Sky One shows lose out on viewers

Sky One shows have lost out following the removal of the channel from the Virgin Media platform on Wednesday night.

24 dropped 175,000 viewers from last week's high of 529,000 to just 354,000 and a 1.8% share at 9pm last night.

The tenth episode of the third series of Lost at 10pm managed 752,000 and a 4.6% share, but this was down 96,000 on last week.

BBC Two's Top Gear finished its run with 8 million and a 29.6% share at 8pm making it the most watched programme of the current series. It beat ITV1's Wild at Heart which managed 7.6 million and a 28.4% share. BBC One's Rough Diamonds only managed 3.4 million and a 12.4% share, a drop of 400,000 from the week before.

Five's new series of Grey's Anatomy opened with a mere 800,000 and a 2.8% share at 8pm, with the second episode following at 9pm with 800,000 viewers and a slighter higher share of 32%. The opening episode of the first series took 1.8 million and a 10.5% share.

ITV1's Lewis took the highest ratings of the evening for its final episode at 9pm with 8.4 million and a 37% share.