The 2014 Brit Awards slumped to one of its lowest-rated broadcasts on ITV last night, according to overnight data.
Without taking +1 into consideration, the average rating dropped by over 2.5 million viewers from last year's 10-year high, attracting 4.20m (18.4%) from 8pm.
A further 359k (1.8%) tuned in on +1, bringing its total to 4.56m. Its previous lowest-rated year was 2006 with 4.6m.
The drop in viewers may be due to the live Champions League coverage of Arsenal's loss to Bayern Munich, which scored 831k (3.6%) on Sky1 and 1.06m (4.7%) on Sky Sports 1.
On BBC One, Pound Shop Wars attracted 3.75m (16.7%) at 7.30pm. Outnumbered dipped to 3.85m (15.9%) at 9pm, followed by a Mrs Brown's Boys repeat with 3.83m (16.3%) at 9.30pm.
BBC Two's Restaurant Man gathered 1.45m (6.5%) at 8pm. Line of Duty continued with 2.21m (9.3%) at 9pm, followed by Inside No 9 with 1.00m (5.1%) at 10pm.
On Channel 4, Restoration Man attracted 1.53m (6.8%) at 8pm (162k/0.7% on +1). 24 Hours in A&E continued with 1.78m (7.4%) at 9pm (365k/2.1%), while First Dates appealed to 870k (4.9%) at 10pm (178k/1.9%).
Channel 5's Ultimate Emergency Bikers interested 881k (4.0%) at 8pm, followed by NCIS with 1.01m (4.2%) at 9pm (172k/1.0%).
On BBC Three, The Truth About Web Cam Girls intrigued 510k (2.9%) at 10pm. BBC Four's Infested! with Michael Mosley fascinated 599k (2.5%) at 9pm.
