'Coronation Street' retains the Monday ratings crown

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Carla's romantic move on Peter helped Coronation Street retain the Monday evening ratings crown, according to overnight audience data.



ITV1's flagship soap averaged 8.93m (40.3%) from 7.30pm and 105k (0.4%) on +1 as Carla pursued Peter after Leanne threw him out. Peter's decision over what to do about Leanne and Carla was watched by 8.95m (37.6%) from 8.30pm and 139k (0.6%) on timeshift.

EastEnders appealed to 8.54m (36.3%) on BBC One from 8pm, as Lydia's son Norman arrived at Janine's party to make an announcement. A further 755k (3.7%) caught BBC Three's repeat screening from 10pm.

On Emmerdale, 7.3m (36.2%) tuned in on ITV1 from 7pm, as Amy was unnerved when old acquaintance Jared warned her that it's payback time.

Elsewhere, Hollyoaks managed 1.31m (6.8%) on Channel 4 from 6.30pm, before E4's first look at the next episode pulled in 571k (2.8%).

Earlier, Doctors had 1.82m (23.5%) on BBC One from 1.45pm, while Neighbours entertained 764k (9.9%) on Channel 5. The Aussie soap's repeat screening fetched 1.22m (8.3%) from 5.30pm.

Home and Away took 861k (4.8%) on Channel 5 from 6pm, before 5*'s first look at the next episode entertained 606k (3.1%) from 6.30pm.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional