Sherlock concludes with 8.77 million for 'His Last Vow' on Sunday

Sherlock continued its Sunday ratings domination with its final episode of series three, overnight ratings reveal.

The BBC One drama concluded with 8.77 million viewers (32.1%) for 'His Last Vow' at 8.30pm, down slightly from last week's 8.84m.

Earlier, Celebrity Mastermind quizzed 4.59m (19.4%) at 7pm, followed by Antiques Roadshow with 6.17m (24.5%) at 7.30pm. On BBC Two, Simon Reeves's Tea Trail interested 1.60m (5.9%) at 8.15pm, while Dan Snow's Operation Grand Canyon brought in 2.34m (9.0%) at 9.15pm.

ITV's Dancing on Ice shed nearly 400,000 viewers from last week's opener, attracting 5.86m (24.7%) at 6.15pm (286k/1.1% on +1). Its results show was seen by 5.32m (18.8%) at 8.30pm (168k/0.6%).

All-Star Family Fortunes entertained 5.02m (19.9%) at 7.45pm (171k/0.6%) at 7.45pm, while All New It'll Be Alright on the Night amused 3.62m (13.4%) at 9pm (226k/1.3%).

Channel 4's Speed with Guy Martin gathered 1.81m (6.7%) at 8pm (206k/0.8%), followed by action movie Fast Five with 1.74m (8.7%) at 9pm (242k/2.1%).

On Channel 5, My Super Ex-Girlfriend appealed to 1.03m (4.0%) at 7pm. Celebrity Big Brother continued with 2.05m (7.6%) at 9pm (260k/1.5%).

BBC Three's repeat of The Voice attracted 653k (2.6%) at 7pm.

 Source: Digital Spy

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Sherlock continues with 8.8 million on BBC One

Sherlock continued its third series with impressive ratings for BBC One on Sunday, overnight data reveals.

The second episode was down by around 400,000 viewers from New Year's Day, attracting 8.84 million (31.9%) at 8.30pm. However, it was still above the series two launch ratings of 8.75m in 2012.

Earlier, Celebrity Mastermind quizzed 4.52m (18.4%) at 7pm, while Antiques Roadshow interested 5.85m (23.0%) at 7.30pm.

On ITV, Dancing on Ice returned for its final series with 6.23m (25.6%) at 6.15pm, and an added 487k (1.9%) on +1. Its results show was seen by 5.64m (18.6%) at 8.30pm (181k/0.7%). This is down by over a million viewers from last year's launch, which attracted 7.77m viewers.

All Star Family Fortunes entertained 5.44m (21.4%) at 7.45pm (157k/0.6%), while All New It'll Be Alright on the Night appealed to 3.81m (14.0%) at 9pm (327k/1.7%).

BBC Two's Nature's Weirdest Events gathered 2.25m (8.3%) at 8pm. Dan Snow's Operation Grand Canyon was seen by 2.55m (9.3%) at 9pm, followed by a repeat of Charlie Brooker's 2013 Wipe with 952k (5.1%) at 10pm.

On Channel 4, Speed with Guy Martin brought in 1.63m (6.0%) at 8pm (201k/0.7%), while Cameron Diaz film Bad Teacher amused 1.91m (8.0%) at 9pm (548k/3.6%).

Channel 5's Miss Congeniality 2 attracted 1.04m (4.0%) at 6.45pm, while Celebrity Big Brother continued with 2.05m (7.5%) at 9pm (282k/1.5%).

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional

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Sherlock's Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat delighted by 'Empty Hearse' ratings

Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat have spoken of their delight at last night's bumper ratings for Sherlock's series three premiere 'The Empty Hearse'.

The show picked up 9.2 million viewers on New Year's Day (a 33.8% share) at 9pm on BBC One, considerably higher than its New Year launch in 2012, which had 8.8 million (31%).

Its first series debuted with 7.1 million (28.6%) in 2010.

Speaking about the response, co-creator Moffat said: "Thrilling news on overnight ratings for Sherlock. A tribute to the team who work so hard, and with such pride, on the show, and of course to the genius of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

"It's proof that audiences will show up if you give them what they want - though we can't throw Benedict [Cumberbatch] off a roof ever week."

Gatiss, who wrote the episode, added: "Delighted our loyal audience tuned in on an appropriately bleak and stormy New Year's night!

"After two years it's fantastic to have this response to Sherlock, John and all the team being back on TV. All this and Dr Watson gets married in three days' time!"

The next episode of Sherlock, 'The Sign of 3', airs on Sunday, January 5 at 8.30pm on BBC One.

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Doctor Who Christmas special breaks BBC America ratings record

BBC America achieved its highest-ever audience on Christmas Day, as 2.47m tuned in for this year's Doctor Who festive special.

'The Time of The Doctor' broke the US channel's ratings record that had only been set a month previously by Doctor Who's 50th anniversary special, which drew 2.4m viewers.

Matt Smith made his final appearance as the titular Time Lord in Wednesday's episode, bowing out of the role after almost five years.

The Thick Of It's Peter Capaldi made his debut at the end of the show.

A special looking back at Smith's time on Doctor Who also performed well for the channel, with 1.54m tuning in immediately before his last show.

Smith's goodbye and The Doctor's regeneration was the most-watched five-minute segment on British television on Christmas Day, drawing 10.2m viewers on BBC One.

The show was watched by an average of 8.29m, with Mrs Brown's Boys topping the overall UK Christmas Day ratings with an audience of 9.4m.

Source: Digital Spy

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