'Vampire Diaries' makes decent UK debut

'Vampire Diaries' makes decent UK debut



The Vampire Diaries made a decent UK debut last night, early viewing figures show.

The series premiere of the teen drama, which stars Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev, pulled in 847k (3.5%) for ITV2 during the 9pm hour. The second episode, which aired immediately afterwards at 10pm, managed 583k (3.1%).

A further 133k (0.7%) and 134k (1.3%) tuned in on ITV2+1 during the 10pm and 11pm hours.

VD easily topped the double-episode opener of Sky1's Caprica, which interested 169k (0.7%) and 134k (0.7%) at 9pm and 10pm respectively.

BBC One came top during the 9pm hour, drawing 3.89m (16.2%) with the latest instalment of Survivors. Its nearest rival, BBC Two's How The Earth Made Us, attracted 2.88m (12%).

Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives managed 2.24m (9.3%) for ITV1, 1.58m (6.6%) watched Haiti's Killer Quake: Why It Happened on Channel 4, and Five's screening of a new episode of CSI took 2.58m (10.8%).

The 8pm hour was also won by BBC One, which logged 5.89m (24.6%) with Holby City. Nearest competitors BBC Two and ITV1 managed 3.3m (13.8%) and 2.36m (9.9%) respectively for The Hairy Bikers: Mum Knows Best and Cops with Cameras.

How To Look Good Naked... with a Difference put in 1.47m (6.1%) for Channel 4, and Five's Ice Road Truckers grabbed 1.39m (5.8%).

Overall, BBC One dominated primetime with an average share of 23.3% to ITV1's 12.8%. BBC Two was third with 10%, followed by Channel 4 with 7.1% (+1: 0.7%) and Five's 6.2%.