'Katie & Peter: Stateside' pulls in 1.3m

Katie & Peter: Stateside had a strong opening for ITV2 last night, according to early ratings figures.

The first episode of the new series, which followed the couple as they relocated to LA, pulled in 989k (4.6%) during the 9pm hour with a further 345k (2.1%) tuning in on ITV2+1.

Also on the multichannel stations, the third episode of E4's The Inbetweeners logged 781k (4.3%) between 10pm and 10.35pm, a drop of 177k from the opening episode.

Elsewhere, Kirstie Allsopp's new Channel 4 series Kirstie's Home-made Home was seen by 2.69m (11.9%) at 8pm, and BBC Two's Coast drew 1.7m (7.5%).

The Bill took 4.59m (20.2%) for ITV1, while Five's I Own Britain's Best Home had a lowly 765k (3.4%).

Over on BBC One, My Family put in 4.81m (21.7%) during the first half of the hour, and 3.8m (16.4%) watched DIY SOS at 8.30pm.

At 9pm, 3.54m (15%) tuned in for ITV1's Hell's Kitchen, an increase of 1.07m on yesterday's performance. However, it was beaten by BBC One's Traffic Cops, which interested 4.16m (17.6%).

BBC Two's new series Professor Regan's... logged 1.67m (7.1%), while Channel 4 documentary Missing: Race Against Time managed 1.48m (6.3%).

Five's The Mentalist dropped to 2.39m (10.1%), losing 540k from last week's episode.

Overall, BBC One led primetime with an average share of 20.4% to ITV1's 18.8%. Channel 4 was third with 7% (+1: 0.7%), followed by BBC Two with 6.5% and Five's 5.7%.

Ratings data supplied by Attentional