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04-05-2005, 09:53
The heavily-trailed debut of Sir Ian McKellen's month-long cameo failed to pull in the punters to Coronation Street on Sunday night.
According to early figures, the episode averaged just 8.93 million viewers - a 45.4% share of the audience - at 7.30pm, yet was still enough to rank as the most-watched programme of the day.
Figures were down notably overall, with the day's number two, Heartbeat, averaging just 7.59 million (35.7%) in the 8pm hour.
Emmerdale also fared badly with just 6.29 million (35%) at 7pm.
BBC One, meanwhile, held a steady 4.91 million (22.4%) through primetime with its screening of movie classic Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
The penultimate episode of ITV1's Hell's Kitchen interested only 3.53 million (18.2%) in the 10pm hour.
Multichannel's top draw was the Sky Sports 1 coverage of Charlton Athletic v Manchester United, seen by an average of 892,000 (12.2%) between 3pm and 6pm.
Sky One's new episode of The Simpsons took second with 826,000 (7.9%) at 6.30pm, while a Doctor Who repeat pulled in 544,000 (4.6%) for BBC Three at 7pm. The Doc managed to narrowly outshine a new Malcolm in the Middle, which had 504,000 (4.4%) on Sky One at the same time.
Sky One's new episodes of 24 (420,000 - 2.8%), Dream Team (387,000 - 2.8%), Father of the Pride (369,000 - 3%) and Nip/Tuck (341,000 - 2.6%) helped complete the top ten.
Other strong multichannel performers included LivingTV's new CSI, which had 309,000 (3.4%) from 11pm, and Hallmark's House, with 182,000 (1.2%) in the 9pm hour
According to early figures, the episode averaged just 8.93 million viewers - a 45.4% share of the audience - at 7.30pm, yet was still enough to rank as the most-watched programme of the day.
Figures were down notably overall, with the day's number two, Heartbeat, averaging just 7.59 million (35.7%) in the 8pm hour.
Emmerdale also fared badly with just 6.29 million (35%) at 7pm.
BBC One, meanwhile, held a steady 4.91 million (22.4%) through primetime with its screening of movie classic Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
The penultimate episode of ITV1's Hell's Kitchen interested only 3.53 million (18.2%) in the 10pm hour.
Multichannel's top draw was the Sky Sports 1 coverage of Charlton Athletic v Manchester United, seen by an average of 892,000 (12.2%) between 3pm and 6pm.
Sky One's new episode of The Simpsons took second with 826,000 (7.9%) at 6.30pm, while a Doctor Who repeat pulled in 544,000 (4.6%) for BBC Three at 7pm. The Doc managed to narrowly outshine a new Malcolm in the Middle, which had 504,000 (4.4%) on Sky One at the same time.
Sky One's new episodes of 24 (420,000 - 2.8%), Dream Team (387,000 - 2.8%), Father of the Pride (369,000 - 3%) and Nip/Tuck (341,000 - 2.6%) helped complete the top ten.
Other strong multichannel performers included LivingTV's new CSI, which had 309,000 (3.4%) from 11pm, and Hallmark's House, with 182,000 (1.2%) in the 9pm hour