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'NCIS' ends run with 2.6m for Five

Published Monday, May 18 2009, 09:21 BST | By Neil Wilkes
The fifth season of NCIS concluded with 2.58m (11.6%) for Five on Friday, according to early figures.

The naval drama was second place in the 9pm slot and was up 250k week-on-week. It beat the third episode of ITV1 drama Boy Meets Girl, which was down to 2.25m (10.2%).

The final episode of English Heritage had 1.98m (8.9%) for BBC Two, and on Channel 4, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA managed 1.8m (8.1%) and 222k (1.4%) on timeshift.

This week's Have I Got News For You, guest hosted by Rolf Harris, brought in 5.57m (24.8%) for BBC One in the first half of the hour, then Martin Clunes comedy Reggie Perrin took 3.82m (17.5%).

Earlier, at 8pm, Gardeners' World put in 2.46m (11.3%) for BBC Two and Channel 4's A Place In The Sun: Home Or Away delivered 1.14m (5.3%). Five's Police Interceptors picked up 1.06m (4.9%).

Tonight: Make My Kids Happy, a study of how teenagers react to giving up make-up and gadgets, interested 2.69m (12.7%) on ITV1 at 8pm. Clip show Total Wipeout Fast Forward delivered 2.46m (11.1%) for BBC One at 8.30pm.

BBC One had the lead in primetime overall, with an average share of 21.6% to ITV1's 20.2%. BBC Two was third with 9.2%, followed by Channel 4 with 5.9% (+1: 0.8%) and Five with 6.1%.

Documentary Georgia's Story - 33 Stone at 15, following the struggle of a dangerously obese teen, pulled in 537k (2.7%) for BBC Three at 9pm.

A rerun of Thursday night's Katie & Peter: Stateside notched up 523k (3.3%) for ITV2 in the 10pm hour. It followed on from the latest American Idol results show, seen by 418k (2.1%).

Ratings data supplied by Attentional

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