(5 city metro combined – all figures in millions)
1. Junior Masterchef (Announcement of Winner) – Ten – 1.853
2. Junior Masterchef (Final Night) – Ten – 1.532
3. Seven News – Seven – 1.378
4. Today Tonight – Seven – 1.352
5. Nine News – Nine – 1.212
6. Undercover Boss – Ten – 1.192
7. ABC News – ABC – 1.131
8. A Current Affair – Nine – 1.125
9. The X Factor – Seven – 1.119
10. Two and a Half Men (7:30pm) – Nine – 1.083
11. Home and Away – Seven – 1.078
12. Criminal Minds (8:30pm) – Seven – 0.993
13. Two and a Half Men (8:00pm) – Nine – 0.981
14. Two and a Half Men (7:00pm) – Nine – 0.963
15. Family Confidential – ABC – 0.914
The Mentalist – Nine – 0.886m
The 7PM Project – Ten – 0.872m
Criminal Minds (9:30pm) – Seven – 0.750m
CSI: Miami – Nine – 0.675m
Hot Seat – Nine – 0.631m
Deal or No Deal – Seven – 0.561m
As expected, Junior MasterChef nailed the competition. It didn’t do as well as it’s premiere episode but still very respectable, capping of an evening win for Channel 10 (peaked at 2.24m). It put The X Factor to shame – which, even though it’s final episode is next week, is unlikely to match it (be prepared, Channel 7). It would have been very telling to see the two grand finals go against each other. Channel 9 effectively bowed out of the contest by offering all repeats from 7pm – 9:30pm. Still, somehow, for some reason, all three Two and a half Men episodes rated above 950,000. I weep for the Australian television-viewing public. The first episode of ABC1’s Family Confidential, this week featuring the Lowy family, performed well considering the competition & sets up what will be an interesting series.
Even with only 1 additional digital multi-channel, Ten still won the night overall. Ahh, the difference a good-quality, well-produced, intelligent marquee show makes.
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