Overnights: Five’s CSI tops the ratings

Five’s long-running CSI:Miami series secured the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot last night with almost 4 million peak viewers.

The crime drama, which has performed consistently well for channel Five, attracted 3.7 million average viewers and a 18.1% audience share, putting it ahead of its rival terrestrial channels throughout the peak-hour.

At the same time, BBC One aired its own two-part crime drama – an episode from series seven of Waking the Dead, with Trevor Eve and Tara Fitzgerald.

The repeat pulled in a respectable 3.1 million average viewers and a 15.1% audience share, slightly above ITV1’s penultimate Ladette to Lady, which attracted just over 3 million viewers and a 14.7% share.

Elsewhere, BBC Two’s new one-off documentary, The Conspiracy Files: 7/7, which looked at conspiracy theories surrounding the London bombings ahead of the fourth anniversary of the attacks, picked up 1.4 million viewers and a 6.7% average share.

Meanwhile, Channel 4’s Dispatches: Terror in Mumbai failed to impress with just 754,000 viewers and a low 3.6% average share during the 9pm to 10pm peak-hour.

Earlier on in the evening, the soaps attracted lower-than-usual ratings, however, ITV1’s Emmerdale did manage to beat its BBC One rival to the top spot with a high of 5.8 million viewers compared to Eastenders‘ 5.6 million peak.

BBC One’s afternoon Wimbledon coverage, meanwhile, pulled in almost 2 million average viewers and a fairly impressive 23.1% audience share between 1.45pm and 6pm.

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.