Early viewing figures are showing that The Vampire Diaries made a decent debut in the UK, check out the info via Digital Spy.

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.

This is amazing news!!  Thanks to EW’s Ausiello for the heads up!

The live-plus-seven-day DVR numbers from the opening week of the TV season are in, and the folks at The CW have reason to piddle themselves. 90210, Melrose Place, and Vampire Diaries all saw significant gains compared to live-only viewing, with 90210 getting the biggest boost. The highlights:

* 90210 grew a considerable 73 percent in women 18-34 (1.92 vs. 3.32) and 46 percent in total viewers (1.9 million vs. 2.9 million).

* Melrose Place, which has been struggling in the ratings, gained 54 percent in women 18-34 (2.12 vs. 3.26) and 43 percent in total viewers (2 million vs. 2.8 million).

* Freshman hit Vampire Diaries soared 64 percent in women 18-34 (2.33 vs. 3.83) and 40 percent in total viewers (4.0 million vs. 5.7 million).

* Supernatural grew 35 percent in women 18-34 (1.5 vs. 2.0) and 38 percent (2.9 million vs. 4 million) in total viewers.

Data for Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, and Smallville should start trickling in next week.

The THR’s The Live Feed has the numbers in for The Vampire Diaries premiere, and it’s staggering!!  We are so excited to bring you this information!

“The Vampire Diaries” — the CW’s last best hope for a new fall show to deliver a breakout number — delivered.”Diaries” (4.8 million viewers, 2.1 preliminary adults 18-49 rating) is the CW’s most-watched series premiere ever.

Among the adult demo, it’s the CW’s best series debut rating since last fall’s “90210.”

As posted last night, “Vampire Diaries” scored high on broadcasters’ latest internal tracking “intent to view” polling among the new fall shows (the most likely breakout programs according to that survey here).

Much more to come in moment…