'Live From Studio Five' drops to 300,000

Live From Studio Five continued its poor performance for Five last night, according to early viewing figures.

The 6.30pm chatshow, fronted by Melinda Messenger, Ian Wright and Kate Walsh, pulled in 300k (1.6%) - its lowest audience figure to date. On Monday, the opening episode logged a lowly 476k (2.6%), which is its best performance so far.

Later on Five, 1.4m (6.6%) tuned in for Everton's game against AEK Athens in the UEFA Europa League.

Over on BBC One, the latest instalment of the Anne Robinson-fronted Watchdog had 3.8m (17.3%) during the 8pm hour, then New Tricks put in 5.5m (24.8%) at 9pm.

Escape To The Country interested 1.78m (8.6%) for BBC Two between 7.30pm and 8.15pm, then 2.37m (10.7%) tuned in for Masterchef: The Professionals. At 9pm, The Love Of Money drew 1.11m (5%).

Channel 4's half-hour How Clean Is Your House? took 1.5m (7%) at 8pm, then Dolce Vito - Dream Restaurant managed 640k (2.9%). Alone In The Wild then had 1.34m (6.1%) during the 9pm hour.

The Bill, which aired during the 9pm hour, attracted 3.54m (16%) to ITV1.

Overall, BBC One came top during primetime with an average share of 22.9% to ITV1's 21.4%. BBC Two was third with 8%, followed by Channel 4 with 5.1% (+1: 0.7%) and Five's 5.6%.

Elsewhere, What Katie Did Next hit a series high, drawing 1.36m (6.7%) for ITV2. Later on the channel, 383k (2.3%) watched Katy Brand's Big Ass Show during the 10pm hour, beating Sky1's Justin Lee Collins: Ten Pin Bowler, which had 347k (2.3%).

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional