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'Take Me Out' declines to 4.3m on ITV1

Published Sunday, Jan 29 2012, 14:10 GMT | By Liam O'Brien | 14 comments

Take Me Out brought in 4.32m viewers and a 19.5% audience share on Saturday night, a 240k decline from last week and 540k lower than the season premiere.

The Paddy McGuinness-fronted show pulled in an extra 225k (1%) on timeshift, and Mark Wright's Take Me Out: The Gossip interested 557k (2.5) on ITV2. Elsewhere on ITV1, The Talent Show Story nabbed 2.26m (10%) and The Jonathan Ross Show summoned 2.47m (11.9%) at 9.30pm (+1: 182k, 1.1%).

BBC One's The Magicians logged 4.19m (19.9%) at 6.35pm, and The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins followed with 5.12m (22.9%). The latest instalment of Casualty grabbed 5.29m (23.3%) at 8.40pm. On BBC Two, Keira Knightley film The Duchesss treated 2.24m (10.1%) to some 18th century drama.

Crocodile Dundee snapped up 1.23m (5.7%) for Channel 4, adding 271k (1.2%) on timeshift. The Million Pound Drop Live increased the audience to 1.91m (8.5%) at 8.30pm, adding 168k (0.9%) on +1.

A NCIS double bill pulled in 1.11m (5%) and 1.35m (5.9%) on Channel 5, and CSI: NY bolstered the broadcaster's fortunes to 2.3m (11%) at 9.30pm. Law and Order: SVU followed with 1.41m (8.7%).

BBC One took the primetime crown with a 19.6% average share, with ITV1 second on 14.5%. BBC Two scored 8.7% while Channel 4 and Channel 5 both had 6.7%.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional