'Coronation Street' surrogacy latest takes 7.6m on Friday

Coronation Street hit the 7.6m mark as the soap's surrogacy storyline continued on Friday evening (September 14), overnight figures show.



The Weatherfield drama pulled in 7.6m (36.4%) at 7.30pm on ITV1 and 155k (0.7%) on +1 as Tina officially offered to carry Gary and Izzy's baby. Later, 7.26m (31.9%) watched Tommy oppose the idea at 8.30pm along with 255k (1.2%) on timeshift an hour later.

EastEnders, meanwhile, attracted 7.17m (32.4%) at 8pm on BBC One as Kat's affair confession left Alfie crushed. BBC Three's repeat screening secured 470k (3.0%) at 10.30pm.

Emmerdale entertained 6.09m (32.2%) at 7pm with Marlon and Paddy's big showdown, adding 138k (0.6%) on +1.

Hollyoaks managed 837k (4.7%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as Mitzeee's mental wellbeing took a turn for the worse, while E4's first look brought in 435k (2.3%) at 7pm.

Over on Channel 5, Neighbours grabbed 601k (8.9%) at 1.45pm and 807k (6.0%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away mustered 572k (3.5%) at 6pm and 429k (2.4%) for 5*'s first look at 6.30pm.

Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors was seen by 1.53m (22.5%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.