The Children in Need Rocks 2013 concert highlights attracted 4.21 million on Thursday evening, according to overnight data.
Gary Barlow's charity event topped the night overall for BBC One, with a 19.23% audience share from 8pm.
On BBC Two, MasterChef: The Professionals cooked up 3.00m (13.5%) at 8pm, while Brian Cox's The Science of Doctor Who intrigued 2.60m (12.1%) at 9pm. Never Mind the Buzzcocks amused 1.61m (8.5%) at 10pm.
ITV's final episode of Breathless was seen by 2.11m (9.9%) at 9pm (82k/0.5% on +1). This is down nearly 200k from last week's episode.
On Channel 4, Amazing Spaces interested 1.49m (6.7%) at 8pm (286k/1.3%), followed by the latest Bedlam with 979k (4.6%) at 9pm (171k/1.0%). Bouncers continued with 1.30m (7.6%) at 10pm (198k/2.1%).
Channel 5's Countdown To Murder appealed to 1.13m (5.3%) at 8pm (211k/1.2%). Person of Interest was viewed by 876k (5.1%) at 10pm (148k/5.1%).
On E4, The Big Bang Theory tickled 1.28m (5.8%) at 8.30pm (361k/1.7%). ITV2's Celebrity Juice entertained 1.01m (5.7%) at 10pm (179k/1.8%).
