Britain's Got Talent dominated the ratings on Bank Holiday Monday (May 25), according to overnight figures.
The first live semi-final of the 2015 series was seen by 8.56m (37.8%) between 7.30pm and 9pm, while a further 373,000 (1.6%) tuned in on +1.
Later, 6.58m (28.7%) tuned in to see Cor Glanaethwy and Entity Allstars become the first acts to progress to the final at 9.30pm (325k/2.4% on +1).
Marvel's The Avengers brought in 3.29m (14.6%) for BBC One at 8pm.
On BBC Two, A Cook Abroad interested 980k (4.7%) at 7pm, before Springwatch averaged 2.13m (9.3%) at 8pm, and Churchill: When Britain Said No gathered 1.36m (5.9%) at 9pm. Episodes followed with 760k (4.2%) at 10pm.
Channel 4's Damned Designs was watched by 680k (3.0%) at 8pm (134k/0.6%), while Benefits Street continued strong with 1.21m (5.2%) at 9pm (311k/1.9%), and The Night Bus amused 660k (4.2%) at 10pm (86k/1.1%).
Gotham continued with 630k (2.7%) on Channel 5 at 9pm (99k/0.6%), while Big Brother entertained 775k (4.9%) at 10pm (97k/1.2%).
The latest instalment of Game of Thrones dipped to 849k (3.7%) on Sky Atlantic at 9pm, while Made in Chelsea attracted 423k (1.8%) in the same timeslot.