'Russell Howard's Good News' ratings creep up for BBC Three

Published May 25 2012, 10:02 BST  |  By Paul Millar

Russell Howard's Good News ascended to a series high last night (Thursday, May 24), the latest overnight data has shown.

The BBC Three topical stand-up clip show was the most-watched multichannel broadcast of the night with 991k (5.5%) at 9pm, adding 369k (10.5%) for its late-night repeat at 12.30am.

A Eurovision Song Contest semi-final was watched by 484k (2.4%) between 8pm and 10pm, helping the digital channel to average 2.8% across primetime.

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, E4's latest US comedy import, premiered with a respectable 419k (2%), appealing to a further 175k on timeshift.

The Big Bang Theory held a decent 852k (4.5%) at 8pm and 358k on E4 +1, then 502k (2.5%) watched 2 Broke Girls at 9pm (+1: 258k), boosting the digital network to a 2.2% (+1: 1%) share overall.

Without Celebrity Juice, ITV2 collapsed, with the American Idol finale mustering just 293k (1.5%) in the 8pm juncture, and The Exclusives taking 150k (0.7%) an hour later.

Elsewhere, NCIS continued to perform well for 5USA, pulling in a round 500k (3%) for its latest edition.

BARB ratings data supplied by Attentional