TV Overnights: Law & Order secures the peak-hour top spot

ITV1’s Law & Order: UK dominated the peak-hour ratings last night with a high of more than 6.1 million viewers.

The last episode of the series, which stars Bradley Walsh and Freema Agyeman, pulled in 5.5 million average viewers and a 22.6% audience share between 9pm and 10pm.

BBC One’s Cars, Cops and Criminals came next in the ratings war with 4.2 million viewers and a 17% average audience share, before Channel Five’s Paul Merton in Europe, which picked up 1.7 million viewers and a 7.2% share.

The penultimate Tower Block of Commons, meanwhile, pulled in 1.2 million viewers and a 4.9% share for Channel 4 between 9pm and 10pm.

At the same time, BBC Two’s second Generation Jihad secured a low 780,000 viewers and a 3.1% average audience share.

Earlier on in the evening, Monday night’s soap line-up stole the show.  BBC One’s Eastenders attracted 10.6 million peak viewers, while ITV1’s Coronation Street pulled in a even higher 10.9  million viewers.

BBC Two’s Winter Olympics coverage, meanwhile, secured 3 million peak viewers and a 11.1% average audience share between 6pm and 8pm.

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.