'Glee' makes impressive UK premiere

Glee made an impressive start last night for E4, early viewing figures indicate.

The first episode of the musical comedy, which stars Jayma Mays, Jane Lynch and Matthew Morrison, pulled in a respectable 1.14m (4.2%) for E4 during the 9pm hour, making it the most-watched programme on the multichannel stations. The second instalment, which aired immediately afterwards, drew 913k (4.6%).

Elsewhere last night, Law & Order: UK returned to 5.65m (21%) for ITV1, but was beaten in the 9pm hour by BBC One's Hustle, which took 5.86m (21.8%) and won the hour.

The British Family interested 2.62m (9.8%) for BBC Two, 1.57m (5.9%) watched Five's Paul Merton In Europe, and Channel 4's Generation XXL logged 1.24m (4.6%).

Earlier, at 8pm, Dispatches had 620k (2.3%) for Channel 4, Five's Police Interceptors grabbed 955k (3.5%), and University Challenge and Delia Through The Decades drew 3.35m (12.2%) and 3.55m (13%) for BBC Two.

Panorama put in 2.65m (9.7%) for BBC One at 8.30pm, while the half-hour The Lakes managed 4.42m (16.1%) for ITV1 at 8pm.

The latest from the Celebrity Big Brother house attracted 2.9m (15.5%) to Channel 4 at 10pm.

Overall, ITV1 came top during primetime with an average share of 25.4% compared to BBC One's 22.8%. BBC Two was third with 8.3%, followed by Channel 4 with 5.6% (0.5%) and Five's 3.6%.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional