Coronation Street's special 9pm week got off to a decent start in the ratings on Monday evening (May 25), overnight figures show.
The Weatherfield soap pulled in 7.73m (33.2%) at 9pm on ITV and 365k (2.1%) on +1 as vengeful Tracy Barlow exposed her affair with Tony and swore revenge against Carla.
The launch of the big week gave Coronation Street its highest rating since March 2, although the figure was down almost 1 million on the 8.67m who tuned in for the launch of last year's 9pm week.
Emmerdale attracted 5.68m (29.8%) at 7pm on ITV and 195k (0.9%) on +1 with Betty's heartwarming exit and Ross's dangerous fight.
EastEnders suffered an inevitable dip against Britain's Got Talent but held up reasonably well, dropping to 5.1m (22.7%) at 7.30pm on BBC One as Shabnam was finally honest with a furious Masood. The figure was identical to last year's first clash with Britain's Got Talent, while BBC Three's repeat secured 619k (3.4%) at 10pm.
Hollyoaks interested 793k (4.5%) at 6.30pm on Channel 4 as Dylan was run over by Zack, while 617k (3.2%) tuned in to E4's first look at 7pm to see the teen's fate.
Neighbours fell to 432k (4.8%) in an earlier lunchtime slot of 12.50pm on Channel 5, while the teatime screening had 673k (4.6%) at the usual time of 5.30pm.
