Monday peak time viewing saw ITV1 average an audience of 6.0m viewers and a 26% share, while BBC1 averaged 4.4m and a 19% share across the daypart.
As usual for a Monday, viewing was led by the soaps - Coronation Street gained a 40% share to its 19:30 episode, with 9.1m viewers tuning in.
The second episode took 9.0m viewers and a 37% share at 20:30. The Dales, positioned between the two Corrie episodes, gained its strongest audience of the series so far.
Episode eight attracted 4.5m viewers and a 19% share at 20:00, which is an improvement of 4 share points and 700,000 viewers on the current series average.
In the 21:00 slot, ITV1 and BBC1 drama went head-to-head - Scott & Bailey beat BBC1's Silent Witness taking 5.2m viewers and a 21% share.
This performance is on par in volume terms and up a share point week-on-week. Silent Witness drew 4.6m viewers and an 18% share, which is the lowest audience of the series so far, and down 3 share points week-on-week.
ITV2 film Passenger 57 drew the biggest audience to the ITV Digital channels yesterday, taking 596,000 viewers and a 2.7% share at 21:00, up half a share point on the slot average.
Monday Night Football coverage of Arsenal V Wigan on Sky Sports 1 averaged 913,000 viewers and a 4.2% share from 19:00, peaking with 1.7m viewers/6.8% share at 21:50.
E4's Made in Chelsea continued to just under half a million viewers and a 2.9% share in the 22:00 slot, which is slightly up on the previous week by 0.4 share points, though largely down on the launch episode which drew 641K/3.6%.
All channels include +1 and HD viewing where applicable. Excludes Regional News.
All figures are based on LIVE & VOSDAL data, unless otherwise stated.