Morse spinoff Lewis bowed out with an audience of over 3 million viewers, according to overnight data.
Kevin Whately's popular sleuth cracked one last case in Oxfordshire during the final instalment of the ITV drama, airing to 3.77m (17.9%) at 9pm. A further 222k (1.5%) tuned in on +1.
Earlier in the evening, Eternal Glory continued with 1.6m (7.5%) at 8pm.
On BBC Two, The Great Pottery Throw Down was up on last week, drawing an audience of 2.06m (9.8%) at 9pm. MasterChef: The Professionals continued with 3.12m (14.6%) at 8pm.
Stellan Skarsgård's crime thriller River held firm week-on-week, again attracting 2.65m (12.6%) to BBC One at 9pm.
Loch Lomond: A Year in the Wild aired to 1.61m (7.6%) on Channel 5 at 8pm. Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Live held steady week-on-week with 1.14m (5.4%) at 9pm (114k/0.8% on +1).
Channel 4's The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds continued at 8pm with 1.89m (8.9%, 327k/1.6% on +1), followed by 2.07m (9.8%) for 24 Hours in A&E at 9pm (458k/3.1% on +1). Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan's Catastrophe entertained 846k (5.2%) at 10pm (116k/1.3% on +1).
The Flash picked up 473k (2.2%) at 8pm on Sky 1, with 430k (2%) joining the channel at 9pm for Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life.
MTV's Geordie Shore continued with 347k (2.4%) at 10pm.