Ratings: Justified season three premieres to 120,000 viewers

The third season of Justified began with nearly 120,000 viewers on 5USA, according to overnight data.



The premiere of the Timothy Olyphant drama, 'The Gunfighter', was seen by 118k (0.5%) in the 9pm hour. It was followed by Sons of Anarchy, which got 168k (1.1%).

Elsewhere on the multichannels, The Secret Circle and Grey's Anatomy appealed to 124k (0.6%) and 162k (1%) respectively on Sky Living.

The terrestrials were dominated by BBC One's The Apprentice (6.33m/26.7%) from 9pm, beating live Champions League football on ITV1 which averaged 3.74m (17.3%) from 7.30pm to 10pm.

Apprentice spinoff You're Fired! grabbed 2.18m (11.4%) on BBC Two from 10pm. Earlier on the channel, The Fisherman's Apprentice with Monty Halls took 1.66m (7.8%) and Wikileaks: The Secret Life of a Superpower had 641k (2.7%).

Channel 4's One Born Every Minute continued with 2.46m (10.4%) and 428k (2.5%) on timeshift, preceded by Four Rooms which managed 1.14m (5.3%) from 8pm (+1: 162k/0.7%).

Lastly, NCIS performed well with 1.72m (7.3%) in the 9pm hour (+1: 114k/0.7%). Law & Order: Criminal Intent followed with 970k (5.6%) and Big Body Squad drew 946k (4.4%) earlier from 8pm.

Overall, BBC One won primetime with 22.7% ahead of ITV1's 14.7% (+1: 0.4%). Channel 4's 6.2% (+1: 1.2%) edged out BBC Two's 5.9%. Channel 5 came fifth with 5.4% (+1: 0.3%).