BBC One moved 'Antiques Roadshow' from its early evening slot to 8pm-9pm for the new series, presented by BBC 'Crimewatch' and 'New at Ten' newsreader Bruce who took over from Michael Aspel.
ITV1 catered for a different audience with 'Foodball Aid', its live screening of a celebrity football match in aid of Unicef between an England side, including Alan Shearer and radio DJ Jamie Theakston and a Rest of the World side including TV chef Gordon Ramsay and former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel.
The "soccerthon" ran from 6pm-10pm, bringing in an average audience of 4.4m viewers and a share of 20.2%.
The match itself fluctuated between 5m and 6.1m viewers, running a close second to 'Antiques Roadshow'.
It also did better than the first half of 'Northern Lights', BBC One's 9pm-10pm offering of Joanna Lumley travelling to the Arctic to see the phenomenon. However, 'Northern Lights' pulled back to reach an average 5.9m viewers and a 25.1% share.
On Saturday night, 'X-Factor' continued to rule the roost with 9m viewers earning it a 42.6% share of the 6.45pm-7.45pm audience. This was almost three times the 3.3m BBC One managed in the same slot for 'The Weakest Link'.
ITV1 followed this with the terrestrial premiere of 'King Kong', which got 4.4m viewers and a 21.9% share at 7pm-11.15pm. It was outdone by BBC One's 'Eurovision Dance Contest' which landed 4.7m (21.9%) at 8pm-10pm.
On Friday night 'Big Brother' bowed out for another year with 4.7m viewers, .
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