MasterChef Australia (1st – 1,155,000) wins and offers a halo to the premiere of Zoo (13th – 586,000). The final The Checkout (12th – 612,000) and Blood + Thunder: The Sounds Of Alberts (17th – 534,000) perform reasonably for the ABC.
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Nine News – Ch9
6:30pm: Nine News 6:30 – Ch9
7:00pm: A Current Affair – Ch9
7:30pm: MasterChef Australia – Ch10
8:30pm: Zoo – Ch10
9:30pm: Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night Football (3rd hour) – Ch7
Seven Network won the night (29.7%), followed by Nine Network (25.4%), Ten Network (23.1%), ABC Network (17%) & SBS (4.8%).