Desperate Housewives' tops 1m for last ever episode on E4

Desperate Housewives' tops 1m for last ever episode on E4

Postby dutchman » Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:58 am

Desperate Housewives recorded its highest ever E4 figure for its last episode on Sunday night (June 10), early overnight data indicates.

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The Wisteria Lane drama series, which bowed out with 11.1m in the US last month, attracted 1m (5.4%) to the digital channel at 10pm.

'Finishing the Hat' added 260k (2.5%) an hour later on +1, making it the most-watched multichannel show of the day - new Family Guy was its nearest competitor with 1.05m (4.9%) for BBC Three at 10pm.

Elsewhere in a sports-filled ITV1 schedule, coverage of the French Open final took 1.57m (14.8%) from 1pm, then Spain v Italy's Euro 2012 clash scored 5.83m (32%) at 4pm, and Ireland v Croatia had 6.6m (26.6%) from 7.15pm.

BBC One held up well with its older-viewer-skewed lineup of Countryfile (4.69m/21.2%), Antiques Roadshow (4.99m/20.2%) and Inspector Lynley Mysteries (4.35m/17.2%). Canadian Grand Prix highlights logged an impressive 2.39m (21.2%) from 10.30pm.

Louis Theroux returned to BBC Two for a piece on male porn stars, interesting 1.86m (9.9%) at 10pm, prior to which 1.81m (7.2%) watched Coast.

Movie Dear John was Channel 4's most-watched broadcast with 1.22m (4.8%) at 8pm (+1: 249k/1.1%), while Once Upon a Time and Big Brother anchored Channel 5's evening with 1.07m (4%) and 1.34m (5.3%) at 9pm (+1: 139k/0.7%).

Overall, ITV1 topped primetime with 22.7% (+1: 0.3%) against BBC One's 20%. BBC Two claimed third place with 6.1%, beating Channel 4's 4.2% (+1: 0.8%), and Channel 5's 3.9% (+1: 0.4%).


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