'My Family' still strong for BBC One

The new series of BBC comedy My Family continued to perform well in the ratings last night (April 2).

The second episode pulled in an average of 7.78m viewers - a 34.58% share of the audience - at 8.30pm. The show had a strong lead-in from EastEnders, which had 11.10m and a 52.12% share.

Ratings for the channel dipped in the 9pm hour, with audiences of 4.72m (21.37%) and 3.57m (17.00%) for Worst Week of My Life and Wild West respectively.

On ITV1, an Inspector Morse repeat managed a respectable 5.44m (25.66%) between 8.30pm and 10.30pm. New Friends had 3.37m (15.25%) on C4 at 9pm, followed by 2.52m (11.99%) for new Will and Grace half an hour later.

Overall during peaktime, ITV1 was on top with an average share of 30.72% (last week: 31.87%) against BBC One's 26.98% (27.59%). BBC Two was third on 8.31% (8.21%), while Channel 4 had 7.63% (7.57%). Five rounded things off with a 5.60% share (5.22%).