TV

'The Only Way Is Essex' draws nearly 1m on ITV2

Published Thursday, Feb 9 2012, 11:40 GMT | By Ben Lee | 6 comments

The Only Way Is Essex hit almost 1m last night on ITV2, according to overnight data.

The reality show attracted 972k (5%) from 10pm, with an additional 136k (1.4%) on timeshift.

Elsewhere on the multichannels, Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents had 1m (4.1%) on BBC Three.

On the terrestrials, BBC One's Super Smart Animals drew 4.7m (20.4%) from 8pm. MasterChef followed with 4.62m (18.8%).

ITV1's programming was dominated by an FA Cup replay match, which averaged 3.97m (17.4%).

How to Cook Like Heston grabbed 1.31m (5.8%) from 8pm (+1: 107k/0.4%) for Channel 4, with The Fabulous Baker Brothers appealing to 1.32m (5.7%) afterwards (+1: 116k/0.5%).

One Born Every Minute was then watched by an impressive 3.17m (12.9%) and 598k (3.3%) on +1.

For Channel 5, the latest season of NCIS opened to a decent 1.78m (7.2%). Law and Order: Criminal Intent followed with 1m (5.4%). Benidorm ER aired earlier to an audience of 1.39m (6.1%).

Overall, BBC One won the night with 20.7%, beating ITV1's 18.5% (+1: 0.4%). Channel 4 ended up with 7% (+1: 1.1%) besting BBC Two (6%) and Channel 5 (5.4%).

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional