TV Overnights: Chelsea v Man Utd scores 8m viewers for ITV1

ITV1’s coverage of the UEFA Champions League Live match between Chelsea and Manchester United scored a high of more than 8 million viewers last night.

The game, which saw Wayne Rooney provide the only goal, pulled in 6.4 million average viewers and a 27.1% audience share from 7.30pm onwards.

Over on BBC One, Waterloo Road attracted a decent 4.1 million average viewers during the pre-watershed slot, while Masterchef continued with 4.4 million average viewers in the 9pm to 10pm peak-hour.

At the same time, BBC Two’s The Crimson Petal and the White pulled in 2.1 million average viewers and a 8.5% share, while Channel 5’s popular NCIS settled on 1.9 million average viewers and a 7.7% share.

Jamie’s Dream School followed, picking up just over a million viewers and a 4.2% share for Channel 4 during the 9pm to 10pm slot.

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.