ITV1's new crime drama Law & Order: UK made a reasonable start last night, overnight ratings figures suggest.
The series - an adaptation of the long-running US show starring Bradley Walsh - drew a strong 6.37m (26.3%) in the 9pm slot. The audience was down on the impressive 7.55m (30%) forWhitechapel in the same slot last Monday, however.
Law & Order's closest rival was BBC One's Who Do You Think You Are? with 5.65m (23.3%) in the hour.
Season three of Heroes resumed on BBC Two with 2.22m (9%), then BBC Three's transmission of the next episode took 782k (6.4%) at 10.30pm.
Over on Five at 9pm, sci-fi action thriller The 6th Day averaged 878k (4.7%), while Channel 4 had 930k (3.9%) for The Real Casino Boy, a documentary focusing on the crimes of millionaire John Aspinall.
Also at 9pm, Sky1's screening of cult show 24 - now in its seventh season - took an increased 494k (2.3%), drawing closer to a Gavin & Stacey repeat on BBC Three with 513k (2.3%) over 30 minutes.
The 8pm hour saw the grand final of University Challenge, which pitted Manchester against Oxford, grab an impressive 5.24m (20.6%) for BBC Two. The final week of MasterCheffollowed with 4.3m (16.9%).
Channel 4's Dispatches: The Problem Princes took a miserable 1.11m (4.4%) for the hour, while Fifth Gear averaged 795k (3.1%) for Five.
ITV1 dominated primetime with an average share of 26.6% to BBC One's 23.3%. BBC Two was third with 10.3%, while Channel 4 lagged with a lowly 4.1% (+1: 0.6%). Five came in last on 3.2%.
Is Law and Order: UK airing in the United States at all?
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