The Winners

  1. MasterChef (Ten) (7.30pm) — 2.210 million
  2. Seven News (6pm) — 1.498 million.
  3. Today Tonight (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.394 million.
  4. Nine News (6pm) — 1.370 million.
  5. The Gruen Transfer (ABC) (9pm ) — 1.341 million.
  6. A Current Affair (Nine) (6.30pm) — 1.237 million.
  7. Spicks and Specks (ABC) (8.30pm) — 1.230 million.
  8. Two and a Half Men (Nine) (7pm) — 1.125 million.
  9. ABC News (7pm) — 1.075 million.
  10. Home and Away (Seven) (7pm) — 1.054 million.

Seven returned City Homicide to the 8.30pm slot and it averaged 936,000 over two hours. That was enough to win those two hours. But in the 8.30pm to 9.30pm slot the program was creamed, along with Ten’s Lie To Me (946,000) because the ABC was very dominant in that slot with Spicks and Specks and The Gruen Transfer.

The Losers Hey Hey Its Saturday. A complete failure. World’s Strictest Parents, Seven, 7.30pm, 827,000. Up against MasterChef made it tough.

News & CA

  1. Seven News (6pm) — 1.498 million.
  2. Today Tonight (Seven) (6.30pm) — 1.394 million.
  3. Nine News (6pm) — 1.370 million.
  4. A Current Affair (Nine) (6.30pm) — 1.237 million.
  5. ABC News (7pm) — 1.075 million.
  6. The 7 PM Project (Ten) (7pm ) — 895,000.
  7. Ten News (5pm) — 819,000.
  8. The 7.30 Report (ABC) — 815,000.
  9. Ten’s late News/Sports Tonight (10.30pm) — 277,000.
  10. SBS News (6.30pm) 262,000.
  11. Lateline (ABC) (10.30pm) — 219,000.
  12. SBS late News (9.30pm) — 205,000.
  13. Lateline Business (ABC) (11.05pm), 130,000.

Mornings:

  1. Sunrise (Seven) (7am) — 395,000.
  2. Today (Nine) (7am) — 293,000.

Nine News won Sydney and Melbourne, A Current Affair won Melbourne. Seven News and Today Tonight won the rest.

The Stats:

  • FTA: A win to Ten thanks to MasterChef’s season high. Ten had a share of 25.4%, from Seven with 24.7%, Nine on 24.0%, the ABC was on 18.7% and SBS, 7.2%. Ten won everything. Seven leads the week with 26.5%, from Nine with 25.5% and Ten on 24.8%.
  • Main Channel: A win for Ten with a share of 24.5%, from Seven with 22.8%, Nine on 21.3%, ABC1 with 16.0% and SBS ONE, 6.9%. Seven leads the week with 23.9%, from Ten with 23.1% and Nine on 22.3%.
  • Digital: GO won with a share of 2.7%, ABC2, was on 2.0%, with 7TWO on 1.7%, ONE was on 0.9%, ABC3, 0.7% and SBS TWO, 0.4%. The six digital channels had a total share of 8.6%. GO leads the week with a share of 3.1%, from 7TWO on 2.6%.
  • Pay TV: Ten won with a share of 21.1%, from Seven with 20.6%, Nine was on 19.9%, the ABC was on 15.6%, Pay TV’s 100 plus channels shared 14.4% and SBS had a share of 6.0%. The 11 FTA channels had a total share of 85.6%.
  • Regional: a win to WIN/NBN with a share of 27.0%, from Prime/7Qld with 26.1%, SC Ten was on 23.5%, the ABC, 16.3% and SBS finished with 7.1%. WIN/NBN won the digitals with a share of 24.6%, from Prime/7Qld with 24.1% and SC Ten was on 22.9%. GO won the digitals with a share of 2.4%, 7TWO was on 2.0%, ABC2, 1.5% and ABC 3 was on 1.0%. WIN/NBN leads the week with a share of 28.5%, from Prime/7Qld with 26.3%.

Major Markets:

  • Sydney: Seven won from Nine and Ten, but in the main channels, it was Seven from Ten and Nine. GO won the digitals from 7TWO and ABC2. Seven leads the week from Nine and Ten.
  • Melbourne: Nine won from Ten and Seven, but in the main channels, it was Ten, from Nine and Seven. GO won the digitals from ABC2 and 7TWO. Nine leads the week from Ten and Seven who are tied for second.
  • Brisbane: Seven won overall, from Ten and Nine and that was the same order in the main channels. In the digitals it was GO, from 7TWO and ABC2. Seven leads the week from Nine and Ten.
  • Adelaide: Ten won from Seven and Nine and that was the same order for the main channels. GO won the digitals from ABC2 and 7TWO. Seven leads the week from Ten and Nine.
  • Perth: Ten won from Seven and Nine, and that was also the same order for the main channels. GO won the digitals from 7TWO and ABC2, Seven leads the week from Ten and Nine.

(All shares on the basis of combined overnight 6 pm to midnight All People)

Glenn Dyer’s comments: Last night Hey Hey It’s Saturday was a flop, 851,000 watched. Only one episode to go, then they can rejoin 2010. 351,000 watched in Melbourne. That support is the only reason why Hey Hey has survived these past two months.

MasterChef, another season record of 2.21 million people with a genuine challenge, not something tricked up like the army effort the week before. Cooking a signature dish for the special chef guests was a great idea. Spicks and Specks and The Gruen Transfer were also very solid last night, a great segue from MasterChef.

And, speaking of The Gruen Transfer, the folk at Seven’s Sunrise are up to their old tricks. They have approached most of the on camera ad people being used on Gruen and tried to get them to appear on Sunrise as part of its election coverage, even though Gruen will be doing specials on political ads in the campaign.

TONIGHT: MasterChef, the elimination, all blokes. Ten also returns Bondi Vet at 8pm. Seven has the Thursday night black hole, except perhaps for The Matty Johns Show fin Sydney and Brisbane at 7.30pm. Nine has Sea Patrol. The ABC has the third episode of Miracles.

Source: OzTAM, TV Networks reports