BBC One came out on top in the Boxing Day ratings thanks to Still Open All Hours and Marvel's Avengers Assemble.
The first in a new series of the updated Sir David Jason sitcom attracted 5.69m viewers (26.7%) from 6.30pm, while the comic book movie pulled in 5.28m (24.3%) at 8.30pm.
David Walliams's The Boy in the Dress was seen by 4.80m (21.3%) at 7pm, before EastEnders topped the night overall with 7.41m (33.3%).
A packed Match of the Day rounded off the night with 3.24m (29.7%).
Birds of a Feather's return grabbed 3.95m (17.6%) for ITV at 9pm, before which Bradley Walsh's Christmas Cracker show entertained 2.77m (12.6%).
A festive offering of Keith Lemon's Through the Keyhole tickled 2.74m (12.6%) at 9.30pm.
On Channel 4, the midseason finale of Agents of SHIELD thrilled 580k (2.6%), an encore showing of Bear's Wild Weekend with Ben Stiller took 870k (4.0%), and The Big Fat Quiz of the Year amused 2.11m (10.1%).
Victoria Wood's musical That Day We Sang got 1.99m (9.1%) at 9pm on BBC Two, while a repeat of the comic's Midlife Christmas brought in 2.38m (10.8%) an hour earlier.
The latest University Challenge Christmas special claimed 1.55m (7.0%) at 6.45pm.
Channel 5's lineup of festive comedy favourites saw a Rob Brydon live set appeal to 478k (2.1%), a Morecambe and Wise performance from 1973 bring in 803k (3.6%), and Tommy Cooper's Christmas Special interest 699k (3.2%).
