Emmerdale was hurt by ITV's scheduling on Thursday evening (February 19), dipping to its lowest audience of the year so far.
The long-running soap brought in 5.28m (25.2%) at the earlier time of 6.45pm on ITV and 203k (0.8%) on +1 as Andy contemplated suicide after Katie's funeral.
Emmerdale was moved to the earlier slot due to ITV football coverage, but faced a tough challenge on the night by going head-to-head with EastEnders' highly-rated 30th anniversary special for 15 minutes.
During the 15-minute clash period itself from 7.30pm, Emmerdale dipped to 4.49m (18.8%) compared to 9.57m (40.0%) for EastEnders.
Elsewhere, Hollyoaks brought in 889k (4.6%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as Joe discovered the real story behind Mercedes's disappearance. E4's first look followed with 643k (3.2%) at 7pm.
Neighbours attracted 584k (6.8%) at 1.45pm and 743k (4.7%) at 5.30pm on Channel 5 as Chris changed his mind over the Lucy situation.
Home and Away managed 259k (3.0%) at 1.15pm and 592k (3.4%) at 6pm, while 5*'s first look followed with 344k (1.8%) at 6.30pm.
Elsewhere, Doctors was seen by 1.6m (18.8%) at 1.45pm on BBC One.
