EastEnders was back above the 7 million mark on Tuesday evening (December 10) as Roxy tried to move on from Alfie, overnight figures show.
Clashing with ITV's coverage of the Man United game, the Walford soap pulled in 7.05m (33.8%) at 7.30pm on BBC One as Roxy made a move on bad boy Carl. BBC Three's repeat screening secured 584k (4.0%) at 10.30pm.
Emmerdale attracted 6.59m (33.3%) at 7pm on ITV and 149k (0.7%) on +1 as Adam and Ross made a bet over Katie.
Holby City, which was also up against the football, interested 4.47m (19.9%) at 8pm on BBC One.
Hollyoaks managed 1.11m (5.9%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as Dirk put pressure on Cindy, while E4's first look followed with 678k (3.4%) at 7pm and 149k (0.7%) on +1.
Over on Channel 5, Neighbours appealed to 608k (9.5%) at 1.45pm and 897k (5.8%) at 5.30pm, while Home and Away had 245k (3.6%) at 1.15pm, 730k (4.1%) at 6pm and 427k (2.2%) for 5*'s first look at 6.30pm.
Elsewhere, the latest episode of Doctors was seen by 1.32m (20.6%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.
