Text Santa was seen by an average audience of 4.2 million (21.9%) on Friday (December 19) evening.
The ITV charity special, which saw George Clooney show up in Downton Abbey and Ant and Dec hold a festive Bushtucker Trial, peaked with 5.4 million viewers (25.1%) at 9pm.
BBC One's evening kicked off with 3.71 million (19%) for The One Show at 7pm, followed by 3.57 million (17.9%) for A Question of Sport.
Citizen Khan was seen by an average audience of 2.92 million (14.2%), an evening high of 3.83 million (17.7%) tuned in to watch Have I Got News for You at 9pm, while 3 million watched Not Going Out at 9pm.
With guests including Ben Stiller and Ricky Gervais, The Graham Norton Show rounded things off with 2.67 million (19.1%).
The final Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two started BBC Two's evening off with 1.93 million (10.1%) at 6.30pm, followed by 1.44 million (7.2%) for Tom Kerridge Cooks Christmas.
Elsewhere, Mary Berry's Absolute Christmas Favourites secured an evening high of 2.46 million (11.9%) for the channel. It was preceded by 2.05 million (9.7%) for Mastermind and followed by Canterbury Cathedral with 1.22 million (5.8%).
After last week's dip in viewers, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD was seen by an increased audience of 900k at 8pm on Channel 4.
Gogglebox was Channel 4's highest-rated show, entertaining 2.25 million (10.6%) at 9pm. The evening ended with 930k (5.5%) for Alan Carr: Chatty Man at 10pm.
Viewers for Channel 5's Ice Road Truckers continue to rise, with 959k (4.6%) tuning in to this week's episode. Evening movie Trespass secured 879k (4.5%) immediately after.
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 3:45 pm