TV Overnights: BBC One’s Mistresses wins the top spot

BBC One’s Mistresses won the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm last night, with the first episode of series three securing over 4 million viewers, and a 18% share.

ITV1 provided competition with Police, Camera, Action, attracting an audience of 3.3 million viewers, and a 14.5% share.

Meanwhile, BBC Two’s Victorian Pharmacy secured just over 2 million viewers and a 8.9% share, and Five’s The Hotel Inspector achieved an audience of almost 1.8 million and a share of 7.8%.

Channel 4’s Undercover Boss attracted an average viewing figure of 1.7 million viewers and a share of 7.6%

Earlier in the evening, ITV1 won the slot of 8pm to 9pm, with Emmerdale at 8pm (6.1 million viewers and 28% share) and Coronation Street at 8.30pm (6.8 million viewers and 29.6% share).

BBC One’s Eastenders, airing from 7.30pm to 8pm, won its slot with an average of over 8 million viewers, and a 39.3% share.

BBC One achieved top ratings for most of the morning, with ITV1 and BBC Two taking over in the afternoon as usual.

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.