Ratings: 'X Factor' first Sunday show rises to 9.2 million
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:15 pm
The X Factor climbed in the ratings for its first Sunday show on ITV, according to overnight data.
The talent show's second episode of the series climbed by almost 500,000 viewers from the previous night to 9.21 million (36.2%) at 8pm. A further 729k (3.0%) tuned in on +1.
Coronation Street slipped below the 7 million mark with its hour-long episode on Sunday (September 1), overnight figures show.
6.65m (30.3%) watched at 7pm on ITV as Karl tried to scare off Jason by confessing to torching his van.
479k (1.9%) caught the episode an hour later on +1.
Later, Brenda Blethyn's Vera also saw a rise, climbing by 300k to 4.89m (22.9%) at 9pm (336k/2.4% on +1).
On BBC One, Countryfile attracted 5.36m (24.4%) at 7pm, followed by Antiques Roadshow with 5.16m (20.3%) at 8pm.
The second episode of What Remains dropped over 700k viewers from last week's opener to 3.73m (15.6%) at 9pm.
BBC Two's Dragons' Den dipped to 1.77m (7.0%) at 8pm. Documentary The Story of the Jews was seen by 2.19m (9.2%) at 9pm.
On Channel 4, 9/11 documentary Rebuilding the World Trade Centre interested 890k (3.6%) at 7.45pm (247k/1.0%).
Channel 5's Celebrity Big Brother continued with 1.75m (7.3%) at 9pm (237k/1.3%).
On BBC Three, Family Guy topped the multichannels with 932k (4.6%) at 10pm. ITV2's The Xtra Factor entertained 647k (2.7%) at 9pm (243k/1.3%).
Sky1's A Touch of Cloth had a small rise from last week to 208k (0.9%) at 9pm.
Earlier in the day, the Hollyoaks Omnibus brought 129k (1.7%) to E4 from 10am.
