US cop drama NCIS broke the 2 million mark for Channel 5 on Tuesday night, overnight data shows.
The Mark Harmon import averaged 1.89m (7.3%) in the 9pm hour, beating Channel 4 and BBC Two's respective programming, and commanding 116k (0.6%) on Channel 5 +1.
One-off royal documentary Queen Victoria's Last Love interested 1.45m (5.6%) on Channel 4 (+1: 201k/1%), while BBC Two's Divine Women could only muster 726k (2.8%).
The Apprentice: You're Fired was BBC Two's saving grace, attracting 2.16m (9.6%) at 10pm, while 8pm's Our Food served up 1.64m (7%), overpowering Four Rooms' 1.3m (5.6%) for Channel 4 (+1: 158k/0.6%) and Channel 5's Cowboy Traders (1.24m/5.3%).
The Apprentice itself held strong with 6.57m (25.6%) against ITV1's all-European Champions League semi-final clash, which scored an impressive 6.22m (26.3%) between 7.30pm and 10.30pm.
Elsewhere on BBC One, Panorama took a solid 4.93m (22.9%) at 7.30pm, and Waterloo Road's last episode in Rochdale managed 4.7m in the 8pm hour.
Channel 4's night peaked at 10pm with a Bodyshock special - Turtle Boy - which grabbed the attention of 1.98m (10.1%) as well as 292k (3%) on timeshift.
Overall, ITV1 won primetime with 25.9% (+1: 0.3%) against BBC One's 20.7%. BBC Two claimed third place with 6.3%, ahead of Channel 4's 6% (+1: 0.8%) and Channel 5's 5.1% (+1: 0.2%).
The Only Way Is Essex continued to pull in bumper ratings for ITV2 with 1.11m (5.3%) at 10pm (+1: 170k/0.6%), prior to which Peter Andre: My Life had 923k (3.6%) and 146k (0.6%) on ITV2 +1.
