Big Brother 14's ratings were down on last year's launch, according to overnight figures.
Channel 5's latest edition of the longrunning reality series was seen by 1.99 million viewers (9.3%) at 9pm, with a further 146,000 (0.9%) tuning in on +1. This is down 600k from the 2011 and 2012 editions.
Big Brother's Bit on the Side attracted 744k (5.8%) at 10.30pm (101k/1.6% on +1). Earlier, William and Kate: Baby Makes Three was seen by 998k (4.4%) at 8pm.
On BBC One, new documentary series Life Savers brought in 2.71m (12.1%) at 9pm. Question Time interested 2.36m (19.5%) at 10.35pm.
BBC Two's Springwatch continued with 2.74m (12.1%) at 8pm. A Horizon special featuring cats with cameras was the most-watched show outside of soaps with 4.90m (22.0%) at 9pm.
Mock the Week returned for a new series with 2.49m (12.6%) at 10pm.
On ITV, Paul O'Grady's For the Love of Dogs was up 300k from last week to 4.44m (19.7%) at 8.30pm (296k/1.3%). New reality documentary Happy Families opened to 1.91m (8.5%) at 9pm (188k/1.1%).
Channel 4's new series Compare Your Life was seen by 700k (3.1%) at 8pm (126k/0.6%). Confessions of an Alien Abductee grabbed 923k (4.1%) at 9pm (242k/1.4%), followed by Ann Summers documentary Sex Toy Stories with 1.18m (6.8%) at 10pm (214k/2.3%).
On BBC Three, Russell Howard's Good News entertained 724k (3.7%) at 10pm.
E4's The Big Bang Theory amused 1.17m (5.2%) at 8pm (391k/1.8%), followed by How I Met Your Mother with 810k (3.6%) at 8.30pm (184k/0.8%).
On ITV2, Keith Lemon's Lemon La Vida Loca dropped around 300k viewers to 368k (2.0%) at 10pm.
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:42 pm