Game of Thrones steadied its UK audience to around 510k last night for Sky Atlantic, early viewing figures indicate.
Starring Sean Bean, the medieval fantasy drama - recently renewed by US network HBO for a second season - grabbed 506k (1.9%) in the 9pm hour for its latest instalment 'Lord Snow'.
After a 200k drop last week from its premiere on April 18, Game of Thrones lost only a tiny proportion of its audience this week.
Predictably, Glee led the Monday night multichannel charge with a combined 1.6m - 1.23m (4.5%) on E4 and 349k an hour later on +1.
Leading at 9pm on the terrestrials, new ITV1 thriller Case Sensitive - starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd - kicked off with 5.14m (18.8%), adding 271k on ITV1 +1.
Case Sensitive knocked John Simm drama Exile which fell to 4.12m (15.1%), down 240k on Sunday's premiere.
Over on BBC Two, John Higgins's victory over Judd Trump pocketed a sizeable 3.4m (14.2%) between 7pm and 11pm, while Channel 4 documentary Dambusters: Building The Bouncing Bomb interested 1.72m (6.4%) between 8pm and 10pm, alongside a further 207k on timeshift.
The Gadget Show switched on 774k (3%) for Channel 5 at 8pm, then 1.28m (4.7%) tuned in for another House Inspector.
Versus a highly-rated EastEnders outing, ITV1's The Dales notched up 3.36m (13%), adding 136k on +1. Meanwhile, a QI repeat educated 2.78m (10.5%) for BBC One at 8.30pm against the second in a double bill of Coronation Street.
Overall, ITV1 led primetime with 21.6% (+1: 0.6%), ahead of BBC One's 18.3%, BBC Two's 14.2%, Channel 4's 5.6% (+1: 0.7%) and Channel 5's 3.3%.
