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TV ratings: X Factor watched by 10.6m
The X Factor's Daniel Evans: finally voted off the reality singing contest. Photograph: Ken McKay/Rex Features
The publicity surrounding Laura White's departure from The X Factor last week helped boost ratings on Saturday, November 15, with a peak of 11.2 million tuning in.
ITV1's hit reality show, which this week saw Daniel Evans kicked off, attracted an average of 10.6 million viewers and a 44% share between 7.20pm and 8.35pm, according to unofficial overnight figures.
The programme peaked at 11.2 million for the 15 minutes from 8.15pm.
Last week, the show averaged 10.2 million viewers and a 43% share between 7.20pm and 8.50pm.
The results show of the reality competition pulled in 9.5 million and a 43% share on Saturday between 9.35pm and 10.20pm.
Spin-off series The Xtra Factor brought 1 million and a multichannel share of 5% to ITV2 between 8.35pm and 9.35pm.
BBC1's reality offering Strictly Come Dancing attracted 9.7 million viewers and a 42% share at 6.05pm, up 100,000 and one share point on last week.
Then, the channel's family drama Merlin drew 5.9 million and a 24% share between 7.20pm and 8.05pm, up 400,000 and one share point on last week.
Harry Hill's TV Burp brought 5.4 million and a 23% share to ITV1 between 6.50pm and 7.20pm.
ITV's comedy event We are Most Amused, which marked Prince Charles' 60th birthday, picked up 7.4 million and a 32% share between 8.35pm and 9.35pm and a further 6 million between 10.20pm and 10.50pm.
BBC2's moving three-hour documentary The Fallen, which featured all the British personnel who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan so far, attracted 800,000 and a 5% share between 9.05pm and 12.05am.
Channel 4 did best with movie premiere The Transporter 2 with 1.7 million and an 8% share between 9.05pm and 10.45pm. A further 252,000 watched on Channel 4+1 an hour later
Channel Five's biggest hitter of the night was a repeat of US drama CSI with 1.4 million and a 6% share between 9.05pm and 10.05pm.
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