TV ratings: Frank Skinner shares his opinions with 1.9m viewers

The BBC's latest topical comedy show format, Frank Skinner's Opinionated, launched with just under 1.9 million viewers on Friday, 16 April. Frank Skinner's Opinionated features the stand-up and two other comedians dissecting the news in the company of a studio audience. Friday's first outing was filmed in London and featured Al Murray and Miranda Hart. The show launched on BBC2 with 1.877 million viewers and an 8.8% audience share in the half hour from 10pm. 10pm competion included new Channel 4 series Facejacker, from Fonejacker creator Kayvan Novak, with 1.186 million (5.6%), and a further 153,000 (1.2%) on Channel 4+1 an hour later. The fourth series of Grey's Anatomy launched on Channel Five – two years after it was first broadcast in the UK by Living, which is now on season six – with 853,000 (4.3%) in the 10pm hour. BBC1's 10pm news had 4.99 million (23.3%), while ITV1's News at Ten attracted 2.126 million (10%). New ITV1 series Marco's Kitchen Burnout features Marco Pierre White putting three different celebrities through their paces in a busy London restaurant kitchen each week – starting on Friday with Kelvin MacKenzie, Tupele Dorgu and Donna Air. Marco's Kitchen Burnout launched with just 2.694 million (11.5%), against BBC1's Ashes to Ashes (4.862 million/20.7%, BBC HD: 106,000/0.45%). Last Friday on ITV1 a repeat of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire had 4.031 million (18.4%) between 8pm and 10.45pm. Five main terrestrial analogue networks BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel Five (available in all UK homes with TV, except Five, which reaches about 95%) BBC1 7pm: The One Show (3.828 million/20.5%) 7.30pm: A Question of Sport (3.767 million/18.4%) 8pm: EastEnders (7.973 million/36.5%) 10.35pm: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (3.141 million/21.2%, BBC HD: 22,000/0.16%) BBC2 8pm: Mastermind (2.272 million/10.4%) 8.30pm: Gardeners' World (2.176 million/9.4%, 55,000/0.24%) 9pm: Indian Hill Railways (rpt) (1.97 million/8.4%) ITV1 7pm: Emmerdale (6.371 million/34.2%) 7.30pm: Coronation Street (7.829 million/38.3%) 8pm: Dickinson's Real Deal (new series) (2.851 million/13.1%) 8.30pm: Coronation Street (7.428 million/32.2%) Channel 4 8pm: A Place in the Sun: Home or Away (1.255 million/5.6%, C4+1: 138,000/0.6%) 9pm: Embarrassing Bodies: Back to the Clinic (2.344 million/10%, C4+1: 340,000/1.8%) Five 8pm: Ice Patrol (792,000/3.5%) 9pm: The Mentalist (1.892 million/8.1%) Freeview/digital terrestrial TV free-to-air networks Available in 23.4m UK homes – 91.4% of total – as of 31/12/09. Source: Ofcom digital progress report, Q4 2009 BBC3 9pm: Doctor Who (rpt) (480,000/2%) 9.45pm: Doctor Who Confidential (rpt) (347,000/1.5%) 10pm: EastEnders (rpt) (637,000/3%) BBC4 7.30pm: Young Musician 2010 (new series) (181,000/0.8%) 9pm: The Songs of Nick Drake: Way to Blue (159,000/0.7%) Cable and satellite pay-TV networks Available in 12.4m UK homes – 48.2% of total – as of 31/12/09. Source: Ofcom digital progress report, Q4 2009 Sky1 6pm: Liza and Huey's Pet Nation (42,000/0.3%) 9pm: Lost (519,000/2.2%) FX 10pm: True Blood (201,000/1.1%) All ratings are unofficial live overnight figures, excluding other viewing – including timeshifted (recorded), on demand, HD, +1 or other – unless otherwise stated