TV Overnights: Mistresses secures peak slot again

BBC One’s Mistresses won the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm for the second week running, with 3.7 million viewers and a 16.6% share. This was slightly down on last week’s 4 million viewers, and 18% share.

This was despite close competition from ITV1’s Police, Camera, Action, which attracted an audience of 3.6 million, and a 15.8% share – up on last week’s 3.3 million viewers and 14.5% share.

Elsewhere, Channel 4’s Undercover Boss and Five’s The Hotel  both secured just under 2.1 million viewers, with a 9.3% share and 9.1% share respectively.

BBC Two’s Victorian Pharmacy managed an audience of 1.9 million, and gained a share of 8.6%.

Earlier in the evening, ITV1 won the slot of 8pm to 9pm, with Emmerdale at 8pm (6.5 million viewers and 29.8% share) and Coronation Street at 8.30pm (7.2 million viewers and 30.9% share).

BBC One’s Eastenders, airing from 7.30pm to 8pm, won its slot with an average of 7.3 million viewers, and a 36.7% share.

BBC One achieved top ratings for most of the morning, with ITV1 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.