Take Me Out returned to an average audience of 2.97 million on ITV.
The dating show, which returned for its seventh season, attracted a 13.7% audience share from 8.30pm. A further 284k (1.4%) watched on ITV+1.
It was followed by The Hangover, which entertained 2.36 million viewers (13.3%) from 9.30pm.
Despite drawing criticism from some viewers, Frank Sinatra: Our Way debuted to an average audience of 4.16 million (20.9%) on BBC One at 7pm. The one-off crooning competition began the hour with 4.49 million viewers and ended with 4.05 million.
The National Lottery: Win Your Wish List followed with 4.11 million, while Casualty secured an evening high of 4.44 million (21.1%) at 9.05pm.
BBC One's evening continued with 3.39 million (18.5%) for Mrs Brown's Boys at 10.15pm and 2.71 million (21.1%) for Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights at 10.50pm.
Dad's Army was BBC Two's highest-rated show of the evening, securing 1.82 million viewers (9%) from 7.30pm.
It was sandwiched between Sacred Wonders of Britain with 1.14 million (5.8%) and Rubens: An Extra Large Story with 880k (4.3%).
BBC Two's showing of Albert Nobbs ended the evening with 1 million viewers (5%) at 9pm.
Over on Channel 4, Britain's Wildest Weather 2014 was seen by 1.17 million (5.7%) at 7.30pm, while Taken managed 1.56 million (7.8%) at 9pm.
Elsewhere, Zulu and Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014 secured respective figures of 719k (3.6%) and 768k (4.3%) for Channel 5 from 6.20pm.
Midsomer Murders was among the most popular multichannel shows, reeling in 1.02 million (4.9%) from 8pm.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 4:43 pm