Heroes Returns With 3.5m

Sci-fi smash hit Heroes returned to BBC Two last night, with a peak audience of 3.5 million adults tuning in to see how the gang will save this world this time around.

The show had a 16.5% share of the audience in its 9pm slot, although this was not enough to beat Crimewatch on BBC One at the same time, which had a peak of 5.2 million adults (a 25.1% share).

Over on ITV1 at 9pm was Britain’s Rich List, giving a run down of the country’s wealthiest people.

It picked up a peak of 2.9 million adults, a 14.1% share of the audience, and an average of 2.6 million stuck with it for its hour running time.

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, ITV2 and Sky One.

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