It looks like viewers won’t be swayed from the MasterChef kitchen/s in its final weeks with the show thumping the opposition in the early evenings.
With The Block gone and too many having missed early episodes of Australia’s Got Talent because of The Voice, they are now locked onto TEN’s reality cook-off. Last night it pulled 1.33m viewers while AGT was 918,000 and The Voice US slipped further to 584,000.
Seven won the night with 29.3% to TEN 26.2%, Nine 19.9%, ABC 15.2% and SBS impressed with a very strong 9.3%.
Seven News was 1.28m for Seven followed by Mrs Brown’s Boys (preliminary figure of 1.1m) -but the show began 20 minutes late. Today Tonight was 1.07m, Home and Away (946,000), Australia’s Got Talent (preliminary 918,000), Deal or No Deal (597,000), Smugglers (362,000).
Aside from Masterchef (1.33m) TEN pulled an impressive 1.09m for Offspring‘s romantic finale. TEN News was 698,000, The Project 6pm was 491,000 and House was 446,000.
Nine News was 1.15m, then ACA (982,000), Hot Seat (657,000), The Voice US (584,000), The Mentalist (437,000). Tricky Business had its lowest ever audience on 311,000.
ABC1 was under the magic million with ABC News (942,000), 7:30 (642,000), Myf Warhurst’s Nice (522,000), Qi (473,000), Randling down to just 363,000, and At the Movies (362,000).
SBS ONE had one of its best nights all year with Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve (399,000), Tour de France (348,000) and Wildest Africa (315,000).
Sunrise: 305,000
Today: 262,000
ABC News Breakfast: 43,000 / 24,000
Breakfast: 32,000
@Blomers – I doubt it. I agree Tricky Business was never given the best chance but I don’t think it was just the timeslot shuffling that’s killed it. It’s a flawed show.
Now that the Voice US has flopped for Nine it will inevitably make its way to GO! So…here is GO’s daily programming for the rest of the year; 6pm: The Voice US (to be then replaced by next reject show from Nine), 7-9:30pm back-to-back repeats of Big Bang Theory or 2 1/2 Men (whichever one hasn’t filled it’s legal quota yet), then at 9:30pm a movie from the 80′s (or the 90′s if were lucky) or if it’s a special occasion replay the movie that was shown on Nine just a week earlier. How can Nine go wrong?
@ A. lets cross our fingers and hope the shows we enjoy stay where they are because these days they could up anywhere.Also just want to add that i cant believe AGT is still going.Seems like its been on our screens forever
Whilst I thoroughly enjoyed this series of Offspring, I am very worried that the happy ending across the board is a real sign a fourth series won’t be produced.
Fingers crossed it comes back.
I can understand that. Plus with the ABC playing a lot of half hour shows on Wednesday it would be easy to miss one.
Actually I was under the pump this morning. Life’s Too Short was 304,000.
David was Life’s Too Short figures hard to find again?
I just want to belatedly agree with kats yesterday and thank Seven for Once Upon A Time being on Tuesday 7.30pm and hope it stays there.
Lastly I agree with those that praise Simon Reeve’s documentary on SBS. Just excellent.
@blomers
I can’t think of many Australian dramas that aren’t 13 episodes a season.
Beaconsfield did well.
Nine still can’t take a trick with local drama apart from the tiresome Underbelly franchise. Tricky Business won’t be renewed, it is this year’s Cops LAC and like that show, it’s first series will be its last.
Good news for Masterchef. But where would TEN be without it?
I can’t believe the lack of promotion for Breakfast. I have never seen one (launch excepted). Many people would not even know it exists. Ten with the Late News is offering news morning to night unlike any other commercial network – Why are they not promoting this. Maybe they blew there news promo budget last year with George N.
The offspring season final was so dam good! I was waiting for something to go wrong in the end but it all ended up great! Bring on next season:)
Tricky Business would be doing well if it had been in a decent slot all along.
RE: Offspring – I’m glad it only has 13 eps per season – means better quality writing – not dragging storylines out to fill a full series. More Australian series should be short and sweet like Offspring – leaves you wanting more!
It’s a pity The Voice US is not getting better ratings,I think it’s the best offering at 7pm.
thats weird now it on again , i need my glasses checked
It’s clear Nine really should have kept Celebrity Apprentice in the volt and strip it across 5 nights a week over 3 weeks like they did last year.
And unless Seal and Keith are persuaded to join the cast… there is no hope for season 2 of Tricky Business
the voice is not on 9 next week re ninemsn tv guide
Next week the guides have Mrs Brown’s Boys starting at 9.15 – wonder how far past that it will go!
I am enjoying The Voice US, but maybe 9 could move it to Saturday nights after Australia’s Funniest?
Good on Masterchef for rating well.
Those are some good Offspring numbers. Too bad it’s only 13 episodes a season because the wait for the next season (I hope?) will be excruciating.
Tricky Business is getting the ratings it deserves – sorry but it’s crap.
So pleased to see Offspring pull the numbers it deserves – great writing, acting, soundtrack, beautifully shot. If only more Sydneysiders would embrace it, it’d be over a million each and every week.
Can’t believe Nine had nothing ready to go to continue the momentum they had with The Block. They should’ve found a way to own the 7pm slot right up until the Olympics. Very bad planning but good news for Ten and Masterchef
Looks like The Voice US is not being heard and Tricky Business will not be long for this world, do they have 13 or 22 eps. Did some checking, TB actually started about 5 minutes early at about 9:25, that can’t help its ratings either when viewers want to switch from one channel to another, it overlapped Offspring by almost 15 minutes last night.
Good on MC finally getting the viewers it deserves and Offspring had a great final, hope they come back for more.
I’m glad that Offspring pulled a great audience last night. Is there any news of a series 4 for Offspring at this stage?
David,
There were no live Programs on Seven last night so the numbers for MBB’s would be correct.
Pleased with Offspring’s ratings. It’s a show that has just gotten better as the season has gone on. You’d imagine it’d be back for a fourth given the momentum behind it on the back half of this season.
I don’t watch 9 a lot so I had no idea that there was Another edition of The Voice on, so tuned in for Episodes as per The Age Green Guide time – nope, it was on way later. Ditto RPA last night. It must be infuriating for the ‘paper’ guides to be continually wrong when all networks (except the ABC and SBS) change their programming at the drop of a hat.
What’s the purpose of this when half your potential audience doesn’t know about these changes. All it achieves is giving people the shits. May 9′s ratings plummet. Serves them right.
Once again Simon Reeve’s Indian Ocean doco travelogue was quite superb, finishing off here in Oz.
He seems to have the ability to raise environmental concerns very effectively and for me highlights how bad our so called Green Party is…
Good figures for a disappointing Offspring finale
Congratulations Ch9 Your programmers are a disgrace! You have effectively killed Tricky Business with it’s launch in a transient 9:30 timeslot, then an early slot on the hour and then hidden in a late timeslot on another night! Canal Road suffered a similar fate launching in a 9:30 timeslot & was moved later then yanked off mid run!
Don’t get me started on the appalling treatment US shows Harry’s Law has had, at least it the final eps are airing! As for CSI Miami it has had more timeslots than I can imagine! Cut mid season and peppered with repeats! N
Tricky Business’s low rating due to its continuous change in time slot (counting all the late starts) and now on a new day. Plus I didn’t see any advertising for it this week. I expect The Voice US to be on GO! as of next week bumping either Top Gear or Braniac.