind of impact as the nation’s three favourite soaps managed to outperform the footballing frenzy.
With the weekend schedule cluttered with FIFA World Cup 2014 action, it was no surprise to see the much awaited début of the England team come out on top, even if the squad didn’t actually manage to defeat Italy.
The four hour event pulled in an average audience of 8.1 million viewers, with just over 2 million of these enjoying the opening celebration and the intense game in HD.
Wednesday night saw ITV air what could very possibly be the final episode of Law & Order: UK (ITV, 9pm) as the broadcaster last week announced that the show was to ‘rest’ following lead actor Bradley Walsh’s departure.
An audience of 1.2 million viewers decided to spend their Tuesday night in the company of the stress spreaders, resulting in a 6% share.