TV Overnights: Penultimate Monroe wins 5m viewers

The penultimate episode of ITV1’s latest prime time drama Monroe peaked with almost 5 million viewers during last night’s 9pm to 10pm slot.

The drama attracted more than 4.4 million average viewers and a 19.4% audience share to claim the all-important peak-hour ratings.

BBC One’s Crimewatch came next in line with 4.1 million peak viewers and a 17.3% average share, followed by BBC Two’s Neil Morrissey series, which pulled in a high of 2 million viewers.

On Channel 4, Love Thy Neighbour achieved an average audience of just 918,000 viewers and a 4% audience share between 9pm and 10pm.

Meanwhile, Channel 5’s 9 o’clock film Exit Wounds picked up 1.3 million average viewers and a 6.6% share.

The soaps dominated the pre-watershed slots. BBC One’s Eastenders claimed the highest ratings of the night with more than 8 million peak viewers, though ITV1’s Coronation Street wasn’t far behind with 7.8 million viewers.

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.