8.6m tune in for Jeff's 'BB11' eviction

The latest instalment of Big Brother 11 drew 8.61m for CBS last night, according to the latest figures. The live show, which saw Jeff evicted from the house, was the most-watched programme during the 8pm hour. Its nearest rival, Fox's Bones rerun, put in 5.83m.

The other networks also aired reruns at 8pm: Grey's Anatomy had 4.62m for ABC, 1.74m watched Supernatural on The CW, and NBC's 30 Rock and Parks And Recreation managed 4.87m and 4.5m at 8pm and 8.30pm respectively.

CBS also won the 9pm hour - all networked aired reruns - pulling in 9.51m with CSI. Fringe grabbed 4.84m for Fox, ABC's Grey's Anatomy took 5.04m, and 1.5m watched Supernatural on The CW.

The Office managed 5.02m for NBC at 9pm, then the audience dropped to 4.44m during the 8.30pm screening of 30 Rock.

Later, at 10pm, a rerun of The Mentalist put CBS in the lead. The reruns continued with Law & Order logging 5.15m for NBC, and 3.56m tuning in for Private Practice on ABC.