BBC One's Commonwealth Games coverage topped Thursday's ratings outside soaps, overnight data reveals.
The first evening of action brought in an average of 3.63 million (20.5%) from 7pm, peaking at 4.34m (23.3%) at 9pm.
On BBC Two, Natural World appealed to 1.25m (7.1%) at 8pm, followed by The Honourable Woman with 1.49m (7.8%) at 9pm.
ITV's Harbour Lives was seen by 2.16m (12.1%) at 8.30pm, while Diamond Geezers and Gold Dealers attracted 2.36m (12.3%) at 9pm (207,000/1.3% on +1).
On Channel 4, Amazing Spaces: Shed of the Year fascinated 1.62m (9.2%) at 8pm (353k/1.8%). Embarrassing Bodies gathered 1.06m (5.5%) at 9pm (266k/1.7%).
Channel 5's Autopsy: The Last Hours of Michael Hutchence brought in 1.15m (6.0%) at 9pm (122k/0.8%), while Big Brother continued with 1.14m (7.1%) at 10pm.
Family Guy topped the multichannels on BBC Three with 782k (9.1%) at 11.35pm.
