Masterchef: The Final was Friday's highest-rated show outside of soaps, attracting an average audience of 5.41 million (25.9%).
The hour-long finale, which aired from 8.30-9.30pm on BBC One, peaked with 6.28 million as the winner was crowned.
It was followed by Have I Got News For You, which drew an average audience of 4.49 million (23%) at 9.30pm.
BBC One's evening began with 2.73 million (17.4%) for The One Show at 7pm and 2.45 million (13.9%) for A Question of Sport at 7.30pm.
With guests Dawn French, Kirsten Dunst and Bear Grylls, The Graham Norton Show pulled in 3.10 million viewers (24.5%) at 10.35pm, followed by 900k (10.8%) for Bad Education.
With an average audience of 2.55 million (13.3%), Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis was ITV's highest-rated show outside of soaps, narrowly outperforming drama series Lewis with 2.53 (12.7%).
BBC Two's evening kicked off with 1.41 million (8%) for Great British Menu at 7.30pm, followed by a slightly increased 1.47 million (7.6%) for The Minister at 8pm and an evening high of 1.69 million (7.9%) for Gardener's World at 8.30pm.
The evening continued with 660k (3.3%) for The Story of Women and Art at 9pm, while QI entertained 1.08 million (6.5%) immediately after.
Gogglebox once again proved a ratings success for Channel 4, attracting 2.26 million (11.3%) at 9pm, followed by 1.22m (8%) for Alan Carr: Chatty Man at 10pm. Elsewhere, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD played to 830k (4.1%) at 8pm.
Channel 5's highest-rated show was NCIS with 943k (4.7%) at 9pm. It was preceded by 741k (3.6%) for Ice Road Trucker at 8pm and was followed by 510k (3.2%) for NCIS: Los Angeles at 10pm.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine proved popular on Film 4, entertaining 557k (3.2%) at 9pm.
Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 12:35 pm