The Apprentice easily won its timeslot upon its return to BBC One on Tuesday, overnight data reveals.
Lord Alan Sugar's ninth series opener was seen by 6.01 million viewers (26.2%) at 9pm. This is almost 400,000 less than last year's premiere, while the sixth series opened to a large 7.8m back in 2011.
Dara Ó Briain's BBC Two spin-off You're Fired returned with 1.89m (10.2%) at 10pm.
Ben Elton's sitcom The Wright Way continued with 1.58m (12.8%) at 10.45pm on BBC One.
On BBC Two, Alex Polizzi's The Fixer Returns was seen by 1.73m (8.4%) at 8pm, while Keeping Britain Alive attracted 1.71m (7.5%) at 9pm. Newsnight brought in 957k (8.2%) at 10.30pm.
Caroline Quentin's new ITV series National Parks secured 2.47m (12.0%) at 8pm, with 180k (0.8%) tuning in on +1.
Chris Tarrant returned with a new series of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?, quizzing 2.03m (8.8%) at 9pm (106k/0.6% on +1).
On Channel 4, Embarrassing Bodies Live attracted 1.22m (5.9%) at 8pm (228k/1.0%). Shameless amused 726k (4.5%) at 10pm (137k/1.8%).
Mary Portas's Mary Queen of the High Street premiered at 9pm with 1.08m (4.7%), with 219k (1.3%) on +1.
Channel 5's CSI grabbed 1.61m (7.0%) at 9.15pm, while Body of Proof attracted 852k (5.1%) at 10pm. Dallas entertained 391k (4.4%) at 11pm.
On BBC Three, Barely Legal Drivers brought in 502k (2.2%) at 9pm. Nick Grimshaw's Sweat the Small Stuff dropped to 326k (1.7%) at 10pm. Family Guy peaked at 614k (8.1%) at 11.30pm.
BBC Four documentary series Archaeology: A Secret History educated 628k (2.7%) at 9pm.
On E4, New Girl tickled 467k (2.0%) at 9pm (121k/0.7%), while The Vampire Diaries thrilled 292k (1.3%) at 9pm on ITV2.
