'The Mentalist' drops to 2.9m

The third episode of The Mentalist pulled in 2.93m (13.2%) for Five last night, according to the latest figures.

Last month, the US import - starring Simon Baker as psychic-turned-detective Patrick Jane - opened to 3.69m (16.7%), making it the most successful ever launch of any US drama shown on Five.

Last night it was beaten by BBC One's Britain's Homecare Scandal: A Panorama Special, which logged 3.35m (15.1%) during the 9pm hour.

Channel 4's The Millionaire And The Murder Mansion attracted 2.15m (9.7%), while just 1.79m (8.1%) tuned in for The Truth About Online Anorexia on ITV1.

BBC Two's coverage of Golf: The Masters managed 1.9m (8.8%) between 9pm and 10.30pm.

Earlier, at 8pm, the latest episode of The Bill drew 4.18m (19.5%) for ITV1, and BBC Two's Coast was seen by 1.67m (7.8%).

The final episode of Channel 4's Willie's Chocolate Revolution took 1.4m (6.5%), and I Own Britain's Best Home pulled in 990k (4.6%) for Five.

Over on BBC One, My Family interested 5.13m (24.4%) at 8pm, and the new series of DIY SOS averaged 4.17m (19.1%) between 8.30pm and 9pm.

Overall, BBC One came top during primetime with an average share of 21.2% to ITV1's 16.8%. BBC Two was third with 7.2%, followed by Channel 4 with 6.5% (+1: 0.7%) and Five with 6.8%.

Elsewhere, the second episode of E4's The Inbetweeners drew 848k (4.7%) between 10pm and 10.35pm, a drop of 110k from last week.

Ratings data supplied by Attentional