A footy-distracted Thursday night means MasterChef Australia (ep1: 2nd – 1,056,000; ep2: 3rd – 1,031,000) maintains a solid audience across the two hours & everything else fades. Not a bad result for Blood + Thunder: The Sound of Alberts (16th – 515,000) – part two rounds out next wewek.

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: MasterChef Australia – Ch10
9:30pm: Seven’s AFL: Thursday Night AFL (3rd hour) – Ch7

Seven Network won the night (30.4%), followed by Nine Network (24.7%), Ten Network (24.6%), ABC Network (16%) & SBS (4.3%).