TV Overnights: ITV1’s Homes From Hell secures the peak-hour

ITV1’s reality show Homes From Hell banked the 9pm to 10pm peak-hour top spot last night with a high of 3.5 million viewers.

The last in the series, which followed Brits in Rhodes as they tried to create their ultimate dream home, ended on a leading 3.2 million average viewers and a 14.6% share, despite competition from BBC One’s new documentary.

It Shouldn’t Happen at a Vets, which saw Panorama present an undercover report exposing one of Britain’s largest vets, pulled in 2.8 million average viewers and a 12.8% share during the hour-long slot.

BBC Two’s Victorian Pharmacy and Channel 4’s Undercover Boss, meanwhile, both attracted an equal 2.2 million average viewers and 10.1% share each.

By comparison, Five’s new Hotel Inspector series with Alex Polizzi picked up a lower 1.7 million average viewers and a 7.8% share between 9pm and 10pm.

Earlier on in the evening, the soaps dominated the pre-watershed slots. BBC One’s Eastenders held the peak audience between 7.30pm and 8pm with a high of more than 7.7 million viewers and a 36.4% average share.

However, ITV1’s Thursday night soap line-up helped it lead from 7pm to 10pm, with the exception of the 30 minute slot at 7.30pm.

Emmerdale‘s second episode peaked with 6.8 million viewers at 8.15pm, before Coronation Street pulled in a high of 7.4 million at 8.30pm.

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.