'Dollhouse' tops 'Prison Break' finale

Last night's UK Dollhouse premiere proved more popular than the Prison Break finale, according to early viewing figures.

Joss Whedon's latest project, starring Eliza Dushku, debuted on Sci Fi at 9pm to 263k (1.3%), with a further 76k (0.5%) tuning in on timeshift. It beat Sky1's screening of the two-hour Prison Break finale, which averaged 233k between 10pm and midnight.

The final two episodes of the Wentworth Miller-fronted drama scored the lowest ratings for the show's fourth season, which has averaged 323k over its 22-episode run since it began on September 2 last year.

BBC Three's new series, Blood, Sweat And Takeaways, was seen by 858k (4.3%) at 9pm, making it the second most-watched programme on the multichannel stations after EastEnders.

Elsewhere, the second visit to the Chelsea Flower Show took 3.1m (14.2%) at 8pm, matching yesterday's effort for BBC Two.

ITV1's A Place In The Wild interested 2.11m (9.8%), while Gok's Fashion Fix managed 2.05m (9.6%) for Channel 4.

The second episode of Five's Helicopter Warfare grabbed 791k (3.7%), while Holby City led the hour with 5.61m (26.2%) for BBC One.

BBC One stayed on top during the 9pm hour, drawing 4.26m (19.9%) with New Tricks, which stars Dennis Waterman and Amanda Redman.

Over on BBC Two, 1.07m (4.9%) tuned in for the second part of The Trouble With Working Women, and ITV1's Holiday Showdown attracted 2.63m (12%).

Channel 4's historical drama 1066: The Battle For Middle Earth concluded with 1.3m (6.3%), while Five's screening of CSI had 2.86m (13%).

Overall, BBC One dominated primetime with an average share of 22.8% to ITV1's 15.6%. BBC Two was third with 8.4%, followed by Channel 4 with 6.6% (+1: 0.8%) and Five's 6.7%.

Ratings data supplied by Attentional