AFP loses out to Masterchef and Australia’s Got Talent
One of the most competitive nights of the 2011 TV schedule to date saw Nine’s second episode of AFP squeezed to 856,000 by Masterchef’s 1.593m on Ten and the return of Australia’s Got Talent (1.563m) to Seven.
The setback for AFP – made by Gruen Transfer producer Zapruder’s Other Films – follows a debut last week of 1.248m.
The show – following the work of the Australian Federal Police across eight countries – has been two years in the making.
The return of Masterchef has also buoyed up The 7PM Project for Ten. It rated 920,000.
Seven’s drama Winners & Losers delivvered an audience of 1.237m.
Nine’s only shows in the top ten were Nine News (1.196m) and A Current Affair (1.045m). The Big Bang Theory was Nine’s best performing general entertainment show with 905,000.
Sea Patrol rated just 675,000 for Nine while Top Gear, which didn’t air in Melbourne, rated 202,000 in the other four metro cities.
Tuesday’s top 15 shows:
- Masterchef Ten 1.593
- Australia’s Got Talent Seven 1.563
- Seven News Seven 1.413
- Today Tonight Seven 1.333
- Winners and Losers Seven 1.237
- Nine News Nine 1.196
- ABC News ABC 1.136
- NCIS Ten 1.085
- Home and Away Seven 1.052
- A Current Affair Nine 1.045
- The 7PM Project Ten 0.920
- The Big Bang Theory Nine 0.905
- AFP Nine 0.856
- Customs Nine 0.815
- NCIS: Los Angeles Ten 0.755
Tuesday’s channel share:
- Seven: 26.6%
- Ten: 20.8%
- Nine: 16.5%
- ABC1: 10.0%
- SBS1: 4.1%
- 7mate: 4.0%
- GO!: 3.8%
- 7TWO 3.5%
- Gem: 2.5%
- Eleven: 2.5%
- ABC2: 2.0%
- One: 1.4%
- ABC3: 0.8%
- ABC News 24: 0.8%
- SBS2: 0.7%
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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Gee Tim you were predicting a Nine resurgence last week off the back of AFP’s “huge” debut against no competition over Easter… Quarter 2 looking very tough for Nine!
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