Simon Amstell sitcom Grandma's House began its second series with a modest audience last night, early viewing figures reveal.
The BBC Two show's opening episode - featuring a gay kiss between Simon and Oliver - amused 979k (4.9%) at 10pm, a drop of 600k on its 2010 premiere rating.
Earlier on the channel, Louis Theroux's piece on autism intrigued 1.91m (8.1%) at 9pm, prior to which 1.41m (5.9%) tuned in to new food show Two Greedy Italians at 8pm.
Over on ITV1, Long Lost Family kept up its strong start with 4.69m (19.9%) watching its second instalment, as well as 299k (1.7%) on +1.
BBC One appealed to a loyal 4.31m (18.2%) for 8pm's Watchdog and 4.27m (18.3%) for a New Tricks repeat.
Documentary 9/11: The Lost Tapes was Channel 4's most-watched broadcast with 1.82m (7.8%) at 9pm (+1: 355k/2%), after which Extreme A&E had 1.11m (6.4%) and 147k (1.5%) on timeshift.
Elsewhere, a Europa League semi-final match on Channel 5 scored 1.07m (4.6%) for just over two hours from 8pm.
Overall on the terrestrials, ITV1 led primetime with a share of 22.3% (+1: 0.8%), beating BBC One which averaged 21%.
BBC Two claimed third place with 6.5%, followed by Channel 4 with 5.1% (+1: 1%), and Channel 5 with 3.8% (+1: 0.1%).
On the multichannels:US sitcom 2 Broke Girls made a highly impressive start on E4 last night, overnight data indicates.
Following the lives of roommates Max and Caroline, the comedy premiered with 824k (3.5%) at 9pm and 253k (1.3%) on E4 +1.
The Big Bang Theory gave the show a huge lead after an 8pm hour double-bill secured 1.23m (5.3%) and 1.24m (5.1%). The episodes added 245k (1.1%) and 360k (1.5%) on timeshift.
However, Celebrity Juice remained Thursday's most-watched multichannel show, grabbing a colossal 1.67m (8.8%) at 10pm (+1: 286k/2.6%).
Nevertheless, E4 won the night with 2.9% (+1: 1%), ahead of ITV2's 2.6% (+1: 0.3%), and even matched Channel 5.
Russell Howard's Good News kicked off a new marathon run on BBC Three with a relatively mediocre 712k (3.1%) at 9pm.
However, remarkably the stand-up clip show attracted a further 458k (12.1%) at 12.30am, winning its slot against every other show at that time of night.
