MasterChef returned for its tenth series to top the ratings outside of soaps on Wednesday, according to overnight data.
The cooking series attracted 4.33 million (19.4%) at 9pm on BBC One, which is around 100,000 more than last year's series opener.
Earlier, Holiday Hit Squad brought in 3.50m (16.4%) at 8pm, while A Question of Sport quizzed 2.16m (16.9%) at 10.35pm.
On ITV, Law & Order: UK bounced back by over a million viewers, appealing to 4.11m (18.1%) at 9pm (279k/1.8% on +1). Big Star's Little Star returned for a new series with 4.03m (18.8%) at 8pm (205k/0.9%).
BBC Two's Lambing Live interested 1.98m (9.3%) at 8pm, followed by The Greatest Knight with 1.17m (5.2%) at 9pm and the second episode of W1A, which dipped over 300k to 1.26m (7.0%) at 10pm.
On Channel 4, Secret Eaters gathered 925k (4.3%) at 8pm (207k/0.9%). Documentary Dead Famous DNA fascinated 808k (3.6%) at 9pm (164k/1.0%), and First Dates brought in 757k (4.6%) at 10pm (196k/2.4%).
Channel 5's Killing Spree debuted with 1.08m (5.1%) at 8pm, followed by the latest NCIS with 1.00m (4.5%) at 9pm (137k/0.9%) and Castle with 539k (3.3%) at 10pm.
On BBC Three, documentary Kris: Dying to Live was seen by 403k (1.8%) at 9pm.
ITV2's The Only Way Is Essex entertained 744k (4.5%) at 10pm (158k/1.9%).
