The Apprentice dipped to under 6 million viewers for Lord Alan Sugar's latest firings on Wednesday, overnight data reveals.
The BBC One series dropped over 150,000 viewers from last week, but still topped the night with 5.91 million (25.7%) at 9pm. BBC Two's You're Fired brought in 2.48m (13.7%) at 10pm.
On BBC Two, The Great Interior Design Challenge continued with 1.20m (6.0%) at 7pm, followed by Autumnwatch with 2.57m (12.6%) at 8pm. Trust Me, I'm a Doctor intrigued 1.58m (6.9%) at 9pm.
ITV's Surprise, Surprise entertained 3.69m (17.9%) at 8pm (147k/0.6% on +1), while the Scott & Bailey finale gained back around 300k from last week to 4.14m (18.2%) at 9pm (361k/2.4%).
On Channel 4, Supervet appealed to 1.47m (7.2%) at 8pm (192k/0.8%), followed by Grand Designs with 1.16m (5.0%) at 9pm (307k/1.9%).
Coverage of the 2014 Mercury Prize attracted 714k (3.6%) at 10pm (240k/2.1%), with an added 78k (0.4%) watching on More4.
Channel 5's Nightmare Neighbour Next Door brought in 1.05m (5.2%) at 8pm, while Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away brought in 1.52m (6.6%) at 9pm (140k/0.9%). Wentworth continued with 609k (3.8%) at 10pm.
On BBC Three, People Like Us launched with 242k (1.1%) at 9pm, followed by the returning Sweat the Small Stuff with 330k (1.8%) at 10pm.
ITVBe's latest episode of The Only Way Is Essex attracted 492k (3.0%) at 10pm.
