[Redway]

Here's how Saturday's launch show fared in comparison to previous years' figures:

Spoiler:

2004 - 4.9 million (+4.3m)
2005 - 6.6 million (+2.6m)
2006 - 7.0 million/37% (+2.2m)
2007 - 9.5 million/45% (-0.3m)
2008 - 10.2 million/48.2% (-1.1m)
2009 - 9.91 million/47.9% (-0.7m)
2010 - 11.28 million/48.6%) (-2.08m)
2011 - 11.30m/47.9% (-1.6m)
2012 - 8.71m/ 42.3% (+0.49m)

Pretty poor in comparison to earlier on (bar the first few years, which weren't that popular) but a gradual increase on last year. Hopefully, it'll build momentum and continue to attract viewers who dropped off last year.