The Apprentice achieved its best premiere rating since 2011 on Tuesday, according to overnight data.
The BBC One show's 10th opener attracted an average audience of 6.66 million (29.7%) at 9pm. This is up from last year's 6.01m ratings, but still down from 2011's 7.8m. It is also up nearly a million from last year's finale score of 5.70m.
On BBC Two, You're Fired brought in 2.10m (11.8%). Earlier, Cat Watch 2014 appealed to 1.11m (5.5%) at 7pm, followed by 100k House: Tricks of the Trade with 1.65m (8.0%) at 8pm and Human Universe with 1.58m (7.1%) at 9pm.
ITV's Wilderness Walks with Ray Mears interested 2.23m (10.9%) at 7.30pm (103,000/0.8% on +1), while Long Lost Family gathered 2.19m (10.6%) at 8pm (181k/0.8%). Spandau Ballet's True Gold special entertained 1.27m (5.7%) at 9pm (141k/0.9%).
On Channel 4, Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners fascinated 1.58m (7.6%) at 8pm (244k/1.1%), followed by Gordon Ramsay's Costa Del Nightmares with 1.28m (5.7%) at 9pm (300k/1.9%).
Channel 5's Jill Dando: Britain's Worst Crimes intrigued 934k (4.5%) at 8pm. CSI continued with 1.17m (5.2%) at 9pm (142k/0.9%).
On BBC Three, Don't Tell The Bride amused 453k (2.0%) at 9pm.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:47 pm