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vrijdag 16 maart 2012

'MasterChef' beaten by ITV1's Champions League football

'MasterChef' beaten by ITV1's Champions League football

Last night's instalment of MasterChef was beaten by live Champions League football, according to overnight data.

The BBC One cooking show took 4.6m (18.9%) in the 9pm hour, but ITV1's sports coverage averaged 5.44m from 7.30pm.

At 10pm, 8.01m (36.4%) were watching the football as the match between Chelsea and Napoli went into extra time.

On Channel 4, Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not had 1.57m (7%) from 8pm (+1: 162k/0.7%) and One Born Every Minute managed 2.94m (12.1%) from 9pm (+1: 417k/2.3%).

Channel 5's NCIS grabbed 1.86m (7.7%), which was preceded by Big Body Squad taking 1.15m (5.1%).

BBC Two showed The Fisherman's Apprentice with Monty Halls (1.6m/7.1%), Rights Gone Wrong? (908k/3.7%) and Roger and Val Have Just Got In (737k/3.6%).

Overall, ITV1 secured primetime with 24.5% (+1: 0.3%) ahead of BBC One's 20%. Channel 4 took third place with 7.2% (+1: 1.1%), beating Channel 5's 5.4% and BBC Two's 4.8%.

On the multichannels, Sky Living's The Secret Circle and Grey's Anatomy attracted 177k (0.8%) and 179k (1%) respectively.