Ant and Dec have reclaimed their crown as the top TV presenters of the year - fending off competing claims by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.
The results were announced at the National Television Awards ceremony at the O2 arena in London and broadcast on ITV tonight.
Ant and Dec have won the contest for the previous 16 years and led a frenzied social media campaign in the run up to the public vote.
But This Morning presenter Schofield, who grew up in Newquay, did have cause for celebration as the show won the Best Daytime award.
Ahead of the ceremony, bookmakers had pipped the Geordie pair to win again this year, despite the challenge from the This Morning presenters. Also nominated was Bradley Walsh.
Holly and Phillip hit the headlines two years ago when they won the Live magazine Show award for This Morning, and turned up to present the show the next day still wearing their outfits from the glitzy ceremony, both sporting king-sized hangovers.
The TV awards also looked at categories including best Crime Drama, Talent Show, Serial Drama, Comedy and Newcomer.
Nominations for Best Drama were between newcomers Doctor Foster and Liar, as well as long-term favourites Call The Midwife, Casualty and Game of Thrones.
In the best Drama Performance awards, David Tennant from Broadchurch was up against Jenna Coleman for her role as Queen Victoria, Sheridan Smith from The Moorside, Suranne Jones as Doctor Foster and Tom Hardy from the programme Taboo.
The clear winner was Suranne Jones.
There were four to choose from in the Best Crime Drama category. ITV’s Broadchurch was up against the police drama Line Of Duty, as well as Little Boy Blue and Sherlock.
Smashing the rest, Broadchurch took the award.
This year the awards also paid tribute to the late Sir Bruce Forsyth by naming the entertainment prize after him. Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, The Graham Norton Show, Celebrity Juice and All Round To Mrs Brown's were in the running for the award.
The top prize went to Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
The nominations for Best Challenge Show saw I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! competing against Love Island, MasterChef and The Great British Bake Off. And in the end, the prize went to I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!
In the Comedy category, Benidorm was up against Peter Kay’s Car Share, Still Open All Hours and The Big Bang Theory.
Meanwhile, the battle of the Best Talent Show award was a four-way fight between the well-established favourites Britain’s Got Talent, Strictly Come Dancing, The Voice UK and The X Factor.
Coronation Street's Lucy Fallon, who plays Bethany Platt, scooped the Best Serial Drama Performance.
David Walliams, also won the Best TV Judge award for his part in Britain’s Got Talent.
And a worthy winner in the Impact Award went to Blue Planet II.
Gogglebox won the Factual Entertainment category and Danny Walters won the Best Newcomer award.
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