As expected, as massive finish for MasterChef Australia (Winner Announced: 1st – 2,191,000; Finale: 2nd – 1,888,000) and this supported a massive night win for Ch10. Australia’s Got Talent (7th – 998,000) didn’t fare so well – perhaps viewers were sick of the the boy crying ‘grand final’-wolf? Mrs Brown’s Boys (9th – 957,000) finished it’s first season relatively high, and Gruen Sweat (11th – 931,000) debuted strongly, even against the MasterChef finale. The stronger lead in helped the fortunes of Randling (19th – 479,000) too.
Timeslot winners (nationally):
6:00pm: Seven News – Ch7
6:30pm: Today Tonight – Ch7
7:00pm: MasterChef Australia – Finale – Ch10
7:30pm: MasterChef Australia – Finale – Ch10
8:30pm: MasterChef Australia – Finale/MasterChef Australia – Winner Announced – Ch10
9:30pm: Mrs Brown’s Boys – Ch7
Channel 10 won the night (27.9%), followed by Channel 7 (20.6%), ABC1 (12%) & Channel 9 (11.9%).