'Demons' ends on a series low

Demons ended with a series low of 3.42m (14.8%) for ITV1 last night (Saturday), according to early figures.

The supernatural drama, which stars Phil Glenister and Christian Cooke, began strongly with around 5.8 million but went on to lose viewers in every week of its six-episode run.

Demons was beaten on Saturday by Lottery show In It To Win It, seen by 7.75m (33.6%) from 8pm.

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Casualty pulled in 6.79m (29.7%) for BBC One from 8.50pm, then comedy The Old Guys put in 3.75m (17.2%). ITV1 had 4.07m (18.8%) for a two-hour Midsomer Murders rerun.

A repeat of BBC One's Charles Darwin and The Tree Of Life brought in 1.73m (7.5%) to BBC Two in the 8pm hour, then documentary Iran and the West - about the Iranian Revolution of 1979 - interested 1.31m (5.8%).

Channel 4 had 1.28m (5.6%) for a repeat of Grand Designs at 8pm, then a screening of the 2003 remake of The Italian Job kept 1.66m (7.9%) until 11.10pm.

Five's NCIS put in 1.19m (5.2%) from 8.40pm, after which a new episode of CSI: New York appealed to 2.2m (10.4%).

BBC One was the clear leader in primetime, with an average audience share of 27.1% to ITV1's 18.7%. BBC Two was third with 7.1%, followed by Channel 4 with 6.3% (+1: 0.5%) and Five with 5.6%.

Ratings data supplied by Attentional